Best parallel programming Courses Online
We compared 11 Parallel Programming courses currently listed on Coursera and Udemy, priced from $19.99 to $99.99. 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.
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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...
$79.00listed price -
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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...
$49.00listed price -
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Concurrent and Parallel Programming in Python
In this course you'll learn how to create multi-threaded, asynchronous, and multi-process programs in Python, so that you can make your programs run even faster.In applications communicating with other resources, a lot o...
$99.99listed price -
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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...
$49.00listed price -
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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...
$49.00listed price -
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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...
$49.00listed price -
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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...
$69.00listed price -
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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...
$49.00listed price -
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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...
$79.00listed price -
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Parallel computing using MPI
In this course theoretical as well as practical concepts of parallel programming are explained. In chapter 1, introduction to parallel computing, levels of parallelism and applications of parallel computing are explained...
$19.99listed price -
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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
What the prices here tell you
The 11 priced courses on this page run from $19.99 to $99.99, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $80.00. 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 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. 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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