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Helsinki Business College and Finnish Education System 7.11.2016

Working life

Specialist Qualifications

Education in Finland

Universities

• Doctor
• Master, 5 years
• Bachelor, 3 years

Upper secondary schools

Matriculation examination 2-4 years

Comprehensive school, 9 years

Optional: 1-year pre school additional 10th year (2 %)

Higher education Vocational colleges

Vocational Qualifications (53) 2-4 years

Further Qualifications Vocational Qualifications

(competence based exams)

Secondary education Universities of applied sciences

• Master, 5 - 6 years
• Bachelor, 3.5 - 4 years

4 % 20 % 2 % 28 % 25 % 36 % 46 % (2009) 45 %

History of the Helsinki Business College

Helsinki Business College was founded in 1881

Owner: Helsinki Region Chamber of Commerce – Over 6.000 members, the biggest chamber of commerce in the North Europe – The oldest business college in the capital area

Finnish Business College was founded in 1898

Owner: Foundation of the Finnish Business College – Members are associations of the Finnish business life – The first business college in Finland educating in the Finnish language

The two colleges were merged together in 2009.

Helsinki Business College from 2009

• The merged college is well prepared to respond to the changing

labor and competence needs of industry and commerce.

• We offer a comprehensive selection of courses which allows

students to specialize in their studies.

• Helsinki Business College has 130 employees, 70 of them are

teachers.

• There are about 3000 students, of whom some 1600 are full time

young students. 20 % of the students do not speak Finnish as mother language. The students represent about 50 different nationalities.

• The college has one big ICT & Business Campus in Pasila.

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Our Working Principles

• Student orientation
• Cooperation
• Responsibility
• Entrepreneurship

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Selection of Qualifications provided at Helsinki Business College

Vocational Qualifications in

– Business and Administration (also in English) – Information and Communication Technology

Further and Specialist Qualifications in

– Financial administration, Entrepreneurship, Secreterial studies, Management etc.

Structure of Vocational Qualifications, 180 cp

45 cp Vocational studies Specialized vocational studies 90 cp 35 cp 10 cp Free-choice studies Common studies Creditations for upper secondary studies Compulsory studies

QBA program in English Customer Service and Sales

Vocational Qualification in Business and Administration, QBA for students with matriculation exam (1-1,5 years) Customer Service 30 cp Specialized Vocational Studies 105 cp

• Customer Relationship Management (30 cp)
• International Trade Support Services (30 cp)
• Planning and Implementation of Marketing Campaigns (15

cp)

• Entrepreneurship (15 cp)
• Studies include On-the-Job Learning (9 weeks)

Teaching and learning methods

• Learning by doing
• Group and team work
• Workplace learning, on-the job learning
• Simulated learning environments
• Skills demonstrations
• E-learning
• New media

Education Administration

• The Ministry of Education and Culture decides the frames for

us

• The maximum amount of students that they finance (2 060)
• The fields of qualifications that we can offer
• The languages of education
• The Finnish National Board of Education supervises and

instructs our operations

• Gives the national core curricula for qualifications
• Gives orders concerning student assessment as well as

certificates

• The Board of Directors in Helsinki Business College Ltd
• Approves of the curricula of the College
• Leads the operations of the College

Financing of the College

• Turnover about 18 000 000 €
• 98 % of financing comes from the state
• 7 350 € / student / year
• Financing of projects, further education and

apprenticeships, incomes annually 2 000 000 €

Helsinki Business College Added value to the working life

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