Services
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Personal coaching
ServicePersonal coaching is meant for 18 - 29-year-old Vantaa residents without a job or a study place.
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Preparatory teaching for basic education
ServicePreparatory teaching is provided for children and young people who are not proficient enough in Finnish language to study in a group taught in Finnish.
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Recreational activities for young people
ServiceThe City of Vantaa offers many affordable and free recreational activities for young people.
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Religion and ethics education
ServiceEither religion or ethics are taught in basic education. A student can also receive teaching in their own religion in primary and lower secondary schools in Vantaa.
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Rental of youth centre facilities
ServiceThe City of Vantaa offers various facilities to support youth activities. For example, you can reserve, for example, studios for band activities, recreational camps and youth centres from the city's youth services.
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Reservation of residential activity facilities
ServiceLocal communities/organisations and private individuals can reserve residential activity facilities for their use.
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School travel and school transportation
ServiceSchool transportation is primarily arranged by public modes of transport, in which case the student receives a free-of-charge schoolchild's travel card. The travelcard can be downloaded at Vantaa Infos. In exceptional cases, however, taxi transportation can be arranged, if it is not possible for the
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Schools on the Move
ServiceThe aim of the Schools on the Move programme is to promote a culture of physical activity in basic education and support the expertise and well-being of school personnel.
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Services that promote the employment of international clients
ServiceIn the services that promote the employment of international clients, each person is assigned a personal employment advisor who provides support in choosing services and addressing employment-related matters.
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Sports services for young people
ServiceVantaa motivates young people to adopt an active lifestyle through a variety of sports services.
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Student body
ServiceDuring their general upper secondary school studies, students can participate in and influence the school's and also the City of Vantaa's operations by becoming active in their school's student board, for example.
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Student office
ServiceIn the student affairs office, you can take care of practical matters related to your studies.
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Student sports
ServiceStudent sports mean competitive sports between comprehensive schools in Vantaa.
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Students on the Move
ServiceThe aim of the Students on the Move programme is to promote physical activity and study ability among upper secondary students.
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Studying in a distance general upper secondary school
ServiceInstead of a whole degree, studying remotely also allows for completing individual courses or subject units, improving one's grades and supplementing a previous matriculation examination with new subjects.
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Summer-job voucher for the young
ServiceThe City of Vantaa supports 15-18-year-old Vantaa young people with a summer-job voucher worth 300 euros. A young person may get one summer-job voucher per year. You can apply for the 2026 summer-job voucher as of February 2026.
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Swedish language immersion
ServiceSwedish language immersion begins in early childhood education or pre-primary education and lasts until the end of basic education.
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Syllabus of Finnish as a second language (S2)
ServiceTeaching of Finnish as a second language (S2) is available to students who do not have native-level Finnish language skills.
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Teaching for disabled students
ServiceDue to the student's intellectual disability or autism, their teaching will be held in city-level special support groups.
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Teaching of the student's native tongue
ServiceVantaa provides teaching of a student's own native tongue, home language and maintained language for two hours per week.
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TUVA education
ServiceTUVA education aims to attain such learning skills with which the student performs education leading to an upper secondary education degree.
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University of Applied Sciences Studies in Varia
ServiceStudents of Varia have the opportunity to study at a university of applied sciences level already during their vocational education studies in collaboration with Haaga-Helia, Laurea or Metropolia.
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Upper secondary education with a special duty
ServiceStudies can be specialised in the City of Vantaa's general upper secondary schools.
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Urhea activities
ServiceUrhea activities in Vantaa lower secondary schools and Sotunki Upper Secondary School support the coordination of schooling and athletics of children and young people that take part in goal-oriented athletic operations.
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Vantaa Adult Education Centre
ServiceVantaa Adult Education Centre organises civic education, basic adult education, and foreign language and integration training for immigrants.
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Vantaa Art School
ServiceVantaa Art School (Vantaan kuvataidekoulu) offers basic education in visual arts to children and young people aged 5-20.
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Vocational education in Vantaa
ServiceIn vocational upper secondary schools you can complete a vocational upper secondary qualification, a vocational qualification or a specialist vocational qualification.
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Voluntary activities
ServiceBy participating in the volunteer activities of the City of Vantaa, you will be involved in making a cozy and livelier city for all of us.
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Weighted-curriculum education in music for 3rd-9th grades
ServiceWeighted-curriculum education in music starts in the third grade and continues throughout basic education even if the school changes in between. Students in weighted-curriculum are interested in music and have the prerequisites to study music.