Courses in London & Online

The biggest choice of adult education short courses in London and online

Looking for courses? City Lit offers thousands of courses, guided walks, expert talks, and events—more than any other college in London. Whether you’re interested in a one-off talk, a short course over a few weeks, or a year-long programme, you’ll find flexible options to suit your schedule and goals.

We offer online courses as well in-person courses from our Covent Garden campus and we offers a variety of classes 7 days a week in order to fit into your lifestyle whether you want to learn in the daytime, evenings, or on weekends.

Looking for an online course? Browse our online courses.

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Use our subject categories to find the right course for you. Narrow down your selection using the filters to find your course by level, location, start date, duration, and price.

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Languages

Over 30 languages

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Become a published author

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English & Maths

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All our courses are taught by experts with professional industry experience. From published authors and academics to exhibited artists and performers.

Business & Marketing

Upgrade your digital skills

Humanities

Explore History, Culture, Science & More

Choose from thousands of courses

With our daytime, evening, and weekend courses, there's course that is convenient for you.

Centre for Deaf Education

BSL & Lipreading 

Wellbeing & Massage

Gain skills in wellbeing

Speech Therapy

Manage your stammer

Performing Arts

Drama, Dance & Music

City Lit is the UK’s leading adult education provider. Over 30 000 learners choose City Lit every year to learn something new. From mastering new languages and honing creative skills to advancing your career with professional development courses. Whatever your passion or goal, our diverse curriculum has the perfect course to inspire your next step.

Taught by experts and practising professionals

All our courses are led by expert tutors including published authors, academics, practising artists, and experienced professionals; and they look forward to sharing their valuable knowledge and experience with you.

Dive into an unparalleled range of online courses with City Lit, the UK’s leading adult education provider. From mastering new languages and honing creative skills to advancing your career with professional development courses. Whatever your passion or goal, our diverse curriculum has the perfect course to inspire your next step.

Courses in London & Online

Thousands of short courses in London and online as well as longer skills-based courses and qualifications available to book online now!

Whether you want to try something new, revive your passion, or take your skills to the next level; we have a huge range of courses for you to explore. Discover Languages, Art & Design, Drama, Music & Dance, Technology & Business, Writing, British Sign Language and much more!

All our courses here at City Lit are taught by expert tutors such as published authors, academics, practising artists, and experienced professionals. Our friendly, supportive, and inspiring tutors are here to boost your confidence and motivate you at every step. We always ensure that your journey with us is enjoyable, positive, and thought-provoking.

We offer online courses and in-person courses. Our interactive online courses are taught live and in small groups. Read our guide to online learning for more information. In-person courses are delivered at our modern college campus in London near Covent Garden

Please use the filters on this page to search by subject, location/delivery mode, time of day, price and more to ensure you find the perfect course for you.

If you can't decide which subject to study, why not try some of our short taster courses?

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  1. Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00
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  2. City Lit Pro: Adobe Creative Cloud intensive stage 1
    Course start date:  Tue 8 Apr 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Christine Robertson
    City Lit Pro courses are tailored for accelerated learning for busy people who need to learn key skills for the workplace. On this Adobe Creative Cloud course, covering Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, you will learn key tools and techniques to develop, deliver and optimise vector graphics, photographic images and page layout and design.
    Full fee £599.00 Senior fee £599.00 Concession £599.00
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  3. Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00
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  4. City Lit Pro: Adobe InDesign intensive
    Course start date:  Tue 24 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Andrea Marzano
    City Lit Pro courses provide accelerated learning for busy people who need specific skills for the workplace. Whether you work in print or digital media, in our introductory Adobe InDesign course you’ll learn to use the industry-leading page design and layout app that lets you create, pre-flight, and publish beautiful documents.
    Full fee £399.00 Senior fee £399.00 Concession £399.00
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  5. Korean beginners: short introduction
    Course start date:  Tue 8 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Hakkyoung Lee
    Get a short introduction to the Korean language and discover aspects of Korean language culture in these live online communicative classes. Suitable for complete beginners.







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    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00
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  6. Tap intensive (improvers)
    Course start date:  Tue 15 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Benjamin Bailey
    If you have a strong foundation in tap, come and improve your technique, and increase your understanding of syncopation and your confidence in a variety of rhythms and tempos. Tap shoes are essential.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £55.00
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  7. Tap intensive (beginners)
    Course start date:  Tue 15 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Benjamin Bailey
    Ideal for absolute beginners who want to give tap dancing a go. Suitable for students of all ages with good general fitness. Tap shoes are essential.
    Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00
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  8. Foundation diploma in art and design
    Course start date:  Tue 16 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Multiple
    The UAL Foundation Diploma in Art & Design at City Lit is an exciting and challenging multi-disciplinary art, design, craft and media programme. It is designed to give you the best possible introduction to a wide range of materials, techniques and processes, and to support you in identifying and developing your creative interests and thinking. Validated by the University of the Arts London Awarding Body, it is an internationally recognised qualification with a UCAS tariff that enables you to apply directly to University.



    The Free Courses for Jobs initiative is for Londoners aged 24 or over at the start of the course who are: on a low-income; or on certain benefits; or do not have a full level 3 qualification. For more information Click here





    The course fee is £5421. If you are unable to pay the course fee upfront, you can choose to apply for an Advanced Learning Loan from the Student Loans Company (SLC) to help cover the cost. The Advanced Learner loan available for this course is £5421. The Loan is repayable after the course ends. For more information, please call Advanced Practice on . You can find more information about the Advanced Learner Loan here www.citylit.ac.uk/advanced-learner-loans
    Full fee £5,421.00 Senior fee £5,421.00 Concession £5,421.00
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