General upper secondary education

General upper secondary education prepares you for your further studies and the future. The City has 14 general upper secondary schools and 1 general upper secondary school for adults. You can enrol in a general programme, special emphasis programme, or a school with a special educational task. There are also private, trust-funded and state-run general upper secondary schools.

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General upper secondary schools
Schools have both general and special emphasis programmes.
Why choose general upper secondary school?
General upper secondary school gives you the skills and competence to succeed in your further studies in higher education.
Apply to general upper secondary school
See what our schools have to offer and apply!
Studying
You follow your own, individual study path in general upper secondary school.
Support for learning and wellbeing
General upper secondary schools foster the learning and wellbeing of their students in many ways.
New national curriculum
Students participated in the creation of a new national curriculum for the City of Helsinki’s general upper secondary schools.
What comes after general upper secondary school?
General upper secondary education prepares you for further studies at a university, university of applied sciences and in vocational education and training that is based on the general upper secondary school syllabus.
Preparatory education towards a qualification (TUVA)
Not sure if general upper secondary school is for you? The preparatory education towards a qualification could be the answer!

Popular pages

School menus
See the weekly menus for all general upper secondary schools.
List of general upper secondary schools
Browse general upper secondary schools in Helsinki.
School term dates and holidays
See the start and end dates of the school year and holidays.
Wilma: helsinki.inschool.fi
Log in to the Wilma service to select general upper secondary school studies, and much more.
School transport: Kela.fi
You can apply for a school transport subsidy also as a general upper secondary school student.
Konepaja Upper Secondary School for Adults
The general upper secondary school offers flexible basic education and upper secondary syllabi for adults. You can also study individual subjects.

Interested in any of these?

Vocational education and training
General upper secondary education in different languages
Helsinki Online Upper Secondary School
Mediakurssin opiskelija työväenopisto
Adult education centres