Study in Kajaani

Kajaani offers a wide range of opportunities for studying.
Studies can be for a degree, for having more skills or as a hobby.

TE Services (Employment and Education) advise on education and training

TE Services has a wide range of advice and guidance on education and training.

TE Services provide advice via the online service, the national telephone service and at meetings with an employment counsellor.

Read more about training and education advice on the TE Services website

 

TE Services’ training and coaching

The TE Services organise integration training for adult immigrants, coaching for job search and working life, as well as training in various occupational fields and entrepreneurship.

The TE Services’ training courses are free of charge.

Application process for the TE Services’ training courses or coaching starts with registering as a jobseeker at TE Services and discussion with the Employment Counsellor.  The Employment counsellor will be in contact after the registering as a jobseeker.

Registering as a jobseeker online at TE Services’  Oma asiointi (in Finnish).
Sign in via Finnish online bank ID or chip ID cards.

Find out how to use the service (video)
Register as a jobseeker on the E-service (in Finnish)

Integration training for adult immigrants

In integration training, students learn Finnish and get to know Finnish society. Integration training provides information and skills for working life and further education. Integration training is daytime education.

The orientation period of integration training is aimed especially at newly arrived immigrants.

In addition to the Finnish language and culture, the orientation period includes an initial assessment, which covers, among other things, an assessment of the integration process.

• literacy and language skills
• work experience and work history
• qualifications that can correspond to Finnish qualifications

In the literacy lessons in integration training, students learn not only Finnish but also general reading and writing skills.

The duration of the integration training is determined by the student’s personal needs. Usually, the training lasts about one year.

Application process for the TE Services’ training courses or coaching starts with registering as a jobseeker at TE Services and discussion with the Employment Counsellor.  The Employment counsellor will be in contact after the registering as a jobseeker.

Other opportunities for learning provided by the TE Services

Find out about counselling
Find out about Vocational labour market training
Find out about Apprenticeship training
Find out about a jobseeker’s independent study can be supported by unemployment benefit

Application process for the TE Services’ training courses or coaching starts with registering as a jobseeker at TE Services and discussion with the Employment Counsellor.  The Employment counsellor will be in contact after the registering as a jobseeker.

Find out how to use the service (video)
Register as a jobseeker : E-service (in Finnish)

 

Kainuu Vocational College (KAO) 

Kainuu Vocational College  has a wide range of vocational studies in different fields and in the VALMA preparatory training for vocational studies.

Read more in Finnish:

Kainuu Vocational College (KAO)
Kainuu Vocational College (KAO) TUVA training.

General upper secondary school (Kajaanin lukio)

Upper secondary education is general education.
It prepares students for the matriculation examination and higher education studies.

Read more in Finnish:

Kajaani lukio and study programmes

Kajaani University of Applied Siences KUAS (KAMK)

Kajaani University of Applied Sciences offers degree-oriented and open university of applied sciences studies.

Open university of applied sciences studies are fee-based education open to all (e.g. language studies preparing for higher education).

Studies are  in Finnish and English.

Read more about the studies offered at Kajaani University of Applied Siences

Edukai

Edukai offers a wide range of opportunities for study and competence development.
Edukai organises, for example, continuing vocational education and training, vocational integration training for immigrants, and labour market and recruitment training.

Read about Edukai and studies (in Finnish)

Kajaani University Consortium (KUC) and
Adult and Continuing Education Services AIKOPA

Kajaani University Consortium and AIKOPA Adult and Continuing Education Services organise vocational and higher education, continuing education and open higher education. Teaching is organised in cooperation with various institutions. Integration of immigrants is taken into account in the provision of training.

Read about Kajaani University Consortium (KUC)
Read about AIKOPA (In Finnish)

Community Colleges (kansalaisopistot)

Community colleges (kansalaisopisto) offer a wide range of opportunities to learn a variety of knowledge and skills, for example through courses and hobby groups.

For example, they provide basic adult education and higher education for a fee.

Kainuun opisto  organises basic adult education.
Kainuu Music Institute  provides comprehensive basic art education in music and dance.

Find out more about community colleges in Kajaani on the websites:

Kainuu Music Institute
Kainuun Opisto (in Finnish)
Kaukametsä Civic Center
Oppimiskeskus Kainula (in Finnish)

Vuokatti-Ruka Sports Academy
Kajaani Sports Campus

The Vuokatti-Ruka Sports Academy enables you to combine studies and goal-oriented training from secondary school to university of applied sciences studies and conscript service.

Read about Vuokatti-Ruka Sports Academy and Kajaani Sports Campus (in Finnish)