Continuous learning
Complement your skills with Open University studies or improve your professional competence through our continuous education and specialisation programmes.
Open University courses
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Browse Open University courses
Explore courses arranged by the Open University and our partner educational institutes.
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APPLY TO UNIARTS HELSINKI’S DEGREE PROGRAMMES VIA THE OPEN UNIVERSITY PATH
You can apply for degree studies after first completing the required number of credits at the Open University.
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Fees and cancellation terms for Open University students
Uniarts Helsinki’s Open University charges a fee on its study services as well as a separate fee on possible special arrangements and study materials that it provides for teaching.
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Applying to Open University studies
How to apply to Open University studies
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How to apply for a continued right to study
What a continued right to study means, how to activate it and what studies you can complete.
Professional development
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Develop your arts-based business idea in our pre-incubator programme
Our new 12-week Uniarts Hub pre-incubator programme will help you get started in setting up a business and becoming an entrepreneur in the creative or arts industries. The application period to the next spring’s programme is 1.12.-23.1.2023.
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Specialisation Programme in Public Art
The two-year Specialisation Programme in Public Art will be offered in January 2022. Learn more about the programme and its goals. Teaching language in this programme is Finnish.
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Non-degree pedagogical studies for teachers in the arts
Pedagogical studies (60 credits) are for students who have already completed a master’s or a corresponding degree in the arts and wish to develop their pedagogical skills.
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Level A performance examination completed as non-degree studies
Master’s graduates from Uniarts Helsinki’s Sibelius Academy can apply for the right to complete a level A performance examination as non-degree studies.
News
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Studies free of charge for freelancers in the arts
In the academic year 22–23, we will give freelancers in the independent arts sector the chance to complete studies in entrepreneurship and career skills free of charge at the Open University. This is one of the ways in which we support operators in the cultural sector with no state funding in recovering from the COVID crisis.
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Studies for people escaping the war in Ukraine
If your degree studies at a Ukrainian higher education institution in the arts have been suspended due to the war in Ukraine, you can apply for the right to complete non-degree studies at Uniarts Helsinki. Students who have been awarded this right based on humanitarian grounds don’t have to pay any charges.
Learn about the units that provide continuous education
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Open Campus
The Open Campus organises Open University studies, continuous education and specialisation programmes as well as joint studies for all degree students of Uniarts Helsinki.
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Seinäjoki Unit of Uniarts Helsinki
The Seinäjoki Unit provides study opportunities in continuous learning and carries out research and development activities in the field of music and other creative fields. It also organises concerts, performances and other events. The unit operates as part of the multidisciplinary University Consortium of Seinäjoki in South Ostrobothnia, in Central Finland.