8 Best Engineering Fundamentals Courses for Beginners
We compared 8 Engineering Fundamentals courses currently listed on Coursera, Udemy and edX, priced from $34.99 to $199.99. 6 of them teach the subject directly and 2 are built around a certification exam. 2 come from a named university or institution, including The State University of New York & University at Buffalo and Delft University of Technology. 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
- 8
- Price range
- $34.99 – $199.99
- Providers
- Coursera, Udemy, edX
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 8 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, edX, matched to "engineering fundamentals" 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 $34.99 to $199.99, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Cleanroom Fundamentals & Semiconductor Technologies
Offered by The State University of New York & University at Buffalo
This entry-level online course offers a brief overview of silicon-based semiconductor fabrication, geared toward engineering undergraduates, graduate students, and pre-college learners exploring career paths in the semic...
$49.00listed price -
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Introduction to Faecal Sludge Management
Offered by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Do you want learn how to apply concepts of sustainable faecal sludge management (FSM) on a city-wide scale? This course starts with an overview of what faecal sludge is and an introduces you to the engineering fundamenta...
$49.00listed price -
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![[NEW] Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)](https://i.udemycdn.com/course/480x270/7213315_3ebc.jpg)
[NEW] Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)
Detailed Exam Domain CoverageThe practice tests in this course comprehensively map to the official Fundamentals of Engineering exam specifications. Every core area is covered to ensure you identify your strengths and tar...
$99.99listed price -
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Introduction to Power System Analysis
This course has been developed based on my experience teaching university level power for over a decade. I have learned that students are more likely to understand key concepts when the lectures and examples are animatio...
$59.99listed price -
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Mechanics Lectures for Beginners
By the end of this course the student will be able to think scientifically in solving problems related to common application in his life using the principals and basic theories of statics such as ( forces, moment ) to pr...
$99.99listed price -
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Introduction to Aeronautical Engineering
Offered by Delft University of Technology
Come discover the fascinating world of flying through the exploration of aeronautics, aerodynamics and flight mechanics!
$169.00listed price -
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Fundamentals of Engineering FE exam
Discover the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam, gain insights on how to effectively prepare for it, and explore the wide range of subjects covered in the test. Passing this exam is a crucial milestone on the path to...
$34.99listed price -
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Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam Review
Learn about the Fundamentals of Engineering exam, how to prepare for it, and dive into the many broad subjects that are included on the test. Passing the exam is the step before becoming a professional licensed eng...
$199.99listed price
Best Engineering Fundamentals Courses for Beginners compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Cleanroom Fundamentals & Semiconductor Technologies | Coursera | The State University of New York & University at Buffalo | $49.00 | View → |
| 2 | Introduction to Faecal Sludge Management | Coursera | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | $49.00 | View → |
| 3 | [NEW] Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) | Udemy | — | $99.99 | View → |
| 4 | Introduction to Power System Analysis | Udemy | — | $59.99 | View → |
| 5 | Mechanics Lectures for Beginners | Udemy | — | $99.99 | View → |
| 6 | Introduction to Aeronautical Engineering | edX | Delft University of Technology | $169.00 | View → |
| 7 | Fundamentals of Engineering FE exam | Udemy | — | $34.99 | View → |
| 8 | Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam Review | Udemy | — | $199.99 | View → |
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 8 priced courses on this page run from $34.99 to $199.99, with the middle of the range around $99.99 — a spread of $165.00. 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 Coursera, Udemy and edX. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion. 2 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including The State University of New York & University at Buffalo and Delft University of Technology — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Courses versus exam preparation
2 of the entries here are built around a certification exam rather than teaching Engineering Fundamentals from scratch. They are the right choice only if you already know the material and want to pass a specific exam; if you are starting out, pick one of the taught courses first and come back to exam preparation afterwards.
Before you enrol
Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 18 September 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.