Studying in the Lahti Region

The Lahti region offers extensive educational facilities for young people and adults from upper secondary and vocational schools to university degrees in polytechnics or Lahti University Consortium. Approximately 17,000 students attend vocational and university education in Lahti each year, meaning the city has an active student life.

Useful information for students:

Student apartments in Lahti and Asikkala:
Oppilastalo Oy

Student financial aid
KELA office,
The Social Insurance Institution of Finland,
Kirkkokatu 8, 15140 LAHTI
tel. +358 20 4351400 (10am—4pm)
Open Mon-Wen, Fri 9am— 4pm, Thur 8am—5pm
The Social Insurance Institution of Finland

Lahti Library for Higher Education, Vapaudenkatu 23, 15140 LAHTI
tel. +358 3 812 5425

An open scientific library with collections and services available to everybody. The library collection contains 26,000 volumes of non-fiction and course literature and 160 professional and scientific journals. There are also many Finnish and foreign databases available.