Apply for Finnish language courses.

Fill in the online application form. Be sure to include your personal email address as you will receive follow-up instructions later via email.

No application periods, apply at any time during the year. 

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Registration for the school year 2021-22

If you’re already a student at Eira’s Finnish courses and want sign up for the school year 2021-2022 do not fill in this application. Go to Wilma to fill in the registration form. If you don’t know how to find it, ask your student counsellor: henrik.domingo@eira.fi, 0505908601.

How to apply for Finnish courses at Eira

You can apply for Finnish language courses from the link above at any time during the year. Applicants selected for the course will be invited to the level test by e-mail and studies can be started at the beginning of a suitable course.

The tuition fee for the academic year 2020-2021 is 150 euros. The tuition fee covers all studies completed during the academic year at Eira Adult High School.

If you fill in the application on March 1st or afterwards, you will be concidered for the courses starting on August 23rd, 2021. The next online level tests for the August start will be held on August 10th, 2021. Invitations for the level tests will be sent a couple of weeks before the test.
 

Finnish courses at Eiran aikuislukio

The comprehensive selection of intensive Finnish courses at Eira provides classes from beginner level A0 to upper intermediate B1.2.

You can study Finnish in Eira High School of Adults either in the morning or evening . All courses are distance learning courses at least until the end of the ongoing school year (June 3rd, 2021).

Morning groups have lessons between 8:50 and 13:50. Evening lessons are held between 17:10 and 20:10. 

Studying FInnish at Eira requires good reading and writing skills using the Latin alphabet.

Duration of Studies

The time you will take to complete the programme depends on  your starting level. The academic year (September – May) is divided into five study periods and one course lasts one period. If you start your studies form the beginner course, completing all 10 courses provided will take two academic years.

Please note!

  • Due to a large number of applicants all applicants cannot be invited for the level tests. Please remember to apply also for courses provided by other course providers, eg. see http://www.finnishcourses.fi

  • NEW: From now on we can also accept students that are enrolled as full time students in higher education (UAS, University). Unfortunately we cannot accept students that are enrolled as full time students in another institution offering lower or higher secondary education (lower secondary, high school or vocational training).

  • If you are a customer of the unemployment office please check before starting your Finnish studies that you have the right for integration support or indpendent study support (omaehtoinen opiskelun tuki). 

  • Additional infromation about Finnish courses: henrik.domingo@eira.fi