8 Best Neuroscience Courses for Beginners
We compared 8 Neuroscience courses currently listed on edX and Udemy, priced from $19.99 to $851.40. 7 of them teach the subject directly and 1 are built around a certification exam. 3 come from a named university or institution, including Harvard University, University of Cambridge and Project 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
- 8
- Price range
- $19.99 – $851.40
- Providers
- edX, Udemy
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 8 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, Udemy, matched to "neuroscience" 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 $19.99 to $851.40, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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MicroBachelors® Program in Introduction to Neuroscience
Offered by Harvard University
The MicroBachelors® Program in Introduction to Neuroscience offers a foundational understanding of how the nervous system works and its impact on human behavior and mental processes. This course is ideal for professional...
$851.40listed price -
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Fundamentals of Neuroscience, Part 3: The Brain
Offered by Harvard University
Discover what makes your brain tick in this third course in our introductory series in neuroscience.
$249.00listed price -
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Fundamentals of Neuroscience, Part 2: Neurons and Networks.
Offered by Harvard University
Discover how neurons work together to create complex networks inside the brain.
$249.00listed price -
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Fundamentals of Neuroscience, Part 1: The Electrical Properties of the Neuron
Offered by Harvard University
Learn how electricity makes the neurons in your brain tick.
$249.00listed price -
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Fundamentals of Neuroscience Final Exam
Offered by Harvard University
This final exam is the culmination of the MicroBachelors® program, Fundamentals of Neuroscience.
$199.00listed price -
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Introduction to Cognitive Psychology and Neuropsychology
Offered by University of Cambridge
This course is an introduction to human cognition and how it is explored. You will explore how Psychology was born as a separate discipline and how we began to study the nervous system in terms of functions, abilities an...
$299.00listed price -
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Fundamentals Of Neuroeducation
Offered by Project University
El curso de Neuroeducación presenta la contribución del conocimiento reciente en este campo para ayudar a los educadores a comprender los últimos estudios y descubrimientos sobre el funcionamiento del cerebro. El curso...
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The beginners course to understand The Brain Design
This is a step by step self learning course for every person who wants to know about how one has been designed in the womb. Since the fingerprints allows us to understand the brain functioning , this course will take you...
$19.99listed price
Best Neuroscience Courses for Beginners compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MicroBachelors® Program in Introduction to Neuroscience | edX | Harvard University | $851.40 | View → |
| 2 | Fundamentals of Neuroscience, Part 3: The Brain | edX | Harvard University | $249.00 | View → |
| 3 | Fundamentals of Neuroscience, Part 2: Neurons and Networks. | edX | Harvard University | $249.00 | View → |
| 4 | Fundamentals of Neuroscience, Part 1: The Electrical Properties of the... | edX | Harvard University | $249.00 | View → |
| 5 | Fundamentals of Neuroscience Final Exam | edX | Harvard University | $199.00 | View → |
| 6 | Introduction to Cognitive Psychology and Neuropsychology | edX | University of Cambridge | $299.00 | View → |
| 7 | Fundamentals Of Neuroeducation | edX | Project University | $49.99 | View → |
| 8 | The beginners course to understand The Brain Design | Udemy | — | $19.99 | 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 $19.99 to $851.40, with the middle of the range around $249.00 — a spread of $831.41. 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 and Udemy. 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. 3 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Harvard University, University of Cambridge and Project University — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Courses versus exam preparation
1 of the entries here are built around a certification exam rather than teaching Neuroscience 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.