15 Best Empathy Courses on edX
We compared 15 Empathy courses currently listed on edX, priced from $29.00 to $1,020.60. 10 come from a named university or institution, including University of California, Berkeley, Stellenbosch University and National Gallery of Art. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 15
- Price range
- $29.00 – $1,020.60
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "empathy" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $29.00 to $1,020.60, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Empathy and Emotional Intelligence at Work
Offered by University of California, Berkeley
Learn research-based skills to strengthen empathy and trust, improve collaboration, and create more innovative, productive, and satisfying experiences at work.
$199.00listed price -
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Exploring South African Sign Language and South African Deaf Culture
Offered by Stellenbosch University
Embracing and learning more about South African Sign Language (SASL) and Deaf culture is a good way to broaden one’s outlook on life and deepen your understanding and empathy for others. This self-paced course, expertly...
$149.00listed price -
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Teaching Complex Thinking through Art with the National Gallery of Art
Offered by National Gallery of Art
Develop complex thinking with strategies from the National Gallery of Art and Project Zero at Harvard University, making connections to artworks, exploring viewpoints with empathy, and uncovering complexities, in this co...
$119.00listed price -
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The Psychology of Emotions: An Introduction to Embodied Cognition
Offered by University of Cambridge
This fascinating introduction to the cognitive psychology of emotions explores how, when we see others’ emotions, not only the mind, but also the body is engaged in the recognition. You will explore how to measure our ab...
$299.00listed price -
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UNESCO course on Teaching and learning about violent pasts
Offered by SDG Academy
This UNESCO course helps educators teach about histories of violence to help towards building cultures of peace, empathy, and global citizenship. Through eight interactive modules, explore key concepts and pedagogical st...
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Introduction to Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
Offered by University of California, Riverside
The solid foundation provided in this introductory course in SEL teaches you how to help students practice self-awareness, social-awareness, self-management, self-control, responsible decision making, and develop authent...
$59.00listed price -
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Empathetic Engineer
Offered by Imperial College London
This course will enable learners, especially Hardware, Software and Systems Engineers, to combine technological innovation with a deeply empathic, human-centred approach and generate truly impactful solutions for people,...
$150.00listed price -
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HOPE: What Makes Us Human
Offered by Tel Aviv University
What sets us apart, and brings us together, as humans? How can we live up to our humanity? HOPE is an open invitation to become better at being human, to realize our humanity. Join HOPE to discover what it means to be us...
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Supporting Veteran Success in Higher Education
Offered by Columbia University
Supporting Veteran Success in Higher Education will provide participants with the tools necessary to better understand, empathize with, and proctor the success of veterans in pursuit of their academic, personal, and prof...
$49.99listed price -
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Humanities & Soft Skills
Offered by Tecnológico de Monterrey
This course focuses on developing skills in the humanities and soft skills, which are crucial in various professional environments. You'll explore areas such as communication, critical thinking, and cultural awareness, e...
$1,020.60listed price -
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Foundations of Client Care
Offered by Osmosis from Elsevier
Foundations of Client Care is designed to enhance your understanding of how to effectively engage and support clients. This course emphasizes the importance of communication, empathy, and professional relationships in pr...
$117.60listed price -
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Design Thinking: Empathizing to Understand the Problem
Offered by Rochester Institute of Technology
Learn how to identify and understand product or business problems through active listening, empathy and user-focused research.
$337.00listed price -
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Storytelling for Social Change
Offered by The University of Michigan
Use stories to deliver messages that affect people. Learn how to craft a story that develops empathy and delivers impact.
$59.00listed price -
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Inteligencia emocional y liderazgo
Offered by Universidades Anáhuac
This course focuses on emotional intelligence and its relationship with effective leadership. You will explore how understanding and managing emotions can enhance your ability to lead teams and organizations successfully...
$105.30listed price -
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Por 5 razones: respuestas ante el suicidio
Offered by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Cada 40 segundos se suicida una persona en el mundo. Pero ¿podemos hacer algo para evitarlo aunque no seamos profesionales? Aprende a reconocer el riesgo de suicidio para detectarlo precozmente y prevenirlo. No es necesa...
$29.00listed price
Best Empathy Courses on edX compared
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 13 priced courses on this page run from $29.00 to $1,020.60, with the middle of the range around $119.00 — a spread of $991.60. That is a wide gap for one subject. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from edX. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 10 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of California, Berkeley, Stellenbosch University and National Gallery of Art — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
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