Courses, Conferences, and Events
Choose from thousands of opportunities to expand your professional expertise or pursue your passion for learning. Formats include semester-length credit courses in the evening and online, short courses, conferences, and lectures and events.
Academic Credit
Learn How to Take a Course
Registering for courses is easy, but you'll need to know more than who your instructor is and what textbooks you'll be using.
Online, Distance, and Evening Courses
Take courses at the University of Minnesota at your convenience.
Summer Courses
Each summer, students and visitors from throughout the world participate in one of the nation's largest summer sessions.
Language, Translation, and Interpreting Courses
Acquire the English skills you need for professional advancement or for success in a university-level classroom, or develop your skills as an interpreter or translator.
Workshops and Retreats in Creative Writing, Visual Art, and Design
Explore your craft, advance your skill, and deepen your knowledge through summer workshops and seasonal retreats.
Career Development
Try a Short Course or Workshop
Professional Development Courses and Workshops
Enhance your career skills and advance professionally.
Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) Certification Test Preparation
Demonstrate your knowledge and competence in the areas of governance, risk, and control.
Human Resource Certification Test Preparation
Earn your PHR, SPHR, and GPHR designation with these courses endorsed by SHRM.
Workshops and Retreats in Creative Writing, Visual Art, and Design
Explore your craft, advance your skill, and deepen your knowledge through summer workshops and seasonal retreats.
Grad School Test Prep
High-quality, moderately-priced preparation for the GRE, GMAT, and LSAT.
Attend an Event
Professional Development Conferences
Developed in cooperation with industry, government, and associations to meet professional development needs and requirements.
Great Conversations
Connect with thought leaders, risk takers, and peacemakers for energetic conversations that bring issues into sharp focus.
Headliners
University and community experts share firsthand knowledge of the day's most intriguing issues and participate in an open forum discussion.
Take Courses for Credit
Learn How to Take a Course
Registering for courses is easy, but you'll need to know more than who your instructor is and what textbooks you'll be using.
Online, Distance, and Evening Courses
Take courses at the University of Minnesota at your convenience.
Summer Courses
Each summer, students and visitors from throughout the world participate in one of the nation's largest summer sessions.
Workshops and Retreats in Creative Writing, Visual Art, and Design
Explore your craft, advance your skill, and deepen your knowledge through summer workshops and seasonal retreats.
Language, Translation, and Interpreting Courses
Acquire the English skills you need for professional advancement or for success in a university-level classroom, or develop your skills as an interpreter or translator.
Personal Enrichment
Try a Short Course or Workshop
LearningLife
Learn for the joy it brings or to help navigate life's transitions.
Compleat Scholar
Indulge your passion for learning through an ever-changing array of short courses.
Curiosity Camp
One-day summer learning escapes on the U of M campus where eminent University experts explore places and things you've always been curious about.
Split Rock Arts Program
Summer workshops and seasonal retreats in creative writing, visual art, and design.
Grad School Test Prep
High-quality, moderately-priced preparation for the GRE, GMAT, and LSAT.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
A membership-based community of older adults who love learning and enjoy spending time with like-minded individuals.
Attend an Event
Great Conversations
Connect with thought leaders, risk takers, and peacemakers for energetic conversations that bring issues into sharp focus.
Headliners
University and community experts share firsthand knowledge of the day's most intriguing issues and participate in an open forum discussion.
Take Courses for Credit
Learn How to Take a Course
Registering for courses is easy, but you'll need to know more than who your instructor is and what textbooks you'll be using.
Online, Distance, and Evening Courses
Take courses at the University of Minnesota at your convenience.
Summer Courses
Each summer, students and visitors from throughout the world participate in one of the nation's largest summer sessions.
Split Rock Arts Program
Summer workshops and seasonal retreats in creative writing, visual art, and design.
