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Appendix table 1. Changes from previous year made to educational institutions of the school system by type of educational institution 2011

Type of educational institution	Number	Total change	New	Closed down	Merged	Not in operation	Operation re-started	Students 1)
11 Comprehensive schools	2 719	-66	16	-54	-27	-2	1	522 400
12 Comprehensive school level special education schools	118	-11	3	-12	-2	-	-	6 200
15 Upper secondary general schools	388	-6	-	-3	-3	-	-	118 500
19 Comprehensive and upper secondary general level schools	39	-	-	-	-	-	-	25 400
21 Vocational institutes	129	-3	3	-1	-5	-	-	179 700
22 Special needs vocational institutes	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 200
23 Specialised vocational institutes	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	20 500
24 Vocational adult education centres	26	1	1	-	-	-	-	42 600
28 Fire, police and security service institutes	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	300
29 Military vocational institutes	13	-1	-	-	-1	-	-	..
41 Polytechnics	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	148 600
42 Universities	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	168 300
43 Military academies	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	700
61 Music schools and colleges	88	-	-	-	-	-	-	66 700
62 Sports institutes	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 300
63 Folk high schools	82	0	1	-	-1	-	-	20 300
64 Adult education centres	196	-3	-	-1	-2	-	-	533 300
65 Study circle centres	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	39 600
66 Summer universities	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	37 200
99 Other educational institutions	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	600
Total	3 934	-89	24	-71	-41	-2	1	1 941 400

1) The data on the number of students are mainly as on 20 September 2011 and include the number of all students educational institutions belonging to the type of educational institution independent of the level of education.

Source: Education Statistics. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Mika Witting 09 1734 3571, koulutustilastot@stat.fi

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma

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Updated 16.2.2012