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.
Start the year with new insights – apply for FITech's spring courses!
Deepen your knowledge with courses from Finnish universities of technology, designed to meet the demands of the working life and help deepen your expertise for free.
FITech Network University offers free university courses for deepening your knowledge in topics related to technology. FITech courses are organised by Finnish universities of technology, and they are available for Finns and people permanently living in Finland. You need a Finnish personal identity code and e-identification to apply.
In FITech courses, you can study topics related to sustainability, cyber security, leadership, and the future of the internet. Start with the basics or dive straight into advanced courses – there is something for everyone! Explore the FITech courses offered by Aalto University at the bottom of this page.
See all courses on FITech's website and find interesting courses for the spring semester!
Explore Aalto's FITech offering
Note for Aalto University degree students: If you would like to study a FITech course organised by Aalto, enroll in Aalto's own system, not through FITech.
Scheduled courses
- Introduction to digital transformation (only for adult learners through FITech), application deadline: 19.1.2026
- Tietokannat, application deadline: 19.1.
- Introduction to artificial intelligence, application deadline: 10.2.
- Microservice architectures and serverless computing (only for adult learners through FITech), application deadline: 10.2.
- Cybersecurity, application deadline: 6.4.
Continuously ongoing courses
- Designing and building scalable web applications
- Device-agnostic design
- FITech 101: Blockchain business applications
- FITech 101: Data ja tieto
- FITech 101: Internet ja selainohjelmointi
- FITech 101: Johdatus ohjelmointiin
- FITech 101: Mobiilisovellukset ja niiden luominen
- Introduction to large language models
- Johdatus kryptografiaan
- Modern and emerging programming languages: Rust
- Software engineering with large language models
- Web software development
Scheduled courses
- Applied mechanics of wood materials, application deadline: 10.2.2026
- Control of electric drives and power converters, application deadline: 10.2.
- Introduction to hydrogen economy, application deadline: 10.2.
- Forests, wood, and carbon, application deadline: 6.4.
- Thermal energy storage systems theory, application deadline: 6.4.
- Wood products and processes, application deadline: 6.4.
Scheduled courses
- Digital ethics and sustainability (only for adult learners through FITech), application deadline: 10.2.2026
- Facilitating change, application deadline: 6.4.
Continuously ongoing courses
- FITech 101: Jatkuvan oppimisen johtaminen (only for adult learners through FITech)
- FITech 101: Jatkuvan oppimisen taidot (only for adult learners through FITech)
- Starting up
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