The one-school year / nine-month programmes focus on fiction writing, journalism, or drama and scriptwriting.
The department also provides various short courses in summertime and longer multi-approach courses in wintertime. The students choose courses that best support their creative ambitions. The teachers themselves are professional writers, editors, or critics.

The working language of the courses is usually Finnish. However, the department also organizes international courses and conferences (in English) in close cooperation with other European schools of creative writing and their network EACWP (the European Association of Creative Writing Programs).

Orivesi College of Arts also provides academic studies in close cooperation with the University of Jyväskylä. The Finnish open-university system allows the students to achieve university credits in e.g. creative writing, literature, journalism, or pedagogy.

International Courses

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