Sustainable Development Study Module (OPEN UNI)

25 ECTS credits, Academic Year 2025-2026,
University of Oulu responds to global challenges with multi- and interdisciplinary expertise educating future pioneers to build a more sustainable world. By studying these courses, you can learn sustainability and responsibility from the perspectives of different disciplines.

Mode of delivery

Varies by course unit

Course study period

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Price

Study fee consists of the study fee of the single courses. Some of the courses are free of charge.

Education information

The Study Module in Sustainable Development consists of a compulsory introduction course Principles of Sustainable Development (5 ECTS) and elective studies (20 ECTS) that you can choose freely from the course selection of the study module. The course selection includes courses both in Finnish and in English. There are also courses in which you can choose either language.

Please check the detailed information of each course. You do not need to study the introduction course as the first course of the study module. Please enroll on those courses that you choose from the course selection of the Study Module in Sustainable Development

Obligatory course:

Alternative courses:

Optional courses in English:

After you have studied altogether 25 ECTS from the course selection of the Study Module in Sustainable Development, please ask the compilation of the study module. The minimum scope of the study module is 25 credits, but the scope can also be slightly more than 25. For more information, please visit For Open University students webpage.

Education format

Continuous learning
Open university

Semester

Academic Year 2025-2026

Teaching language

English
Finnish

Course organiser

University of Oulu

Location

online
Oulu

Maximum participants

Quoatas of the courses vary.

Last updated: 3.6.2025