Courses for Immigrants
The Summer University of Jyväskylä organizes integration and literacy training for immigrants in Central Finland yearly. Our integration and literacy courses are open for immigrants in Central Finland with an active integration plan by their city's employment services. In order to apply for our courses, please contact first your local employemnt services or immigration services.
Unfortunately, you cannot participate in integration training or literacy training if you don't live in Finland and you don't have an active integration plan. Instead, you can check out our Online Finnish Language Courses and Finnish Language and Culture Intensive courses in Jyväskylä.
Our current courses for immigrants:
- Language courses for job seekers in Jyväskylä
- Finnish language course for beginners, organised in Jyväskylä from May 25th to June 25th 2026. If you are interested in the course, please contact your city's employment or integration services.
- Integration training
- This course will not be taking place in the future, since the Finnish Government has cut the funding.
- Finnish literacy training
- UMAKO in Jyväskylä (collaboration with Jyväskylän kansalaisopisto). Organized yearly starting in August.
- Aimed at illiterate immigrants and immigrants with little to no educational background
- Integration plan needed
- 2025–2026 training FULL
- 2026-2027 training not confirmed yet
- This course will not be taking place in the future, since the Finnish Government has cut the funding.
- UMAKO in Jyväskylä (collaboration with Jyväskylän kansalaisopisto). Organized yearly starting in August.
- KesäKlubi: Summer course for women, funded by Finnish National Agency for Education (OPH)
Questions? Please don't hesitate to contact us:
Planning coordinator Jenni Panula-Ontto
jenni.j.panula-ontto@jyu.fi
+358 44 760 3725