Last update: 25/06/2024

Education drives prosperity amid an ever-changing job market. At Santander Open Academy, we help people of all ages, customers and non-customers alike, become more employable and develop the professional skills most in demand by the labour market with the training needed for further growth. We offer courses, content, and scholarships from leading universities and institutions all over the world at no cost. Check out the opportunities on our global online platform.

In 2023
491,894*

people helped

In 2023
491,894*

people helped

* This figure includes people helped through scholarship programs (28,849) and courses to promote employability (463,044)

Whether you’re a student, worker or don’t have any qualifications or work experience, Santander Open Academy offers a wide range of courses, content and scholarships for you to build up your career prospects. 

In a digital world with economic and environmental issues, the job market is demanding the latest knowledge and skills that our global online platform can offer. Santander Open Academy has hundreds of course and scholarship postings every year. They’re free, and you don’t have to be a Santander customer or hold a degree to apply. Just register on the platform. We open application periods for courses and scholarships in the 11 countries where we operate. Each subsidiary also runs programmes that adapt to the needs of its communities.

We offer a wide range of educational programmes to meet people’s employability needs, with grants for higher education, travel, research and internships, plus free courses that are admissions-based or have open enrolment, as well as learning content (books, audiobooks, podcasts, videos and e-books).

We have been a stalwart of education, employability and entrepreneurship for over 27 years, investing over 2.3 billion euros and helping over 1.5 million people and companies. We were named in Fortune magazine’s 2023 “Change the World” list as one of the biggest contributors to making the world a better place.

Grants you can apply for

Check out everything we have to offer to university students and people over 18 years of age on our Santander Open Academy global online platform. It has details of each programme’s modules, selection process and application deadlines. 

What’s more, we offer Santander Open Academy users free content to help enhance their job skills.

These are some of the courses we have open at the moment:

01
Jul
2024
Santander Course | Essential Teaching Techniques
08
Sep
2024
Plan de Formación Integra UGR-Santander 2024
13
Sep
2024
University of York Santander Internships 2023/24
15
Oct
2024
Becas Santander Talento cursos 2024/25 Universidad de Jaén
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