Here you will find processes, resources and news about education within lifelong learning (LL) at KTH. This area includes freestanding courses, contract education, MOOCs and other more informal learning activities such as open lectures and seminars.
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KTH's goal is for lifelong learning to be an integral part of KTH's education and to comprise about 20 percent of the total volume of education. In recent years, the government has implemented special initiatives and given assignments aimed at increasing lifelong learning at Sweden's universities and higher education institutions.
Direct government funded continuing professional development (freestanding courses)
Direct government funded continuing professional development is primarily aimed at professionals who wish to continue their education or develop their skills and careers. KTH's offer is currently in the form of freestanding courses.
Checklist: Course information for freestanding courses
It is important that information about freestanding courses is filled in in a clear way so that as many as possible can find and want to apply to KTH's courses. Here you will find how to fill in or update course information for a freestanding course, step by step.
Contract education is paid education commissioned by employers for their employees, to develop employees' skills. KTH offers both tailored and open contract education in different subjects.
Processes within lifelong learning
Processes within direct government funded continuing professional development and contract education are currently not available in English, but it is an ongoing work. Once processes are available they will be published on this page.
KTH and eight other universities have, within the framework of the government programme Open for the climate, created a wide range of open online courses for climate change. The courses are available to everyone, require no prior knowledge and are completely free.
Complementing your previous education to become a secondary school teacher in technology and maths may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about future career opportunities. But KTH is shaping the teachers of the future, and interest in complementing education is growing steadily.
Last year, the number of applications and admissions to KTH's freestanding courses has increased by 60 percent each semester. The percentage of those completing the course was also significantly higher at KTH than the national average. Read about the development in an interview with Anders Johansson, coordinator for LL.
Tackling teachers' greatest fears, recognising our strengths, and a strong internal commitment is Patrik Hilber's, LLA at EECS, recipe for shaping the future of lifelong learning. This article provides insight into how EECS works with lifelong learning.
The need for competence development is growing as society changes and technology progresses at a faster pace. How can KTH meet the needs of the wider market? We asked Anders Johansson, Coordinator for lifelong learning at KTH.
With its further education courses, KTH is part of the solution to the problem of skills shortages in society. Teachers from ITM, CBH and EECS talk about what motivates them to create these kinds of courses and share their best tips.
”The money we got for the course was a positive surprise”
Olav Vahtras, professor in theoretical chemistry at CBH, gives the freestanding course Programming in Python. With over a thousand applicants, it’s by far the most popular freestanding course at CBH.
