Free Chemistry Courses & Certifications

Teachers from all streams and academic levels need to update and refresh their skills from time to time. The ARPIT 2020: Online Refresher Course In Chemistry offered by Swayam aims to help Chemistry teachers at the university level. The course includes a range of exciting chemistry topics in different modules to help chemistry teachers gain helpful knowledge.

The ARPIT 2020: Online Refresher Course In Chemistry is a re-run of the ARPIT Chemistry 2019 course and includes the same modules along with some newly added quizzes. The curriculum consists of different themes such as the history of chemistry as a field, the latest news in the area, related industries, and much more. You can learn through video-based lessons and other multimedia tools such as online quizzes, reading material, etc.

The ARPIT 2020: Online Refresher Course In Chemistry is a part of the Annual Refresher Programme In Teaching (ARPIT) series of courses. The training syllabus is divided into 16 modules. It is a PG-level programme offered by the prestigious SGTB Khalsa College of the University of Delhi.

The programme of General Chemistry I: Atoms, Molecules and Bonding offered by the edx platform provides an amazing learning opportunity to all the candidates who are interested to learn about the area of chemistry subject in detail. Students can avail this course free of cost. 

Participants who are interested in acquiring verified certification for General Chemistry I: Atoms, Molecules and Bonding course have to pay fees as guided by the platform. Programme duration is of 15 weeks. The candidates who are interested in pursuing the framework should invest 10-12 hours weekly. The platform of edx has collaborated with MITx [Massachusetts Institute of Technology] for developing this programme. 

The curriculum offered here is an intermediate level course which gives detailed information to the candidates about the subject. The course provided here by the edx platform is an instructor-led training programme. Learners will learn about all the necessary details required for being successful in the field. Scholarship options are available for the eligible candidates.

Introduction to the Solid State of Chemistry is a relishing first-year university program, authorized by the edX Institute of Digital Education and it is a collaboration with MIT. The course explores the properties and characteristics of chemical bonding with the inspection of solids. These properties include thermal expansion, electrical conductivity, stiffness, optical properties, and strength, and hence this course many concepts about practical chemistry. 

Introduction to Solid State Chemistry course describes how masters uncover the bond, the chemical bonding, electronic structure, atomic order, and further categories of atomic elements in amorphous solids and crystallines which comprise ceramics, semiconductors, polymers, and metals. Introduction to Solid State Chemistry also covers parts of organic chemistry acid-base equilibrium studies, solution chemistry, biochemistry, diffusion, and chemical kinetics.

Introduction to the Solid State Chemistry program includes various examples of industrial practice and its grave impact on the environment, storage, and generation of energy like battery cells, and lastly, newer technologies like photonic appliances. This course is instructor-paced and can be taken in the paid or free audit mode. In the paid certificate mode, the candidates will be provided with unlimited access whereas in the free audit mode, they will be given access only for a limited period. 

This course is taught by Dr. Balaji who works as an Associate Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University. The whole course is for 15 weeks and contains 40 modules; it’s a course carrying 4 credits for students doing M.Sc. in Chemistry. The students will work on their procedural, factual, metacognitive, and conceptual knowledge, and use images, presentations, 3D-animations, white board demonstration, chemical structures, paper 3D-models, figures, tables, mirrors, use of molecular models, etc for scientific explanation.

The course also talks about various theories such as Malcom  Knowels Andragogy, Dick and Carey model,  the Feynman Technique, modified Bloom’s taxonomy, neuro slide design principles, ADDIE model,  etc. Doing this course will benefit PG students, young scientists, research scholars, and faculty members looking to enhance their knowledge in this field, it is also helpful for students taking competitive exams like CSIR-NET, SSC-CGL, IIT-JAM, GATE, various CET, UPSC, and SLET.

After completing this course the candidates job prospects will widen in various industries such as petrochemical, agro chemicals industries, perfume, pharmacy, and dye.

The Chemistry of Life course has been systematically planned in order to develop creative approaches within the candidates. The confluence of knowledge from multi-disciplinary fields empowers the candidates with the valuable skill to generate new ideas in the intersection of various science fields. 

Through the Chemistry of Life course, candidates get to understand the integration of biology and chemistry. Through detailed pioneering studies, they also get to analyse and reflect on how to control biological processes and events through chemical means. Detailed and pattern proof idea generation techniques, enlisted as a part of the course, give candidates a head-start with their research. Skills such as idea generation, drastically increase after the completion of the course.

As a part of the course, candidates get to learn almost everything that is required for an effective & meaningful idea generation in the field of chemistry and biology. Very broad multi-disciplinary knowledge such as about fluorescent molecules and proteins for tracking in biology to ideas helpful to fight against cancer and viruses, ideas for fooling fats and sugars, helps candidates develop a pattern proof idea. The mentioned techniques are useful in generating other aspects of life as well.

The Advanced Transition Metal Organometallic Chemistry course by SWAYAM is designed to show the usefulness and impact of organometallic chemistry in society as a whole. The program will also discuss how the organometallic compounds act as intermediaries in various catalytic cycles and also utilized in many organic transformations. 

The Advanced Transition Metal Organometallic Chemistry online program is developed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay. It explores how the results achieved within the confines of a laboratory or lab research is translated to industry-scale productions and applications. The course teaches the principles behind these compounds and how they influence society as a whole.

The Advanced Transition Metal Organometallic Chemistry certification course is a Faculty Development Program (FDP) approved by the AICTE. This 12-week-long program aims to connect the laboratory discoveries to its wide-scale utility in industrial procedures. You will learn many implementation dimensions of organometallic compounds in commercial processes.

The Chemistry Of Main Group Elements Programme by Swayam, offers deep coverage on the subject of chemistry. It covers different topics such as systematic understanding of chemical reactivity, bonding concepts, structure concepts, p-block elements, c-block elements and others. Various applications of main group elements and their compounds will also be added into the lectures. The intended audience for this training include the teachers, students and PhD scholars. The only prerequisites to join this course is 12th grade chemistry knowledge. This course will be very useful for those who are working in Pharmaceutical industries.

The duration of the Chemistry Of Main Group Elements Training by Swayam, is 12 weeks. This is an FDP course approved by AICTE. This programme does not cost anything and can be enrolled for free. But the certificates are provided only if the learners register and write a proctored examination conducted by Swayam in person at any of the designated exam centres. This course will be instructed by Prof. M. S. Balakrishna (IIT Bombay).  The course certification will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Spread across 12 weeks, the Essential of Biomolecules: Nucleic Acids and Peptides online course is a study based on organic chemistry. It studies the structures and features of nucleic acids such as DNA, RNA, and other biomolecules. Book references, learning modules, and video lectures will be the mode of delivering content. 

Aimed at a postgraduate level of study, the Essential of Biomolecules certification syllabus focuses on the functions of proteins such as synthesis action and replication. It also studies modern modification techniques of biological properties. As a prerequisite, students need to understand the basics of organic chemistry. 

Assistant Professor Lal Mohan Kundu mentors the Essential of Biomolecules training by Swayam developed in conjunction with IIT Guwahati. Candidates can choose to verify their learning with a certificate by appearing for an optional end-term exam. For that, students need to pay an exam fee for the proctored examination.

The Essentials of Oxidation, Reduction, and C-C Bond Formation by IIT Bombay and IISER Thiruvananthapuram, emphasizes concepts like selectivity, mechanism, stereochemistry, and their applications in synthetic problems. This postgraduate course falls under the domain of chemistry. Candidates registering for this course can also obtain a highly valuable accreditation from NPTEL and IIT Bombay.  

The Essentials of Oxidation, Reduction, and C-C Bond Formation certification is also an FDP course approved by AICTE. Spread over twelve weeks, the program is taught by Dr. Padma Shree Vankar, who has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from IIT Kanpur. Her specialization is synthetic organic chemistry, and she has several years of expertise under her name. 

The Essentials of Oxidation, Reduction, and C-C Bond Formation certification syllabus outlines all the essential concepts related to C-C bond formation. The course contents include all the topics like selectivity, swern oxidation, IBX, microbial oxidations, Sharpless epoxidation, Simmons-Smith cyclopropanation, Tamao fleming oxidation, and photosensitized oxidations.

The Fundamentals of Spectroscopy by Swayam will provide a detailed study of the interaction of light with a matter which is defined as Spectroscopy. This course will introduce the concepts of quantum mechanics and its usage in spectroscopy. The different forms of spectroscopy are studied in detail in this course. The principles of spectroscopy will be elaborated on in both theoretical and experimental ways. This course will lay the foundation from which structural aspects of a variety of systems in the fields of physics, chemistry, and biology will be understood.

The Swayam platform aims to provide the best quality education accessible to everyone. This platform is an initiative of the government of India. The course will be conducted online. This course is verified in the NPTEL platform as well. The NCL Pune and IISER Pune verifies this course. The course instructors are faculty members of these institutions.

The Fundamentals of Spectroscopy certification has accreditations from several prestigious institutions such as NPTEL, MHRD, NCL Pune, and IISER Pune. The certification is easily shareable on platforms such as Linkedin. Students aiming for higher studies and professionals wanting to accelerate their career growth can do so from this platform.

The Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology online course aims to sensitise candidates on the environmental problems and how learning the facets of microbiology and environmental chemistry can help overcome it. The course is for both undergraduate and postgraduate level students.

The Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology certification syllabus includes major topics from environmental chemistry like chemical equilibria, reaction kinetics, basic concepts of chemistry, acidity, alkalinity, acids, and bases.

Other core topics covered include nuclear chemistry, nitrogen chemistry, carbonate system, chlorination, to name a few. On the other hand, the microbiology concepts covered in the curriculum include viruses, microbial growth, pathogens, microbial diversity, protozoa, algae, and the like.

Besides, the Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology certification by Swayam is taught by two eminent professors with a wide range of experience in the field, namely Prof. Anjali Pal and Prof. Sudha Goel. The programme consists of weekly assignments and a final assessment to check the candidates' progress.

The Industrial Inorganic Chemistry certification course is designed with a student favourable atmosphere. The course focuses on the understanding of main variables to transform the manufactured goods into ideal goods that we use in our everyday lives, which has received a great shift in the way things work, and it is very important for us to recognize the importance of the chemical industry that has changed all our aspects of life. 

The Industrial Inorganic Chemistry certification that will be provided at the end of the program will help the candidate to do more further courses in the same respective field. The importance of the chemical industry that has influenced all our facets of life, such as agriculture, climate, food, hygiene, catalysis, building, etc., is very important for us to understand. 

It has also been extensively used to reduce the use of virgin materials in recycling industries. In relation to trends at the international level, the suggested course would cover all these topics. The Industrial Inorganic Chemistry training is extensively focused on grabbing analytical study platforms for the enrolled students to provide them better expressive knowledge.

The primary aim of this online programme on Medicinal Chemistry by Swayam is to make the registered students familiarize themselves with the fundamental and primary concepts of drug discovery and the process of its development. The certification course has been formulated for the students who are having a background in the subject of chemistry and are interested in the process of drug discovery.

The purpose of this programme is to train the candidates on the various aspects of new drug development and drug discovery The  Medicinal Chemistry certification syllabus will be dealing with - target identification, drug screening, optimization lead discovery, and the molecular basis for the process drug design and framing the drug action.

The twelve-week programme will be emphasizing the students on the subject of chemistry. After completing the online programme the students will learn to classify the drugs on various lines. They will also study transition-state inhibitors in this programme.

By detailed discussion on significant topics like fluorescence upconversion and transient absorption, Ultrafast laser spectroscopy certification course briefs course takers on dynamic changes which can be noticed in the broad horizon of chemistry. From candidates who wish to pursue a career in research and development to established professionals, this certification will benefit everyone alike with its easy-to-understand pace and discussion forum to address doubts and share knowledge.

NPTEL is a reputed name in the field of offering free and quality online courses and likewise, this course opens the doors for learners to get a tangible educational result in the form of an online certification from the IIT Bombay. Around 326 students have enrolled in the course this far. To encourage quality and free learning, Swayam has opened this online training program for anyone to be learnt anytime and from anywhere.

The Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy programme certification and consequent credits will aid the learners in their academic life and will provide them a strong educational backing. Whether it be a driving research interest or simply acquiring knowledge and learning the basics, this course will uniformly cater to the needs of one and all.

The Symmetry and Group Theory online course belongs to the postgraduate level of the program from the department of chemistry. The course is offered to the students by the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune and it is made available to the participants through the platform of Swayam which is a government-initiated website that provides free education to all the candidates. The Symmetry and Group Theory certification syllabus takes up to 12 weeks of time to be completed by the mentor while candidates can take any amount of time that is needed to complete the program according to their schedules. The course can be pursued at the speed that the candidate wants. There are no restrictions regarding the execution of the course. 

Candidates who pursue the Symmetry and Group Theory training also get a chance to be certified participants at the end of the program if they qualify for the exam scheduled by the creator of the course. Although the sessions are held in offline mode throughout the duration, the exam that takes place for the certification will be conducted in the offline mode. Candidates need not pay any money as the Symmetry and Group Theory certification course is absolutely free unless they choose to go for the exam which needs a specific amount to be paid as the exam fees. 

The course is a core course that belongs to the undergraduate level of the program. The Symmetry, Stereochemistry, and Applications online course deals with the concepts of isomerism, molecular symmetry, stereochemistry, etc. The course is provided by the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali. Candidates who decide to take up the course will gain amazing insights into the department of Chemistry. The course provides assignments and case studies in the Symmetry, Stereochemistry, and Applications certification syllabus so that candidates are clear with every topic. 

The course is offered to the students for free by the platform and the whole syllabus will be taught in the online mode. The Symmetry, Stereochemistry, and Applications program is a self-paced learning process and allows the students to complete the syllabus in their own time. However, a mentor will take only 12 weeks to complete the course. The course also provides a certificate on the completion of the program to the participants but the candidates have to fulfill the requirement of giving an offline exam to get the certificate for the course. The whole Symmetry, Stereochemistry and Applications training is free of cost but the candidates have to pay an exam fee for the registration process of the exam.

The Transition Metal Organometallics in Catalysis And Biology by Swayam is an advanced level course on organometallic compounds and their different aspects. The organometallic compounds highlight the various aspects of catalytic reactions. The course will offer industry-based organometallic compound usage and its elaborate understanding. The candidates will learn the implications of organometallic chemistry in biology and catalysis. Different challenges of organometallic compounds will also be analysed.

The course is offered by NPTEL. It specifically focuses on candidates who are undergraduates or postgraduates in the science stream. Ph.D. students and engineering students interested in the chemical industry will be benefited from the course. The course is nationally coordinated by AICTE. It is an FDP course. The course is free and accessible on the digital platform.

The Transition Metal Organometallics in Catalysis And Biology certification is available for candidates in the e-format. The certification is shareable on all platforms. The certification will have logos of NPTEL and IIT, Bombay. The candidates will avail industry support in the course content and also from the course certification. 

A Study Guide in Organic Retrosynthesis: Problem Solving Approach certification course offers candidates an environment for comprehending different aspects of organic synthesis via problem/puzzle solving approaches. The course prepares the candidates to interactively master the fundamentals of synthetic organic chemistry and ace competitive examinations.

A Study Guide in Organic Retrosynthesis: Problem Solving Approach certification by Swayam and IIT Kharagpur takes the candidates through one of the top intriguing research fields within disciplines related to chemistry. With incredible advancements since the 20th century, synthetic organic chemistry has become a powerful tool for obtaining the latest chemical entities possessing high biological potential that are difficult to obtain from natural sources because of their scarcity.

A Study Guide in Organic Retrosynthesis: Problem Solving Approach online course is a 12 week program that offers 3 credits, taught by Professor Samik Nanda. The course is ideal for industries related to chemistry, pharmacy, health, fitness and medicine industries.

Time dependent Quantum chemistry is an online FDP course approved by AICTE ( All India Council for Technical Education). The online program will help you get a deep understanding of time-dependent Quantum chemistry. The learners can complete the online course that is offered jointly by Swayam and IISc Bangalore in a duration of 12 weeks. Time dependent Quantum chemistry Certification Course is really meant for undergraduate and postgraduate students from a background in physics and chemistry. 

Time dependent Quantum chemistry online course, administered by Swayam, is designed and led by Prof. Atanu Bhattacharya who is a faculty member at IISc Bangalore. This course will also help the students to have the ability to deal with a few of the time-dependent quantum chemistry issues with help of the practical methods and will provide you with an introduction to quantum mechanics with applications to chemistry. The learners must have a deep understanding of the postulates of quantum mechanics to be eligible for joining the online program. 

Chemistry: Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding is a 12-week-long core program offered by  IIT Madras. The online course will help the students explore the principles of quantum chemistry in depth and will provide them with a thorough understanding of atomic structure and chemical bonding. The course is worth taking as it is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Chemistry: Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding Certification Course is recommended for undergraduate and postgraduate students of chemistry who are interested in quantum chemistry. 

Though Swayam offers the Chemistry: Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding online course free of cost, the learners must have to make the payments of the exam fee and crack the certification qualifying exam to get hold of the certificate. The course is designed and taught by Prof. K. Mangala Sunder who is a professor at IIT Madras.  To be eligible for the course, Swayam specifies certain prerequisites including mathematical understanding and introductory ideas of modern physics. 

Electrochemical impedance Spectroscopy is an AICTE-approved online programme that is offered by Swayam and  IIT Madras. The programme is a 12-week programme that is free to join and learn. But, if you intend to be certified, you must score a prescribed percentage of marks in the qualifying exam that needs a fee.  Electrochemical impedance Spectroscopy Certification Course will help you to explore electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, its techniques, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy principle, impedance spectroscopy, and the correct methods of data acquisition and analysis. 

Administered by Swayam, the Electrochemical impedance Spectroscopy online course is developed and taught by Prof. S. Ramanathan from IIT Madras. Swayam specifies that the learners must have completed B.Sc. or B.E. to be eligible for the online programme. 

Do you want to learn the Nobel prize-winning concept of coordination chemistry? Then, Co-Ordination Chemistry (Chemistry Of Transition Elements) is an ideal course for you. The course is a 12-week long online programme that is free to enrol and learn. Co-Ordination Chemistry (Chemistry Of Transition Elements) Certification Course is an online programme offered by Swayam and accredited and approved by AICTE. 

Co-Ordination Chemistry (Chemistry Of Transition Elements) online course will guide you on coordination chemistry and will explore ligands, stereochemistry, coordination number and nomenclature. The programme is developed and taught by  IIT Kharagpur who is the faculty at IIT Kharagpur. 

The Analytical chemistry online course is a 12-week program offered by Swayam, a government of India Initiative. The course allows students to research and utilize special tools and procedures to isolate, identify, and measure unidentified substances. 

The Analytical chemistry training covers various applications of atomic emission spectroscopy, atomic absorption spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, Mössbauer spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy in the spectroscopic approach. 

The Analytical chemistry syllabus includes Coulometry, cyclic voltammetry and amperometry will be covered in electrochemical techniques. Biological sample analysis, Forensic science, clinical analysis, materials analysis, and environmental analysis are among the applications covered in the course.

The ‘Bonds and Bands in Solids’ online course is offered as part of the Swayam initiative by the ministry of education in India. This online program is developed and provided by the ‘National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning(NPTEL) and the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore(IISC) hence the Swayam course certificate consists of the logos of NPTEL and IISC.

The online training of this core course is scheduled for twelve weeks where students are guided through the advanced level training in the domain of physics, chemistry and metallurgy, material sciences, and mining engineering.

The students will learn about the concepts and aspects of the electronic and vibrational states in solids in this online course instructed by Professor Ramasesha from IISC. The ‘Bonds and Bands in Solids’ certification course is a faculty development program accredited by the All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE) and the students of this course receive three credit points after completion.

The ‘One and two dimensional NMR Spectroscopy for chemists’ online course is part of the faculty development program and approved by the All India Council for Technical Education. This online core course is offered for twelve weeks through the Swayam initiative by the ministry of education in India for the students interested in learning about NMR spectroscopy and the scope of research in the field of chemistry and pharmaceutical industry.

This postgraduate level program is developed by the collaboration of the National Programme for Technology Enhanced Learning and the Indian Institute of Science(IISC) in Bangalore. The course curriculum is focused on the practical applications and knowledge acquisition by the students about the aspects of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance(NMR) spectroscopy. 

The students of the ‘One and two dimensional NMR Spectroscopy for chemists’ training will receive three credit points and a course certificate (e-Verifiable) after completion of the final examination with the mandatory requirements. 

The Chemical Crystallography certification course is a 12 weeks online programme. This programme is held through online tutoring on the Swayam platform by the experienced Professor Angshuman Roy Choudhury of IISER Mohali. The course certification provider partners are NPTEL and IIT Madras. 

The Chemical Crystallography training course gives highlights of the different concepts that are used in X-ray crystallography techniques. This course will take all the students towards crystallography symmetry for defining the structure, and refinement of the different types of crystal structures that are done using x-ray diffraction. The programme will stand out to be beneficial for both organic and inorganic chemists on an experimental basis.

The Biophysical chemistry certification course is an online 12 weeks course. The programme is offered through the platform of the educational provider Swayam. The certification is provided by the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and NPTEL. The course syllabus has been rigorously researched, and designed by the professors at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. 

The Biophysical chemistry training is a very basic, and introductory course on the fundamental concepts of biophysical chemistry. This course emphasizes basic topics like protein structure elements, protein folding energy, it's mixing, and relaxation techniques. All these techniques are used to deeply study the fast-folding of protein. The syllabus ultimately ends with a discussion on tools in popular fields of protein Absorption, Fluorescence, and IR.

The ‘Concepts of chemistry for engineering’ online certification course is a National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) training course that is developed for the engineering students to build a strong foundation with the theories of inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry. This free online training is provided by the Swayam education platform initiated by the government of India. The classes for this interdisciplinary core course are scheduled for a period of twelve weeks.

The students are delivered with conceptual insights through videos, lectures, and are evaluated through a series of weekly assignments and a final exam. The program instructors for this course include the faculty from the department of chemistry, Prof. Anindya Datta, Prof. Debabrata Maiti, Prof. Chidambar Kulkarni, and Prof. Arnab Dutta from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.

The ‘Concepts of chemistry for engineering’ training program ensures the students receive a course certificate and credit points after completing the course fulfilling the qualifying criteria. This course is recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

The Bonds and Bands in Solids certification course is a 3 months online programme. This course’s syllabus is decided and made up by the eminent Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, but the course is offered through the platform of Swayam. Again this course certificate is granted by the institutions of NPTEL and the Indian Institute of Management. 

The Bonds and Bands in Solids training belong to the core programme section under the fields of chemistry, physics, Metallurgy and Material science, and Mining Engineering. This certificate course is explained by professor S. Ramasesha. The syllabus explains the concepts of the different states namely the electronic, vibrational states of the Solids.