9 Best Parallel Programming Courses on Coursera
We compared 9 Parallel Programming courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $79.00. 4 come from a named university or institution, including Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Rice University and Johns Hopkins 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
- 9
- Price range
- $49.00 – $79.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 9 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "parallel programming" 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 $79.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Parallel programming
Offered by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
With every smartphone and computer now boasting multiple processors, the use of functional ideas to facilitate parallel programming is becoming increasingly widespread. In this course, you'll learn the fundamentals of pa...
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Concurrent and Parallel Programming in Python
Offered by Packt
Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as yo...
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Multicore and GPGPU Programming
Offered by Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
The course "Multicore and GPGPU Programming" provides a foundational understanding of parallel programming, focusing on developing high-performance, multi-threaded applications in both CPU and GPU environments. Beginning...
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Parallel, Concurrent, and Distributed Programming in Java
Offered by Rice University
Parallel, concurrent, and distributed programming underlies software in multiple domains, ranging from biomedical research to financial services. This specialization is intended for anyone with a basic knowledge of seque...
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CUDA at Scale for the Enterprise
Offered by Johns Hopkins University
This course will aid in students in learning in concepts that scale the use of GPUs and the CPUs that manage their use beyond the most common consumer-grade GPU installations. They will learn how to manage asynchronous w...
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Concurrency in Go
Offered by University of California, Irvine
Learn how to implement concurrent programming in Go. Explore the roles of channels and goroutines in implementing concurrency. Topics include writing goroutines and implementing channels for communications between gorout...
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Go for Python Developers
Offered by Codio
Code and run your first Go program in minutes without installing anything! This course is designed for learners who are already familiar with development practices in a modern programming language such as Python to be qu...
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Effective Programming in Scala
Offered by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Scala is an expressive, versatile, and safe programming language. In this course, you will learn how to get the most out of Scala to solve common programming tasks such as modeling business domains, breaking down complex...
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Functional Programming in Scala
Offered by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Discover how to write elegant code that works the first time it is run. This Specialization provides a hands-on introduction to functional programming using the widespread programming language, Scala. It begins from the...
$49.00listed price
Best Parallel Programming Courses on Coursera compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parallel programming | Coursera | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | $79.00 | View → |
| 2 | Concurrent and Parallel Programming in Python | Coursera | Packt | $49.00 | View → |
| 3 | Multicore and GPGPU Programming | Coursera | Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani | $49.00 | View → |
| 4 | Parallel, Concurrent, and Distributed Programming in Java | Coursera | Rice University | $49.00 | View → |
| 5 | CUDA at Scale for the Enterprise | Coursera | Johns Hopkins University | $49.00 | View → |
| 6 | Concurrency in Go | Coursera | University of California, Irvine | $69.00 | View → |
| 7 | Go for Python Developers | Coursera | Codio | $49.00 | View → |
| 8 | Effective Programming in Scala | Coursera | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | $79.00 | View → |
| 9 | Functional Programming in Scala | Coursera | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | $49.00 | 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 9 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $79.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $30.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. 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. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 4 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Rice University and Johns Hopkins University — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
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