Vocational education and training

The City of Helsinki’s vocational institution Stadin AO (Helsinki Vocational College and Adult Institute) offers VET studies in Finnish and the private vocational institution Prakticum in Swedish.

VET studies are working life oriented and offer great opportunities for you to evolve as a professional.

Apply for VET flexibly throughout the year through rolling admissions. Comprehensive school and general upper secondary school graduates without previously completed qualification apply via the joint application system.

Vocational schools plan and implement an individual study path for every student, based on the student’s needs.

Close cooperation with working life ensures that workplaces have capable personnel now and in the future.

You receive support for your studies from your teachers, guidance counsellor and special needs teacher, as well as school nurses, welfare officers and psychologists.

Not sure if vocational education is for you? Preparatory education for an upper secondary qualification (TUVA) could be the answer!

See the weekly menus for schools.

Log in to the WilmaStadi service (opens in a new tab).

You can apply for a school transport subsidy also as a vocational school student (opens in a new tab).

Locations of the city's own vocational college