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Appendix table 1. Changes from previous year made to educational institutions of the school system by type of educational institution 2014

Type of educational institution	Number	Total change	New	Closed down	Merged	Not in operation	Operation re-started	Students 1)
11 Comprehensive schools	2 498	-78	3	-43	-28	-11	1	522 700
12 Comprehensive school level special education schools	99	-6	-	-1	-5	-	-	5 200
15 Upper secondary general schools	366	-7	-	-3	-4	-	-	113 800
19 Comprehensive and upper secondary general level schools 2)	42	-	-	-	-	-	-	28 000
21 Vocational institutes	105	-15	2	-1	-16	-	-	173 400
22 Special needs vocational institutes	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 000
23 Specialised vocational institutes	33	-1	-	-1	-	-	-	27 800
24 Vocational adult education centres	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	37 100
28 Fire, police and security service institutes	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	300
29 Military vocational institutes	12	-1	-	-	-1	-	-	..
41 Polytechnics	26	-1	1	-	-2	-	-	143 200
42 Universities	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	162 900
43 Military academies	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	900
61 Music schools and colleges	87	-	-	-	-	-	-	65 100
62 Sports institutes	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 600
63 Folk high schools	77	-1	-	-	-1	-	-	16 200
64 Adult education centres	185	-2	1	-	-3	-	-	521 400
65 Study circle centres	11	1	1	-	-	-	-	30 500
66 Summer universities	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	32 900
99 Other educational institutions	6	-1	-	-	-	-1	-	500
Total	3 628	-112	8	-49	-60	-12	1	1 892 500

1) The data on the number of students are mainly as on 20 September 2014 and include the number of all students educational institutions belonging to the type of educational institution independent of the level of education.
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Source: Education Statistics. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Mika Witting 029 551 3571, koulutustilastot@stat.fi

Director in charge: Riitta Harala

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Updated 12.2.2015