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FROM🇰🇷 South KoreaTO🇫🇮 Finland

South Korea university-entry stage to Finland: education route

Compare university-entry stage 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 High school · Grades 10–12 / high-school equivalency examination / CSAT. Finland describes the receiving stage as General upper secondary or vocational education. Use the linked destination framework with the learner’s current subjects and records when confirming the receiving year and placement process.

DEPARTING STAGEHigh school · Grades 10–12 / high-school equivalency examination / CSATARRIVING STAGEGeneral upper secondary or vocational education

📚 Side-by-side

What crosses with the learner

Route point🇰🇷 South Korea🇫🇮 Finland
Current stageHigh school · Grades 10–12 / high-school equivalency examination / CSATGeneral upper secondary or vocational education
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

National curriculum and achievement standardsNational Curriculum Information Center ↗High-school equivalency qualification, subjects and passing rulesNational Institute for Lifelong Education · High-school Equivalency Support Center ↗CSAT official informationKorea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation ↗Current CSAT candidate guideKorea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation ↗Finnish education systemFinnish National Agency for Education ↗General upper-secondary education and matriculationFinnish National Agency for Education ↗
South Korea education systemSchool stages, qualifications and official sources →Finland education systemSchool stages, qualifications and official sources →South Korea Grade 4 / Year 4 to Finland: education routeCompare the next stage or reverse route →South Korea Grade 7 / Year 7 to Finland: education routeCompare the next stage or reverse route →South Korea Grade 11 / Year 11 to Finland: education routeCompare the next stage or reverse route →South Korea school-leaving stage to Finland: education routeCompare the next stage or reverse route →Finland university-entry stage to South Korea: education routeCompare the next stage or reverse route →

🔎 Also described as

moving from South Korea to Finland for university-entry stageSouth Korea university-entry stage in FinlandSouth Korea to Finland school transfer requirements