Contract education

What is contract education?

Are you curious about contract education? Perhaps you have knowledge within your department that you think should benefit more people? Perhaps you want to expand your network of contacts within the business community and authorities? Perhaps you want to offer working professionals easy access to your courses? Then contract education can be a good tool.

For companies and organizations that want to provide their employees with evidence-based knowledge and training, it is important that the educational efforts are adapted to their needs. This often involves flexible arrangements and practical relevance.

For the university departments, contract education can mean the opportunity to retain or expand staff. For individual teachers, contract education may offer access to empirical evidence and opportunities to obtain input to their research from practitioners.

The Division for Contract Education is responsible for coordinating, marketing, and developing the university's contract education. They provide assistance with market analysis, customer dialogue, calculations, contracts, arrangements, participant management, remuneration, invoicing, and evaluation, ensuring compliance with all regulations governing contract education.

Key facts about contract education

The university is required to collaborate with the surrounding society. Part of the collaboration mandate is the continuing education of professionals. When this does not take place within the framework of the grant-funded activity, it becomes a commission from an external financier and is called contract education.