Welcome to Wellamo Community College

• Online store
• By phone: 03 814 4799
• At the Wellamo-opisto office: Terijoenkatu 2, 15140 Lahti (registration and guidance available)

Please look up the course code and prepare to give us the following personal information:

• name
• personal identification number (suomalainen henkilötunnus)
• address
• phone number
• possible e-mail address
• educational background (elementary level/secondary level/higher education)
• profession (working/unemployed/student/pensioner/other).

Please provide a different billing address if the payer is not the course participant (for children, include the details of a parent or guardian).

Please note which courses you have registered for, as well as their times and locations, as classes begin without further notice.

If a course is full, you can join the waiting list. We will contact you if a place becomes available. Waiting list places are valid for the current term only.

Most Wellamo-opisto courses require a fee. By registering, you agree to pay the course fee. Invoicing may take place either before the course begins or after the first sessions. If you have any questions about your invoice, please contact the office as soon as you receive it.

Useful information

Unemployment status must be verified before the course starts.

Courses not cancelled in time will still be charged.

Teaching language is usually Finnish, but for some Finnish language courses English is also used. You can check the language by contacting the office.

Teaching language varies in different courses. Basic Finnish 1 teaching language is English.

Finnish language courses: Textbook is not included in the course fee. There are no summer courses in Finnish language.

Browse Finnish language courses

Course certificate can be ordered from the office.

Teaching is target-oriented and progressive from stage to stage. Teaching starts from early childhood education (children aged 5 – 6 years), from where the students move on to basic studies (children aged 7 – 11 years). During the three last year of basic studies (children aged 11 -13 years) advanced workshop studies, the students study in periodical work shops, after which they continue on to advanced work shop studies (young people aged 14 – 20).

Taika functions on the principle of chargeable services. The tuition fee is 220/220€ for students living in Lahti, and 260/260€ for people outside Lahti.

Students must create a thesis if they want a certificate of graduation in the broad curriculum of fine arts, advanced studies. The student must be at least 16 years old, and must have studied visual arts or design related to the subject of their thesis for 2 – 3 school years.

The studies required for the broad curriculum are 1300h (basic studies 800h and advanced workshop studies), and they start from basic studies, that is from the phase when the student moves from group 0 to group 1. Early childhood education serves as an orientation to basic studies.

The goal of the teaching is to familiarize the students with the concepts, techniques and materials in the field of visual arts and design, and to give them the chance to improve their knowledge and skills. The student’s own experientiality and form of expression serve as a starting point, supported by the contents and goals of the teaching. The language of instruction at Taika is Finnish.