Discover our short courses
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Business and Management
Enhance your workplace skills with our wide range of business courses, delivered by practicing industry experts.
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Computing
Get up to speed with the latest advances in the vast and exciting world of computer science, with our hands-on and commercially relevant courses.
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Creative Industries
Explore the exciting world of creative industries with our courses in event management, filmmaking, journalism, music and art.
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Creative Writing
Explore our range of practical and innovative writing courses, taught by professional authors and editors.
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Law
Our law short courses cover a range of fascinating areas, designed to empower you in your personal and professional life.
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Modern Languages
Build confidence to converse with our lively and interactive language courses. From total beginners to advanced levels, all our classes are taught by native and qualified language tutors.
Why choose an online short course at City?
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Quality, affordable courses
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Delivered by leading industry experts
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Interactive classes with one-to-one support
City short courses online
Our short courses are a great way to gain new expertise, advance skills or follow a passion. Due to our strong links with business, practice and the professions, all our courses are taught by leading industry specialists, assuring that they are always up-to-date and relevant.
Taught over evening and weekends, our courses fit easily around busy lives - and we now offer a series of summer schools so you can fast-track your learning in as little as one week.
Most online classes are taught live in small groups and are fully interactive, creating a classroom environment from home. Please check individual course pages for information about how they are delivered.
When you enrol on one of our short courses, we welcome you into our community. You have access to various University benefits, including expert careers advice and discount gym membership.
We don’t ask for any qualifications, just book a place from the course pages. On completion of the course, you’ll be awarded an official City, University of London certificate to mark your achievement.
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Other courses available
Our short courses courses, by subject
Arts and media
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign: An Introduction
- An Approach to Creative Writing
- An Approach to Creative Writing Summer School
- Crime and Thriller Writing
- Crime Writing Intensive Intermediate
- Curating and Exhibition Management
- Digital Filmmaking: A Practical Introduction
- Fact-based Storytelling
- Freelance Writing: How to Get Published in Print and Online
- Intermediate AutoCAD: Professional 2D and 3D Drawing Production
- Introduction to AutoCAD drawing in 2D with a 3D Overview
- Major Event Management
- Music Business Management
- Narrative Non-Fiction
- Novel Writing and Longer Works
- Novel Writing Summer School
- Photoshop: An Introduction
- Screenwriting: First Steps
- Short Story Writing
- The Business of the Visual Arts
- The Novel Studio
- Travel Writing
- Urdang Intensives
- Writers’ Workshop
- Writing for Children
- Writing for Children Summer School
- Writing for Social Impact
- Writing the Memoir
Business
- Coaching for Business
- Content Writing
- Digital Marketing Fundamentals
- Effective Communication and Interpersonal Skills
- Finance for the Non-Financial Manager
- Financial Engineering in Interest Rates and FX (C++ Applications in Quantitative Finance)
- Human Resource Management
- Introduction to Branding
- Introduction to Copywriting
- Leadership and Management
- Major Event Management
- Marketing: An Introduction
- Music Business Management
- Positive Psychology: Building Happiness and Flourishing
- Presentation Skills
- Project Management: An Introduction
- Risk Management
- Starting up in Business
- Stoicism: becoming the best version of you
- The Business of the Visual Arts
- Writing for Business
- Writing for Business Summer School
- Writing for Social Impact
Computing and computer science
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign: An Introduction
- Advanced JavaScript with ReactJS and NextJS
- Advanced Web Development Using Bootstrap
- Applied MS Excel for Business
- Build a Website in a Week with HTML5 and CSS3
- Building Websites with HTML, CSS and Flexbox
- C/C++ – Introduction to Programming Using C Part 1
- C/C++ – Object-Oriented Programming Using C++ Part 2
- Cyber Security Fundamentals
- Database Design with SQL Server
- Financial Engineering in Interest Rates and FX (C++ Applications in Quantitative Finance)
- Financial Modelling in Excel
- Intermediate AutoCAD: Professional 2D and 3D Drawing Production
- Introduction to AutoCAD drawing in 2D with a 3D Overview
- Introduction to Conversational and Generative AI
- Introduction to Data Analytics and Machine Learning with Python
- Introduction to Programming with Python
- Introduction to R for Data Analysis
- Introduction to SQL and Relational Databases with Oracle
- Java 1: Object-Oriented Programming with Java Part 1
- Java 2: Object-Oriented Programming with Java Part 2
- JavaScript and Modern Frontend Development
- Linux Network and System Administration
- Linux Server Administration and Security
- Microsoft Access Database
- Microsoft Access VBA Programming
- Photoshop: An Introduction
- PowerShell Basics
- Spreadsheet Data Analysis and Automation with Python
- Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) in Excel Part 1
- Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) in Excel Part 2
- Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) in Excel, Building Applications Part 3
- Web Programming using PHP/MySQL Part 1
- Web Programming using PHP/MySQL Part 2
Languages
- Arabic Beginners (Full Syllabus)
- Arabic Beginners Part 1
- Arabic Beginners Part 2
- Arabic Beginners Part 3
- Arabic Intermediate (Full Syllabus)
- Arabic Intermediate Part 1
- Arabic Intermediate Part 2
- Arabic Intermediate Part 3
- Arabic Lower Intermediate (Full Syllabus)
- Arabic Lower Intermediate Part 1
- Arabic Lower Intermediate Part 2
- Arabic Lower Intermediate Part 3
- Chinese Mandarin Beginners (Full Syllabus)
- Chinese Mandarin Beginners Part 1
- Chinese Mandarin Beginners Part 2
- Chinese Mandarin Beginners Part 3
- Chinese Mandarin Beyond Beginners (Full Syllabus)
- Chinese Mandarin Beyond Beginners Part 1
- Chinese Mandarin Beyond Beginners Part 2
- Chinese Mandarin Beyond Beginners Part 3
- Chinese Mandarin Lower Intermediate (Full Syllabus)
- Chinese Mandarin Lower Intermediate Part 1
- Chinese Mandarin Lower Intermediate Part 2
- Chinese Mandarin Lower Intermediate Part 3
- French Beginners (Full Syllabus)
- French Beginners Part 1
- French Beginners Part 2
- French Beginners Part 3
- French Beginners – Holiday Basics
- French Beyond Beginners (Full Syllabus)
- French Beyond Beginners Part 1
- French Beyond Beginners Part 2
- French Beyond Beginners Part 3
- French Lower Intermediate (Full Syllabus)
- French Lower Intermediate Part 1
- French Lower Intermediate Part 2
- French Lower Intermediate Part 3
- French Upper Intermediate (Full Syllabus)
- French Upper Intermediate Part 1
- French Upper Intermediate Part 2
- French Upper Intermediate Part 3
- German Beginners (Full Syllabus)
- German Beginners Part 1
- German Beginners Part 1 and 2
- German Beginners Part 2
- German Beginners Part 3
- German Lower Intermediate (Full Syllabus)
- German Lower Intermediate Part 1
- German Lower Intermediate Part 2
- German Lower Intermediate Part 3
- German Upper Intermediate (Full Syllabus)
- German Upper Intermediate Part 1
- German Upper Intermediate Part 2
- German Upper Intermediate Part 3
- Italian Beginners (Full Syllabus)
- Italian Beginners Part 1
- Italian Beginners Part 2
- Italian Beginners Part 3
- Italian Intermediate (Full Syllabus)
- Italian Intermediate Part 1
- Italian Intermediate Part 2
- Italian Intermediate Part 3
- Italian Lower Intermediate (Full Syllabus)
- Italian Lower Intermediate Part 1
- Italian Lower Intermediate Part 2
- Italian Lower Intermediate Part 3
- Italian Upper Intermediate (Full Syllabus)
- Italian Upper Intermediate Part 1
- Italian Upper Intermediate Part 2
- Italian Upper Intermediate Part 3
- Japanese Advanced (Full syllabus)
- Japanese Advanced Part 1
- Japanese Advanced Part 2
- Japanese Advanced Part 3
- Japanese Beginners (Full Syllabus)
- Japanese Beginners Part 1
- Japanese Beginners Part 2
- Japanese Beginners Part 3
- Japanese Beyond Beginners (Full Syllabus)
- Japanese Beyond Beginners Part 1
- Japanese Beyond Beginners Part 2
- Japanese Beyond Beginners Part 3
- Japanese Intermediate (Full Syllabus)
- Japanese Intermediate Part 1
- Japanese Intermediate Part 2
- Japanese Intermediate Part 3
- Japanese Lower Intermediate (Full Syllabus)
- Japanese Lower Intermediate Part 1
- Japanese Lower Intermediate Part 2
- Japanese Lower Intermediate Part 3
- Japanese Upper Intermediate (Full Syllabus)
- Japanese Upper Intermediate Part 1
- Japanese Upper Intermediate Part 2
- Japanese Upper Intermediate Part 3
- Korean Beginners (Full Syllabus)
- Korean Beginners Part 1
- Korean Beginners Part 2
- Korean Beginners Part 3
- Korean Beyond Beginners (Full Syllabus)
- Korean Beyond Beginners Part 1
- Korean Beyond Beginners Part 2
- Korean Beyond Beginners Part 3
- Korean Lower Intermediate (Full Syllabus)
- Korean Lower Intermediate Part 1
- Korean Lower Intermediate Part 2
- Korean Lower Intermediate Part 3
- Portuguese Beginners (Full Syllabus)
- Portuguese Beginners Part 1
- Portuguese Beginners Part 2
- Portuguese Beginners Part 3
- Russian Beginners (Full Syllabus)
- Russian Beginners Part 1
- Russian Beginners Part 2
- Russian Beginners Part 3
- Russian Intermediate (Full Syllabus)
- Russian Intermediate Part 1
- Russian Intermediate Part 2
- Russian Intermediate Part 3
- Russian Lower Intermediate (Full Syllabus)
- Russian Lower Intermediate Part 1
- Russian Lower Intermediate Part 2
- Russian Lower Intermediate Part 3
- Spanish Beginners (full syllabus)
- Spanish Beginners Part 1
- Spanish Beginners Part 2
- Spanish Beginners Part 3
- Spanish Intermediate (Full Syllabus)
- Spanish Intermediate Part 1
- Spanish Intermediate Part 2
- Spanish Intermediate Part 3
- Spanish Lower Intermediate (Full Syllabus)
- Spanish Lower Intermediate Part 1
- Spanish Lower Intermediate Part 2
- Spanish Lower Intermediate Part 3
Literature
- An Approach to Creative Writing
- An Approach to Creative Writing Summer School
- Content Writing
- Crime and Thriller Writing
- Crime Writing Intensive Intermediate
- Fact-based Storytelling
- Freelance Writing: How to Get Published in Print and Online
- Introduction to Branding
- Introduction to Copywriting
- Narrative Non-Fiction
- Novel Writing and Longer Works
- Novel Writing Summer School
- Short Story Writing
- The Novel Studio
- Travel Writing
- Writers’ Workshop
- Writing for Business
- Writing for Business Summer School
- Writing for Children
- Writing for Children Summer School
- Writing for Social Impact
- Writing the Memoir