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Address:
Salhojankatu 33
33500 Tampere
Finland
Phone:
+358-3-31383611 or +358-3-31383600
Fax: +358-3-31383630

Senior secondary school in Tampere, Finland

420 students (february 2007), 28 teachers

Senior secondary school in Finland is a 2- 4 year educational institution which prepares for studies in universities and polytechnics. After having finished the Finnish comprehensive school (9 years), more than half of the 16-19-year-olds attend senior secondary school. The rest go to different vocational schools or start working straight away.

Senior secondary school is non-graded: to graduate a students has to complete a minimum of 75 courses. The academic year is divided into six periods and the students themselves decide which courses they take in each period. The school-leaving exam is called the matriculation examination. It is made up of four to six separate exams in different subjects.

Subjects studied Obligatory: Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Geography, History, Religion, Philosophy, Finnish, Music, Art, Physical Education, Health Education Optional: Psychology, Computer studies, Marketing, and various specialization courses in most obligatory subjects

Language program English (advanced) Swedish (intermediate) German (intermediate and elementary) French (intermediate and elementary) Italian (elementary)

Special programs Specialization courses in co-operation with Pirkanmaa Polytechnic/Tampere Institute of Nursing and Health Care

Norden i Europa - a course in Nordic ecology in co-operation with local schools and schools in Sweden, Norway and Estonia