http://www.stat.fi/til/kou_en.html Latest statistical information from Statistics Finland on Education en http://www.stat.fi/favicon.png http://www.stat.fi/til/kou_en.html 32 32 http://www.stat.fi/til/yop/2012/02/yop_2012_02_2013-06-19_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, a total of 29,400 university degrees were attained in Finland in 2012. The number of lower university degrees was 13,100 and that of higher university degrees 13,800. Completed degrees at the doctorate level numbered 1,660. Sixty per cent of those that completed lower or higher university degrees and 52 per cent of those that completed doctorate degrees were women. The share of foreigners among all completed degrees was five per cent, but the share was as high as 16 per cent among doctorate degrees. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/yop/2012/02/yop_2012_02_2013-06-19_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/aop/2012/01/aop_2012_01_2013-06-19_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, the number of students in curriculum-based vocational education provided by educational institutions was 132,600 in 2012. New students numbered 50,000. The number of students and new students was one per cent lower then one year previously. Fifty-three per cent of students were men. The majority of students were studying in the fields of technology and transport (42 per cent), welfare and health (16 per cent) and tourism, catering and home economics (12 per cent). Data on students describe the situation of 20 september. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/aop/2012/01/aop_2012_01_2013-06-19_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/erop/2012/erop_2012_2013-06-12_tie_001_en.html Intensified or special support was received by 12.7 per cent of comprehensive school pupils in autumn 2012. Their share was good one percentage point higher than in 2011. The number of pupils receiving intensified support, which is not as extensive as special support, increased by 53 per cent from 2011 to 27,400 pupils, while the number of pupils receiving special support decreased by seven per cent to 41,000 pupils. Of the pupils receiving special support, 52 per cent received at least 80 per cent of their teaching in a special group. These data derive from Statistics Finlands education statistics. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/erop/2012/erop_2012_2013-06-12_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/lop/2012/lop_2012_2013-06-12_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, a total of 107,400 students attended upper secondary general school education leading to qualification in 2012. The number of students decreased further and was 1.5 per cent lower than one year before. Fifty-seven per cent of the students in upper secondary general school education were women. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/lop/2012/lop_2012_2013-06-12_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/ava/2012/02/ava_2012_02_2013-05-24_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, English was the most commonly studied foreign language on grades 1 to 6 of comprehensive school in the autumn semester of 2012. Sixty-six per cent of the pupils attending grades 1 to 6 studied English either as a compulsory or optional foreign language. The percentages of pupils studying other foreign languages remained at 5 per cent or below. Fri, 24 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/ava/2012/02/ava_2012_02_2013-05-24_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/kotal/2011/kotal_2011_2013-05-08_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, current expenditure on the regular education system increased by 3.5 per cent in 2011 compared with the previous year. Current expenditure on the regular education system totalled EUR 11.9 billion in 2011. Expenditure on comprehensive school education constitutes the biggest proportion of the current expenditure on the regular education system. Expenditure on comprehensive school education was EUR 4.2 billion in 2011. The next biggest proportions were university education and research, on which EUR 2.3 billion was expended, and vocational education on which EUR 1.7 billion was spent. Wed, 08 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/kotal/2011/kotal_2011_2013-05-08_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/yop/2012/01/yop_2012_01_2013-04-23_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, a total of 169,000 students attended university education leading to a degree in 2012. The number of students grew by one per cent compared to the previous year. 96,200 students were studying for a university Bachelor's degree and 48,000 for a higher university degree (Master). There were 4,200 students studying for professional specialisation in medicine, veterinary and dentistry and 1,900 studying for licentiate's degrees. The share of those studying for a doctoral degree among all students was 11 per cent, or 18,700 students. Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/yop/2012/01/yop_2012_01_2013-04-23_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/cvts/2010/02/cvts_2010_02_2013-04-17_tie_001_en.html Enterprises spent, on average, EUR 573 per employee on course training. The sum is ten per cent higher compared to 2005, but if the changes in the level of costs are taken into account, the investment of enterprises in course training per employee has actually decreased to some degree in real terms 1) . In 2010, the share of training costs of labour costs was 1.4 per cent in Finland, which was 0.1 percentage points lower than in 2005 when the data were last collected. Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/cvts/2010/02/cvts_2010_02_2013-04-17_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/akop/2012/akop_2012_2013-04-10_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, 23,900 polytechnic degrees were attained in 2012 of which 1,700 were higher polytechnic degrees. Their number was 4.4 per cent higher than in the year before. Sixty-three per cent of the qualifiers were women. Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/akop/2012/akop_2012_2013-04-10_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/kkesk/2011/kkesk_2011_2013-03-20_tie_001_en.html In all, 5.7 per cent of students attending education leading to a qualification or degree discontinued their studies and did not resume them in any education leading to a qualification or degree during the 2010/2011 academic year. In upper secondary general education, the discontinuation percentage was 4.0, in vocational education aimed at young people it was 9.1, in polytechnic education, 8.8 and in university education, 6.5 per cent. In upper secondary general education and in vocational education, discontinuation remained unchanged compared to the previous academic year but in polytechnic and university education, discontinuation increased. These data derive from Statistics Finlands Education Statistics. Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/kkesk/2011/kkesk_2011_2013-03-20_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/opku/2011/opku_2011_2013-03-20_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, university education was completed by 49 per cent of students in about five-and-a-half years, a higher university degree by 21 per cent and a lower university degree by 28 per cent. The pass rate for university education improved by two percentage points. In other sectors of education, the pass rate improved by one percentage point. The pass rate for a polytechnic degree in four-and-a-half years was 41 per cent. Initial vocational education was passed in three-and-a-half years by 65 per cent, and matriculation examination by 80 per cent. Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/opku/2011/opku_2011_2013-03-20_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/opty/2011/opty_2011_2013-03-20_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland's data, employment during studies was more widespread in 2011 than one year earlier. Fifty-seven per cent of students were employed during their studies. The share of students employed during studies grew by nearly one percentage point from the previous year. Employment during studies was most widespread among university students, as 61 per cent of them had an employment contract while studying. The share of students employed during polytechnic studies was 59 per cent, and employment among students in upper secondary vocational education was 57 per cent. Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/opty/2011/opty_2011_2013-03-20_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/sijk/2011/sijk_2011_2013-03-06_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, the majority of recent graduates found employment more easily in 2011 than one year earlier. The employment of graduates with upper secondary vocational qualifications improved most, or by good two percentage points. Of them, 71 per cent were employed and 12 per cent were unemployed. Three-quarters of unemployed persons were aged under 30. Employment was found by 87 per cent of those with polytechnic degrees, by 88 per cent of those with higher university degrees, such as master's degrees, similarly by 88 per cent of those with doctor's degrees. Employment of recent graduates has improved or remained unchanged during good ten years despite the weakening of employment in 2009. Wed, 06 Mar 2013 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/sijk/2011/sijk_2011_2013-03-06_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/kjarj/2012/kjarj_2012_2013-02-19_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland's Register of Providers of Education and Register of Educational Institutions, there were 783 active providers of education and 3,838 educational institutions in which 1.92 million students pursued studies at the end of 2012. The number of all educational institutions has fallen by 14 per cent in five years. In 2007, the number of comprehensive schools was nearly 3,300, whereas at the end of 2012 their number was only just under 2,800. Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/kjarj/2012/kjarj_2012_2013-02-19_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/opiskt/2012/opiskt_2012_2013-01-29_tie_001_en.html The total number of students in education leading to a qualification or degree was 1.23 million in 2012. Preliminary data on 2012 indicate that the number of students decreased by one percentage point in comparison with the previous year unchanged in comparison with the previous year. The number of students decreased in upper secondary general school and vocational education, but increased in comprehensive school, polytechnic and university education. These data derive from the education statistics compiled by Statistics Finland. Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/opiskt/2012/opiskt_2012_2013-01-29_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/oaiop/2011/oaiop_2011_2012-12-14_tie_001_en.html According to data collected by Statistics Finland from educational institutions, a total of 5.6 million hours of teaching were given in adult education not leading to a qualification, which is two per cent less than in the year before. The number of participants (gross number of students) was one per cent more than in the previous year, totalled 2.2 million. Fri, 14 Dec 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/oaiop/2011/oaiop_2011_2012-12-14_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/khak/2011/khak_2011_2012-12-13_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, immediate continuation of studies was still more difficult in 2011 than in the year before for both completers of the 9th grade of comprehensive school and passers of the matriculation examination. Nine per cent of completers of the comprehensive school and 62 per cent of new passers of the matriculation examination failed to get a place for further studies. The share of those left outside further studies leading to a qualification or degree grew by nearly one-half of a percentage point for completers of the 9th grade and by 1.5 percentage points for passers of the matriculation examination from the previous year. Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/khak/2011/khak_2011_2012-12-13_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/vkour/2011/vkour_2011_2012-12-04_tie_001_en.html By the end of 2011, a total of 3,056,000 persons in Finland had attained post-comprehensive level educational qualifications in upper secondary general school education, vocational education, polytechnic education or university education. In other words, 68 per cent of the population aged 15 or over had completed a post-comprehensive level qualification. The share of population with educational qualifications increased by two per cent from the year before. Tue, 04 Dec 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/vkour/2011/vkour_2011_2012-12-04_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/cvts/2010/cvts_2010_2012-11-28_tie_001_en.html Enterprises' investments in personnel training has remained relatively unchanged from 2005 to 2010 . However, the share of enterprises offering course training has decreased slightly, the share of persons participating in trainings has increased somewhat, and the working time per employee used on training has shortened marginally. These data derive from the Continuing vocational training survey of 2010 carried out by Statistics Finland; the survey is repeated every five years in all EU Member States. Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/cvts/2010/cvts_2010_2012-11-28_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/pop/2012/pop_2012_2012-11-15_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, comprehensive schools had 539,500 pupils in 2012. The number of pupils in comprehensive school fell by 0.4 per cent from the year before. Forty-nine per cent of the pupils in comprehensive school were girls and 51 per cent were boys. The number of pre-primary education pupils was 59,600, of whom 12,200 were in pre-primary education in schools and 47,400 in day care. Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/pop/2012/pop_2012_2012-11-15_tie_001_en.html