SWAYAM Courses List 2026: Free Online Certificate, UG and PG Courses

SWAYAM Courses List 2026 is now live on the official portal. Ministry of Education has approved the list of MOOCs for the July 2026 semester, and enrollments are open across all National Coordinators.

SWAYAM is the national online learning platform run by Ministry of Education, Government of India. It offers free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from school level to post graduation. Anyone can learn from top universities and IITs without paying any course fee.

Courses on SWAYAM are built around four parts. Video lectures, reading material that can be downloaded or printed, self-assessment tests through quizzes, and online discussion forums for clearing doubts. A certificate needs a proctored exam, and that exam carries a small fee.

SWAYAM Courses List 2026

For the July 2026 semester, the approved course list is available on the SWAYAM portal. The last date for course registration for most National Coordinators, including UGC, CEC, IGNOU, IIMB, AICTE, NITTTR and Institutions of National Importance, is 31 August 2026. NPTEL courses follow their own set dates.

Higher education institutions can allow up to forty per cent of a programme's courses in a semester through SWAYAM. End-term SWAYAM exams are conducted by NTA and NPTEL. The course catalog can be filtered by category, language, learning path, course rating, institution, faculty and course credits.

Detail	Information
List Name	SWAYAM Courses List 2026
Launched By	Ministry of Education, Government of India
Courses Offered	Certificate, Diploma, UG and PG courses
Semester	July 2026
Registration Last Date	31 August 2026 (most National Coordinators)
Application Mode	Online
Official Website	swayam.gov.in

SWAYAM Courses List by National Coordinator

Courses on SWAYAM are grouped under ten National Coordinators. Each coordinator handles a set of subjects and institutions. You can open the course list of any coordinator from the table below.

Name of National Coordinator	Number of Courses	Courses List
AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education)	70	View Courses
Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC), New Delhi	0	View Courses
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)	100	View Courses
IIM Bangalore	0	View Courses
Institutions of National Importance (INIs)	0	View Courses
National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)	31	View Courses
National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)	42	View Courses
National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR)	0	View Courses
National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL)	1	View Courses
University Grants Commission (UGC)	0	View Courses

Category-Wise SWAYAM Online Courses List

Below are direct links to open the category-wise SWAYAM courses list 2026. These pages show the upcoming courses for which enrollments are open right now.

• AICTE NITTT Courses for technical teachers training.
• Annual Refresher Program in Teaching (ARPIT) for college and university teachers.
• Architecture and Planning Courses.
• Design Courses.
• All Education Courses and Teacher Education Courses.
• All Engineering and Technology Courses, including Aerospace, Agricultural and Food, Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Chemical, Civil, Computer Science, Design, Electrical and Electronics, Mechanical, Metallurgy and Material Science, Multidisciplinary, Ocean and Textile Engineering.
• Health Sciences Courses.
• All Humanities and Arts Courses, including Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Language Courses.
• Law Courses.
• Commerce Courses and Management Studies.
• All Maths and Science Courses, including Applied Sciences, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Library and Information Sciences, Mathematics and Physics.

The combined list of all upcoming courses under every category can be opened directly from the SWAYAM course catalog.

Download SWAYAM Courses List PDF

SWAYAM NPTEL and IGNOU courses list can be downloaded in PDF format using the link below. The PDF carries the course names and related details in one place.

Download SWAYAM Courses List PDF

UGC Courses List 2026: Free Online PG and UG Courses

UGC Courses List under the new education policy, featuring 135 PG and 243 UG free online courses, is available on the UGC e-resources UGC MOOCs portal. In-demand higher education courses such as Cybersecurity, Digital Marketing, Artificial Intelligence and Animation can be accessed there. You can also check the full UGC Courses List for the complete subject-wise details.

For more free learning options, see the eSkill India Courses List and the IGNOU Courses List.

How to Register for SWAYAM Courses

STEP 1 - Go to the official website at swayam.gov.in and click on the Sign In button at the top right corner of the homepage.

STEP 2 - Create a new account by entering your name, email, mobile number and password, or sign up quickly using your Google, Facebook or Microsoft account.

STEP 3 - Verify your email and mobile number through the OTP sent by the portal, then log in to your SWAYAM account.

STEP 4 - Open the course catalog, pick your subject category and select the course you want to join.

STEP 5 - Click on the Join button on the course page and complete the enrollment before the registration last date for that National Coordinator.

STEP 6 - To get a certificate, register separately for the proctored end-term exam, pay the exam fee and appear at the allotted exam center on the scheduled date.

More than 1000 faculty members and 800 universities and education institutions are associated with the SWAYAM program. For more details about courses, registration and the platform itself, visit the official website at swayam.gov.in.