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Published: 6 November 2012

Students in apprenticeship training number 56 900 in 2011

According to Statistics Finland, 56,900 students attended apprenticeship training leading to a qualification or degree during calendar year 2011. The number of students was 5 per cent lower than in the previous year. Forty-one per cent of the students attended training for an initial vocational qualification, 30 per cent for a further vocational qualification and 29 per cent for a specialist vocational qualification. Fifty-two per cent of the students were women. New students numbered 22 000. Of the students, 13 300 completed an entire qualification. Of the completed qualifications, 45 per cent were initial vocational qualifications, 30 per cent further vocational qualifications and 25 per cent specialist vocational qualifications. Fifty-five per cent of the qualifiers were women. These data have been collected from the organisers of apprenticeship training.

New students, students and qualifications in apprenticeship training by field of education 2011

Field of education	New students total	Students total	Completers of a qualification total
Total	21 977	56 876	13 271
Humanities and Education	454	1 185	264
Culture	536	1 375	252
Economics and Administration	8 124	20 549	4 972
Natural sciences	159	602	186
Technology and Transport	6 824	18 353	4 137
Natural resources and the Environment	517	1 280	214
Welfare, Health and Sport	3 211	8 702	2 210
Tourism, Catering and Home economics	2 152	4 830	1 036

Source: Education. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Reija Vento 09 1734 3279, koulutustilastot@stat.fi

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma

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Appendix tables

• Appendix table 1. New students, students and qualifications in apprenticeship training by region in 2011 (6.11.2012)

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Updated 6.11.2012