The Helsinki unit

The Helsinki Unit is located in Light House (Valkea Talo), in the Folk High School of the Deaf. The folk high school was established in 1987. It offers education among others in Finnish, Finnish Sign Language and Computing. Also available are short courses and Open University courses. The Finnish Association of the Deaf is also situated in Light House, creating a natural, signing environment. Thus the Helsinki Unit is an ideal place to study sign language interpreting.

Sign Language Interpreter Degree Programme

The aim of Helsinki Unit Sign Language Interpreter Degree Programme is to educate interpreters and translators for the sign language using minority and the Finnish speaking majority and provide a readiness to teach sign language and sign communication as a foreign language.
Helsinki Unit is profiled towards:
Sign Language
Translation and interpretation
Interpretation of/for the deaf-blind and the deafened

Facilities

Accommodation facility is 39 beds. Teaching facilities are up-to-date, with facilities for multimedia, video and sound editing as well as a language studio.

Leisure Activities

The unit has a sauna with a swimming pool and a fireplace. The surrounding area offers a good sporting environment: running, biking, hiking and football from spring to autumn; skiing, skating and ice hockey in winter. The public transportation network in Helsinki is easy and fast: travel by bus to city centre takes 20 minutes and by train 10 minutes.

Humak/ Helsinki Unit
Ilkantie 4 00400 Helsinki
Coordinator
Mrs. Marjukka Nisula
e-mail: marjukka.nisula@humak.edu
tel: +358 20 7621 329
fax: +358 20 7621 331

Links:

The Finnish Association of the Deaf
Helsinki City
Kuurojen kansanopisto
Finnish Association of Sign Language Interpreters
Via Sign Language Sector Co-operative
Finnish Association of Parents of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
The Finnish Association of Hard of Hearing