The Nuorten suunta group is intended for 17- and 18-year-olds who are of compulsory education age and wish to complete unfinished comprehensive school studies in basic education for adults.
The Nuorten suunta group also offers a Finnish language course for young people of compulsory education age who have finished comprehensive education in a country other than Finland.
Application periods for the academic year 2024–2025
| Group | Application period | Admission decision | Start of school |
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| All groups | 27 May–5 Aug 2024 | 16 Aug 2024 | 2 Sept 2024 |
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Finnish course starting level 0 |
2–30 Sept 2024 | 7 Oct 2024 | 23 Oct 2024 |
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Finnish course starting level 0 |
23 Oct–22 Nov 2024 | 2 Dec 2024 | 9 Dec 2024 |
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Finnish course starting level 0 |
9 Dec 2024–10 Jan 2025 | 20 Jan 2025 | 10 Feb 2025 |
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Finnish course starting level 0 |
10 Feb–10 Mar 2025 | 17 Mar 2025 | 2 Apr 2025 |
You can also apply for the other groups throughout the academic year by contacting the City of Helsinki Ohjaamo’s compulsory education team (page in Finnish)(Link leads to external service).
Apply for Nuorten suunta studies during the academic year 2024–2025 Application form (link to external service)(Link leads to external service)
How to apply for Nuorten suunta
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Application
Fill in the application form with your guidance counsellor or supervising teacher.
In the application form, you fill in the details of your previous studies. Attach your school certificates to your application.
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Language test
If necessary, you will be invited to take a language test to assess your language skills.
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Admission decision
Applicants and their guidance counsellors will be informed of the admission decisions concerning the supplementary application round by 2 December 2024.
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Accepting a study place
You accept a study place offered to you with a separate form.
Your guidance counsellor will ensure that the necessary certificates (e.g. a certificate of termination of studies, pedagogical documents) are sent by the City’s internal mail or regular mail by 9 December 2024 if they have not been attached to your application.
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Start of school
School will start on 9 December 2024.
Admission criteria
Primarily, the students we admit to the Nuorten suunta group are young people of a compulsory education age living in Helsinki. At the earliest, you can start basic education for adults in the autumn term of the year you turn 17 years old.
If you have studied several individualised subjects, basic education for adults is probably not a suitable place of further studies for you. In basic education for adults, subjects cannot be individualised, and your previous studies in individualised comprehensive school subjects cannot be recognised.