Finnish Courses for Immigrants in Helsinki area
Study opportunities and education for immigrants
As a Christian in Finland
Learn Finnish language, culture and the Bible in a friendly atmosphere. You will be encouraged to speak Finnish and we promise that you will find your new identity in your new home-country.
Intensive Finnish Course
In our intensive summer courses you will study the Finnish language in everyday situations. You will do a lot of conversation exercises and learn vocabulary and grammar. You can also repeat what you already know. There are no pre-entry level requirements for the courses.
YKI-treeni
In the Finnish Certificate of National Language Proficiency (YKI) training course you study Finnish Intensively and diversely for three months. You learn the language by listening. You do lots of grammar exercises. You discuss matters of interest in Finnish. You learn to write Finnish. Different text will no longer scare you. By completing the course you will cope better with the YKI test and you can apply for Finnish citizenship.
Path to Work
The Path to Work course is an another opportunity for an unemployed immigrant whose integration period is finished. The education is for unemployed part-time students which do not prevent them from receiving full-time work or doing TE services business.
Finnish Bible Institute
The Finnish Bible institute is an independent Christian organization committed to the Bible and Lutheran recognition. Our purpose is to proclaim the gospel, teach the Bible, provide people with a spiritual home, and to support missionary work. We are located in Kauniainen, in the heart of the Helsinki metropolitan area. The Finnish Bible Institute offers many short courses and events, longer training courses mainly for young people and language and culture courses for immigrants
How to learn Finnish? Here's what our students say.
Finnish language and integration courses “As a Christian in Finland” and “YKI-training” are your path to the Finnish language, culture and society.
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Finnish language and integration courses “As a Christian in Finland” and “YKI-trainig” have started 30 August. There are more than 30 students in these courses combined coming from Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen.
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In the autumn there will start two courses: a year-long integration course “As a Christian in Finland”, which has no requirement of previous knowledge in Finnish and a three-month-long YKI-trainig that prepares for the intermediate National Certificate of Language Proficiency (YKI-test).
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The Finnish language and integration course “As a Christian in Finland” in Finnish Bible Institute in Kauniainen includes also educational trips in Helsinki region. Understanding the Finnish language is important but also history and culture are significant. We visited Finnish National Museum as a part of our course.
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The integration courses in Suomen Raamattuopisto include many useful skills besides Finnish language. Even though majority of the education is Finnish language is there still space for other activities such as learning culture, history and fuctioning of society.
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Last week we made a little trip to Espoo museum Glims, that exhibits the historic Finnish farm and countryside milieu.
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After training in “As Christian in Finland” language course, you will be able to converse about things that are important to you in Finnish. You will understand how the Finnish society and democracy work. You become an active member of society and find ways of influencing common issues.
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General language exams are language exams for adults. Examinations measure language proficiency in practical situations where an adult has to speak, listen, write or read Finnish.
With a Certificate in Finnish, you can prove your language skills when applying for a job or a place to study. The Yki test intermediate level certificate is also required to obtain Finnish citizenship.
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