15 Best Prompt Engineering Courses for Beginners
We compared 15 Prompt Engineering courses currently listed on Coursera, Udemy and edX, priced from $19.99 to $49.99. 2 come from a named university or institution, including Institute of Product Leadership (IPL) and Duke 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
- 15
- Price range
- $19.99 – $49.99
- Providers
- Coursera, Udemy, edX
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, edX, matched to "prompt engineering" 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 $49.99, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT: Beginner to Advanced
Offered by LearnKartS
The difference between an average AI response and an exceptional one isn’t the chatbot; it’s the prompt. In this Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT course, you will learn how to write clear and strategic prompts to produce m...
$49.00listed price -
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Prompt Engineering Masterclass - From Beginner to Advanced
Offered by Packt
This specialization 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 you progress. You’l...
$49.00listed price -
3
ChatGPT for Beginners in Hindi with Prompt Engineering
चैटजीपीटी कोर्स बेगिनर्स के लिएक्या आप जानते हैं कि आप ChatGPT क्या है और इसका उपयोग क्यों करना चाहिए? क्या आप तैयार हैं इस उपकरण की माहिती और उपयोग सीखने के लिए? अगर हां, तो यह कोर्स आपके लिए है!कौन कौन से छात्र इस कोर्...
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Prompt Engineering Bootcamp: From Beginner to Expert
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.Demand for AI fluency — the ability to effectively use and work with AI tools — has grown nearly sevenfold in U.S. job postings in just two years.Whether you’re usi...
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AI Prompt Engineering Fundamentals
Offered by Institute of Product Leadership (IPL)
ChatGPT Beginner Course in LLM Engineering. Master the Prompting Techniques to Build and Direct Powerful Agentic AI
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edX MOOC / Non-creditIntroduction to Prompt Engineering
Offered by IBM
Learn to craft effective generative AI prompts that produce the results you’re looking for quickly.
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Introduction to Generative AI
Offered by Duke University
This introductory course is designed for beginners with no prior knowledge of generative AI. You will start by gaining a high-level understanding of what generative AI is and how it works. Through interactive lessons and...
$49.00listed price -
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Salesforce Agentforce: Introduction to Agentforce Platform
Offered by Edureka
This course explores how Salesforce Einstein AI and Agentforce enable intelligent, enterprise-ready AI experiences within the Salesforce platform. It focuses on how AI can move beyond traditional automation and reporting...
$49.00listed price -
9
2026 AI And ChatGPT At Work: Productive AI Use For Beginners
Offered by Alex Genadinik
This course is designed for people who are completely new to artificial intelligence and want to learn how to start using it in their daily work. You will learn in plain language how AI works, how to interact with it eff...
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10
Introduction to UGC & Short-Form Video Production with AI
Offered by SkillsBooster Academy
By the end of this course, you'll be able to plan, prompt, generate, and deliver professional AI-powered UGC and short-form video content — from a single polished clip to a full 7-day client campaign. You'll set up a com...
$49.00listed price -
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Generative AI Fundamentals
Offered by IBM
Generative AI is revolutionizing our lives. This specialization provides a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental concepts, models, tools, and applications of generative AI to enable you to leverage the potential...
$49.00listed price -
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AI Fundamentals
Offered by Google
Ready to move beyond the buzz and see real results with AI? This course covers the fundamentals of working with AI, like understanding its strengths and limitations so you can leverage it effectively at work. You’ll lear...
$49.00listed price -
13
Introduction to Generative AI for Developers With Copilot
Offered by Microsoft
This course introduces developers to generative AI technologies, focusing on their practical applications in software development. You will explore the core concepts of generative AI and understand the basic functionalit...
$49.00listed price -
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Generative AI Fundamentals for Beginners
Offered by Packt
This course 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 you progress through the co...
$49.00listed price -
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Cursor AI for Beginners
Offered by Edureka
Your development workflow can improve. In this hands-on course, you'll learn Cursor—an AI-powered IDE that helps developers write code more efficiently. Whether you want to reduce repetitive coding tasks or explore how A...
$49.00listed price
Best Prompt Engineering Courses for Beginners compared
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What the prices here tell you
The 15 priced courses on this page run from $19.99 to $49.99, 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, 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 Institute of Product Leadership (IPL) and Duke 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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