Harjula Open College is a private educational establishment that offers versatile possibilities for studying and hobbies for people living in Lahti region.

Harjula Open College is part of Harjula Settlement which is an organization of public utility founded in Lahti in 1941. Harjula Open College operates on the aid of Finnish government and fees gathered from students.

Yearly offered selection of courses consists of various courses in arts and crafts, textile work and other handcrafts, languages, humanistic and estetic subjects, teleinformatics as well as physical exercices and health.

Courses are mainly targeted for adults but some courses in for example music and arts and grafts are also available for teenagers. A large amount of courses in physical exercices and teleinformatics are especially desingned and targeted for elderly people. Open collage also has physical exercices-groups especially for children and families.