Application fee
- No separate application fee is charged by Lahden lukio Gaudia for applying through the national joint application (Opintopolku).
Tuition fees (by student category, per academic year and per term/quarter)
- Tuition for students who are citizens of an EU or EEA country, or who have residency status that entitles them to attend Finnish upper-secondary education, is not charged (education is provided without tuition). The school supplies a school laptop and provides free digital learning materials for enrolled students.
- For students who are citizens of countries outside the EU/EEA whose residence in Finland is based on study, tuition is charged. The tuition amounts for such fee-liable students are:
- Annual tuition fee (per academic year): EUR 8,953.47.
- Annual food and learning-materials fee: EUR 1,500.00 (charged in addition to the annual tuition above).
- Per-term / per-quarter breakdown (billing commonly handled on a per-quarter basis for continuing years):
- Tuition: EUR 8,953.47 per year = EUR 2,238.37 per quarter (1/4 of the annual tuition).
- Food & learning materials: EUR 1,500.00 per year = EUR 375.00 per quarter.
- Fee structure by year group: the annual tuition amount is applied per academic year; the same annual tuition (EUR 8,953.47) applies for each year of the student's programme that is subject to the tuition rule. For subsequent academic years the payable amount is determined according to the student's planned study duration and is pro‑rated on a quarterly basis where appropriate.
Billing schedule and payment terms
- First academic year: the standard practice for municipal/education-provider tuition arrangements is that the first year's tuition must be paid in full before studies begin (payment of the first year is a condition of enrollment for fee-liable students).
- Subsequent years: payment for later years is typically calculated and billed according to the student's planned remaining study time, with pro‑rata billing commonly done by quarter (one quarter = 1/4 of the annual tuition). Each billed portion must be paid before the billed study period begins.
- Non‑payment consequence: a fee-liable student who has not paid required tuition may not be permitted to continue in instruction until the payment obligation is met (this is the usual municipal/education-provider practice for tuition-charged secondary programmes).
Boarding / student accommodation
- The school does not operate on-site boarding facilities. Students coming from other municipalities may apply for student accommodation through the local housing provider (for example, municipal student housing). There is no school boarding fee because the school does not provide boarding.
Other costs and incidental fees
- Food and learning-materials charge for fee-liable students: EUR 1,500.00 per academic year (see above).
- School-provided devices and learning materials for non-fee-liable students: the school provides a computer and free digital learning materials during the programme; students may still need to obtain some optional or specialty equipment for certain lines (instrument rental, art materials, calculators, etc.) depending on course choices. The school publishes a detailed list of course learning-materials and licences.
- Parking (student permit) near the campus: a designated student parking permit in the nearby Laaksokatu area is EUR 20.00 per month (where applicable). This is a separate municipal parking charge, not a tuition item.
- Examination / other official fees: standard matriculation/examination fees (where personally payable, e.g., some external examination or certification fees) are payable by the student where applicable; these are not covered by tuition for fee-liable students. (The school and municipal materials identify standard examination and service fees as student-responsibility items.)
Refunds and cancellation
- If a fee-liable student is unable to begin studies because a required residence permit is not granted, a paid first-year tuition payment is refundable. Paid tuition may be partially or fully refunded in specific exceptional circumstances (for example if the student's admission is cancelled for reasons covered by the provider's rules). If a student's fee-liability ends mid-year because the basis of their residence permit changes, the paid portion that corresponds to the period after the change is refundable upon application. Refund claims commonly must be submitted within a defined deadline (for example, within six months of the change that ends the fee liability). Paid tuition is generally not refundable for ordinary study interruptions.
Fee payment options
- Invoicing and timing: tuition for the first year is normally invoiced and required before studies start; continuing-year charges are invoiced in advance for the relevant period (quarterly pro‑rata in common municipal practice).
- Typical municipal invoicing channels (used broadly by Lahti municipal services) include electronic invoicing (E-lasku), direct bank transfer or standard paper invoice; these are the standard payment channels used by municipal education providers for billed services. Specific accepted payment methods for tuition invoices follow the municipal invoicing practice and are indicated on the invoice itself.
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