This problem is called Relational Division
SELECT a.id, a.username
FROM user_table a
INNER JOIN user_courses b
ON a.id = b.user_ID
WHERE b.course_ID IN (1,3)
GROUP BY a.id, a.username
HAVING COUNT(*) = 2
If course_ID
is not unique for every users considering that the user have retake the course, a DISTINCT
keyword is needed to coung unique courses,
SELECT a.id, a.username
FROM user_table a
INNER JOIN user_courses b
ON a.id = b.user_ID
WHERE b.course_ID IN (1,3)
GROUP BY a.id, a.username
HAVING COUNT(DISTINCT b.course_ID) = 2
OUTPUT
╔════╦══════════╗
║ ID ║ USERNAME ║
╠════╬══════════╣
║ 2 ║ def ║
╚════╩══════════╝