Mergers and acquisitions courses can help you learn valuation techniques, negotiation strategies, financial modeling, and due diligence processes. You can build skills in assessing market conditions, structuring deals, and understanding regulatory implications. Many courses introduce tools like Excel for financial analysis and software for project management, that support tracking progress and ensuring compliance throughout the acquisition process.

Skills you'll gain: Musical Composition, Music, Instrumental Music, Music Performance, Education Software and Technology, Music Theory, World Music, Teaching, Classroom Management, Cultural Responsiveness, Active Listening, Creativity, Collaboration
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Software Development Life Cycle, Quality Management, Scrum (Software Development), Business Analysis, Requirements Management, Risk Management, Project Management, Project Risk Management, Business Process Improvement, Project Planning, Agile Methodology, User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

National Taiwan University
Skills you'll gain: Game Theory, Experimentation, Negotiation, Behavioral Economics, Research Design, Economics, Decision Making, Socioeconomics, Strategic Decision-Making, Consumer Behaviour, Peer Review
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Management, Chemical Engineering, Materials science, Simulations, Engineering Analysis, Engineering Calculations, Physics, Estimation, Mathematical Modeling, Calculus
Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Project Closure, Agile Methodology, Waterfall Methodology, Project Management Life Cycle, Sprint Retrospectives, Project Implementation, Agile Project Management, Project Performance, Project Management, Project Controls, Earned Value Management, Project Planning, Sprint Planning, Project Schedules, Scheduling, Resource Management, Resource Allocation
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Salesforce
Skills you'll gain: Overcoming Objections, Prospecting and Qualification, Lead Generation, Sales Development, Sales Prospecting, Cold Calling, Emotional Intelligence, Consultative Selling, Phone Sales, Selling Techniques, Sales, Sales Strategy, Rapport Building, Empathy, Active Listening, Value Propositions, Persona Development
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Corporate Finance Institute
Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Excel, Pivot Tables And Charts, Spreadsheet Software, Dashboard, Data Transformation, Data Analysis, Excel Formulas, Data Visualization Software, Data Presentation, Data Manipulation, Business Intelligence, Data Cleansing
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Hosting, Distributed Computing, Content Management Systems, System Configuration
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Microsoft Copilot, Responsible AI, Presentations, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Data Presentation, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Teams, Data Storytelling, Predictive Modeling, Email Automation, Data Visualization Software, Data Synthesis, Spreadsheet Software, Microsoft Word, Excel Formulas, Collaborative Software, Microsoft 365, Data Analysis
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Skills you'll gain: Social Justice, Community Development, Governance, Sustainable Development, Systems Thinking, Information Technology, Economic Development, Policty Analysis, Research, and Development, Digital Transformation, Stakeholder Engagement, Case Studies
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Student Engagement, Pedagogy, Teaching, Special Education, Digital pedagogy, Disabilities, Instructional Strategies, Learning Strategies, Diversity Awareness, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, Higher Education
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Nanjing University
Skills you'll gain: Systems Thinking, Economics, European History, World History, Social Sciences, Socioeconomics, Political Sciences, International Relations, Sociology, Economic Development, Labor Law, Research
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months