Education in Åland

Higher education is offered at the Åland University of Applied Sciences.

From 2001 to 2014, the percentage of compulsory schools' pupils that don't take courses in any other language than Swedish has increased from 16.8% to 31.2%.

[4][5] Primary education in Åland is carried out in lower secondary school (Swedish: Lågstadiet) and it is provided by the municipalities.

[7] Åland lyceum is a tertiary education preparatory secondary school, providing general education and broad eligibility for university of applied sciences and university studies.

It was established in 1997 and took its current form on January 1, 2003 after it merged with the Åland Open University.

[5] The Åland Islands founded Alandica Shipping Academy in 2020, which offers basic courses and refresher courses for seafarers as well as undergraduate marine education at high school and college level.