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NARIC guide on Higher Education Systems in the European Union

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Appendix I<br />

List of qualificati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong> universities and AMK <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s (polytechnics)<br />

I. University qualificati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

The list c<strong>on</strong>sists of A. lower academic degrees, new and old; B. higher academic degrees, new and old; C. postgraduate, i.e.<br />

doctoral degrees, new and old. The qualificati<strong>on</strong>s are listed accord<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>the</strong> field of study. The titles and <strong>the</strong>ir abbreviati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

are given <strong>in</strong> F<strong>in</strong>nish and Swedish. See also II.2.1 for descripti<strong>on</strong> of <strong>the</strong> two systems. For special types of degrees, see secti<strong>on</strong><br />

III.<br />

A. Lower academic degrees (i.e. alemmat korkeakoulututk<strong>in</strong>not)<br />

The dates <strong>in</strong>dicate: for <strong>the</strong> new degrees, <strong>the</strong> date when <strong>the</strong> decrees (<strong>the</strong> number of <strong>the</strong> relevant decree <strong>in</strong> brackets) came <strong>in</strong>to<br />

force; for <strong>the</strong> old degrees, <strong>the</strong> date until which <strong>the</strong> degrees can be awarded.<br />

Theology<br />

New: from August 1995 (517/95)<br />

Teologian kandidaatti/Teologie kandidat (TK)<br />

Old: until <strong>the</strong> end of July 1998 (University of Joensuu)<br />

Ortodoksisen kirkkokunnan kanttori/Ortodoxa kyrkosamfundets kantor<br />

The humanities<br />

New: from August 1994 (221/94)<br />

Humanististen tieteiden kandidaatti/Kandidat i humanistiska vetenskaper (HuK)<br />

Law<br />

New: from August 1996 (86/96)<br />

Oikeusnotaari/Rättsnotarie (ON/RN)<br />

Old: until <strong>the</strong> end of July 2000<br />

Varanotaari/Vicenotarie (VN)<br />

Social sciences<br />

New: from August 1994 (245/94)<br />

Hall<strong>in</strong>totieteiden kandidaatti/Förvaltn<strong>in</strong>gskandidat (HTK/FöK)<br />

Valtiotieteiden kandidaatti/Politices kandidat (VTK/PK)<br />

Yhteiskuntatieteiden kandidaatti/Kandidat i samhällsvetenskaper (YTK/SVK)<br />

Sosi<strong>on</strong>omi/Soci<strong>on</strong>om; <strong>the</strong> degree is awarded by <strong>the</strong> Swedish School of Social Science of <strong>the</strong> University of Hels<strong>in</strong>ki<br />

Old: until <strong>the</strong> end of July 1998, University of Tampere<br />

Hall<strong>in</strong>tovirkamiestutk<strong>in</strong>to/Förvaltn<strong>in</strong>gstjänstemannaexamen<br />

Verovirkamiestutk<strong>in</strong>to/Skattetjänstemannaexamen<br />

Kunnallistutk<strong>in</strong>to/Kommunalexamen<br />

Yle<strong>in</strong>en vakuutustutk<strong>in</strong>to/Allmän försäkr<strong>in</strong>gsexamen<br />

Nuorisotyön tutk<strong>in</strong>to/Ungdomsarbetsexamen<br />

Toimittajatutk<strong>in</strong>to/Redaktörsexamen<br />

<br />

Sosiaalihuoltajatutk<strong>in</strong>to/Socialvårdsexamen<br />

Yhteiskunnall<strong>in</strong>en tutk<strong>in</strong>to/Examen i samhällskunskap<br />

NB: The first two qualificati<strong>on</strong>s entitle <strong>the</strong> holder to use <strong>the</strong> title hall<strong>in</strong>t<strong>on</strong>otaari/förvaltn<strong>in</strong>gsnotarie, and <strong>the</strong> last six<br />

<strong>the</strong> title sosi<strong>on</strong>omi/soci<strong>on</strong>om.

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