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Appendix table 1. Changes from previous year made to educational institutions of the school system by type of educational institution 2019 (The table was corrected on 8 May 2020)

Type of educational institution	Number	Total change	New	Closed down	Merged	Not in operation	Operation re-started	Students 1)
11 Comprehensive schools	2 189	-47	7	-26	-24	-4	-	545 300
12 Comprehensive school level special education schools	63	-7	2	-3	-6	-	-	3 600
15 Upper secondary general schools	335	-1	2	-1	-2	-	-	111 300
19 Comprehensive and upper secondary general level schools	42	1	1	-	-	-	-	28 600
21 Vocational institutes	84	0	1	-1	-	-	-	194 500
22 Special needs vocational institutes	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 500
23 Specialised vocational institutes	19	-2	-	-2	-	-	-	12 600
24 Vocational adult education centres	10	-4	-	-	-4	-	-	13 500
28 Fire, police and security service institutes	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	300
29 Military vocational institutes	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	..
41 Universities of applied sciences	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	146 100
42 Universities	13	-1	1	-	-2	-	-	159 200
43 Military academies	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	900
61 Music schools and colleges	84	-	-	-	-	-	-	60 900
62 Sports institutes	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	19 200
63 Folk high schools	73	1	1	-	-	-	-	15 900
64 Adult education centres	177	-1	-	-	-1	-	-	471 900
65 Study circle centres	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	31 700
66 Summer universities	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	26 000
99 Other educational institutions	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	1 000
Total	3 177	-61	15	-33	-39	-4	-	1 848 000

1) The data on the number of students are mainly as on 20 September 2019 and include the number of all students educational institutions belonging to the type of educational institution independent of the level of education.
2) Data on the number of students at universities, universities of applied sciences, vocational institutions and upper secondary institutions is preliminary.

Source: Education Statistics. Statistics Finland

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

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma

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Updated 12.2.2020