Early childhood education and care

Pre-primary education - 6-year-olds

Basic education
716-year-olds
Comprehensive schools
Voluntary additional year
of basic education
Matriculation examination
General upper secondary
schools
Vocational qualications*
Vocational institutions
Bachelors degrees
Universities
Polytechnic
bachelors degrees
Polytechnics
Specialist vocatio nal
qualications*
Further vocational
qualications*
Polytechnic masters degrees
Polytechnics
Masters degrees
Universities
Doctoral degrees
Licenciate degrees
Universities
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ISKED-classifcation 1997
0 Pre-primary education
12 Primary education or lower
secondary education
3 Upper secondary education
4 Post-secondary non-tertiary
education
First stage of tertiary
education
6 Second stage of tertiary
education
6
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Education system in Finland
Work
experience
Work experience 3 years
apprenticeship training *Also available as
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