Hamid Sain completed an online non-credit course called "The Modern World, Part One: Global History from 1760 to 1910" offered through Coursera and authorized by the University of Virginia. The course was taught by Philip Zelikow, who is a White Burkett Miller Professor of History at the University of Virginia's Corcoran Department of History. Hamid Sain received a certificate from Coursera verifying his identity and participation in the course.