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Appendix table 1. Changes from previous year made to educational institutions of the school system by type of educational institution 2020

Type of educational institution	Number	Total change	New	Closed down	Merged	Not in operation	Operation re-started	Students 1)
11 Comprehensive schools	2 130	-60	6	-31	-31	-4	-	548 100
12 Comprehensive school level special education schools	61	-2	-	-	-2	-	-	3 50
15 Upper secondary general schools	335	-1	2	-2	-1	-	-	114 300
19 Comprehensive and upper secondary general level schools	40	-1	-	-1	-	-	-	28 300
21 Vocational institutes	82	-2	-	-	-2	-	-	208 700
22 Special needs vocational institutes	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 600
23 Specialised vocational institutes	18	-1	-	-	-1	-	-	18 100
24 Vocational adult education centres	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	15 000
28 Fire, police and security service institutes	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	400
29 Military vocational institutes	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	..
41 Universities of applied sciences	24	-1	1	-2	-	-	-	153 400
42 Universities	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	160 400
43 Military academies	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	900
61 Music schools and colleges	83	-1	-	-	-1	-	-	59 200
62 Sports institutes	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	13 100
63 Folk high schools	72	-1	-	-	-1	-	-	16 000
64 Adult education centres	174	-4	-	-	-3	-1	-	405 100
65 Study circle centres	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	11 800
66 Summer universities	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	22 800
99 Other educational institutions	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	400
Total	3 105	-74	9	-36	-42	-5	-	1 785 100

1) The data on the number of students are mainly as on 20 September 2020 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 comprehensive schools, universities, universities of applied sciences, vocational institutions and upper secondary institutions is preliminary.

Source: Education Statistics. Statistics Finland

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

Head of Department in charge: Hannele Orjala

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Updated 18.2.2020