Education in Åland

Education in Åland
Ministry of Education and Culture
MinisterJohan Ehn
National education budget (2013)
Budget€53.932 million (public)
4.7% of GDP
General details
Primary languagesSwedish
Enrollment (2014)
Total4,491
Primary1,910
Secondary2,091
Post secondary490

The education system in Åland includes primary, secondary, and higher levels. Education is compulsory from age 6 to 15. This includes six years of primary school and three years of lower secondary school. After completing lower secondary school, students may continue to upper secondary education, provided by Ålands gymnasium. Higher education is offered at the Åland University of Applied Sciences.

Education in Åland is administered by the Ministry of Education and Culture (Swedish: Undervisnings- och kulturministeriet).