Higher Vocational Education

The statistics show number of applicants to higher vocational education as well as students and graduates.

Applicants and students in higher vocational education 2023

The number of applicants to higher vocational education (HVE) programs increased by 6% in 2023. The proportion of men applying to HVE programs increased compared to the previous year. The number of people applying for and starting studies in courses...

Transition upper secondary school – post-secondary education, upper secondary school graduates 2013/14-2018/19

For the second year in a row, more women than men continued to study in post-secondary education after a higher education preparatory upper-secondary programme.

Fine arts- and culture programmes and certain other programmes, 2019

Admitted students who commenced studies in fine arts and cultural programmes have highly educated parents. Around 40 percent of admitted students who commenced studies in 2015-2019 have at least one parent with post-secondary education three years or...

Transition upper secondary school – post-secondary education, upper secondary school graduates

The share of men who graduate from higher education preparatory programmes who commence studying within the first year after graduation has dropped slightly, and among graduates in 2017/18 is on a level with the share of women...

Employment and income for Higher Vocational Education graduates

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Graduation rate in higher vocational education 2016-2020

Transition between higher vocational education and higher education

Reasons to choose higher vocational education

Table appendix (xlsx)

UF0701_2022A01_BR_A40BR2310.pdf