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 the academic year once enrolment has opened in stages from 10 August (read more below).

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.

Printed course catalogues are no longer published

During the enrolment week, 10–14 August 2026, we will be offering course advice at Arbis from 9.00 am to 12.00 pm.
Paper copies of our courses will be available to browse at Arbis from 10 August onwards, during the enrolment period.
See the instructional video on how to use ilmonet.fi further down the page.

Study year 2026-2027

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

(Please note: Courses for the spring term 2027 will be published on the ilmonet.fi portal on 9 November 2026, and enrolment for spring term courses will open by subject from 23 November 2026.)

Registration for autumn courses will open by subject from 10 August 2026.

Enrolment opens at 10.00 on the respective days:
Mon 10 August: Art / Digital Skills
Tue 11 August: People, Society and Culture /
Home Economics / Literature, Theatre and Mother Tongue /
Nature, Environment, Technology and Transport /
Home and Gardening / Open University Courses
Wed 12 August: Languages
Thu 13 August: Physical Education, Health and Wellbeing
Fri 14 August: Handcraft / Music

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

10–14 August, 10.00–17.00, as per the timetable above.
17 August–4 September, Monday–Thursday, 10.00–15.00 for all subjects.
From 7 September, at the Arbis office opening hours.

Please have your course code ready for a smooth registration by phone.

The study year 2026–2027

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

Watch the instructional video on how to use ilmonet.fi

The video shows you how to search for courses, register, pay and cancel your registration on ilmonet.fi.<br>Turn on the sound in the top right-hand corner. You can also activate subtitles for the video there.

Spring term 2027

The spring term 2027 courses will be published on the ilmonet.fi website on 9 November 2026 at 10.00.
Printed course catalogues are no longer published.

Registration for spring term courses will open by subject from 23 November 2026.

Enrolment opens at 10.00 on the respective days:
Mon 23 Nov.: Art / Digital Skills
Tue 24 Nov: People, Society and Culture /
Home Economics / Literature, Theatre and Mother Tongue /
Nature, Environment, Technology and Transport /
Home and Gardening / Open University Courses
Wed 25 Nov: Languages
Thu 13 August: Physical Education, Health and Wellbeing
Thu 26 Nov: Handcraft / Music

Spring term 11 Jan–17 Apr 2027. Winter holidays 20–28 Feb 2027.