diff --git a/course/templates/course_search_form.mustache b/course/templates/course_search_form.mustache
index c2e729a4cab..359860a0515 100644
--- a/course/templates/course_search_form.mustache
+++ b/course/templates/course_search_form.mustache
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 <form action="{{searchurl}}" id="{{id}}" method="get" class="form-inline">
     <fieldset class="coursesearchbox invisiblefieldset">
         <label for="{{inputid}}">{{#str}}searchcourses{{/str}}</label>
-        <input id="{{inputid}}" name="search" type="text" size="{{inputsize}}" value="{{value}}" class="form-control">
+        <input id="{{inputid}}" name="search" type="text" size="{{inputsize}}" value="{{value}}" class="form-control mb-1 mb-sm-0">
         <button class="btn btn-secondary" type="submit">{{#str}}go{{/str}}</button>
         {{#helpicon}}
             {{>core/help_icon}}
diff --git a/theme/boost/scss/moodle/course.scss b/theme/boost/scss/moodle/course.scss
index 50b2eefc384..2f372c2e92e 100644
--- a/theme/boost/scss/moodle/course.scss
+++ b/theme/boost/scss/moodle/course.scss
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ span.editinstructions {
 
 #coursesearch {
     margin-top: 1em;
-    text-align: center;
+    text-align: left;
 }
 
 #page-course-pending .pendingcourserequests {
diff --git a/theme/boost/style/moodle.css b/theme/boost/style/moodle.css
index cdb56b470df..66a71e16884 100644
--- a/theme/boost/style/moodle.css
+++ b/theme/boost/style/moodle.css
@@ -12103,7 +12103,7 @@ span.editinstructions {
 
 #coursesearch {
   margin-top: 1em;
-  text-align: center; }
+  text-align: left; }
 
 #page-course-pending .pendingcourserequests {
   margin-bottom: 1em; }
diff --git a/theme/classic/style/moodle.css b/theme/classic/style/moodle.css
index d78b2e0b9f2..d9a58d3e04e 100644
--- a/theme/classic/style/moodle.css
+++ b/theme/classic/style/moodle.css
@@ -12346,7 +12346,7 @@ span.editinstructions {
 
 #coursesearch {
   margin-top: 1em;
-  text-align: center; }
+  text-align: left; }
 
 #page-course-pending .pendingcourserequests {
   margin-bottom: 1em; }