Elevate your career with applied microdegrees
Gain specialized expertise and enhance your employability through flexible, research-backed continuing education designed for working professionals.
Why choose a microdegree?
- Master targeted competencies in high-demand fields, supported by academic rigor and industry relevance.
- Strengthen your position in the labor market and open doors to strategic career advancement.
- Complete focused, university-level coursework in 1 to 3 semesters without committing to a full degree.
- Earn official university credits that can be counted toward full degree programmes in the future.
Who is it for?
A microdegree programme is ideal if you want to:
- Advance professionally by acquiring contemporary domain-specific knowledge.
- Boost your employability and adapt to changing demands in the labor market.
- Navigate a career transition with recognized university credentials.
- Learn efficiently when completing a full degree programme is not currently practical for you.
How It Works
Browse our microdegrees and select the field that aligns with your professional goals.
Review the entry requirements and complete the online registration form.
Complete the modules to gain actionable skills and receive an official university certificate.
Featured programmes (2026–2027)
Adult Education and Adult Educators in Transition
Connecting Educators. Inspiring Change. Embracing Transition.
Design for Digital Behaviour Change Interventions
Master the research and evaluation methods to design digital products that drive real behavior change.
Conditions and registration
- Microdegree programmes range from 6 to 30 ECTS credits and last from 1 to 3 semesters.
- The studies are tuition-based. Fees for the subjects in the degree study programme are based on the credit point rate set by the Senate, while the price of continuing educational training varies.
- The qualification requirements for enrolment in a microdegree study programme are based on the level of the micro-degree study programme (previous educational requirements according to the qualifications framework), but additional requirements (e.g. work experience, language skills, etc.) may also be set.
- Upon the successful completion of the microdegree programme, you will receive a certificate of completion of continuing education. In order to obtain the certificate, a positive result in all modules is required.
- Microdegrees can be counted towards the completion of a degree study programme, if the learning outcomes are relevant to the aim of the programme.
- You can find out about the content of the study programme and how to register by clicking on the programme name.
- For each study programme, there is a contact person whom you can contact if you have any questions.
A microdegree programme, or a microdegree study programme, is a longer continuing education programme with a comprehensive content based on one or more subjects from a degree studies programme or as a separate continuing education programme. It's a set of courses that gives a new set of competences in a narrow field and with it, the ability to cope better in the labour market during complicated times.
Have Questions?
Each programme has a dedicated academic coordinator. Click on any programme title above to find contact details and specific course schedules.