{"id":10981,"date":"2021-05-21T13:20:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T11:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samiedu.fi\/\/?page_id=10981"},"modified":"2026-03-04T12:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T10:30:19","slug":"tervetuloa-samieduun","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/samiedu.fi\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Samiedu!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Please\u00a0note! <\/strong>As of 1 August 2026, tuition fees will be introduced in Finland for upper\u2011secondary students from outside the EU and EEA (third\u2011country nationals).\u202fA third\u2011country national refers to a person who is not a citizen of an EU Member State, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, or Switzerland. You can find the most up\u2011to\u2011date information on tuition fees on our website: <a href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsamiedu.fi%2Fen%2Ftuition-fees-for-applicants-coming-from-outside-the-eu-and-eea%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Claura.matveinen%40samiedu.fi%7Cba474db184aa4fc3911908de793ddb18%7Cc924eb59a483478b881ead5d6f39eb4a%7C0%7C0%7C639081503753805782%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Ya3XlvvXFYAebCTENmzvKv5M6pZKgwcGigoZuJYXKsU%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Tuition fees for applicants coming from outside the EU and EEA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Information on Studies in English<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Any qualifications offered in English will be published on this website in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strengthening Global Cooperation in Vocational Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Samiedu&nbsp;is strengthening its international activities. Once Finnish legislation&nbsp;regarding&nbsp;commissioned education and the introduction of tuition fees in Finnish vocational education has been&nbsp;finalized,&nbsp;we aim to&nbsp;establish&nbsp;new agent partnerships. If your company is interested in collaborating with&nbsp;Samiedu, please send a brief introduction of your operations and services to Director Milla Laisi-Wessman by email at&nbsp;firstname.lastname[at]samiedu.fi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Continuous admission allows you to apply to study in Finnish at any time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who can apply?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone, with required Finnish skills, including you. Learn a new profession, obtain further education in your field or improve your competence as much as the situation requires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What can I study?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We offer over 40 qualifications <strong>in Finnish<\/strong> so you have plenty of options to choose from! You can complete a full qualification or individual units of any qualification. In addition, you can attend card and certificate training courses to obtain a hygiene passport, an alcohol passport or a hot work card. If you are not yet sure what you are interested in, take a time-out and study in preparatory education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Vocational qualifications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Further and specialist vocational qualifications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Units from any qualification<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Preparatory education, TUVA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Certificate and card training courses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have already secured a job in a particular field, we can help you study in apprenticeship training to complete a vocational qualification or individual qualification units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When can I apply?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Application periods vary, please check more information by field of study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do I apply?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>First, browse our fields of education and training. Once you have found a suitable option, fill in the application on the page of the field you chose. We will then invite you to an interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to study individual units of a particular qualification, apply to study the qualification and use the field for more information on the application form to state that you are only applying to study one or several units of the qualification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Check out our qualification modules<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to full vocational qualifications,&nbsp;Samiedu&nbsp;also offers shorter qualification modules. If you are interested in diploma-level education or other tailored learning solutions, we would be pleased to hear from you. Please contact Director Milla Laisi-Wessman by email (firstname.lastname@samiedu.fi) and share your needs and interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do you still have questions? 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