Perho takes you further

Perho Culinary, Tourism and Business College is a private vocational institution operating across three campuses in Helsinki. The Perho community consists of approximately 1,500 students, their close ones, and around 150 staff members. In addition, a significant number of companies, organizations, and communities—primarily from the Helsinki metropolitan area—are part of Perho’s extended network.

Our core mission is to educate professionally skilled and responsibly minded individuals who are prepared to meet the future needs of employers in our fields of education. To achieve this, we must be able to anticipate future demands in collaboration with stakeholders from the business sector and our students, and provide them with learning environments and models that stimulate their own thinking around sustainable development.

Our operations are grounded in ethical, responsible, and exemplary conduct—including in financial matters. In line with our sustainable economy strategy, we have worked extensively to forecast economic trends and adapt our activities to the prevailing financial conditions. Our annual turnover is between 16 and 17 million euros, with approximately 90% of our funding coming from public government subsidies. Our long-term approach includes using accumulated surplus for investments in education and learning environments, as well as actively seeking funding sources that align with our operations.

Perho regularly receives excellent feedback on its activities. Since our primary mission is vocational education tailored to the needs of working life, we are especially proud of the satisfaction expressed by students in their feedback and of our strong employment outcomes.