Welcome to Vasa Arbis!

The Swedish Adult Education Centre of Vaasa

Vasa Arbis is a place for happiness and competence where there is also room for being creative and

making contacts.

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.

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

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

38 %

15 %

9 %

38 %

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

MUSIC

- Chorus- Music groups- Individual lectures for children and adults

SOCIETY

- Special courses: - Nature, garden, animals- Navigation- Computer skills (advanced and senior)

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

- Food & dinks- Exercise & movement- Dance- Other health courses

ARTS AND HANDCRAFTS

- Art- Photograpy & movie- Handcrafts- Pottery & porcelain- Elementary art education for children

More information on:

www.vaasa.fi/arbis

Vasa Arbis,Kyrkoesplanaden 15, 65100 Vaasa, Finland

tfn (06) 325 3501