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Appendix table 1. New students in vocational education by type of education 2017

  Educational institution-based education Of whom women Apprenticeship training Of whom women Total Of whom women
Types of vocational education total 103 847 52 408 23 037 13 399 126 884 65 807
Curriculum-based basic vocational education 45 526 20 742 683 317 46 209 21 059
Preparatory initial vocational education for a skills examination 33 769 19 130 8 067 4 551 41 836 23 681
Preparatory education for further vocational qualifications 20 158 10 085 7 887 4 640 28 045 14 725
Preparatory education for a specialist vocational qualification 4 394 2 451 6 400 3 891 10 794 6 342

Source: Education. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Soile Lampinen 029 551 3446, koulutustilastot@stat.fi

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma

Updated 27.9.2018

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Vocational education [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-1986. 2017, Appendix table 1. New students in vocational education by type of education 2017 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 2.7.2025].
Access method: http://stat.fi/til/aop/2017/aop_2017_2018-09-27_tau_001_en.html