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Expertise for partner schools throughout Southwestern Finland
STEAM Turku is the science and technology path of the City of Turku Education Division, combining early childhood, basic and upper secondary level education and providing countless opportunities to children and young people of different ages. There is a personal path for everyone into the world of science and technology.
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Free-of-charge 20-hour early childhood education trial for 5-year-old children
Five-year-old children born in 2013 will be provided with free-of-charge early childhood education in Turku as part of a trial programme for the entire year running from 1 August 2018 to 31 July 2019.
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Study in Turku
Turku is home to 40,000 students and six higher education institutions. Turku invites you to come and see what’s happening in Finland's best student city.
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Learn about the Education Division!
Do you know how many day care units there are in Turku, or how many languages are spoken in Turku schools as mother tongues? And what on earth is Tuubi? Download the brand new general brochure or browse it on your mobile device!
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Want to visit our schools?
Groups of all sizes are most welcome to visit us! All school visits can be personalized according to your interests.
Survey for parents
24.01.2019
Parents are engaged in evaluating the experiment for providing five-year-olds with free early childhood education and care
The Government has launched an experiment for providing five-year-olds with free early childhood education and care (ECEC) for the period 2018–2020. The experiment involves providing families with 20 hours of free ECEC for their children born in 2013. The Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (FINEEC) is responsible for evaluating the experiment.
An information meeting will be arranged on Monday 28 January at 6 p.m.
22.01.2019
The gym of Lauste school is closed due to indoor air problems
The gym of Lauste school is closed due to indoor air problems since 21 January 2019. There is an indication of a microbe damage.
27.12.2018
Enrolling for the First Year at School and Preschool Education
Children who will turn 7 that year or are older than that and who have not yet started school should be enrolled for compulsory education. Enrolment can be conducted on the Wilma system between the 27th of December 2018 and 13th of January 2019. Enrolling for Preschool Education starts 2nd of January 2019.
Merry Christmas And a Happy New Year 2019
13.12.2018
City of Turku Education Division's Opening Hours During the Christmas
Schools close for the Christmas break from Dec 23 through Jan 6, 2019.
Survey for parents
24.01.2019
Parents are engaged in evaluating the experiment for providing five-year-olds with free early childhood education and care
The Government has launched an experiment for providing five-year-olds with free early childhood education and care (ECEC) for the period 2018–2020. The experiment involves providing families with 20 hours of free ECEC for their children born in 2013. The Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (FINEEC) is responsible for evaluating the experiment.
An information meeting will be arranged on Monday 28 January at 6 p.m.
22.01.2019
The gym of Lauste school is closed due to indoor air problems
The gym of Lauste school is closed due to indoor air problems since 21 January 2019. There is an indication of a microbe damage.
27.12.2018
Enrolling for the First Year at School and Preschool Education
Children who will turn 7 that year or are older than that and who have not yet started school should be enrolled for compulsory education. Enrolment can be conducted on the Wilma system between the 27th of December 2018 and 13th of January 2019. Enrolling for Preschool Education starts 2nd of January 2019.
Merry Christmas And a Happy New Year 2019
13.12.2018
City of Turku Education Division's Opening Hours During the Christmas
Schools close for the Christmas break from Dec 23 through Jan 6, 2019.
The project in Turku inspires nationally
29.01.2018
The City of Turku has been given a Finnish Schools on the Move award
The Ministry of Education has given the cities of Turku and Oulu a Finnish Schools on the Move award. The awards, worth 5 000 euros, were donated from the revenue of Veikkaus Oy. The awarded sum will be used to promote physical activity among pupils or in the school environment.
Outdoor day care is increasingly popular in Finland
16.11.2017
Finnish children spend the entire day outside
As I visit the outdoor day care centre group at Viinamäenkatu 7, Turku, they are having a rehearsal for Finland 100 -themed celebrations at Hannunniittu school and the children are excited. They will be performing sports activities in the style of the 1950’s. For these active kids, a sports performance is a perfect fit, as they spend their days outside in the fresh air engaging in physical activities.
Minister of Education and Culture, Sanni Grahn-Laasonen, in Turku
02.05.2017
Multicultural schools on the move enrich everyday life
Minister of Education and Culture, Sanni Grahn-Laasonen, visited Turku on Monday, 20 March. Grahn-Laasonen visited the Lauste school, which has quite positive experiences on the integration of a large number of immigrant students, and which is an active participant in the Schools on the Move project.
The survey was answered by the schools’ staff, students, and the students’ guardians
02.05.2017
Schools in Turku are comfortable
A quality survey of basic education was carried out in all Finnish- and Swedish-speaking comprehensive schools in Turku for the third time this winter. The survey was sent to the staff and students, but also the guardians of the students. The results are mainly positive, and the students like going to their school. Satisfaction with the operations of the schools is mainly on a high level.
Survey for parents
24.01.2019
Parents are engaged in evaluating the experiment for providing five-year-olds with free early childhood education and care
The Government has launched an experiment for providing five-year-olds with free early childhood education and care (ECEC) for the period 2018–2020. The experiment involves providing families with 20 hours of free ECEC for their children born in 2013. The Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (FINEEC) is responsible for evaluating the experiment.
An information meeting will be arranged on Monday 28 January at 6 p.m.
22.01.2019
The gym of Lauste school is closed due to indoor air problems
The gym of Lauste school is closed due to indoor air problems since 21 January 2019. There is an indication of a microbe damage.
27.12.2018
Enrolling for the First Year at School and Preschool Education
Children who will turn 7 that year or are older than that and who have not yet started school should be enrolled for compulsory education. Enrolment can be conducted on the Wilma system between the 27th of December 2018 and 13th of January 2019. Enrolling for Preschool Education starts 2nd of January 2019.
Merry Christmas And a Happy New Year 2019
13.12.2018
City of Turku Education Division's Opening Hours During the Christmas
Schools close for the Christmas break from Dec 23 through Jan 6, 2019.
The project in Turku inspires nationally
29.01.2018
The City of Turku has been given a Finnish Schools on the Move award
The Ministry of Education has given the cities of Turku and Oulu a Finnish Schools on the Move award. The awards, worth 5 000 euros, were donated from the revenue of Veikkaus Oy. The awarded sum will be used to promote physical activity among pupils or in the school environment.
Outdoor day care is increasingly popular in Finland
16.11.2017
Finnish children spend the entire day outside
As I visit the outdoor day care centre group at Viinamäenkatu 7, Turku, they are having a rehearsal for Finland 100 -themed celebrations at Hannunniittu school and the children are excited. They will be performing sports activities in the style of the 1950’s. For these active kids, a sports performance is a perfect fit, as they spend their days outside in the fresh air engaging in physical activities.
Minister of Education and Culture, Sanni Grahn-Laasonen, in Turku
02.05.2017
Multicultural schools on the move enrich everyday life
Minister of Education and Culture, Sanni Grahn-Laasonen, visited Turku on Monday, 20 March. Grahn-Laasonen visited the Lauste school, which has quite positive experiences on the integration of a large number of immigrant students, and which is an active participant in the Schools on the Move project.
The survey was answered by the schools’ staff, students, and the students’ guardians
02.05.2017
Schools in Turku are comfortable
A quality survey of basic education was carried out in all Finnish- and Swedish-speaking comprehensive schools in Turku for the third time this winter. The survey was sent to the staff and students, but also the guardians of the students. The results are mainly positive, and the students like going to their school. Satisfaction with the operations of the schools is mainly on a high level.
24.04.2017
Flexibility for the education of young people
In cooperation with the Turku Vocational Institute, the Turku Apprenticeship Centre has developed a new and flexible study path for young people.
According to a new survey from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the reading literacy, maths and science skills of 15-year-old Finns are among the highest of industrialised countries.
The quality of the Finnish educational system overall was also ranked highly in the OECD’s How’s Life? 2015survey.
