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Course fees and invoicing
Courses lasting the entire academic year are invoiced in two installments, the first installment in the fall semester and the second installment in the spring semester. When you register, you agree to pay the course fee for the entire academic year. The course fee does not cover any material fees.
Once the course has started, we will send you a payment link to your email, through which you can pay online, with Epass, Edenred or Smartum. The payment link is valid for 7 days, after which it will close. If you have not used the payment link during its validity period, we will send you a paper invoice. After the course has been invoiced, other payment methods will no longer be considered.
If the course takes place, we will not refund already paid course fees. Unpaid course fees will be collected like other city bills.
Courses cannot be paid upon registration or before the course begins.
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Please note that if the course has already started, discounts can no longer be granted.
Full-time student and unemployed
- you can get a 40% discount on the courses by sending a certificate of studies or unemployment by email to the address kansalaisopisto@riihimaki.fi before the start of each course.
Pensioner
- you get a 40% pensioner discount on courses if you receive a pension of no more than €1/gross per month. The amount of the pension must be proven with a reliable document (for example, Kela's pension certificate for the paid pension) by email to kansalaisopisto@riihimaki.fi before the start of each course.
Voucher courses
Study voucher courses already have a reduced price. In connection with the course, it has been mentioned if no discount is granted for the course.
Study voucher discount
50% study voucher discount for one group teaching course during the academic year
applied for by registration 00100 Study voucher queue for the courseReservations are required.
in the fall by December or in the summer when registration begins. When registering, please tell
which course you are applying for funding for and register for the course you want.
The grant will be awarded in the order of registration as long as there is still funding available.
Proof of entitlement to a student voucher must be provided upon request.
A student voucher discount can be obtained upon request (over 16 years of age) by a resident of the city of Riihimäki,
which is:
– An immigrant who has a municipality of residence in Finland as referred to in the Municipality of Residence Act (201/1994)
and who is not entitled to an integration plan. Asylum seekers are not included in this
to the group.
– Unemployed person who is available for full-time work or is waiting for an agreed job to start. Unemployed person may also include a person who has been laid off for a long period of time.
– A person who has no post-basic education and is not subject to compulsory education. – A person with learning difficulties
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With the Kaikukortti, you can get Riihimäki adult education center course places free of charge. As a Kaikukortti holder, you can register as a free student for one course or lecture during the semester. The series of letters and/or numbers on the Kaikukortti must be reported by email to kansalaisopisto@riihimaki.fi before the start of the course.
If, as a card holder, you participate in the joint parent-child course of Riihimäki adult education center with a child or grandchild under the age of 16, you can pay for the course fee with the Kaikukortti.
You cannot participate in college courses with the Community Kaikukortti
Read More From the Kaikukortti.
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You can pay for the course with Epass, Smartum and Edenred for 7 days from the start date of the course, except for language and home economics courses and material purchases. If you have not used these payment methods within 7 days of the start of the course, we will send you a paper invoice.
After invoicing the course, other means of payment are no longer taken into account.
Epassi, Smartum and Edenred and Kaikukortti are personal means of payment and cannot be used to pay for another person's course.
We cannot refund benefits paid with Smartum, Epassi and Edenred, but instead of a refund, the payment can be transferred to another course during the same academic year.
Release: Smartum and Edenred banknotes will no longer be used.
The acceptance and settlement of Smartum sports and culture vouchers and lunch vouchers has ended on February 2, 2026.
Smartum vouchers are no longer accepted as a means of payment. All Smartum paper banknotes have expired on December 31, 2025, and no valid paper banknotes exist anymore. Edenred's paper Lunch and Refreshment Vouchers will be discontinued on June 11, 2026. After this date, we will no longer accept Edenred paper notes as a means of payment.
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Registration is binding. If you are unable to participate in the course, the cancellation must be made in writing no later than seven days before the course's start date, to the address kansalaisopisto@riihimaki.fi. A cancellation made to the teacher is not enough, and teachers do not receive cancellation notifications.
Not paying for the course or not coming to the course is not a cancellation. If the registration has not been canceled in writing by the last cancellation date, the entire course fee will be invoiced.
We do not have free trials.
The student does not have to report individual absences to the office.
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If you want to gift the course to a friend, contact the office. When registering the recipient of the gift card for the course, enter your own address as the billing address.