SMART Community Review (SCR) Teacher education in Finland | Page 9
Voluntary additional year
of basic education
Pre-primary education · 6-year-olds
Basic education
7–16-year-olds
Comprehensive schools
Early childhood education and care
Matriculation examination
General upper secondary
schools
Work
experience
isced-classification 2011
Bachelor’s degrees
Universities of Applied Sciences
Specialist vocational
qualifications*
Further vocational
qualifications*
Vocational qualifications*
Vocational institutions
Work experience 3 years
Bachelor’s degrees
Universities
Master’s degrees
Universities of Applied Sciences
*Also available as apprenticeship training
0 Early childhood education
1 Primary education
2 Lower secondary education
3 Upper secondary education
4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education
6 Bachelor’s or equivalent
7 Master’s or equivalent
8 Doctoral or equivalent
Master’s degrees
Universities
Doctoral degrees
Licenciate degrees
Universities
Education system in Finland