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• The Upper Secondary School of Forssa was established in 1899, thus being the oldest rural secondary school in Finland.
• The building has been totally renovated in 2011.
• Forssan yhteislyseo has about 450 students. The staff includes 30 teachers.
• Forssan yhteislyseo provides its students with general education at secondary level, which enables them to apply to all forms of higher education.
• General Studies are pursued in more than 75 courses (150 credits) available.
• Forssan yhteislyseo provides a wide selection of courses, there being approximately 200 different courses available.
• Forssan yhteislyseo offers a wide selection of courses in different languages, such as Swedish, English, German, French, Russian, Italian and Spanish.
• The variety of courses available makes it possible to specialize in practically any subject or study orientation.
• In Mathematics there are two different streams of study available, Advanced and General.
• Arts, Music, Drama and Sports offer a variety of courses to choose from.
• Forssan  yhteislyseo also offers optional evening classes of secondary education adjusted to adults and with the opportunity of studying at a distance.
• The study year contains 5 study periods (c. 7 weeks each). Students have different kind of time schedule in study periods. Students choose courses (and even teachers!) according to their interests.
• About 100 students belong to the Sport Academy (ice hockey, ringette, indoor bandy,  basketball, athletics, gym, Finnish baseball etc.).
• About 50 students study especially visual arts and design.
• The music line will begin in 2025. Video.
• Videos: Old dance 2024,  Graduation party 2024, 

CO-OPERATION

• Forssan yhteislyseo cooperates with schools in  France, Germany, Italy, Kenya, Spain. The school has a big Erasmus project. 
• Forssan yhteislyseo closely cooperates with e.g. Häme university of applied sciences, The Natural Resources Institute Finland and the enterprises in the region of southwestern Häme.
• Forssan yhteislyseo has exchange students every year.

ICT

• All students have a laptop at school.
• Each classroom has got a Smartboard at the teacher’s disposal.
• The learning platform and interactive e-study books are used in many subjects.

Principal, PhD, MBA Simo Veistola, simo.veistola@forssa.fi, +358 50 564 0057

Extra curricular activities

About 60 students belong to the Sport Academy (ice hockey, ringette, indoor bandy, basketball, athletics, gym, Finnish baseball etc.). In Art and Design line has 35 students. The music line begins in 2025. Students can choose also evening courses of Wahren-opisto (Simo Veistola is also the headmaster of Wahren-opisto). 

Videos: Cell player in Music Academy, Joint musical play of the high school, art school, music college and theater school

 Living in Forssa, Finland

Forssa is a city where you can walk or cycle to the high school, supermarkets, evening studies and hobbies, etc. The high school provides apartments (a triangle for three students). The apartments have a shared kitchen and bathroom. The rooms are equipped with furniture, sheets, electricity and internet connection. The rent is approx. 300 euros per month + a small electricity bill.

HOW TO APPLY in 2025? 

The application period is open in Oct 2024.