Education Division’s advisory services
The Education Division’s advisory services can answer your questions about early childhood education and care, daycare centres, family daycare, playgrounds, comprehensive schools, general upper secondary schools and vocational education and training.
The telephone service is open Mon–Fri 10.00–12.00 and 13.00–15.00 on +358 9 310 44986(Link starts a phone call).
See contact details for Education Division advisory services.
Service guidance for early childhood and pre-primary education
Service guidance for early childhood and pre-primary education can give you advice and guidance regarding applying for early childhood and pre-primary education. Send email to varepalveluohjaus@hel.fi(Link opens default mail program) or call +358 9 310 80488(Link starts a phone call). Read more about the service guidance.
English and bilingual services
We help you with any questions about English or bilingual education services, and early childhood education and pre-primary education in different languages. Get in touch by email or telephone. You can also or book an appointment by email.
eduguidance@hel.fi (Link opens default mail program)
Tel. +358 9 310 76965(Link starts a phone call)
We speak Finnish and English.
E-services support and guidance for the Asti online service
The City of Helsinki’s e-services support also provides guidance on applying for a place in early childhood or pre-primary education via the Asti online service. For data security reasons, the e-services support will not receive any information about the caller, application or applicant.
Tel. +358 9 310 88800(Link starts a phone call) (Mon–Fri 8.00–18.00)
Adult education centres
- Finnish Adult Education Centre of the City of Helsinki: tel. +358 9 310 88610(Link starts a phone call), Finnish Adult Education Centre website(Link leads to external service)
- Swedish Adult Education Centre Arbis: tel. +358 9 310 49494(Link starts a phone call), Arbis website(Link leads to external service).
Admissions Office of Helsinki Vocational College and Adult Institute (Stadin AO)
Tel. +358 9 310 89318 (Link starts a phone call)
Website of the Admissions Office of Helsinki Vocational College and Adult Institute.(Link leads to external service)
Media contacts
The City of Helsinki’s divisions and public enterprises are responsible for communications concerning their services and decision-making.
Division contact persons for media enquiries.
Archives
tel. +358 9 310 86346(Link starts a phone call), +358 9 310 86638 (Link starts a phone call)
email: arkisto.kasvatusjakoulutus@hel.fi(Link opens default mail program)
To order copies of certificates of basic education and general upper secondary education, please see City of Helsinki E-services.
Information regarding early childhood and pre-primary education, basic education, general upper secondary education, and vocational education
You can find information regarding study credits, degrees and qualifications obtained in pre-primary education, basic education, general upper secondary education, and vocational education from the Koski service. The Koski service is a national study credit, degree and qualification disclosure service maintained by the Finnish National Agency for Education.
Varda is a database on early childhood education and care maintained by the Finnish National Agency for Education. From the Varda database you can find information regarding children in early childhood education and their guardians, for example.
Further information in Finnish:
Koski service (Link leads to external service)
Varda (Link leads to external service)
Registrar's Office
The Registrar's Office operates at Helsinki City Hall in the Helsinki district of Kruununhaka, at the street address Pohjoisesplanadi 11–13.
Phone numbers
Use the numerot.hel.fi service to find the phone numbers of the telephone exchanges of the City of Helsinki’s divisions and the phone numbers of key units. The service also includes the phone numbers of some City of Helsinki employees, but each city division decides for itself how many phone numbers are available.
Numerot.hel.fi.(Link leads to external service)
Email addresses
Our staff members’ email addresses are in the format firstname.lastname@hel.fi(Link opens default mail program).
Education Division's email address: kasvatusjakoulutus@hel.fi(Link opens default mail program)