Laurea joins the Opin.fi service - Finnish higher education institutions’ joint Opin.fi service is now open

Laurea is part of the nationwide Opin.fi service, which brings together a diverse selection of open higher educationb studies. The new service has now been launched and is designed to help anyone who wants to develop their competence at different life stages.

News7.5.2025

Opin.fi is a joint service of Finnish universities and universities of applied sciences with a diverse selection of open higher education studies on a single site. The service currently offers a wide range of continuous learning offerings from Laurea, including the entire educational offerings of Laurea Open University of Applied Sciences. In addition, the service offers over 40 podcasts and video recordings that deal with current themes and the latest trends in working life. Most of the offerings are free of charge.

Opin.fi is for anyone interested in open university studies

The service is designed to help anyone who wants to develop their competence at different life stages. Interest in learning may be sparked by working life needs, personal interests or a desire to change careers. The service offers studies in different fields and forms, without requiring prior university studies.

The ten themes of the service are a compilation of interesting studies on topical themes, including sustainable development, new technologies and transforming working life. You do not always need to complete credits to develop your competence. This is why the service also offers other ways of learning besides actual courses, including podcasts and webinars.

Identified users can view the higher education studies they have completed previously in the service. It also allows you to save interesting study options for later. Actual enrolment takes place in the universities’ own services.

Continuous development and expanding offer of studies

Opin.fi has been developed together with all Finnish higher education institutions and future service users, and its development will also continue after the service has been launched. Future plans include introducing smart recommendations. This means that the service will recommend interesting content to the learner based on their information.

The offer of studies is also constantly living and developing. As the service opens in April 2025, 29 Finnish universities and universities of applied sciences are in. The goal is that by the end of the year, the open studies of 37 higher education institutions taught in Finnish, Swedish and English, both as contact teaching and distance learning, can be found in the service. The Digivision 2030 project is responsible for building the service, and it is operated by HigherEd Hub Finland Oy.

Find out more about the service: opin.fi/en