Koulutus Kauniaisissa

Education in Kauniainen 

The Info Bank Helsinki Metropolitan Area Education page contains information on children’s day care, temporary child care, basic and upper secondary education, and applying for education in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.

Day care

The Info Bank Children and Young People page contains general information about the Finnish day care system.

Kauniainen arranges both public and private day care in Finnish and Swedish. More information about day care can be found on the City of Kauniainen website in Finnish, Swedish and English and an application form for a place in public day care in Finnish and Swedish. Completed application forms should be returned to the day care centre or to the Social Welfare Office at the following address:

Director of Child Day Care
Kauniaistentie 10
02700 Kauniainen

You may also contact the city’s Director of Early Childhood Education if you wish to apply for a place in Kauniainen public day care for your child.

Director of Early Childhood Education, tel. (09) 5056 259

Applications for private day care places must be made directly to the relevant day care centre. Private day care in Finnish and Swedish.

Temporary child care: 

Enquiries Grani Lähiapu ry 
Call on weekdays 9 a.m.-1 p.m. , tel. 040 518 9281
e-mail granin.lahiapu.ry(at)kolumbus.fi

Pre-school education 

The Info Bank Basic Education page contains general information on pre-school education in Finland.

Pre-school education in Kauniainen is provided in all day care centres to which a minimum of seven children of pre-school age have applied. Pre-school education is given in Finnish and Swedish. Information about pre-school education and applying for pre-school education can be found on the City of Kauniainen website in Finnish and Swedish.

Pre-school education application form in Finnish and Swedish. The completed application form may be returned to any of the public day care centres in Kauniainen. Day care centres in Kauniainen in Finnish and Swedish.

Basic education

The Info Bank Basic Education page explains the basic education system in Finland.

Basic education in Kauniainen in Finnish, Swedish and English.

Preparatory instruction and teaching of mother tongue 

Information about preparatory instruction and teaching of mother tongue is available from the city’s education office.

Tel. (09) 50561

Further education in the “tenth year” 

Enquiries at the city education office

Tel. (09) 50561

Adult basic education students

Enquiries at the city education office

Tel. (09) 50561

Upper secondary education 

Upper secondary school

Information about upper secondary education in Kauniainen in Finnish and Swedish.

Adults may complete an upper secondary qualification at the Espoo Upper Secondary School for Adults. Look for more information on the Espoo Upper Secondary School for Adults website in Finnish.

Upper secondary level vocational education 

There are two upper secondary level vocational institutions in Kauniainen, Diaconia Polytechnic (Diakonia ammattikorkeakoulu) providing educational programmes in the field of social welfare, and HUMAK University of Applied Sciences (Työväen Akatemia) offering studies in cultural management.