Enrollment
By May 31, 2025
Delivery mode
Onsite, Live online
August 25, 2025 – May 27, 2026
Frequency
Once a year
Location
Aalto University Töölö, Helsinki, Finland
Language
Finnish
Scope
8 modules (16 days) + optional study tour abroad
YTK:n Pitkä kurssi – yhdyskuntasuunnittelun asiantuntijaohjelma
The program gives you wide-ranging knowledge of urban planning and urban research. You will extend your expertise, deepen your understanding, and form a vision of the development direction.
The people who have undergone the program have particularly appreciated the network of urban planning and urban research professionals formed as a result of the training and the sharing of experiences during the program itself. Participation in the YTK:n Pitkä kurssi program is also valued when recruiting and devising new job descriptions. (YTK:n Pitkä kurssi effectiveness poll 2014-2015)
Note that this program is held in Finnish.
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Fee: € 4,360 (+ VAT)
Program Benefits
For
The YTK:n Pitkä kurssi program is designed for planning, development, research, consulting, and managerial professionals in the field of urban planning, in both public and private sectors.
The program is suitable e.g. for
- Architects
- Landscape Architects
- Surveyors
- Engineers
- Geographers
- Historians
- Sociologists
Contents and Schedule
The YTK:n Pitkä kurssi program is, as its name suggests, a long-term continuing education package, which is taken during one academic year (fall-spring). The scope of the studies is 20 credits.
The instructors for YTK:n Pitkä kurssi program come from the Department of Built Environment and from other Aalto University departments. Experienced and visionary practical experts have a strong presence during the program, as well.
During the program, you will take part in exercises enhancing learning and small study tours related to the module themes.
The YTK:n Pitkä kurssi program is characterized by discussions, and contact is maintained actively between the contact teaching modules as well. The networking of program participants will be promoted by exploring other programs and by organizing Star Lectures, which are open to everyone and attended in particular by active alumni of the YTK:n Pitkä kurssi program.
At the end of the program, an optional foreign study tour will be offered, to provide an opportunity to learn about the subject areas of the program from an international perspective. Since the study tour is optional, it is not included in the price of the program and is paid separately. The price is approximately EUR 2,000 to 2,500.
Program Fee and Registration
The program is held in Finnish. Register for the program on the Finnish program page.
