page_title: Oulu
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Oulu / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: Buildings of the engineering units of the Oulu University of Applied Sciences. Suomi: Oulun ammattikorkeakoulun tekniikan yksikön rakennuksia Kaukovainiolla.
context_page_description: Oulu is a city and municipality of 208 939 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in Northern Finland, and the fifth most populous in the country.
  Oulu is considered one of Europe's "living labs", where residents experiment with new technology on a community-wide scale.
context_section_description: The University of Oulu and Oulu University of Applied Sciences have their main campuses located in Oulu.
  Oulu is home to the most northerly architecture school in the world. The school is best known for its strong regionalistic ideas for developing architecture. This movement is named "the Oulu school" ("Oulun koulu") of architecture.
  Oulu Vocational College has over 13 000 students. It houses several different study subjects in different units which are spread over Oulu and neighbouring municipalities. Oulu Vocational College School of Business Studies is one of the few vocational schools which has game programming in its curriculum.
  Oulu International School is one of nine schools in Finland offering basic education in English. There's also a Swedish-speaking private school (Swedish Svenska Privatskolan i Uleåborg) for students up until high school. The school is the northernmost Swedish-speaking school in Finland.
caption: Oulu University of Applied Sciences Campus
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