Spring 2027 courses at The Adult Education Centre are now available

The spring programme is now available on the course website. As in previous years, it includes both semester-long courses and shorter options, ranging from one-day and weekend courses to courses meeting over just a few sessions. Hundreds of courses that began in the autumn will also continue in the spring. In addition, The Adult Education Centre will offer 19 free public lectures during the spring term.

New additions to the spring programme include a folk music ensemble, an acoustic guitar group, courses in specialist ceramics techniques such as raku and nerikomi, drone flying, practical continuation courses in Karelian and Latin, and a course preparing participants for the Finnish citizenship test.

The Adult Education Centre no longer distributes a printed course brochure to households. Instead, up-to-date course information is available on the course website. From early December, printed reference copies can also be viewed at The Centre's customer service points and at distribution points such as libraries in Tampere and Ylöjärvi. As these copies are not updated, the latest course information should always be checked online. A PDF version of the reference copy is also available on The Adult Education Centre's website.

The Adult Education Centre recommends registering for courses online. From Monday 14 December 2026, participants can also register by phone or in person at the offices in Sampola and Ylöjärvi.

Help with online registration is available at Ylöjärvi City Hall on Monday 7 December from 10:00 to 11:30 and at Sampola on Tuesday 8 December from 10:00 to 12:00.

The Adult Education Centre of the Tampere Region was Finland's first adult education centre. Today, more than 15,000 students take part in its activities each year, accounting for more than 30,000 course registrations across approximately 2,000 courses. The Centre records more than 185,000 visits annually.