The University of Edinburgh provides all staff and students with free access to LinkedIn Learning the world's leading online providers of self-paced training and education materials in video and audio format. You can learn online, or download content to view offline via the LinkedIn Learning mobile app. Whether you are a researcher or a student at any level, you can access LinkedIn Learning for training in a wide range of subjects including:
- data science
- statistics
- research methods
- programming
- software development
- web development
- business and workplace skills
- management and leadership
Account Creation:
All staff and students benefit from free access to LinkedIn Learning during the entire time you work or study at the University, and for a limited period of time after you leave. In order to access the service, you need to create your free account using your University credentials either through MyEd or directly via the LinkedIn Learning website.
Find out how to create your free LinkedIn Learning account
Account creation / service accessProduct Features
- Huge catalogue of over 18,000 courses and 250,000 videos with over 50 new courses added weekly
- All courses are filmed in high definition (HD) and delivered by industry experts
- A wide range of courses available in multiple different languages (audio and transcription)
- Exercise files and notebooks provided for courses
- Content can be downloaded to LinkedIn Learning app and viewed offline
- Certificates available for all courses upon completion
Applicable Disciplines
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- Business, Management and Accounting
- Computer Sciences
- Energy
- Health Professions
- Material Science
- Neuroscience
- Physics and Astronomy
- Arts and Humanities
- Chemical Engineering
- Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Engineering
- Immunology and Microbiology
- Mathematics
- Nursing
- Psychology
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Chemistry
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance
- Environmental Science
- Medicine
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
- Social Sciences
- Veterinary
Terms & Conditions
You will need to use your University login to access the service.
Technical Requirements
- N/A
Skills Required
- N/A
Support and Training Available
- Find out everything you need to know about the service on our dedicated LinkedIn Learning support webpages.
- The Digital Skills and Training Team run the ‘An Introduction to LinkedIn Learning’ webinar regularly which can be booked by students through the University’s Event Booking channel and by staff via the People and Money system.
- A short tutorial demonstrating how to use LinkedIn Learning can also be found on our How to use LinkedIn Learning webpage.
- Join our LinkedIn Learning @ Edinburgh University Microsoft Teams team for regular service updates, training and new feature announcements.
Contact Details
If you have any questions about using LinkedIn Learning, require support or training, or would like to become a LinkedIn Learning Champion, please contact us via email.