Upper secondary level
About us
Turku Teacher Training School has two missions that are closely intertwined. Firstly, we provide
high quality education and secondly, we are a part of the Faculty of Education of
Turku University playing a central role in the training of prospective teachers. Turku Teacher Training School has about 100 teachers (also acting as teacher educators) and 250
teacher trainees working on the same premises. Turku Teacher Training School has been a
UNESCO-school since 1999.
The school
The school is located in an urban environment three miles from the centre of the city. The surrounding community is economically and culturally diverse. Students taking the national curricula typically come from the local community, but the IB Diploma Programme serves a wider region.
Curriculum
The Finnish national upper secondary curriculum is an academically challenging three-year programme preparing the students for national matriculation examinations to pass the secondary education diploma (Ylioppilastutkinto). The annual intake is 52. For the IB Diploma Programme the annual intake is 30. The IB Diploma Programme is preceded by a one-year PreDP programme. We offer the following subjects: Finnish, English, Swedish, German, French, Spanish, economics, history, psychology, business management, biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics.
In addition, we offer business studies for all of our students.