You can apply to our school through the joint application system for general upper secondary education every spring. Helsinki Upper Secondary School of Languages has an English and Finnish programme, a programme that emphasises languages and internationality and a general programme, and you can apply to all of them.
There are approximately 800 students at Helsinki Upper Secondary School of Languages. The intake for the English and Finnish programme is 61 students, for the emphasis programme 60, and for the general programme 151.
Selections for both the emphasis and the general programme are based on the students’ grade point average. Spring 2024, the lowest accepted average for the emphasis programme was 8,17, for the English and Finnish programme 8,00 and for the general programme 7,92. All the students will take the Matriculation Exam in Finnish.
Studying at Helsinki Upper Secondary School of Languages demands a sufficient command of Finnish. Students from other countries may also apply through the joint application system.
More information about the joint application system can be acquired from the Education Department of the City of Helsinki, the Joint Application System website Studyinfo.fi(Link leads to external service), and primary school guidance counsellors.
