requirements . They also receive public funding .
Pre-primary and basic education are part of the municipal basic services that receive statutory government transfers . The statutory government transfer is based on the number of 6-15 year olds living in the municipality and the special conditions of the municipality . This funding is not ear-marked and the municipality can decide for itself how it allocates this funding . The statutory government transfer for municipal basic services is approximately 25 per cent of the calculatory costs .
The funding for general upper secondary education and vocational education and training is based on the number of students reported by the school as well as on the unit prices set by the Ministry of Education and Culture .
In the funding of universities of applied sciences the Government allocates resources in the form of core funding , which is based on unit costs per student , project funding and performance-based funding . For example completed degrees are part of performancebased funding . Universities of applied sciences have also external sources of funding . Both in vocational training and in the funding of universities of applied sciences the education providers are encouraged to improve their results through performance-based funding .
Finnish universities are independent corporations under public law or foundations under private law . Each university and the Ministry of Education and Culture set operational and qualitative targets for the university and determine the resources required every three years . The agreement also defines how these targets are monitored and evaluated . Universities receive funding from the state but they are also expected to raise external funding .
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