University of Helsinki: Free Courses, “IN ENGLISH” + FREE + SELF-PACED + For Credit

[infradata.it@gmail.com]

I finished (Pun?) "Uncover Finnish Education" .. if you grind, and dont watch videos at 1.0x speed > 1.5 to 3 hours to finish it (I would guess for most)
This assumes aiming for "100 word" replies (vs 300). I dictated it (I speak at Ben Shapiro speed levels...)
Peer grading is "light handed/permissive"
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It was very well made

[Epiphany.y]

@ infradata.it@gmail.com
Thank you very much for the valuable information. I have completed the "Uncover Finnish Education" course, and it was a great experience. However, I have a question. Do we need to register for a student account at the University of Helsinki and transfer the credits from the MOOC courses to the University of Helsinki?

[animuscerebri]

@ infradata.it@gmail.com
Thank you very much for the valuable information. I have completed the "Uncover Finnish Education" course, and it was a great experience. However, I have a question. Do we need to register for a student account at the University of Helsinki and transfer the credits from the MOOC courses to the University of Helsinki?

Hi @Epiphany.y
I'm preparing a type of boiled down study guide / mini-Wiki how to go about the Finnish unis, which classes to take, and how to get RA creds evaluated and transferred to TESU.
However, yes, you gotta register your succesful completion with Helsinki. They almost always explain in syllabus section / the course description how to do it or you can also find it on their official websites. Generally-speaking, when you're done with a course, you get a link inside the course to sign up with the University to get the grades recorded in their credits registry. In order to do that, you fill out a form with your personal details and click submit. After a couple of weeks, they register your grade + credits there. Then, you can also request a digitally-verified transcript of records, but bear in mind that this is useless for foreign creds evaluators. The University has to send them directly to the respective foreign cred evaluator.
I recommend either ACEI or WES. WES grants more credits, but is pretty slow, and ACEI has a tendency to grant a little less, but it is way faster.

[Epiphany.y]

@animuscerebri
Thank you very much for the information, which has cleared up my doubts about how to transfer these MOOC credits.

[Epiphany.y]

“Registration for a course
Open university fee 75 euros
Verkko-opetus, Sustainable Stewardship of Nature and Indigenous Ecological Knowledge, Verkko-opetus (5 op)
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I've just completed a course, and at the end of it, a link popped up for enrolling to get Open University credits, which costs 75 euros. Does every course cost this much?

[infradata.it@gmail.com]

Yes some have Minor fee, I made a drilldown with the "100% free, current in english":
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/admissions-an...=en&s_y=88


I added as doc, these should be 100% free all around ("Free for all" tagged)

According to our EU guide, these will "cycle with term" between English/Finish instruction, and some are only offered Spring or Fall (etc) and we must wait for them, or do uni in finish....

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@ infradata.it@gmail.com
Thank you very much for the valuable information. I have completed the "Uncover Finnish Education" course, and it was a great experience. However, I have a question. Do we need to register for a student account at the University of Helsinki and transfer the credits from the MOOC courses to the University of Helsinki?

Hi @Epiphany.y
I'm preparing a type of boiled down study guide / mini-Wiki how to go about the Finnish unis, which classes to take, and how to get RA creds evaluated and transferred to TESU.
However, yes, you gotta register your succesful completion with Helsinki. They almost always explain in syllabus section / the course description how to do it or you can also find it on their official websites. Generally-speaking, when you're done with a course, you get a link inside the course to sign up with the University to get the grades recorded in their credits registry. In order to do that, you fill out a form with your personal details and click submit. After a couple of weeks, they register your grade + credits there. Then, you can also request a digitally-verified transcript of records, but bear in mind that this is useless for foreign creds evaluators. The University has to send them directly to the respective foreign cred evaluator.
I recommend either ACEI or WES. WES grants more credits, but is pretty slow, and ACEI has a tendency to grant a little less, but it is way faster.

your the best, saved us all so much run-around and/or $$$$

WES evaluates "higher values" > this will be the default choice for 99% then, unless your truly pinched for time, who would "give up credits"... unless the cost difference between the 2 is truly VAST

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Dirty Chart - 100% free / no-fees courses U of Helsinki - Currently 41, but will "cycle" to other options

Name | Start Date | End Date | Credits | Language
AI in Society: AI and Democracy 31.8.2024 30.8.2025 0.5 English
AI in Society: AI and Discrimination 31.8.2024 30.8.2025 0.5 English
AI in Society: AI and One Health 24.11.2024 30.8.2025 0.5 English
AI in Society: AI, Justice and Security 31.8.2024 30.8.2025 0.5 English
AI in Society: Introduction 31.8.2024 30.8.2025 1.5 English
Advanced Course in Programming 12.1.2025 3.1.2026 5 English
Computing Tools for CS Studies 4.9.2024 30.8.2025 1 Finnish, English
Core 5G and Beyond 31.8.2024 30.8.2025 2 English
Cyber Security Base: Advanced Topics 5.1.2025 30.12.2025 3 English
Cyber Security Base: Course Project I 1.9.2024 30.8.2025 1 English
Cyber Security Base: Course Project II 5.1.2025 30.12.2025 1 English
Cyber Security Base: Introduction to Cyber Security 1.9.2024 30.8.2025 1 English
Cyber Security Base: Securing Software 1.9.2024 30.8.2025 3 English
Data Analysis with Python 27.10.2024 30.8.2025 5 English
DevOps with Docker 10.3.2025 15.6.2025 1 Finnish, English
DevOps with Docker: docker-compose 10.3.2025 15.6.2025 1 English
DevOps with Docker: security and optimization 10.3.2025 15.6.2025 1 English
DevOps with Kubernetes 16.6.2025 30.1.2026 5 English
Elements of AI: Building AI - Advanced 31.8.2024 30.8.2025 1 English
Elements of AI: Building AI - Intermediate 31.8.2024 30.8.2025 1 English
Elements of AI: Introduction to AI 31.8.2024 30.8.2025 2 Finnish, Swedish, English
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence 31.8.2024 30.8.2025 5 English
Ethics of Technology 31.8.2024 30.8.2025 5 English
Explainable AI 31.8.2024 30.8.2025 2 English
Foundations of Data Science 4.9.2024 30.8.2025 5 English
Full Stack Open 31.8.2024 30.8.2025 5 Finnish, English
Full Stack Open: Deep Dive into Modern Web Development 31.8.2024 30.8.2025 5 English
Full Stack Open: TypeScript 31.8.2024 30.8.2025 1 English
Full Stack Open: Containers 31.8.2024 30.8.2025 1 English
Full Stack Open: CI/CD 31.8.2024 30.8.2025 1 English
Full Stack Open: GraphQL 31.8.2024 30.8.2025 1 English
Full Stack Open: React Native 31.8.2024 30.8.2025 1 English
Introduction to AI 27.10.2024 30.8.2025 5 English
Introduction to Cyber Security 27.10.2024 30.8.2025 2 English
Introduction to Programming 4.9.2024 30.8.2025 5 Finnish, English
Java Programming 12.1.2025 3.1.2026 5 English
Kubernetes for Developers 16.6.2025 30.1.2026 2 English
Machine Learning with Python 27.10.2024 30.8.2025 5 English
Programming with JavaScript 4.9.2024 30.8.2025 5 Finnish, English
Software Testing 12.1.2025 3.1.2026 5 English
SQL for Data Analysis 27.10.2024 30.8.2025 5 English

[Pikachu]

Thanks for the list. A ton are expiring this August.

[Tomas]

They have been around for a few years, it is very likely they will be available in the next semestr or school year after August expiry of current offering.

[pregrad000]

Hmm does anyone know if you complete enough of these if you can obtain a transcript from them with course grades and GPA?

Or would this be mainly pass/fail credit/no-credit. I wanted to see also if you do the max if you could transfer the courses into a degree program at Helsinki.

[animuscerebri]

Hmm does anyone know if you complete enough of these if you can obtain a transcript from them with course grades and GPA?

Or would this be mainly pass/fail credit/no-credit. I wanted to see also if you do the max if you could transfer the courses into a degree program at Helsinki.

It depends on the courses you take. Each course mentions in its syllabus if it its grading is just PASS or GRADES 1-5. It is pretty much balanced in terms of how many courses offer a "passing" grade or a real grade. Introduction to Programming, Advanced Programming and both Data Structures and Algorithms I + II courses provide grades, which is really cool. Those RA creds really look good when you apply for a grad school, because you can show them real grades with real course work (projects and code).

You only need 1 passed or graded course, and then you can request a transcript. You don't have to wait for each individual course. However, if you wanna transfer them to a US school, then you should wait till you finish all courses, wait till the appear on a transcript completely, and then send that transcript to a foreign cred evaluator (fyi: I just coin now this abbreviation: FCE). Remember that foreign cred evaluator charges for every little change on a transcript quite substantially. Initial transcript costs around $250, additional courses maybe a 100$ (doesnt matter if its 1 course or 100). What counts is how many times you updated your transcript and sent it to this FCE.
Courses with grades (Finnish grading: 1-5, 5 ist best, 0 is fail (F)). Pass is H. University of Helsinki adds your grades and does a GPA. The ones that are passed are simply mentioned as H.

In some cases and depending on the degree program, you could transfer it to a Helsinki program, but they have closed many options over the past few years. They also mention that on their website. I would also have to do some research how this would actually work at the University of Helsinki.

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They have been around for a few years, it is very likely they will be available in the next semestr or school year after August expiry of current offering.

I'm not so sure about that.
They did have some significant changes in the past 6 months, such as charging for a lot more classes than before, adding new registration system in parallel to the current one, and many more details.

If I were you, I'd take as much as I can this cycle. Maybe they charge for currently free classes in the next cycle, nobody knows. What I do know is that they have been constantly implementing changes more notably for more than 6 months.