Lifewide learning courses and programmes
Aalto University’s extensive lifewide learning portfolio ranges from individual courses to full degree programmes.
Design your career
We at Career Design Lab and Aalto offer several options to help alumni and lifewide learners keep learning and design a career that matters.
Online courses open to everyone
Aalto University’s free, self-paced online courses let you explore the future of work, career design, Finnish working life, creativity, and entrepreneurship. Learn anytime, from anywhere – guided by Aalto's experts and researchers.
Future of Work (in Finnish)
Making sense of the future of work can feel tricky in the middle of a constant information overflow. In this course, we will look at how the roles of the individual, organisations and society have changed and how it affects how we work today and in the future.
Design a Meaningful Career
In this course, we will look at how you can creatively shape your career as you go in the radically changing world of work.
Finland Works
In this course, we will look at how to navigate Finnish working life and how to build a career. We explore working life in Finland from societal, organisational and individual perspectives.
Starting Up online course
The open access online course covers the fundamentals of startup entrepreneurship
Radical Creativity
This course will teach you what radical creativity is and how to apply it in individual, organizational, and leadership contexts. You will learn how to create deep change—whether in business, the arts, or technology.
Explore other Aalto courses
Aalto University Open University
Open University courses are open to everyone regardless of background or age. Open University offers individual courses in Business, Technology, Languages, and Art and Design. Students are admitted to individual courses in the order of registration.
FITech Network University
Study courses organised by Finnish universities of technology free of charge. Courses are aimed at all Finns and permanent residents of Finland.
Join events
Every year, Aalto University and its partners organise hundreds of events open to alumni and partners, many of them also online.
Let's Collaborate!
We collaborate with employers, alumni, student organizations, faculty and staff to support sustainable careers and lifewide learning. Here you will find our services and opportunities for collaboration.
Career Design for Lifewide Learners