Education

Main building of the University of Helsinki Haaga-Helia University Of Applied Sciences is the largest business polytechnic in Finland.

Helsinki has 190 comprehensive schools, 41 upper secondary schools and 15 vocational institutes. Half of the 41 upper secondary schools are private or state-owned, the other half municipal. Higher level education is given in eight universities (see the section "Universities" below) and four polytechnics.

Universities Main article: List of universities in Finland University of Helsinki Aalto University (The Schools of Science are located in Espoo) Hanken School of Economics University of the Arts Helsinki National Defence University Polytechnics Main article: List of polytechnics in Finland Haaga-Helia University Of Applied Sciences Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences Arcada University of Applied Sciences

Helsinki is one of the co-location centres of the Knowledge and Innovation Community (Future information and communication society ) of The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).

The educational department takes part in Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013 in Finland.