The Department prepares and implements matters relating to

• Basic education, upper secondary education and basic education in the arts
• Vocational education and training
• Adult education and training
• Polytechnics and their provision
• Universities and their provision
• Student financial aid
• Scientific research
• The archives system
• Examination boards for tests in Finnish and Swedish
• Official translators
• Administration, economic planning and legislation in the education sector
• International cooperation in education and research
• Prerequisites of education and research, educational planning and education foresights

The Department for Education and Science Policy is divided into

• General Education Division
• Vocational Education Division
• Division for Higher Education and Science
  - Higher education
  - Research
• Department Office

Institutions and agencies in the Department's sector

• Universities
• Polytechnics
• National Board of Education and educational institutions in its sector
• Matriculation Examination Board
• Student Financial Aid Appeal Board
• The Regional State Administrative Agencies and the Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment when dealing with educational matters
• Academy of Finland
• Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• Advisory Board for Sectoral Research
• Archives
• Repository Library

Contact information

Personal Assistant to the Director General
Nergis Samaletdin
Tel. +358-(0)9-1607 7415
Fax +358-(0)9- 1607 7150

P.O. Box 29
FI - 00023 GOVERNMENT FINLAND

E-mail: firstname.familyname@minedu.fi