Asiakasnäkymä

Finnish language courses at Espoo Adult Education Centre

At Omnia, you can study Finnish by taking short courses that run for 2–8 hours a week or intensive courses that run for 12 hours a week. Courses are held both during the day and in the evening.

Service organiser

Omnia

Language

Finnish

Charges

Service fees 0,00€

The client pays the course fee. The course fees vary in price. You can ask the social services office whether you can receive financial support for the course fees.

Present a certificate of the validity of your job search before the start of the course to receive a discount for unemployed persons.

Implementation

Contact service

Remote or online service

Who is the service for?

The Finnish as a second language (S2) courses offered by Espoo Adult Education Centre are intended for people whose first language is not Finnish.

Municipality of residence

Municipality of residence does not matter

Age

All people of working age

Situation

Lacking upper secondary education

Immigrant (integration period ongoing)

Immigrant (integration period over)

How can I participate in the service?

You can apply for the Finnish language courses for different skill levels online.
If you need help with applying, you can request help directly from your school, your employment services specialist or your social worker.
If you are accepted for a course, you must inform your employment services specialist straight away.
Register for courses at ilmonet.fi or by calling +358 20 692 444 (Mon–Thu, 12.30-15.30).
If the course is full, you can request a place on a waiting list.
Present a certificate of the validity of your job search before the start of the course to receive a discount for unemployed persons.
Course registration is binding.

Conditions for participating in the service

For more information on the language proficiency levels required for the courses, see the course information on Ilmonet.

If you need help with choosing a suitable course, you can contact the study counselling service on Tuesdays between 13.00 and 14.00. The service number for study counselling is +358 40 126 7448. The study counselling service is available in Finnish and English.

How is the service organised?

Some of the courses are taught face-to-face and others online. More information on the courses is available on the Ilmonet website, where you can register for the courses.

You can study Finnish by taking part-time courses that run for 2–8 hours a week or intensive courses that run for 12 hours a week. Part-time courses are available during the day and in the evening, while intensive courses are only available during the day.

If you would like to study at a leisurely pace, you can choose a slow-paced course. However, if you would prefer to progress quickly in your studies, you can choose a fast-paced course.

You can study Finnish at the language proficiency levels A1–B2.