Sharpen your skills, keep on your career path, satisfy your continuing education and licensure requirements, or explore a new career through the University of Minnesota's professional development offerings.

The University offers a wide variety of online (and classroom-based) opportunities, both credit and non-credit. Search the non-credit catalog, or follow the links below for more offerings. You may also be interested in the U of M for-credit online academic degree programs.

Online Offerings

Agriculture - U of M Extension E-Learning Programs.

Community Development - U of M Extension E-Learning Programs.

Design - Online education courses have been developed around health, safety, and welfare topics for architects, interior designers, landscape architects, facility manages, urban planners and designers, housing specialists, graphic designers, and the public who are interested in earning continuing and professional education credits.

Early Childhood Educators - Online courses from the Center for Early Education and Development.

Education - Courses that are completely online and open to anyone meeting the prerequisites and interested in furthering their professional development.

Engineering and Technology - The Institute of Technology offers online professional development opportunities through the UNITE program.

Environment - U of M Extension E-Learning Programs.

Family Food and Housing - U of M Extension E-Learning Programs.

Gardening - U of M Extension E-Learning Programs.

Medical Education - Continuing Medical Education Online

Nursing - School of Nursing online programs.

Pharmacy - Continuing Pharmacy Education specializes in developing and delivering learning opportunities for practicing pharmacists. The program offers online and face-to-face learning opportunities for three primary audiences: pharmacists, industry, and health professionals.

Public Health - The School of Public Health Centers for Public Health Education & Outreach promotes lifelong learning to bridge academic and public health practice communities and provides national leadership in developing educational programs and online courses and managing training outreach.

Veterinary Continuing Education - The Center for Dairy Health, Management, and Food Quality at the U of M College of Veterinary Medicine offers an online DairyCOMP305 training curriculum.

Youth Development - U of M Extension E-Learning Programs.

Classroom-based Offerings - Multiple Fields

College of Continuing Education (Twin Cities) - offers professional development certificates and courses in a wide range of subject areas. CCE also provides individualized and applied degrees and credit certificates via online and campus offerings.

Continuing Education (Crookston) - offers workshops, short courses, and certificate programs through the resources of University of Minnesota, Crookston.

Continuing Education (Duluth) - offers workshops, short courses, and certificate programs through the resources of UMD.

Continuing Education (Morris) - provides continuing education and outreach programs in west central Minnesota.

University of Minnesota Extension - Extension offers non-credit classes, seminars, and programs in the areas of community development and vitality; land, food, and the environment; and youth development and family living.

Classroom-based Offerings - Specific Fields

Business, Management, and Labor - Carlson School of Management provides:
Executive Education - Carlson's world-class faculty puts executives in touch with the latest business strategy, trends, research, and technical applications.
Labor Education Service - provides training, applied research services, and technical assistance to Minnesota workers and their organizations.

Dentistry - The School of Dentistry provides timely and practical continuing dental education for dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants.

Center for Excellence in Children's Mental Health sponsors each year a “Lessons from the Field” training series, which showcases practitioners and researchers working in specific areas of children’s mental health. The series is designed to provide practical information about current research and its application with various populations, as well as promote dialogue among researchers, practitioners and audience members.

Education and Human Development - The College of Education and Human Development provides:
Programs for Licensed Teachers - opportunities for teachers to be licensed in additional content areas, complete graduate degrees, earn certificates in new areas, pursue administrative licensure, and much more.
Early Childhood Educators - in-person training, certificate programs, and online courses from the Center for Early Education and Development.
Office of Professional Development Outreach - professional development for career and technical educators in Minnesota.

Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition - CARLA supports the professional development of second language teachers through an annual summer institute program and a wide array of international conferences and local and regional seminars.

Engineering and Technology - The Institute of Technology opportunities include degree and certificate programs, professional engineer refresher courses, online learning from UNITE, and public lectures.

Law - Continuing Legal Education from the University of Minnesota Law School.

Medical Education - Continuing Medical Education promotes a lifetime of outstanding professional practice.

Nursing - School of Nursing includes a variety of online and face-to-face programs in the area of professional education.

Pharmacy - Continuing Pharmacy Education specializes in developing and delivering learning opportunities for practicing pharmacists. The program offers online and face-to-face learning opportunities for three primary audiences: pharmacists, industry, and health professionals.

Public Health - The School of Public Health Centers for Public Health Education & Outreach promotes lifelong learning to bridge academic and public health practice communities and provides national leadership in developing educational programs and online courses and managing training outreach.

Veterinary Medicine - The College of Veterinary Medicine provides opportunities for lifelong learning in areas such as companion animals, dairy programs, equine, poultry, and swine.