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Finland

National Information Centres

Opetushallitus/Utbildningsstyrelsen [ENIC-NARIC Finland]
Finnish National Agency for Education [ENIC-NARIC Finland]

P.O. Box 380
FI-00531 Helsinki
Finland

Phone: +358 29 533 1000
Fax: +358 29 533 1035
E-mail: recognition@oph.fi
Website: http://www.oph.fi/recognition
Head of Centre: Dr Carita Blomqvist

Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö/ Undervisnings- och kulturministeriet/ Ministry of Education and Culture
The Ministry of Education and Culture is responsible for the development of education, science, cultural, sport and youth policies.

Link(s): English, Finnish, Swedish
Kansallinen koulutuksen arviointikeskus (KARVI)/ Nationella centret för utbildningsutvärdering (NCU)/ The Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (FINEEC)
The Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (FINEEC) is an independent government agency responsible for the national evaluation of education.
The evaluations of FINEEC cover the education system in its entirety, from early childhood education to higher education.

Link(s): English, Finnish, Swedish
Opetushallitus Finnish National Agency for Education/ Utbildningsstyrelsen/ Finnish National Agency for Education
The Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI) is a national development agency working under the auspices of the Ministry of Education and Culture.

Link(s): English, Swedish, Finnish

Finnish National Agency for Education: Overview of the Education System

Link(s): English
Ministry of Education and Culture: Education system

Link(s): English, Finnish, Swedish

Finnish National Agency for Education: Overview of the Education System

Link(s): English
Ministry of Education: Higher Education in Finland

Link(s): English, Finnish, Swedish
Studying in Finland

Link(s): English

Ministry of Education and Culture: List of recognised higher education institutions in Finland
Universities of Applied Sciences

Link(s): English, Finnish, Swedish
Ministry of Education and Culture: List of recognised higher education institutions in Finland
Universities

Link(s): English, Finnish, Swedish

Framework

Finnish National Framework for Qualifications (FiNQF)
National Framework for Qualifications and Other Competence Modules in Finland

Link(s): English, Finnish, Swedish

Self-Certification

Report on the referencing of the Finnish National Qualifications Framework to EQF and QF-EHEA

Link(s): English

The Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (FINEEC)

The Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (FINEEC) is an independent authority responsible for the national evaluation of education. The evaluations of FINEEC cover the education system in its entirety, from early childhood education to higher education.


Link(s): English, Finnish, Swedish

Recognition and International Comparability of Qualifications

Opetushallitus/ Utbildningsstyrelsen/ Finnish National Agency for Education is responsible for the recognition of foreign qualifications and for providing information on Finnish qualifications. The Finnish National Agecy for Education also serves as Finland's ENIC-NARIC centre, National Coordination Point for the European Qualifications Framework (EQF NCP) and national assistance centre referred to in the Professional Qualifications Directive. It is also the National Europass Centre of Finland providing information on the Diploma Supplement and the Certificate Supplement, for example.


Link(s): English, Finnish, Swedish

Responsible organisation

Opetushallitus
Utbildningsstyrelsen
Finnish National Agency for Education
P.O. Box 380
00531 Helsinki
E-mail: recognition@oph.fi, europassi@oph.fi
Link(s): English

Information on DS (legislation, template, chart, etc)

Implementation of the Diploma Supplement

The Finnish Government Decree on University Degrees and Specialisation Programmes (794/2004) and the Government Decree on Universities of Applied Sciences (1129/2014) require the higher education institutions to issue a Diploma Supplement intended for international use to a person who has completed a higher education degree. All higher education institutions automatically provide their graduates with a Diploma Supplement in English, free of charge.


Link(s): English, Finnish, Swedish
Description of the Finnish higher Education system
The description of the higher education system for the section 8 of the Diploma Supplement has been prepared by the Finnish National Agency for Education in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Culture. 

The description can be found from the website, under the title "Description of the system".


Link(s): English, Finnish, Swedish

The Finnish Matriculation Examination gives general eligibility for higher education. General eligibility is also given by initial vocational qualifications, further vocational qualifications and specialist vocational qualifications. Foreign qualifications which in the awarding country give eligibility for higher education studies, provide general eligibility for higher education also in Finland. In addition, a person who has completed a general upper secondary education syllabus and been awarded a general upper secondary education certificate is also eligible to apply for studies offered by universities of applied sciences.

Higher education institutions may have specific entry requirements in addition to the general entry requirements described above. Higher education institutions decide independently on student admissions and the recognition of prior learning.

Ministry of Education and Culture

Link(s): English, Finnish, Swedish
Finnish National Agency for Education: Overview of the Education System

Link(s): English, Swedish, Finnish

In Finland refugees may apply for the recognition of their qualifications for purposes of work or further studies similarly to other applicants that have gained their qualifications abroad.

For verification inquiries of Finnish qualifications, please reach out directly to the concerned educational institution.

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