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UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITIES OF universities promoting research and studyinfinland.fi APPLIED SCIENCES (UAS) academic education, and universities of Arcada UAS applied sciences (UAS) offering professionally Hanken School of Economics Centria UAS oriented higher education with close LUT University Diaconia UAS connections to the working life. Haaga-Helia UAS Universities of applied sciences University of Eastern Finland Häme UAS offer bachelor’s degree programmes Metropolia UAS (3,5 – 4,5 years) and master’s degree University of Jyväskylä HUMAK UAS programmes (1 – 1,5 years). JAMK UAS Kajaani UAS Universities offer bachelor’s (3 years), Karelia UAS master’s (2 years) and doctoral (4 years) LAB UAS degree programmes. University of the Arts Helsinki Lapland UAS Åbo Akademi University Laurea UAS Finnish higher education institutions Novia UAS offer over 400 degree programmes which are Oulu UAS fully taught in English. All these institutions Satakunta UAS offer scholarships for those students who Savonia UAS are required to pay tuition fees. Seinäjoki UAS Tampere UAS Turku UAS STUDYINFINLAND.FI – WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT Vaasa UAS STUDYING IN FINLAND XAMK – South-Eastern IS LIKE? Finland UAS

Study in Finland / Higher Education in Finland / 3 DOCTORAL DEGREES LICENTIATE DEGREES Universities

STRUCTURE OF THE MASTER’S DEGREES MASTER’S DEGREES Universities of Applied Sciences FINNISH Universities EDUCATION Work experience 2 years BACHELOR’S DEGREES SYSTEM BACHELOR’S DEGREES Universities Universities of Applied Sciences

Special vocational qualifications*

VOCATIONAL Further vocational MATRICULATION EXAMINATION QUALIFICATIONS* qualifications* General upper secondary schools VOCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS * Also available as apprenticeship training

PREPARATORY EDUCATION AND TRAINING PREPARATORY EDUCATION AND TRAINING General upper secondary schools Vocational institutions

Voluntary additional year of basic education

BASIC EDUCATION, 7–16-year-olds Comprehensive schools

PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION, 6-year-olds

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE (ECEC)

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#1 #1 IN EDUCATING FOR THE FUTURE IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND PREPARING STUDENTS FOR EFFICIENCY RELATIVE TO THE DEMANDS OF WORK AND LIFE NATIONAL INCOME LEVEL

Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit & Yidan Source: Universitas 21 2020 Prize, Worldwide Educating for the Future Index 2019

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BACHELORS’S DEGREE PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH Agriculture, forestry, forestry, Agriculture, veterinary and fisheries Humanities Arts and Business, administration law and Education Engineering, and manufacturing construction welfare and Health and Information communication technologies sciences, Natural mathematics and statistics Services sciences, Social and journalism information

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CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION! MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH For Master’s degree programmes in UASs, you need to have a minimum of three years of work experience. statistics Services sciences, Social and journalism information Agriculture, forestry, forestry, Agriculture, veterinary and fisheries Humanities Arts and Business, administration law and Education Engineering, and manufacturing construction welfare and Health and Information communication technologies sciences, Natural mathematics and

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