Our Future

Campus Allegro in the heart of Jakobstad is a centre for the region’s educational units. It houses the Universities of Applied Sciences of Novia and Centria, together with YA – Vocational College of Ostrobothnia. Upper secondary school Topeliusgymnasiet in Nykarleby ranks high in national rankings, along with the region’s own vocational education and training school Optima, which has been ranked the number one in Finland eight times. Jakobstad has both a Finnish and Swedish upper secondary school under the same roof, and there are also upper secondary schools in Pedersöre and Kronoby. Folk high schools are represented by Kvarnen and Kredu.