Relational Database Design
Free Beginner course · 10 lessons · 2 weeks · Certificate on completion
Design relational schemas that stay correct as apps grow. Across 10 lessons you'll move from fundamentals to a portfolio-ready outcome — at your own pace, with quizzes after each lesson and a final exam to certify your mastery.
What you'll learn
- Why design matters
- Entities and relationships
- Keys
- Normalisation
- One-to-many and many-to-many
- Constraints
Skills you'll pick up
- Why design matters
- Entities and relationships
- Keys
- Normalisation
- One-to-many and many-to-many
- Constraints
Tools covered
- Database Design
- Real-world projects
- Quizzes
- Final exam
Course modules
Module 1: Why design matters
Module 1 of Relational Database Design. 3 lessons · 3h
Module 2: Normalisation
Module 2 of Relational Database Design. 3 lessons · 3h
Module 3: Denormalisation trade-offs
Module 3 of Relational Database Design. 2 lessons · 2h
Module 4: ER diagrams
Module 4 of Relational Database Design. 2 lessons · 2h
Lessons in this course
- Why design matters
- Entities and relationships
- Keys
- Normalisation
- One-to-many and many-to-many
- Constraints
- Denormalisation trade-offs
- Naming conventions
- ER diagrams
- Case: a booking system
Instructor
Fatima Al-Sayed — Principal Software Engineer
Fatima Al-Sayed is a Principal Software Engineer with years of hands-on experience teaching Database Design to thousands of learners worldwide.
Certificate
Finish every lesson and pass the final exam to earn a free, verifiable Learnera certificate for Relational Database Design. It can be downloaded as a PDF and shared on LinkedIn.
Career outcomes
Median global salary $100,000 per year · median India salary ₹14,00,000 per year · 68,539 open roles worldwide
- Database Design Specialist
- Senior Database Design Lead
- Database Design Consultant
Frequently asked questions
Is the Relational Database Design course free?
Yes. Every Learnera course, including Relational Database Design, is completely free — lessons, quizzes, the final exam, and the certificate.
How long does Relational Database Design take?
10 lessons, typically completed in 2 weeks at a comfortable pace.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes — pass the final exam and you receive a free, verifiable certificate you can share on LinkedIn.