Time: Students can start their studies approximately within a week after enrolling on this course. The estimated time for completing this course is 2-3 months. Notice that the first nonstop start is on 14 January 2025.
Please notice that Xamk’s lecturers do not assess completed courses nor enter the course assessments in Xamk’s record of credits (Peppi) during their non-teaching periods. Completed courses will not be assessed between 2 June and 17 August 2025
Place: Online studies
Extent: 5 ECTS credits
Target group: Everyone interested in the topic
Required previous skills: Not required
Please notice that from September 1, 2024 onwards, only students with a Finnish social security number (i.e. a personal identity code) can start their studies on Xamk Pulse’s courses. You can read more here.
Course is completed independently
Credited in degree at Xamk: All bachelor level degrees
Area of competence mentioned in Curriculum: Optional studies
Enrolment by: 30 March 2025. This is a nonstop start and students can start their studies approximately within a week after enrolling on this course.
Price: Free of charge
Note that you can enrol for Open UAS studies at the maximum of 50 ECTS credits per semester. One person’s enrolments exceeding 50 ECTS credits are deleted in the enrolment order. Paying attention to this is important when planning your studies.
Please also notice that
Xamk degree students cannot enrol on Open UAS courses.
Path students enrol at Peppi or Tuudo only for study courses included in path studies. Check your invitation letter for more detailed instructions for your own path study.
Learning outcomes:
- This course is an introduction to Robotic Process Automation (RPA).
- You learn the basic concepts of RPA.
- You know what benefits RPA can bring to your work processes and how to identify the best processes for RPA.
- You learn what robots are available and how you can control them.
Contents and methods:
- Introduction to RPA.
- Identifying work processes applicable to RPA.
- Streamlining work processes with RPA.
- Features of RPA robots.
- Building RPA robots using UiPath Studio.
Parts:
RPA introductory modules and diploma
RPA Developer Foundation Diploma
10h optional modules
Report using material from the Learn platform and UiPath Academy
This course is completely online.
The course is studied completely independently, completing diplomas at UiPath Academy. The student can choose a schedule that suits him / her.
The student completes the modules throughout the course.
The course covers 5 ECTS credits, totalling 135 hours of student work. The number of hours is theoretical and varies according to student effort.
(You can continue your studies with the UiPath Robot course, in which groups build a robot that solves someone's work or private life case.)
Study material:
UiPath Academy
Course material in Learn
Robotic Process Automation Handbook: A Guide to Implementing RPA Systems
UiPath Studio only works on Windows PCs. Mac installation is not possible
All materials in UiPath Academy are in English
Assessment:
All task partitions must be returned.
Grades: Approved/Failed
The Transcript of records will be delivered automatically by email in PDF form. You can read more about the The Transcript of records on: Information on Open UAS, Xamk Pulse studies.
This course is based on the curricula of Xamk's degree programmes and the Finnish credits are fully compatible with the ECTS.
Additional information on enrolment:
Xamk Pulse, email: openstudies@xamk.fi.
Terms of cancellation:
If you are not able to participate in the course, please let us know as soon as possible by email openstudies@xamk.fi.
Before the course starts, you'll receive an invitation by email to this course.
Please note that there can be changes in the course details in terms of the timetable and teachers, for example.
South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences is audited by the Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (FINEEC).