Online Certificate Courses

Providing expert knowledge and skills to enhance your career.

About Online Certificate Courses

Our Online Certificate Courses provide the expert knowledge and skills you need to enhance your career. From leadership and management, to finance and economics, to technology, law and public policy, courses take place over 6 to 10 weeks and are taught in weekly modules, in collaboration with our education technology partner, GetSmarter, providing the ultimate flexibility for busy professionals to upskill for success.

Key benefits:

All Online Certificate courses are designed by expert LSE faculty members, allowing a wider global audiences access to world-class research and insights
All courses operate a supported, interactive online learning model that allows participants to study from anywhere in the world, at your convenience
You'll gain access to valuable career resources to support you in your professional journey

Who are they suited to?

Working professionals seeking to enhance their skills without disrupting their career
Individuals looking to expand their knowledge in specific subjects without the commitment of a full-time programme
Learners who want to experience the rigor of an LSE Education in a flexible and convenient format

Featured course

Venture Capital: The Essentials of Financing Your Startup

Navigate the realities of securing funding for your venture as you follow a business’s evolution from start-up to exit strategy.

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Course listing:

6 weeks

Applied Data Visualisation and Analysis for Business

Develop in-demand data visualisation and analysis skills to elevate your career in a data-driven world.

Next application deadline:22 Apr 2025

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6 weeks

AI Law, Policy and Governance

Explore the policy strategies driving AI governance.

Next application deadline:17 Jun 2025

6 months

Business Management Executive Programme

Learn the core aspects of business management and develop the tools required to be a business leader, including strategic thinking, negotiation abilities, and people-management skills.

Next application deadline:29 Apr 2025

8 weeks

Business, International Relations and the Political Economy

Learn to maximise opportunities and mitigate risk stemming from global events with expert commentary and insights from LSE thought-leaders.

Next application deadline:29 Apr 2025

8 weeks

Data Analysis for Management

Develop the skills you need to analyse, interpret and communicate data with confidence and impact within your organisation.

Next application deadline:20 May 2025

6 weeks

Data: Law, Policy and Regulation

Gain the skills to navigate and critically analyse the changing legal environment that is shaping data, law and policy.

Next application deadline:22 Jul 2025

8 weeks

Digital Transformation in HR

Enhance your understanding of data and technology within the HR department and take your organisation to the next level.

Next application deadline:3 Jun 2025

6 weeks

Economic and Political Development in Developing Countries

Gain a multidisciplinary understanding of policy successes and challenges of developing countries, and learn to formulate solutions for sustainable growth.

Next application deadline:16 Sept 2025

6 weeks

Venture Capital: The Essentials of Financing Your Startup

Navigate the realities of securing funding for your venture as you follow a business’s evolution from start-up to exit strategy.

Next application deadline:22 Apr 2025

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8 weeks

Financial Analysis and Management Accounting

Develop a financial and managerial accounting toolkit to inform business decision-making and enhance organisational performance.

Next application deadline:13 May 2025

6 weeks

Health Economics and Policy

Gain a comprehensive overview of the issues facing the healthcare industry through the lens of economics, and learn how policy can be used to address contemporary global healthcare challenges.

Next application deadline:29 Jul 2025

8 weeks

Inclusive Leadership Through Behavioural Science

Navigate the science behind inclusivity. Use data-driven, evidence-based methods to create a culture of collaboration and engagement in your organisation.

Next application deadline:3 Jun 2025

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8 weeks

Leadership and Change

Grow as an authentic and transformational leader, equipped with the practical skills to guide an organisation and its employees through times of change.

Next application deadline:20 May 2025

8 weeks

Machine Learning: Practical Applications

Explore machine learning techniques to optimise your data analyses for informed business decision-making.

Next application deadline:17 Jun 2025

6 weeks

Managerial Finance

Develop an understanding of the crucial frameworks and tools of modern corporate finance to make better managerial and investment decisions.

Next application deadline:8 Jul 2025

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8 weeks

Managing People and Teams

Develop essential people management skills to manage, motivate, and drive the engagement of talent and teams.

Next application deadline:22 Apr 2025

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10 weeks

MBA Essentials

Gain holistic business and leadership skills to become a better manager, with this essential toolkit for the contemporary business environment.

Next application deadline:29 Apr 2025

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8 weeks

Modelling Cost-Effectiveness in Healthcare

Learn how to design, analyse, and interpret cost-effectiveness models in healthcare.

Next application deadline:27 May 2025

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6 weeks

Negotiation Programme

Maximise your negotiation skills for business and career success in this six-week online course.

Next application deadline:6 May 2025

8 weeks

Public Policy Innovations

Explore public policy innovations and technology, and the strategies for transforming and addressing the challenges in policy making.

Next application deadline:30 Sept 2025

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10 weeks

Public Policy Analysis

Gain practical skills and analytical frameworks for analysing, evaluating, and communicating public policy.

Next application deadline:13 May 2025

8 weeks

Real Estate Economics and Finance

Gain the theoretical knowledge and practical skills to make more informed real estate investment decisions.

Next application deadline:13 May 2025

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8 weeks

Regulation Strategy

Consider regulation from a practical and multidisciplinary perspective as you gain the tools to critically assess the changing regulatory environment.

Next application deadline:17 Jun 2025

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8 weeks

Risk and Crisis Management

Develop strategies to better prepare your organisation for the future, with an interdisciplinary perspective on risk and crisis management.

Next application deadline:6 May 2025

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8 weeks

Social Entrepreneurship

Gain the entrepreneurial skills, tools and knowledge to drive positive change and measure your social impact.

Next application deadline:9 Sept 2025

6 weeks

Strategic Communications in Society: Power, Ethics, and Practice

Develop your strategic communications skill set to become a leader for change in your organisation

Next application deadline:6 May 2025

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6 weeks

Sustainability: Environment, Economy and Society

Explore a multidisciplinary approach to sustainability and develop practical strategies towards a more sustainable future.

Next application deadline:6 May 2025

6 weeks

The Law and Economics of Mergers and Acquisitions

Gain a holistic overview of the key concepts, drivers, and frameworks of corporate transactions.

Next application deadline:1 Jul 2025