Vocational Education and Training for the Young

Optima arranges vocational education and training for young people and adults, answers for special-needs vocational education and training for Swedish-speaking students in Finland as well as provides various types of services for trade and industry. The language of instruction in the different programmes is primarily Swedish, but two programmes in vocational upper secondary education and training as well as some parts of vocational adult education take place in Finnish.

Optima has approx. 3,000 students, whereof 1,200 in the programmes for young people.

As a vocational upper secondary school Optima provides 3-year study programmes which lead to vocational qualifications (ammatillinen perustutkinto/ yrkesinriktad grundexamen). Vocational study programmes consist of 120 credits.

Upper secondary vocational qualifications provide extensive vocational skills for various assignments in the field and more specialised expertise in one sector of the qualification. The qualification holders are equipped with the skills needed for employment, for performing various tasks in changing conditions in their fields, and maintaining and improving their vocational skills throughout their lives. Upper secondary vocational qualifications provide general eligibility to all forms of higher education. Holders of upper secondary vocational qualifications can also take further and specialist vocational qualifications which are arranged as competence-based qualifications for adults.

More information about vocational education, vocational school to working life and the Finnish education system.

Contact

Max Gripenberg, principal
Tel. +358 6 7855 229
Mobile +358 44 7215 229
max.gripenberg@optimaedu.fi

Ann Käld, study services manager
Tel. +358 6 7855 231
Mobile +358 44 7215 231
ann.kald@optimaedu.fi

Carolina Isomaa, international coordinator
Tel. +358 44 7215240
carolina.isomaa@optimaedu.fi