Courses and registration

Come along on a course!

Find all Arbis’ courses at ilmonet.fi.

On ilmonet.fi, you can view and find out more about all the courses. You can also enrol on courses 24 hours a day throughout once enrolment has opened.

Autumn term courses are published on ilmonet.fi in early June, and enrolment for them begins in mid-August.
Spring term courses are published in early November, and enrolment for them begins in late November.

Study year 2026-2027

All courses for the autumn term 2026 are available on the ilmonet.fi website.

You can register for courses online at ilmonet.fi 24 hours a day. Registration by phone at +358 9 310 494 94 or in person at Dagmarinkatu 3 is available during the opening hours of the Arbis office.

Autumn term 7 September–11 December 2026 | Autumn break 12–18 October 2026 |
Spring term 11 January–17 April 2027 | Spring break 20–28 February 2027

Spring Term 2027

Courses for the Spring Term 2027 will be published on the online portal ilmonet.fi on 9 November 2026 at 10:00.

Printed course catalogues will no longer be published.

Registration for spring courses opens by subject area starting on 23 November 2026.

Registration opens at 10:00 on the following dates:

Mon 23 Nov
Visual Arts, Digital Skills

Tue 24 Nov
People, Society and Culture
Home Economics
Literature, Theatre and Mother Tongue
Nature, Technology, Environment and Traffic
Home and Garden
Open University Studies

Wed 25 Nov
Languages, Music

Thu 26 Nov
Exercise, Health and Wellbeing
Crafts

Registration on the ilmonet.fi website

You can register 24 hours a day on ilmonet.fi once the course has opened for registration on ilmonet in accordance with the timetable above.

Registering children for a course
Register your child in the name of an adult relative via ilmonet.fi. Then send an email to the office: arbis@hel.fi with the subject line ‘Registration for children’s course’, stating: the course name and code, the child’s first name and surname, the child’s year of birth and the name of the relative who registered via ilmonet.fi.

Registrations by phone on 09 320 494 94 or at Dagmarinkatu 3

During the terms:
7 September-11 December 2026 and 11 January-17 April 2027
Monday-Thursday 10:00-16:00
Friday closed
Telephone service: Monday-Thursday 10:00-14:00

Outside the terms:
Monday-Thursday 10:00-15:00

For the opening hours of the Arbis office, please see the contact information page.

Please have the course code at hand to make registration by phone as smooth as possible.