Application fees
- There is no application fee for students applying through the national joint application (yhteishaku) or for applicants using the IB programme's published online application process.
Tuition fees (by programme / year group)
- General (national day-school students with municipality of residence in Finland): No tuition is charged; upper‑secondary (lukio) studies are provided free of charge to students who are eligible for free secondary education. This applies to the standard Imatran yhteislukio day‑school programme.
- IB Diploma Programme (Etelä‑Karjalan IB / Imatra campus): For students who are citizens of countries outside the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA), an annual tuition fee of EUR 15,000 is charged (applies per academic year). This fee is stated as an annual amount.
- IB — EU/EEA citizens without a registered Finnish municipality of residence: A one‑time learning‑materials fee of EUR 1,850 is charged for the full three‑year IB programme (covers the full programme rather than being billed per year).
Per‑term / per‑year breakdown
- National day‑school (eligible Finnish residents): No per‑term or per‑year tuition amounts — tuition is not charged.
- IB (non‑EU/EEA international students): EUR 15,000 per academic year. The published notice gives the annual amount; no per‑term instalment amounts are published in the announcement.
- IB (EU/EEA non‑resident students): EUR 1,850 is charged once for the full three‑year programme; the published notice presents this as a programme fee rather than an annual or per‑term charge.
What the fee covers (IB international tuition)
- The published IB tuition package (EUR 15,000 / year) is described as including high‑quality IB education, daily school meals, all required study materials, and a personal laptop for academic use.
Billing schedule and payment terms
- The IB announcement specifies the annual tuition amount but does not publish a detailed billing schedule or payment‑term plan (for example: instalment dates, deposit requirement, or late‑payment penalties). Billing frequency and specific payment terms are determined administratively and are not itemised in the published tuition notice. National day‑school students who are eligible for free education are not billed for tuition.
Boarding / accommodation fees
- Imatran yhteislukio / the IB campus does not operate as a boarding school; IB admissions for non‑local applicants require a legal guardian or other local arrangements. No school‑operated boarding fees are published for this site. (School programmes expect students to have appropriate local residence arrangements rather than school boarding services.)
Other costs or fees
- Course‑specific or optional services: The City publishes separate municipal fees for certain paid services and external course participation (examples in municipal fee schedules include instrument rental and paid course places for external participants). These kinds of optional or external‑participant charges are separate from regular tuition and are set by the city's fee schedule.
- Learning materials: For standard Finnish‑resident students, required basic learning materials and textbooks are governed by national rules on free education; for IB students the programme fee arrangements differ depending on residency status (see the IB programme fees above). The IB international tuition expressly lists required study materials as included in the EUR 15,000 package; the EU/EEA non‑resident learning‑materials charge is a one‑time EUR 1,850 programme fee.
- Examinations and diploma fees: The school's IB assessment guidance states that the school covers IB examination (writing) fees for students for their first sitting and for those retakes that are necessary to obtain the Diploma; students who already hold the Diploma and only wish to retake/raise individual subject grades are responsible for those fees themselves. National matriculation / examination fee rules (for other types of exams) follow the national examination board's fee rules.
Refund information
- No general refund schedule for IB tuition is published in the IB tuition announcement; the announcement gives the annual tuition and the EU/EEA three‑year materials fee but does not specify refund conditions in that notice. Refunds for national examinations and exam‑related fees follow the national examination board's published rules (refunds for specific exam fees are addressed by the national examination authority under limited conditions).
Fee payment options and invoicing
- The IB tuition announcement does not list specific accepted payment methods (credit card, bank transfer or instalment platforms). Municipal billing and fee practice in Imatra commonly uses invoicing and e‑invoicing (electronic invoicing / e‑lasku) and standard municipal payment channels; schools operating under the city typically bill through municipal administrative channels. For the IB tuition item, the school's administrative office issues billing and payment instructions to enrolled international students as part of enrolment administration.
Summary (practical points for parents)
- If your child is a Finnish resident with Imatra as municipality of residence: no tuition or application fee for the standard Imatran yhteislukio day programme.
- If your child will attend the IB Diploma as an international (non‑EU/EEA) student from 1 August 2026 or later: plan for an annual tuition charge of EUR 15,000. This tuition is stated to include meals, required materials and a personal laptop.
- If your child is an EU/EEA citizen but without a registered municipality of residence in Finland: plan for a EUR 1,850 learning‑materials fee for the full three‑year IB programme (single programme fee, per published notice).
- Expect separate, smaller municipal charges for truly optional services (instrument rental, paid external course places, certain extracurricular or external‑participant services); these are governed by the City of Imatra's fee schedules.
