The national portal lifelong-learning.lu presents the training courses listed by the member training bodies and useful information on lifelong learning.
Do you want to update your knowledge, or acquire new skills to progress within your company? Are you looking for a new job? Do you just want to keep abreast of any new developments?
Whatever your motivation for undertaking training, lifelong-learning.lu will guide you in your searches.
The portal is a meeting place for supply and demand in the field of training and as such lists 12 275 training courses offered by 320 member training bodies. It also acts as a one-stop shop for full information regarding lifelong training: training support, alternative routes for obtaining qualifications, events, legislation, news etc.
Good training starts with good information!
Before embarking on training, you need to think about your personal or professional aim and what skills you need to get there:
All these questions make it possible to decide what training precisely you need, and they form a key element in the successful construction of your project. Once you have identified your aim and the skills you have to acquire, you can start looking for a training course.
lifelong-learning.lu sets out an extensive offer of training courses covering every sector of activity in the Luxembourgish economy.
To make your search easier, the courses can be filtered by training domain, learning method, venue, duration, level sought, preferred teaching language, etc. The content of each course is set out in detail by the corresponding training provider.
Courses are held as day classes, evening classes, at the weekend, or as distance learning. They may be short, or spread over several months.
A number of possibilities are open to adults wishing to obtain a diploma.
Secondary education path
Post-secondary and higher education path
The validation of non-formal and informal learning (Validation des acquis de l’expérience - VAE) is a scheme for allowing professional and personal experience to be recognised with a view to obtaining a diploma or partial validation, gaining access to a training path, or being partially exempted from certain parts of a programme of studies.
It can be applied in respect of the following qualifications:
Newcomers who wish to start or continue their studies, work, or take up a certain type of profession in the Grand Duchy may, depending on their needs, ask for:
More information about the recognition of diplomas of secondary education
More information about the recognition of diplomas of higher education
They are approved training providers - public bodies, para-public bodies, associations or private bodies - established in the Grand Duchy or another European Union member State. They offer off-the-shelf training courses and/or tailor-made courses.
See the member training providers
Become an approved training provider
lifelong-learning.lu is also a central point of reference for any kind of information to help you with all your training projects and plans.
For successful completion of their training projects, individuals can apply for training support, in the form of special paid leave (individual training leave, language leave, etc.), working time adjustment, or financial assistance (tax deductibility, financial support for higher education, etc.).
Companies can apply for financial support from the State for training their employees via the scheme of co-funding for in-house training or subsidies for learning Luxembourgish.
See training support
When building a career, guidance serves as a tool to optimise training pathways, improve access to employment for young people and even facilitate the occupational mobility of adults and career change during working life.
More information
The Training Observatory carries out studies and provides its expertise to help public and private decision-makers anticipate economic change and guide training and employment policies.
It carries out studies and surveys on various topics:
Do you want to keep abreast of changes in the training market? Sign up, free of charge, to Formanews and receive regular e-mails with news and details of training offers in the Grand Duchy.
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lifelong-learning.lu is developed and managed by the National Institute for the Development of Continuing Vocational Training (INFPC), a public institution under the supervision of the Ministry of Education, Children and Youth. Its mission is to promote lifelong-learning among all groups of the population involved in training - employees, job seekers, training providers, training buyers, or company managers.