Trainings

Courses for adults at Summa

Do you want to advance in your career, acquire new knowledge and skills, or perhaps choose a completely different direction? At Summa in Eindhoven, you will find educational programs, courses, and training tracks for adults. Whether you want to upskill, retrain, enter the workforce from a different angle, or learn alongside your work: you continue to develop throughout your life.

Discover your potential, increase your chances on the job market, and take the next step in your career.

Continue learning and developing

Work is changing. Technological developments, digitalization, AI, the energy transition, and changes in society demand new knowledge and skills. Especially in Brainport, a region where innovation and development follow one another rapidly.

That is why learning is not something that stops as soon as you have a diploma. Perhaps you want to improve in your current field. Perhaps you want to advance to a different position, switch to a sector with good job prospects, or finally pursue an ambition you have harbored for a long time.

At Summa, you can continue to develop. In a way that aligns with your experience, talent, work, and personal situation.

Learning for practice at Brainport

Summa is located in the heart of Brainport. We work closely with companies and other partners in the region to connect education and the labor market.

We do this because companies know which knowledge and skills are needed today and tomorrow. Together, we develop courses and training programs, share knowledge, and bring learning and working closer together. As a result, you learn not only from books, but primarily by doing, making, and getting to work.

Sometimes you learn at Summa, sometimes on the job, and sometimes at a location we use in collaboration with the business community. This ensures that what you learn aligns with practice, and you can often apply new knowledge directly to your work.

Upskilling, reskilling, or taking the next step

Everyone has a different reason to return to learning. Therefore, there are various possibilities.

You can pursue further training to develop new knowledge and skills within your current profession. You can retrain if you want to move in a different direction. And are you looking for a job, or do you want to start working as a career changer in a sector where skilled professionals are needed? Then a practice-oriented training program can help you on your way to new work.

Even if you have years of experience, you can continue to grow. What you already know and have learned forms the starting point for your next step.

Collaborating with companies on craftsmanship

Brainport cannot grow without skilled professionals. That is why Summa collaborates with a large and growing group of companies and organizations. We listen to what is happening in the business world and jointly develop education that aligns with changes in professions and sectors.

This takes place, for example, within engineering and technology, automotive, ICT, healthcare, and business services. In doing so, Summa works with companies on practice-oriented training, customized pathways, and new routes to employment.

This allows people to continue developing and ensures that companies have access to professionals with up-to-date knowledge and skills. This impacts more than just a single career or organization. Together, we contribute to a strong labor market and a Brainport region where everyone has the opportunity to participate and develop.

A course that fits your life

Pursuing an education alongside work, family, and other obligations requires a different approach than when you have just finished secondary school. That is why we look at what you already know, what you want to achieve, and which learning method suits you best.

Depending on the program, you can, for example, combine learning and working, follow a shorter training track, or work towards a diploma or other recognized qualification.

Our teachers, coaches, and mentors support you on your journey. With attention to your goals and confidence in what you can achieve.

What step do you want to take?

You don't have to start over to achieve something new. Sometimes one new skill is enough to move forward. Sometimes your ambition calls for a bigger step.

At Summa, you get the chance to discover what suits you, further develop your talent, and see new possibilities. For yourself, for your work, and for society.

View the courses for adults and discover which next step suits you.