{"id":480,"date":"2021-03-23T16:53:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T14:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kesayliopistohkifi.test.cchosting.fi\/?page_id=480"},"modified":"2025-02-07T12:18:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T10:18:25","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hsky.fi\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block-hero full-width id-block accent-light-green\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hsky.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/P1A9330-e1761734114995.jpeg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner-blocks entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"about-us\">About Us<\/h2>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"breadcrumbs-container container id-block full-width\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/hsky.fi\/en\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>    \n    <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block-content-with-sidebar id-block full-width\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 col-lg-4 col-xl-4 d-none d-lg-block\">\n\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"side-navigation\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-paavalikko-englanti-container\"><ul id=\"menu-paavalikko-englanti\" class=\"sidebar-menu\">\n<li  class=\" menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a class=\"page-name\" href=\"https:\/\/hsky.fi\/en\/kurssit-ja-koulutukset\/\">Courses and education<\/a><\/li>\n<li  class=\" menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children\"><a class=\"page-name\" href=\"https:\/\/hsky.fi\/en\/for-students\/\">For students<\/a>\n<button class=\"sub-menu-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-label=\"Avaa alavalikko\"><\/button><ul class=\"sub-menu\">\n<li  class=\" menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a class=\"page-name\" href=\"https:\/\/hsky.fi\/en\/studying-at-summer-university\/\">Studying at Summer University<\/a><\/li>\n<li  class=\" menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a class=\"page-name\" href=\"https:\/\/hsky.fi\/en\/enrollment\/\">Enrollment<\/a><\/li>\n<li  class=\" menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a class=\"page-name\" href=\"https:\/\/hsky.fi\/en\/cancellation-policy\/\">Cancellation Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li  class=\" menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a class=\"page-name\" href=\"https:\/\/hsky.fi\/en\/enrolment-cancellation\/\">Enrolment Cancellation<\/a><\/li>\n<li  class=\" menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a class=\"page-name\" href=\"https:\/\/hsky.fi\/en\/rules-of-conduct\/\">Rules of Conduct<\/a><\/li>\n<li  class=\" menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a class=\"page-name\" href=\"https:\/\/hsky.fi\/en\/course-venues\/\">Course Venues<\/a><\/li>\n<li  class=\" menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a class=\"page-name\" href=\"https:\/\/hsky.fi\/en\/faq\/\">FAQ<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li>\n<li  class=\" menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children\"><a class=\"page-name\" href=\"#\">Contact us<\/a>\n<button class=\"sub-menu-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-label=\"Avaa alavalikko\"><\/button><ul class=\"sub-menu\">\n<li  class=\" menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a class=\"page-name\" href=\"https:\/\/hsky.fi\/en\/contact-information\/\">Contact Information<\/a><\/li>\n<li  class=\" menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a class=\"page-name\" href=\"https:\/\/hsky.fi\/en\/invoicing\/\">Invoicing<\/a><\/li>\n<li  class=\" menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a class=\"page-name\" href=\"https:\/\/hsky.fi\/en\/apply-as-a-teacher\/\">Apply as a teacher<\/a><\/li>\n<li  class=\" menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a class=\"page-name\" href=\"https:\/\/hsky.fi\/en\/about-us\/\">About Us<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/nav><!-- .main-navigation -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 col-lg-7 col-xl-7\">\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner-blocks entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p>Helsinki Summer University is open to anyone interested, regardless of age, education or other study rights. Every year about 8,000 participants study in more than 700 courses at the Summer University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to open university and open polytechnic education, our diverse curriculum includes language teaching, information technology, art courses, high school graduate courses, in-service training and open public events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 20 summer universities in Finland that provide teaching in 130 locations. Summer universities operate in collaboration with Finnish universities and other institutions of learning, and offer an opportunity for both personal and professional development. Despite the name the activity is year-round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Helsinki Summer University is a high-quality educational institute arranging university-level, non-formal adult education. It is founded in 1966 and maintained by the Helsinki Summer University Foundation. The founders and members of the foundation are the municipalities of the Helsinki metropolitan area, and the University of Helsinki also participates in its administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Extensive and high-quality teaching of the Finnish language has been organized since the foundation in 1966. There are over 25 foreign languages \u200b\u200bin the curriculum with courses ranging from beginners to university-level teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"board-from-2021-to-2024\">Board from 2021 to 2024<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table alignwide is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Jari Nissinen <\/td><td>Deputy member: Carita Perry<\/td><td>City of Helsinki<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Marjut Pihonen<\/td><td>Deputy member: Timo Ohmero<\/td><td>City of Helsinki<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Terhi Ainiala (COB)<\/td><td>Deputy member: Aleksi Meril\u00e4inen<\/td><td>City of Helsinki<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mervi Korhonen<\/td><td>Deputy member: Pertti Joona<\/td><td>City of Helsinki<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Herttaliisa Tuure (VP)<\/td><td>Deputy member: Helena Tiitinen-Levijoki <\/td><td>City of Espoo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Marko Kivel\u00e4<\/td><td>Deputy member: Satu Mollgren (City of Kauniainen)<\/td><td>City of Espoo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>M\u00e4rt Vesinurm<\/td><td>Deputy member: Hetamari Woods<\/td><td>City of Vantaa<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Anu Haapala<\/td><td>Deputy member: Jenni Krapu<\/td><td>University of Helsinki<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Board from 2021 to 2024 Jari Nissinen Deputy member: Carita Perry City of Helsinki Marjut&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"9639","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-480","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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