Coursera.org

Why Coursera:

Coursera is the world's leading online learning platform. Coursera offers world-class content and credentials from the world’s top universities and companies, drive skill development with role-based learning, and track and benchmark skill proficiency against over 60 million learners.

Learning on Coursera will help you:

Access content from 275+ leading universities and companies, Be part of a community of over 113 million global learners, Help prepare you for your dream job, Maintain essential and critical skills,

If you are a Faculty, Admin or Student at PSU and you want to register on Coursera for Professional Development:

First, sign up for free by visiting Coursera.org. Then fill out the form below

Courser PD form


Coursera for Colleges Programs

Follow the guidelines for choosing courses for your students to support your current PSU course.

Coursera offers 3 types of programs:

1- Guided projects

Which are less than 2 or 3 hours of video courses about fundamental programs in creating resumes, designing, or coding for instance.

2- Courses

Which are more than one week in duration.

3- Certificates

Which are Professional certificates and may take more than 7 months to finish

When choosing a Guided project, a Course, or a Certification for your students Kindly note the following: Assessment Guidelines to be Used for the Curricula

1- Guidelines for adding guided projects and the assessment weightage ( Max 5% )

  • One guided project can have a maximum of 3%
  • Selected guided projects per course can have a maximum of 5% counted towards their grades

2- Guidelines for adding courses and the assessment weightage (Max 20%)

  • Any course requiring less than 12 hours, a maximum of 5%
  • If the course requires from 12 hours - 15 hours, a maximum of 10% can be assigned
  • If the course requires 16 hours - 45 hours, a maximum of 15%
  • Any course above 45 hours, a maximum of 20%

3- Guidelines for adding certifications and the assessment weightage (Max 20%)

  • Only one certification that requires greater than 45 hours per course per semester - the certification can be a maximum of 20%
  • If the certification requires 25 - 45 hours, A maximum of 15%
  • If the certification requires less than 25 hours, A maximum of 10%

To register a (guided project, course, certification) for your students fill out the form below

Registration a course form


For inquires

Ms. Sara Aloumi Ext: 8603 Email: soumi@psu.edu.sa