A comprehensive collection

Whether you’re looking for an enriching academic experience, guidance on navigating life’s transitions, or up-to-the-minute information on today’s most pressing issues, the University of Minnesota College of Continuing Education offers a program that’s right for you.

Our comprehensive set of programs offers the quality you'd expect from the University of Minnesota, in events and workshops that are designed for adults.

Find What's Right for You

• Compleat Scholar: Indulge your lifelong passion for learning through conveniently scheduled short courses in the arts and humanities, literature and reading, science and nature, and social sciences.
• Great Conversations: Learn from some of the greatest thinkers of our time. University faculty engage international thought leaders in riveting conversations about today's most vital ideas and issues.
• Headliners: Meet University and community experts as they share first-hand knowledge of the day’s most intriguing stories—the medical breakthroughs, culture clashes, social trends, and foreign affairs that are making headlines. Hear the Who, What, Why, and How from an insider’s point of view—and then share your insights and inquiries.
• LearningLife: Make today worth remembering and the journey toward tomorrow better at every turn. Whether you're looking to reinvent your career, live well in retirement, or expand your learning horizons, LearningLife can help.
• Split Rock Arts Program: Immerse yourself in creativity with workshops in creative writing, visual arts, and design. All workshops are taught by renowned practicing artists and held on the University's beautiful Twin Cities campus and at the Cloquet Forestry Center in northern Minnesota.
• Curiosity Camp: Give yourself a break with one-day summer learning escapes on the U of M campus. Eminent University experts explore places and topics you've always been curious about.
• Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI): Get connected with other lifelong learners. Become a member of OLLI and participate in group study and personal learning through peer-led, non-credit classes, lectures, discussion groups, and travel opportunities.