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Appendix table 1. Changes from previous year made to educational institutions of the school system by type of educational institution 2015

Type of educational institution	Number	Total change	New	Closed down	Merged	Not in operation	Operation re-started	Students 1)
11 Comprehensive schools	2 397	-102	5	-72	-36	-1	2	526 800
12 Comprehensive school level special education schools	85	-14	1	-7	-8	-	-	4 700
15 Upper secondary general schools	350	-16	1	-7	-10	-	-	113 100
19 Comprehensive and upper secondary general level schools	41	-	-	-	-	-	-	27 800
21 Vocational institutes	102	-3	1	-1	-3	-	-	169 700
22 Special needs vocational institutes	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 300
23 Specialised vocational institutes	29	-3	-	-1	-2	-	-	34 200
24 Vocational adult education centres	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	37 000
28 Fire, police and security service institutes	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	200
29 Military vocational institutes	6	-6	-	-2	-4	-	-	..
41 Polytechnics	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	143 600
42 Universities	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	160 700
43 Military academies	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	900
61 Music schools and colleges	86	-1	-	-1	-	-	-	64 000
62 Sports institutes	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 200
63 Folk high schools	76	-1	-	-	-1	-	-	17 400
64 Adult education centres	185	0	1	-	-1	-	-	495 000
65 Study circle centres	12	1	1	-	-	-	-	33 100
66 Summer universities	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	28 800
99 Other educational institutions	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	500
Total	3 483	-145	10	-91	-65	-1	2	1 868 000

1) The data on the number of students are mainly as on 20 September 2015 and include the number of all students educational institutions belonging to the type of educational institution independent of the level of education.

Source: Education Statistics. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Mika Witting 029 551 3571, koulutustilastot@stat.fi

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma

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Updated 11.2.2016