Santander Open Academy

Santander Open Academy is Santander’s free global initiative, designed to help you develop new skills and take the next step in your career. We believe that learning is the best way to unlock new opportunities and build your future.

Access high-quality courses, scholarships and learning content developed in collaboration with leading universities and organisations from around the world. All our learning opportunities are online, free of charge and open to everyone,  with no need to be a bank customer.

The training you need to keep growing

Our platform is open to everyone

To sign up and start learning, you just need to be over 16 years old. We believe in your potential and want to help you succeed, whether or not you're a bank customer.

Discover the free learning opportunities you need to keep growing and take the next step in your career.

Learning with international partners

Discover our range of courses and scholarships, developed in collaboration with leading universities and organisations from around the world.

More than 900 programmes, continuously updated to help you develop new skills and keep growing professionally.

Partner institution programmes

The universities and institutions we work with also publish their own programmes for their academic communities.

Santander Open Academy gives you access to everything you need to keep learning and growing.

We transform lives, we transform careers

30 years supporting society to build a better future for everyone

 

In 1996, Banco Santander launched a pioneering initiative to support education, employability and entrepreneurship. Santander Open Academy is part of this initiative and contributes to fulfilling the bank's mission of helping people and businesses to progress.

30 years

supporting education, employability, and entrepreneurship

+8.3 million

people and businesses helped in 30 years

+ 2,500 mm

invested in education, employability, and entrepreneurship

+1,000 universities

institutions and organisations  collaborating in 13 countries