International studies

Being international is a part of the learning process

Being international is a part of the learning process. The school supports the students’ growing international skills by offering studies abroad for individual students and organizing international on-the-job learning periods for whole study groups. The student can choose the most suitable destination from among Perho’s many international partners. With the help of these professional skills the student will learn to live and work in a multicultural environment and find employment in the international job market.
Projects, competitions abroad, the course contents and visiting experts from other countries increase the students’ knowledge of foreign cultures.

Schedules for the international studies

Information about on-the-job learning abroad and the schedules for the student exchange are available from the International Affairs Co-ordinator Johanna Korhonen, tel. (09) 5807 8640, johanna.korhonen(a)perho.fi.

 

On-the-job learning abroad

On-the-job learning for Restaurant Cook students

All Finnish students in the Restaurant Cook study programme take an on-the-job learning period (20 credits) abroad. Correspondingly, the foreign students in the group take their on-the-job learning period in Finland. The first study year consists of studies at Helsinki Culinary School Perho, after which the students leave for the foreign on-the-job learning period at the beginning of June. The students return to Perho at the end of October.

The info meetings for the on-the-job learning periods abroad are organized on the group supervisor’s lessons on a separately announced date.

On-the-job learning for general upper secondary school based waiter/waitresses and hotel receptionists

Some of the students in the group will be selected in the autumn of the first study year to take part on an on-the-job learning period abroad. An examination/interview is organized, based on which the students are selected. The time for the on-the-job learning period is after the first study year, from the beginning of June until the end of October.

The info meetings are organized on the group supervisor’s lessons, on separately announced date.

International on-the-job learning for final year students

  • general upper secondary school based students: during the second year
  • comprehensive school based students: during the third year
  • students are selected by a separate interview
  • an opportunity to take on-the-job learning periods worth 6-12 credits abroad
  • students pay for their airline tickets themselves, participate in organizing the on-the-job learning period and keep in touch with the foreign on-the-job learning placement under the guidance of the International Affairs Co-ordinator.

 

Restaurant Cook Study Programme

The entry requirements for the international Restaurant Cook study programme are general upper secondary school qualifications/matriculation examination, sufficient command of English, and for foreign applicants, sufficient level of previous all-round education. There are 20 student places. The tuition is in English. An on-the-job learning period of 20 credits is included in the qualification and it is taken either in Finland or abroad.

Tutoring lessons for individual students are a part of the group’s study schedule.

 

Student exchange

Helsinki Culinary School Perho applies for EU funding for student exchange projects and participates in the shared projects of the OTAVA network. The OTAVA network is a co-operative network of six Finnish hotel and restaurant schools.

Students are informed separately about the projects.

The OTAVA network: edu.ropol.roiami.fi/otava
Centre of International Mobility (CIMO): www.cimo.net
www.maailmalle.net

 

International partners

Provinciaal Instituut PIVA, Antwerpen
Städtische Berufsschule f.d. Hotel-, Gaststätten- und Braugewerbe, Munchen
Escuela de Hostelleria Y Turismo, Valencia
Lycée Hôtelier La Rochelle, La Rochelle
Lycée D'hotellerie et de Tourisme de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Guyancourt
VIK Mittel- und Fachschule, Budapest
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway
Istituto d'Istruzione Superiore "Luigi Camacina", Bardolino
Riga Food Industry Vocational, Riga
Mesna Videregående Skole, Lillehammer
Honefoss Videregående Skole, Honefoss
Ester Mosessons Gymnasium, Göteborg
Plymouth College of Further Education, Plymouth
Tekirdag Anadolu Otelcilik Ve Turizm Meslek Lisesi, Tekirdag
Istanbul Andadolu Otelcilik Ve Turizm Meslek Lisesi, Istanbul
Ninukot ltd, Skeggjastadir
Kuressaare Ametikool, Kuressaare

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