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15 Best UML Courses Online

We compared 15 UML courses currently listed on Coursera, edX and Udemy, priced from $19.99 to $199.99. 5 come from a named university or institution, including The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani and Stanford 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 – $199.99
Providers
Coursera, edX, Udemy
Last updated
18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen

Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, edX, Udemy, matched to this topic 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 $199.99, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.

  1. 1
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Software Engineering: Implementation and Testing

    Offered by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

    Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is the process of developing software through planning, requirement analysis, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance. This course focuses on the implementation and testing...

    $49.00
    listed price
  2. 2
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Software Development Practices

    Offered by Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani

    Welcome to the Software Development Practices course! In this course, you will explore techniques for eliciting and documenting software requirements, including the creation of use cases and user stories. You will learn...

    $49.00
    listed price
  3. 3
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Databases: Modeling and Theory

    Offered by Stanford University

    This course is one of five self-paced courses on the topic of Databases, originating as one of Stanford's three inaugural massive open online courses released in the fall of 2011. The original "Databases" courses are now...

    $69.00
    listed price
  4. 4
    Coursera Certificate Grade A University-backed

    Secure Software Design

    Offered by University of Colorado System

    Information security is an extremely important topic in our world today. As individuals, we seek to protect our personal information while the corporations we work for have to protect suppliers, customers, and company as...

    $49.00
    listed price
  5. 5
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Object-Oriented Analysis & Design

    Offered by University of Colorado Boulder

    Take a step towards becoming a software craftsperson!This class offers an examination of key patterns, principles, and practices for effective object-oriented design and analysis. Learn to move through understanding prob...

    $49.00
    listed price
  6. 6
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Introduction to Systems Architecture  

    Offered by IBM

    The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects about 12-13% job growth for computer systems and network architects in the coming years. This course is your first step toward entering the field of IT systems architecture. Y...

    $49.00
    listed price
  7. 7
    Udemy Certificate Grade B

    IIBA CCBA Capability Business Analysis Examens Blancs 2026

    Bienvenue dans votre suite de préparation ultime pour la certification IIBA Certification of Capability in Business Analysis (CCBA).Le CCBA fait le pont entre la théorie et la pratique. Alors que l'ECBA (niveau d'entrée)...

    $199.99
    listed price
  8. 8
    Udemy Certificate Grade B

    IREB CPRE FL - LE2 Grundlegende Prinzipien des RE

    Warum IREBDas Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering (CPRE) von IREB® ist ein Zertifizierungsmodell für Mitarbeiter aus den Bereichen Requirements Engineering, Business Analyse oder Software- und Systementwi...

    $149.99
    listed price
  9. 9
    Udemy MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Requirements Engineering

    This course is a beginners training in requirements engineering. Requirements engineering is the fundamental key to innovation and successful product development. The focussed elicitation of user-specific customer requir...

    $129.99
    listed price
  10. 10
    Udemy Certificate Grade B Lowest price here

    Software Engineering Course for Beginners to Advanced Level

    This course is for Software Engineering Course for Beginners to Advanced Leve. This course describes the following:Introduction to Software Engineering | Basics, Importance & Career ScopeSoftware Functional & Non...

    $19.99
    listed price
  11. 11
    Udemy Certificate Grade B

    Java Design Patterns & SOLID Design Principles

    Course Overview    This course starts with SOLID Design Principles in Java. It will then provide a comprehensive introduction to Java Design patterns with practical, hands on exercises. What are SOLID Design Principles?S...

    $89.99
    listed price
  12. 12
    Udemy Certificate Grade B

    SOLID, Wzorce Projektowe w C# (.NET) - praktyczny przewodnik

    Niezależnie od języka programowania w jakich pracujesz, jeśli chcesz osiągnąć najwyższy poziom programowania, po prostu MUSISZ opanować wzorce projektowe.Większość pracodawców poszukuje inżynierów oprogramowania posiadaj...

    $49.99
    listed price
  13. 13
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Relational Database Design

    Offered by Illinois Tech

    This course provides you with the opportunity to learn about relational database design. You will be provided an in-depth understanding of the design principles and methodologies involved in creating well-structured, nor...

    $49.00
    listed price
  14. 14
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    Business Process Modelling with UML Activity Diagrams & BPMN

    UPDATE: Now includes BPMN. As well as learning UML Activity Diagrams in depth the course now also includes an introduction to the BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation) technique using BPMN 2.0.Business Process Model...

    $149.99
    listed price
  15. 15
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    IIBA CCBA Capability in Business Analysis Exámenes 2026

    Bienvenido a su suite de preparación definitiva para la certificación IIBA Certification of Capability in Business Analysis (CCBA).El CCBA une la teoría y la práctica. Mientras que el ECBA (nivel de entrada) prueba el co...

    $199.99
    listed price

Best UML Courses Online compared

# Course Provider Offered by Price
1 Software Engineering: Implementation and Testing Coursera The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology $49.00 View →
2 Software Development Practices Coursera Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani $49.00 View →
3 Databases: Modeling and Theory edX Stanford University $69.00 View →
4 Secure Software Design Coursera University of Colorado System $49.00 View →
5 Object-Oriented Analysis & Design Coursera University of Colorado Boulder $49.00 View →
6 Introduction to Systems Architecture   Coursera IBM $49.00 View →
7 IIBA CCBA Capability Business Analysis Examens Blancs 2026 Udemy $199.99 View →
8 IREB CPRE FL - LE2 Grundlegende Prinzipien des RE Udemy $149.99 View →
9 Requirements Engineering Udemy $129.99 View →
10 Software Engineering Course for Beginners to Advanced Level Udemy $19.99 View →
11 Java Design Patterns & SOLID Design Principles Udemy $89.99 View →
12 SOLID, Wzorce Projektowe w C# (.NET) - praktyczny przewodnik Udemy $49.99 View →
13 Relational Database Design Coursera Illinois Tech $49.00 View →
14 Business Process Modelling with UML Activity Diagrams & BPMN Udemy $149.99 View →
15 IIBA CCBA Capability in Business Analysis Exámenes 2026 Udemy $199.99 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 15 priced courses on this page run from $19.99 to $199.99, with the middle of the range around $49.99 — a spread of $180.00. 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, 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. 5 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani and Stanford University — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.

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.

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