Home   Austria   Belgium   Bulgaria   Croatia   Czech Republic   Finland   France   Germany   Hungary   Italy   Lithuania   Netherlands   Poland   Romania   Serbia   Slovakia   Slovenia   Spain   Sweden   Switzerland   United Kingdom   ENS SERVICE   Education & Training Finland General Information Network Stakeholders Universities Research Institutes National Authorities Industry Career opportunities General information Finnish higher education consists in a dualistic model: universities promoting research and scientific and artistic learning Polytechnics (known also as universities of applied sciences) promoting professional higher education and applied R&D. All 16 universities operating under the Ministry of Education confer Bachelor's, Master's, licentiate and doctoral degrees (3 + 2 + 4 years). Polytechnics confer Bachelor’s (from 3.5 up to 4 years) and Master’s (1 – 1.5 years) degrees. A student is eligible for Master’s level studies after accomplishing a Bachelor’s degree, and having at least three years of relevant work experience after that. All studies are quantified as credits (ECTS, European Credit Transfer System). One year of full-time study corresponds to 60 credits. Source