Learner Stories

Millions of learners from around the world have started, switched, or advanced their careers with help from Coursera. Here are just a few of their inspiring stories.

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Abijah Mashava: From IT Passion to Cloud Computing at Illinois Tech and a Global Mission

Took a Specialization, got a job at Blackberry

During an in-person interview, Srikanth was directly asked “how do you keep your skills up to date?” His answer was Coursera. Read more

Re-building her company vision

Looking to develop a new management model for her company, Renata’s 23-year old son introduced her to Coursera. Read more

Switched careers to engineering with Verified Certificates

Looking for a method to build a relevant and attractive skillset for employers, Peter found Coursera and enrolled in Pattern Oriented Software Architectures. After listing his Verified Certificate on his LinkedIn profile after the course, he was immediately called for an initial phone screening for Digital Signals Corporation. Read more

Bringing Education to a Community in Need

“Without Coursera, I feel I would be irrelevant to this world." Read Michael's story

From student to lawyer with Coursera

For his third year in law school in Brazil, Mauro Filho was required to participate in 200 extra-curricular hours outside of his regular course curriculum in court sessions. He found America’s Written Constitution by Yale University on Coursera. Read more

A Syrian Doctor’s 25 Courses

Mahmud Angrini is a Syrian Medical Doctor. He originally wrote to us to say “thank you." Mahmud’s story was not only touching but so inspiring that we asked him to share it with the community. Read more

Setting new career goals with Specializations

Karla Tamayo started teaching five years ago with the goal to become a principal. Looking to develop more skills in order to keep climbing up the ladder, her supervisor introduced her to Coursera. Read more