There are 25 polytechnics in the Ministry of Education and Culture sector: four are run by local authorities, eight by municipal education consortia and 13 by private organisations. In addition there is Åland University of Applied Sciences in the self-governing Province of Åland and a Police College subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior.

• Arcada Polytechnic
• Central Ostrobothnia Polytechnic
• Diaconia Polytechnic
• HAAGA-HELIA Polytechnic 
• Humanities Polytechnic
• Häme Polytechnic
• Jyväskylä Polytechnic
• Kajaani Polytechnic
• Kemi-Tornio Polytechnic
• Kymenlaakso Polytechnic
• Lahti Polytechnic
• Laurea Polytechnic 
• Metropolia Polytechnic
• Mikkeli Polytechnic
• North Karelia Polytechnic
• Novia Polytechnic  
• Oulu Polytechnic
• Rovaniemi Polytechnic
• Saimaa Polytechnic
• Satakunta Polytechnic
• Savonia Polytechnic  
• Seinäjoki Polytechnic   
• Tampere Polytechnic
• Turku Polytechnic
• Vaasa Polytechnic

Regional higher education centres

The higher education sector is supplemented by university centres in areas which have no university of their own. A university centre is a networked university combining the provision of several, often regional higher education institutions. The partners forming the centre are often universities and polytechnics, but may also include local authorities and the regional council.