The application period for our spring courses starts on 13 November – get to know the course offering!

Would you like to learn something new or update your knowledge in spring 2025?

The application period for the FITech courses for spring 2025 will start on Wednesday, 13 November, 2024, at 9 am. In spring 2025, you can enhance your skills with free courses on familiar themes such as digitalisation and renewable energy. The selection will consist of nearly 200 free university courses, covering topics such as cyber security, programming, renewable energy, and project management.

Whether you are already working, planning a career change or still in the middle of your studies, FITech has something for you! There are beginner, intermediate, and advanced courses available, suitable for various types of learners. The courses are offered in Finnish, English, and Swedish.

Almost all courses are provided as online studies, and many of them can be studied at your own pace. Some courses also offer the opportunity to participate in teaching at the university campus. Please familiarise yourself with the study methods and potential prerequisites on the course page before applying.

The FITech offering consists of courses organised by the Finnish universities of technology, ensuring the high quality of the courses. The courses are organised by Aalto University, LUT University, Tampere University, University of Eastern Finland, University of Helsinki, University of Jyväskylä, University of Oulu, University of Turku, University of Vaasa, and Åbo Akademi University.

Explore the course selection

In spring 2025, the course selection will consist of both new courses and familiar courses. One of the new courses is Materiaalien ominaisuudet ja kierrätys (in Finnish) organised by the University of Eastern Finland. The course focuses on the fields of chemistry, process engineering, and environmental technology.

Explore the course selection below all see all courses in the course search. Please keep in mind that the list below covers only a small selection of the full range of available courses.

Cyber security and information security

• Introduction to cyber security, flexible start
• Cyber security II: Specialisation, apply by 15 December, 2024
• Tietoturva, 24 December, 2024
• System vulnerabilities, 26 December, 2024
• Privacy and social engineering, 24 February, 2025
• Authentication, passwords and applied cryptography, 3 March, 2025
• Cybersecurity, 1 April, 2025

Artificial intelligence and industrial internet

• 5G mobile communications, apply by 18 December, 2024
• Introduction to cyber-physical systems, 20 December, 2024
• FPGA for communication systems, 26 December, 2024
• Machine learning, 31 December, 2024
• Collective intelligence and agent technology, 1 January, 2025
• Deep-learning for cognitive computing for developers, 2 January, 2025
• Digital image processing, 24 February, 2025

Renewable energy

• Geopolitics of hydrogen, apply by 15 December, 2024
• Introduction to wind and solar energy technology, 20 December, 2024
• Wind power and solar energy technology and business, 20 December, 2024
• Electrical energy storage systems theory, 26 December, 2024
• Nanomaterials in energy technology, 31 December, 2024
• Tutustu tuulivoima-alaan, 21 January, 2025
• Hydrogen production and storage, 17 February, 2025

Business and leadership

• Advanced project-based management, apply by 31 December, 2024
• Data and decision making, 18 January, 2025
• Entrepreneurship in international contexts, 3 March, 2025
• 5G technologies and services for business and entrepreneurs, 31 March, 2025
• Projektitoiminta, 17 April, 2025 (flexible start)

Start studying quickly with continuously ongoing courses

Would you like to start studying sooner? FITech’s course selection includes plenty of continuously ongoing courses that you can apply for at any time. This way, you can start studying quickly and complete the course at your own pace. The applications for these courses are handled in approximately one week. Check out the continuously ongoing courses in FITech’s course search.

More information about studying at FITech

FITech offers free courses for adult learners and degree students. FITech courses are available for all Finns and people permanently living in Finland. Read more about studying at FITech.