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Continue learning, and find yourself becoming an industry elite.

You chose WGU for your degree, and now you can take advantage of our continuing education opportunities. 

College-specific resources.

Free resources for all alumni.

Linkedin Learning

LinkedIn Learning

An online educational platform with 16,000+ courses to help you discover and develop business, creative, and technology skills through expert-led course videos.

 

Coursera

Coursera

Easily access world-class content and credentials from the world’s top universities and companies, drive skill development with role-based learning, and track and benchmark skill proficiency against 62+ million learners. WGU graduates currently have access to one free course, each.

Skillsoft

Skillsoft

Access a range of training resources (books, courses, and videos on business, IT, well-being, certifications, production and collaboration, and digital skills) whenever and wherever you have the need.



 

SimpleK12

SimpleK12

A web-based training portal that gives teachers a collaborative learning environment and self-paced, needs-based resources. Find several hundred hours of interactive training and testing, and informative webinars by subject matter experts from around the globe.
 

Nurses on Boards Coalition

Nurses on Boards Coalition

The Nurses on Boards Coalition (NOBC) represents national nursing and other organizations working to build healthier communities in America by increasing nurses’ presence on corporate, health-related, and other boards, panels, and commissions. 

Career Services

Top 5 CliftonStrengths

Top 5 CliftonStrengths reveals the first five talent themes in your CliftonStrengths profile and includes basic strategies to help you start applying your most powerful CliftonStrengths to succeed. We hope to offer additional assessments to engaged graduates in the near future.

Pluralsight

Pluralsight

A leading technology skills platform that includes expert-authored online courses on software development, IT ops, data science, and more. Prepare for industry certifications and other career-advancing opportunities.

Duolingo

Duolingo

With a mission is to make education free, fun, and accessible to all, Duolingo is the most popular language-learning platform and the most downloaded education app in the world.


 

Mindedge Learning

MindEdge

Use the discount code wgualumni at check-out to get access to these MindEdge courses for free. Course topics include: Management, Leadership, HR, Finance, Communication, and more. SHRM credits are available.


 

Hey Teach!

Hey Teach!

Hey Teach aims to provide resources, stories, inspiration, and laughs to everyone who has taken on—or is thinking about taking on—the challenging, rewarding, and vital work of educating America's kids.


 

Handshake

Handshake

WGU’s Career & Professional Development team operates Handshake—a modern career development platform used nationally by top universities and employers.

 

Calm

Calm

Calm is the #1 app for resilience and mental fitness. Millions of people are experiencing lower stress, less anxiety, improved focus, and more restful sleep with Calm. We hope to offer increased access to the Calm App to engaged graduates in the near future.

edX

edX

Get unlimited access to 150+ courses mapped to 10 essential subject areas. Gain entrance to courses taught by experts from industry-leading companies like IBM and Amazon Web Services and respected universities such as Harvard and Columbia.

WGU Alumni Library

WGU Alumni Library

Download and read 150,000+ ebooks, search a database of thousands of peer-reviewed journals and general periodicals, view 40,000 profiles of global public and nonpublic companies, and more.


 

Teaching Channel

Teaching Channel

Watch 1,400+ classroom videos on topics like differentiation, class culture, and new teachers. Teaching Channel has partnered with top educators around the country to film real classrooms in every subject and grade level. Every video has been carefully vetted by education professionals to ensure they'll help you follow best teaching practices.

ACKC

Accountable Care Learning Collaborative

Access intelligence services for competencies that providers need to succeed in value-based care delivery efforts and policies along with information on market activities, including case study briefs, weekly news digests, intelligence briefs, webinars, and member meetings.

Harvard ManageMentor

Harvard ManageMentor

These online courses combine the latest in business thinking from management experts with interactive assignments to empower learners. Access the Marketing Essentials and Project Management coursepacks exclusively through the Night Owl Network.


Returning grads enjoy VIP benefits.

You already know what WGU can do for you—and how you can fit a WGU degree program into your life. So keep going! Take advantage—again!—of all that WGU has to offer: Come back to earn your master's degree. We're excited to welcome you back to the WGU student body! Click here to learn more about returning to WGU.

Elite applicant status.

Your application for admission is much shorter than the standard application, and it will automatically be moved to the front of the line for consideration.

Exclusive scholarship opportunities.

Returning grads are eligible to apply for the exclusive Alumni Master's Degree Scholarship, valued at up to $2,000.

Other scholarship opportunities.

Returning WGU graduates are also eligible to apply for the scholarship opportunities available to new students.