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Oulu is the most popular student city in northern Finland.
It is also the centre and innovative forerunner of new
teaching philosophies.
Education in Finland is of high quality. This is proven
by, for example, the OECD Pisa assessment conducted in 2006
in 57 countries, in which Finland ranked first.
First-class basic education
Every child living in Oulu has the right to first-class,
diverse and free basic education near his or her home.
School healthcare, school meals and study materials are free
for all pupils in basic education.
After basic education, students can move on to one of the
12 general upper secondary education institutes in Oulu or
one of the five vocational upper secondary education and
training institutes.
Each child also has the right to attend preschool for one
year in the year prior to starting basic education.
Superior university education
 The University of Oulu
has 17,000 students and provides higher education in several
fields – humanities, pedagogics, natural sciences, medicine,
economics and technical sciences.
 The Oulu University
of Applied Sciences has 8,000 students and several
departments – School of Vocational Teacher Education,
Department of Business and Administration, Department of
Social and Health Care, Department of Technology, Department
of Cultural Studies and Department of Natural Resources. It
also has teaching premises in Raahe.
Adult, complementary and further education
Various educational institutes provide adult education.
Learning and Research Services at the University of Oulu
offers further education programmes. You can also attend
university-level courses at the Oulu Open University and
Pohjois-Pohjanmaan kesäyliopisto.
Schools and education
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