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Number of students in educational institutions in Finland in 2025, by type of institution

Characteristic	Number of students*
Adult education centres	523,872
Comprehensive schools	519,756
Vocational institutes	217,745
Study circle centres	188,439
University of applied sciences	186,773
Universities	183,978
Sports institutes	109,201
General upper secondary schools	105,739
Music schools and colleges	68,879
Folk high schools	62,739
Summer universities	47,725
Basic art education institutes (other than music schools and colleges)	38,537
Comprehensive and upper secondary schools	30,003
Vocational adult education centres	11,515
Special needs vocational institutes	9,001
Specialised vocational institutes	4,516
Comprehensive school level special education schools	3,175
Military academies	1,137
Fire, police and security service institutes	450
Other educational institutions	177

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February 2026

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Finland

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2025

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* Comprehensive schools are schools providing elementary education. These include primary schools (grades 1-6) and secondary schools (grades 7-9).

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With over half a million students, comprehensive schools accounted for the largest educational institution in Finland in 2025. These schools provide elementary education and include primary schools (grades 1 to 6) and secondary schools (grades 7 to 9).

The region of Uusimaa with the highest number of pupils

Uusimaa, Finland's most populous region with the capital city Helsinki, had over 500 comprehensive schools. Consequently, with roughly 180,600 pupils, the region also had the highest number of children attending primary and secondary schools.

Finland’s PISA performance declining

Finland is globally acknowledged as one of the top countries when it comes to the education system. The Nordic country ranked first in the quality of primary education in 2017/18, passing countries such as Singapore and Belgium. However, while the pupils in the country perform well overall, the student performance according to the PISA score has decreased since 2009. Furthermore, the gender gap in PISA scores of girls and boys has widened in recent years.