Certificates, Everyday and Work Life Finnish
Combine the courses you have studied into one certificate!
You can get a separate certificate worth 20 credit units (ECTS) or 25 credit units (ECTS) of your courses of Finnish as a second language. You have two different alternatives depending on whether you take courses at the basic and intermediate level or whether you take courses at the advanced level. Courses at the basic and the intermediate level give you a certificate in Everyday Finnish and courses at the advanced level give you a certificate in Finnish in studies and work life.
If you would like to get a certificate of completed courses in Finnish as a second language, here’s the application form.
Everyday Finnish (a minimum of 20 ECTS), level B1When you have completed the required courses
Compulsory courses
Optional coursesYou should choose courses from the following list to gain a minimum of 4 ECTS.
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Finnish in Studies and Work Life (a minimum of 20 ECTS), level B2-C1
When you have completed the required courses
- you are able to communicate fluently and appropriately even in demanding situations in your studies and work life
- you are able to react appropriately in situations and follow the most common rules of communication and interaction in culture-bound situations
- you are able to summarise different texts using your own words and are able to effortlessly read texts in your own field and critically evaluate what you are reading
- you are able to carry out a detailed prepared presentation in your own field
- you are able to follow the basic conventions of the scientific communication in your own field and produce texts in your own field and documents related to work life
- you are able to tell the difference in conversation between different levels of formality and link your part of the conversation to what was said before in an appropriate manner in terms of the situation
Compulsory courses
Finnish in the society, | 6 ECTS |
Academic Finnish, | 6 ECTS |
Optional courses
You should choose courses from the following list to earn a minimum of 13 ECTS
Grammar 2 | 3 ECTS |
Let's talk fluently in Finnish | 2 ECTS |
Writing course | 4 ECTS |
Study and media related texts in Finnish | 4 ECTS |
Media Finland project course | 3 ECTS |
Multicultural Working Life Communication | 3 ECTS |
Orienteering in Finland – self-study project | 2 ECTS |
EOTO | 3 ECTS |
Note: The same course cannot be used for different certificates.