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Kokkolan seudun opisto (Kokkola adult education centre)

Our office – Kokkolan seudun opisto

Main Building: Vaasantie 7, 67100 Kokkola
Email: kso@kokkola.fi
Office is open during the term on Monday – Thursday 9.00 -11.30
and starting from 1.9.2025  17.00-20.00 (5-8 PM),
other times may be requested at the office if needed
Phone: 06 8289 777

Registration for new courses starts on 19.8.2025 at 18.00
Online service.

Kokkolan seudun opisto – Karlebynejdens institut is a bilingual (Finnish and Swedish) adult education centre owned and maintained by the city of Kokkola.

Since we are a non-formal adult education centre we are open to anyone and require no prior qualifications.
At the college you can for example study information technology, music, physical education, dance, art, handicrafts, cookery and first aid.
You can also study various languages, such as Finnish, Swedish, English, German, French, Russian, Spanish, Italian and Japanese.
It is also recommended to check the courses from the college’s online service.

Note

On courses market with * , you can also get personal guidance in English

The principles of our function

We want to promote the well-being and education of people in our area. We give possibilities for lifelong learning, open society and multicultural values, and we support sustainable development. We try to be a low threshold education center and see the joy of learning and creativity in everybody’s life. Traditions as well as current topics in society are important for us when planning for the future.

Registration

You need to register on the courses before they starts – this is how you help us in starting the courses.
You can do that in a few different ways:

  • online 
  • at Opistotalo, Vaasantie 7 to fill in a registration form
  • phone 06 8289 777, Monday -Thursday 9.00 -11.30 and 17.00 -20.00

  • You need to register on the courses before they starts – this is how you help us in starting the courses. Remember that changes in our course programme are possible.

    DO LIKE THIS

    GO to our webpage: uusi.opistopalvelut.fi/kokkola
    CHOOSE the course (it is easiest to use the course number)
    CLICK on ADD TO CART – then you have the course on your shopping basket
    CLICK on the shopping basket and fill in your personal data
    ACCEPT the terms of registration
    SEND THE REGISTRATION

    If you want to pay on the net, choose PROCEED TO PAYMENT on the registration page. You will be then transferred to choose the bank webpages.

     

    USEFUL  THINGS TO KNOW

    Please, note that your registration is binding.

    The invoice of the course will be sent to the address you gave.

    Please, be precise when writing your phone number and email address. We may contact you using this information.

    If the person who wants to register on our course is under 18, we need the information of the custodian, too.

    Observe: If you want to cancel your registration you must do it at least five (5) days before the course starts, contact us kso(at)kokkola.fi.

  • When you register, you consent to paying the course fee. The fee must be paid if you do not cancel the registration before the course starts. The fee varies from course to course and it can be seen with other course information on our webpage and in our course programme. If you do not use the Internet payment method, the invoice for the course will be sent to the address you gave.

    Please use the reference number on the invoice, so that the payment can be traced to the right person and the right course.

    •  If the course must be cancelled by us, we try to suggest another course if possible.
    •  We will return the paid fees after the cancellation, if you give our office your bank account number and other relevant data.
    •  If you cancel your attendance after the course has started, the course fee will not be returned.
    •  The students will be responsible for themselves to buy or get the course materials and necessary textbooks etc for the course.
    • All register cancellations must be done at least 5 days before the course starts or before the last registration day,  if such day has been given. If you cancel the course later, you need to pay half the course fee. You must do the cancellation to the office kso(at)kokkola.fi. If you do not cancel, the course fee must be paid in full.

     

    STUDENT DISCOUNTS ON THE COURSE FEE

    Students with student cards will get 50% discount on course fees. This discount cannot be obtained when using Internet payment method.

    Finnish Government supports the reduction of course fees for the unemployed, retired people and immigrants. Some of the courses in Kokkolan seudun opisto have therefore a reduced price for the course fees. This information is given in the course description. These reduced price courses cannot be paid on the Internet.

     

    YOU CAN PAY THE COURSE FEE WITH EPASSI, SMARTUM OR EDENRED

    Sports and cultural benefits are personal benefits granted by the employer to employees and they can only be used for personal payments.

    Before the course starts, inform our office by email kso(at)kokkola.fi which course you are paying for and with which benefit. You will receive payment instructions in your email when we start invoicing.

    Once the invoices have been sent, paying with benefits is no longer possible.

    The course fee paid with sports and cultural benefits is not refundable.

    Please note that you can pay all other course fees with sports and cultural benefits (from 1.8.2025), except for language, cooking, IT, social studies courses, basic art education and material fees. This is based on the tax authorities’ instructions.

     

    KAIKU CARD INFORMATION

    If you are given a Kaiku Card, you will be able to join a single course of your choice per year, without a course fee. Register for the course and please show us the card at our office before the course starts. More information: www.soite.fi/kaikukortti 

  • Your cancellation of registration must be done at least five (5) days before the course starts.
     To cancel the course on the net, you will need the course number and your registration ID. Ignoring the course fee or contacting the teacher are NOT the ways to cancel the registration. Failing to cancel the registration means that you will have to pay for the full course fee.     

Good to know

  • Students need to take care of their own insurances for the possible accidents or the injuries during the courses.

  • New courses and other information can be seen online.

    We are also on Facebook and Instagram. Students will be informed about their courses by using email and /or text messages

  • Every course information contains the dates for the starting and ending of the course. When schools usually have holidays we normally do not have any courses either.  Autumn holiday is in the week 42. Winter holiday is in the week 9.