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Welcome to Vasa Arbis!
The Swedish Adult Education Centre of Vaasa
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Vasa Arbis is a place for happiness and competence where there is also room for being creative and
making contacts.
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Vasa Arbis is maintained by the municipality of Vaasa and follows the law of Liberal Adult
Education.
The institute’s main objective is to support life long learning among the citizens – a learning that strengthens the personality of the individual.
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The selection of courses is planned so as to give current knowledge and skills in a changing world.
Language – Music – Society - Health and wellbeing - Arts and
handcraft - Elementary art education
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FACTS ABOUT VASA ARBIS
Founded in 1907
Statistics for the schoolyear of 2009-2010:- 3 873 participants in courses- 267 courses- 8645 hours of teaching- 55 hours of lectures and events
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Course fees
Other income
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LANGUAGE
- Finnish - Russian- Swedish - Spanish- English - Italian- German - Japanese- French - Icelandic
- Sign languageFinTandemThe national certificate of language proficiencyLanguage travels
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MUSIC
- Chorus- Music groups- Individual lectures for children and adults
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SOCIETY
- Special courses: - Nature, garden, animals- Navigation- Computer skills (advanced and senior)
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HEALTH AND WELLBEING
- Food & dinks- Exercise & movement- Dance- Other health courses
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ARTS AND HANDCRAFTS
- Art- Photograpy & movie- Handcrafts- Pottery & porcelain- Elementary art education for children
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More information on:
www.vaasa.fi/arbis
Vasa Arbis,Kyrkoesplanaden 15, 65100 Vaasa, Finland
tfn (06) 325 3501