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Education in Finland. The educational system in Finland consists of daycare programmes (for babies and toddlers), a one-year "preschool" (age six), and an 11-year compulsory basic comprehensive school (age seven to age eighteen). Nowadays secondary general academic and vocational education, higher education and adult education are compulsory.
This is a list of the universities in Finland.Institutions of higher education are designated as universities by Finnish legislation. Only universities have the right to confer degrees in the categories of alempi korkeakoulututkinto/lägre högskoleexamen (bachelor's degree) and ylempi korkeakoulututkinto/högre högskoleexamen (master's degree) and doctoral degrees.
Matriculation exam (Finland) The Finnish Matriculation Examination ( Finnish ylioppilastutkinto, Swedish studentexamen) is the matriculation examination taken at the end of secondary education to qualify for entry into university. In practice, the test also constitutes the high school's final exam (s), although there is a separate diploma on ...
The first predecessor of the university, The Cathedral School of Åbo, was presumably founded in 1276 for education of boys to become servants of the Church.As the university was founded in 1640 by Queen Christina of Sweden (1626–1689) in Turku (Sw. Åbo), as the Åbo Kungliga Akademi (Latin: Regia Academia Aboensis), the senior part of the school formed the core of the new university, while ...
Alppila Upper Secondary School. Deutsche Schule Helsinki. The English School (Helsinki) Helsingin luonnontiedelukio. Helsingin normaalilyseo. Helsingin Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu. Helsingin yhteislyseo. International School of Helsinki. Jokela High School.
The Finnish University of Turku was founded in 1920, also by private donations and for similar reasons. Åbo Akademi was a private institution until 1981, when it was turned into a public institution. As the only uni-lingually Swedish multi-faculty university in the world outside Sweden and consequently the only one in Finland, Åbo Akademi ...
e. The Ministry of Education and Culture ( Finnish: Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö, Swedish: Undervisnings- och kulturministeriet) is one of the twelve ministries in Finland. It prepares laws and oversees the administration of matters relating to education (such as daycare, schools and universities), and culture (such as museums, libraries and ...
Helsinki Business Polytechnic (Helia) to form Haaga-Helia 2007-01-01. Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia (Stadia) to form Metropolia 2008-08-01. Pirkanmaa University of Applied Sciences (PIRAMK) to form TAMK 2010-01-01. Swedish Polytechnic (SYH) to form Novia 2008-08-01.