6 Best MATLAB Courses for Beginners
We compared 6 MATLAB courses currently listed on Coursera, Udemy and edX, priced from $49.00 to $179.00. 1 comes from a named university or institution, including Vanderbilt University. 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
- 6
- Price range
- $49.00 – $179.00
- Providers
- Coursera, Udemy, edX
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 6 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, edX, matched to "MATLAB" 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 $49.00 to $179.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Introduction to Programming with MATLAB
Offered by Vanderbilt University
This course teaches computer programming to those with little to no previous experience. It uses the programming system and language called MATLAB to do so because it is easy to learn, versatile and very useful for engin...
$49.00listed price -
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Fundamentals of Artificial Neural Network with MATLAB
Do you know how new branches like machine learning and data science come into existence?It's because now there's tremendous demand for artificial neural networks across a range of industries.The power of artificial intel...
$54.99listed price -
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MATLAB and Octave for Beginners
Offered by École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Learn MATLAB and Octave and start experimenting with matrix manipulations, data visualizations, functions and mathematical computations.
$179.00listed price -
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Introduction to Image Processing
Offered by MathWorks
In this introduction to image processing, you'll take your first steps in accessing and adjusting digital images for analysis and processing. You will load, save, and adjust image size and orientation while also understa...
$49.00listed price -
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Control Systems Made Simple | Beginner's Guide
This course covers the basics of modeling, simulations and control of mechanical and electrical systems. The course is divided into 3 main sections:1. Mechanical systems modeling, 2. Electrical systems modeling3. Control...
$149.99listed 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
Best MATLAB Courses for Beginners compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Programming with MATLAB | Coursera | Vanderbilt University | $49.00 | View → |
| 2 | Fundamentals of Artificial Neural Network with MATLAB | Udemy | — | $54.99 | View → |
| 3 | MATLAB and Octave for Beginners | edX | École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne | $179.00 | View → |
| 4 | Introduction to Image Processing | Coursera | MathWorks | $49.00 | View → |
| 5 | Control Systems Made Simple | Beginner's Guide | Udemy | — | $149.99 | View → |
| 6 | Introduction to Power System Analysis | Udemy | — | $59.99 | 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 6 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $179.00, with the middle of the range around $59.99 — a spread of $130.00. 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. 1 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Vanderbilt University — 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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