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Appendix table 1. Changes from previous year made to educational institutions of the school system by type of educational institution 2017

Type of educational institution	Number	Total change	New	Closed down	Merged	Not in operation	Operation re-started	Students 1)
11 Comprehensive schools	2 276	-63	9	-22	-47	-3	-	539 600
12 Comprehensive school level special education schools	73	-2	1	-	-3	-	-	4 400
15 Upper secondary general schools	340	-2	-	-	-2	-	-	109 500
19 Comprehensive and upper secondary general level schools	41	-	-	-	-	-	-	28 100
21 Vocational institutes	96	-3	2	-	-5	-	-	179 100
22 Special needs vocational institutes	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 100
23 Specialised vocational institutes	26	-1	-	-	-1	-	-	30 500
24 Vocational adult education centres	20	-3	-	-	-3	-	-	27 600
28 Fire, police and security service institutes	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	200
29 Military vocational institutes	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	..
41 Universities of applied sciences	25	-1	1	-	-2	-	-	144 900
42 Universities	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	157 800
43 Military academies	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1 000
61 Music schools and colleges	84	-1	-	-	-1	-	-	64 100
62 Sports institutes	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	9 000
63 Folk high schools	73	-1	-	-	-1	-	-	18 100
64 Adult education centres	181	-3	-	-	-3	-	-	464 400
65 Study circle centres	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	30 700
66 Summer universities	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	31 600
99 Other educational institutions	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	400
Total	3 315	-80	13	-22	-68	-3	-	1 846 100

1) The data on the number of students are mainly as on 20 September 2017 and include the number of all students educational institutions belonging to the type of educational institution independent of the level of education.
2) Data on the number of students at universities, universities of applied sciences, vocational institutions and upper secondary institutions is preliminary.

Source: Education Statistics. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Mika Witting 029 551 3530, koulutustilastot@stat.fi

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma

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Updated 13.2.2018