✈️ Academic route

FROM🇰🇷 South KoreaTO🇫🇮 Finland

South Korea Grade 4 / Year 4 to Finland: education route

Compare Grade 4 / Year 4 in South Korea with the corresponding school stage in Finland, then open the official curriculum and placement authorities for both systems.

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Route alignment

South Korea describes this point as 초등학교 · Grades 1–6. Finland describes the receiving stage as Basic education · Years 1–6. Use the linked destination framework with the learner’s current subjects and records when confirming the receiving year and placement process.

DEPARTING STAGE초등학교 · Grades 1–6ARRIVING STAGEBasic education · Years 1–6

📚 Side-by-side

What crosses with the learner

Route point🇰🇷 South Korea🇫🇮 Finland
Current stage초등학교 · Grades 1–6Basic education · Years 1–6
Education authorityA national curriculum is implemented through metropolitan and provincial education offices; KICE administers the CSAT.National core curricula are issued by the Finnish National Agency for Education and implemented locally by education providers.
Application fileCurrent school records and subject historyReceiving authority and school placement requirements

🧳 Preparation file

Bring these into the route

  1. Recent report cards or transcripts and the current subject list
  2. School-attendance and progression records requested by the receiving school
  3. Identity, residence, guardianship, and address documents required locally
  4. Certified translations and language-learning history where requested

🔗 Official links

Open the issuing sources

🎓 Practice the route

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🔎 Also described as

moving from South Korea to Finland for Grade 4 / Year 4South Korea Grade 4 / Year 4 in FinlandSouth Korea to Finland school transfer requirements