Language Studies
In upper secondary school, students can continue studying languages they have started in comprehensive school, or students can start studying a new language.
Language programme abbreviations:
- A language is the language started in comprehensive school grades 3 or 5
- B1 language is the language started in grade 6 as a common subject
- B2 language is the elective language started in grade 8
- B3 language is the elective language started in upper secondary school
- S2 language is Finnish as a second language
The language selection at upper secondary schools in Oulu can be found below. Languages are taught accordingly to the language programme if there are enough students who have selected the language. Language groups are also formed in collaboration between upper secondary schools and as distance blended teaching.
Upper secondary schools may also organize individual language study units or language clubs.
German language students in upper secondary schools of the city of Oulu have the opportunity to complete the German Deutsches Sprach Diploma, which gives a student the right to study at universities in Germany. The degree course is offered at Oulu Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu Upper Secondary School (OSYK), but German students of all upper secondary schools have the right to complete the course.
Languages Offered in Upper Secondary Schools
The Language Selection at City of Oulu Upper Secondary Schools
| Upper Secondary School | A languages | B1 language | B2/B3 languages | S2 language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haukipudas Upper Secondary School | EN, SA | RU | SA | |
| Kastelli Upper Secondary School | EN, EA, RA, SA | RU | EA, RA, SA, VE | |
| Kiiminki Upper Secondary School | EN | RU | RA, SA | |
| Laanila Upper Secondary School | EN, SA | RU | RA, SA | |
| Madetoja Upper Secondary School | EN, SA | RU | RA, SA | |
| Oulu Upper Secondary School for Adults | EN, SA | RU | EA, IA, JP, KI, RA, SA, SM, VE | x |
| Oulu Lyseo Upper Secondary School | EA, EN, RA, RU, SA | RU | EA, LA, RA, SA, VE | |
| Oulunsalo Upper Secondary School | EN | RU | SA | |
| Oulu Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu Upper Secondary School | EA, EN, ESL, RA, SA | RU | EA, RA, SA, VE | |
| Raksila Upper Secondary School | EN, RA, RU, SA | RU | RA, SA | x |
EA=Spanish, EN=English, ESL=English as a Second Language, IA=Italian, JP=Japanese, KI=Chinese, LA=Latin, RU=Swedish, RA=French, SA=German, SM=Northern Sami, SU=Finnish, VE=Russian
* A student whose native language is not Finnish can select the Finnish as a second language syllabus (S2) for the subject of mother tongue and literature in upper secondary school. S2 education aimed at the matriculation examination is organized at Raksila Upper Secondary School and Oulu Upper Secondary School for Adults, where teaching begins at skill level B1.