Harvard University is offering 143 online courses for free

If you're looking to expand your knowledge this year, here's a

learning opportunity you might want to take advantage of.

In case you don't know, Harvard University offers a total of 143 online courses that are offered for free.

They are divided into three difficulty levels (introductory, intermediate and advanced) with 12 subject areas, including art and design, business, computer science, data science, education and teaching, health and medicine, humanities, theology, mathematics, programming, natural sciences and social sciences.

Topics featured include PredictionX: Omens, Oracles and Prophecies; Manage your happiness; Leadership exercise: basic principles; salary negotiation; Rhetoric: the art of persuasive writing and public speaking; The architectural imagination; and more. The full list can be found here.These courses last from one week to more than 12 weeks and are “offered entirely online, typically asynchronously, to allow the student to complete their work within a larger specified time frame,” according to the institution. This means you can do them at your own pace and comfort.

Harvard University offers free access to the materials for each course, including videos and readings created by its professors.

When you are finished with your chosen subject, you can pay a fee (from $99 or P5,600 to $299 or P16,800) to receive a university-endorsed certificate of completion and include it on your resume.