Fitech ICT

FITech ICT enables professionals in the working life to update their ICT competences for free

FITech ICT is a project founded in 2019 to ease the nationally recognised shortage of professionals in the field of ICT. More and more industries are going through some form of a digital transformation, which means more ICT literate people are needed in all areas of society. In the current situation it is important to make sure people already in the workforce have ample opportunities to upgrade their competences to match the requirements of the changing situation.

In FITech ICT, Finnish universities offer about 150 ICT courses to be studied by anyone in the workforce for free. FITech ICT aims to knock down organisational barriers between higher education institutions and create new opportunities to engage in studies.

FITech ICT studies can be attended both on campuses around the country and flexibly online. The range of studies offered covers introductory, intermediate and advanced courses.

FITech ICT is funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture and will continue on current funding until July 2025.

FITech ICT offers studies in the following areas:

• Programming
• Artificial intelligence
• Software engineering
• Software systems
• Web programming
• Information security
• Industrial internet
• Digitalisation
• Data analytics
• Data science
• Game development
• Leadership
• Mathematics
• User interfaces and usability
• Accessibility

Key partners

• Aalto University (coordinator)
• University of Turku
• University of Tampere
• LUT University
• University of Oulu
• Åbo Akademi
• University of Vaasa
• University of Jyväskylä
• University of Eastern Finland
• Technology Industries of Finland
• Software Finland Association
• Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK
• Nokia Oyj
• Futurice Oy

Additional information

Fitech web site: https://fitech.io/en/

Ask more

Timo Vasankari
Project leader (UTU)
Timo.Vasankari@utu.fi
+358 40 554 6246