In English

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 some years ago.
Forssan yhteislyseo has about 500 students. The staff includes 35 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 available.
Forssan yhteislyseo provides a wide selection of courses, there being approximately 250 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, volleyball, basketball, athletics, gym, Finnish baseball etc.).

CO-OPERATION

Forssan yhteislyseo cooperates with schools in Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Kenya,Spain, Romania and Bulgaria.
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 many exchange students every year.

ICT

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

5.9.2017