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Entrance to education

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF)
Statistics on entrance to education describe entrances and admissions to post-comprehensive education leading to a qualification, and placement in further education of comprehensive school leavers and passers of the matriculation examination. Data are produced by combining several register data and published once a year.

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Statistics Finland

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Figures

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08.12.2022

Immediate applying to further studies by those having ended 9th grade of;comprehensive school in, %

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Primarily applied for upper secondary general school education in the year of completion, %Primarily applied for vocational education in the year of completion, %Primarily applied for guidance or preparatory education in the year of completion, %Did not apply in the joint application procedure in the year of completion of comprehensive school, %Primary applied for additional education (10th grade) in the year of completion, %
53.044.02.10.60.3
08.12.2022

Direct transition to further studies of completers of the 9th grade of comprehensive school 2014-2021, %

08.12.2022

Immediate applying for further studies by new passers of the;matriculation examination in, %

08.12.2022

Immediate transition for further studies by new passers of the matriculation examination in 2014-2021, %

08.12.2022

Admission to further education for students who graduated in the statistical year within three years after graduation

Tables

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08.12.2022

New students by prior qualification in, %

General upper secondary educationVocational educationUniversity of applied sciences educationUniversity education
Total36,85798,00348,32829,560
Matriculation examination completed, %0.06.131.657.9
Upper secondary vocational qualification or upper secondary vocational qualification and matriculation examination completed, %1.429.436.55.8
- Matriculation examination and upper secondary vocational qualification completed, %0.04.510.83.6
- Upper secondary vocational qualification completed, %1.424.925.72.2
Tertiary degree completed, %0.211.424.328.1
- Matriculation examination and vocational tertiary level qualification completed, %0.00.10.10.0
- Vocational post-secondary or tertiary level qualification completed, %0.00.10.10.0
- Matriculation examination and university of applied sciences degree completed, %0.04.514.310.7
- University of applied sciences degree completed, %0.12.15.03.1
- Matriculation examination and Bachelor's degree completed, %0.00.50.86.6
- Bachelor's degree completed, %0.00.50.30.5
- Matriculation examination and Master's degree or doctorate degree completed, %0.02.82.86.4
- Master's degree or doctorate degree completed, %0.00.70.70.7
Comprehensive school or previous qualification unknown, %98.453.17.68.2

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