Education in Finland
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The educational system in Finland consists of daycare programmes, a one-year "preschool", and an 11-year compulsory basic comprehensive school. Nowadays secondary general academic and vocational education, higher education and adult education are compulsory.
Kuopio Lyceum (Kuopion Lyseo) in Kuopio
Finnish children in a 1950s classroom photo taken at the Saaristopiiri School in Eurajoki. The teacher of the picture (left) is the young Mauno Koivisto, thirty years before his presidency.
University of Jyväskylä Ylistönrinne campus
POHTO training institute for business and industry in Hietasaari, Oulu
University of Helsinki
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The University of Helsinki is a public university in Helsinki, Finland. The university was founded in Turku in 1640 as the Royal Academy of Åbo under the Swedish Empire, and moved to Helsinki in 1828 under the sponsorship of Tsar Alexander I. The University of Helsinki is the oldest and largest university in Finland with the widest range of disciplines available. In 2020, around 31,600 students were enrolled in the degree programs of the university spread across 11 faculties and 11 research institutes.
The Royal Academy of Åbo
National Library of Finland/Kansalliskirjasto
University of Helsinki (Main Building)