Polytechnic education

Producer:	Statistics Finland
Data:	Latest release: Women complete more than 60 per cent of polytechnic degrees 10 Apr 2013 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. Next release: 15 Nov 2013
Description:	The statistics on polytechnic education contain data on new students in education leading to a polytechnic degree, students of polytechnics, and polytechnic degrees. The information is based on data collected by Statistics Finland from polytechnics. The data on students describe the situation on 20 September. New students refer to those who have reported themselves for the first time as present or absent for the degree in question at the polytechnic concerned. The data on degrees relate to the whole calendar year. In accordance with the Statistics Act, the personal data from which these statistics are compiled are confidential. As a rule, the statistics produced from them are public. Read full description >>>
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Polytechnic education [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-4012. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 7.10.2013].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/akop/index_en.html.

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