Finland's education system is similar to that of China. National compulsory education is nine years, children enter school at the age of seven, and high schools are divided into ordinary middle schools or vocational schools for three years. Higher education institutions are divided into universities and polytechnic universities. (Technology), in general, I graduated from high school or higher vocational school and passed the exam, and entered the university at the age of 19. Finland's higher education system is mainly divided into two stages. The first stage is undergraduate education and the second stage is postgraduate education. The academic year of a university is autumn and spring. The autumn term begins in early September and ends at 12. The spring term starts from the middle of 65438+ 10 and ends at the end of May.

There are 20 universities in Finland, including ten comprehensive universities, three universities of science and technology, three schools of economics, and an art school including music, fine arts, drama and craft design. The National Defense University belongs to the Ministry of National Defense and is at the same level as a national university. There are 32 polytechnics and a police school. All universities, schools of economics and schools of art award doctorates.

The degree system is parallel to two systems: bachelor's degree, master's degree, master's degree and doctor's degree; You can also study directly for a master's degree and then a doctor's degree. Generally speaking, it is mainly based on credits. After completing 120 credits, you can get a bachelor's degree, a master's degree 160 credits, a license of 260 credits and a doctorate of 320 credits (40 hours per credit). There is no limit on the number of years of study for students with government loans, but most of them can finish their undergraduate courses in three years, and it takes six years for a master's degree and four years for a master's degree, all of which require papers. Although Finnish students are free of tuition, many college students work and study part-time, and many people get their master's degrees after ten years of university education.

There are147,000 students in 20 universities in Finland, 3,000 foreign students studying for degrees and about 2,500 exchange students. About 2000 students from Chinese mainland are studying in Finland. In order to promote the "internationalization of education", Finnish universities have begun to offer courses with English as the teaching medium.