Regulations and Guidelines
This section contains the legislation and decrees governing the organisation and implementation of the Matriculation Examination, as well as the general and test-specific regulations and guidelines.
General Regulations and Guidelines
General Regulations and Guidelines
Appendix 1: Technical Arrangements for the Exam Room
Appendix 2: Guidelines for the Candidate’s Computer
Appendix 3: Regulation on the Use of the Wireless Examination Network in the Matriculation Examination
Appendix 4a: Guidelines for Invigilators – Examination Day Procedure and Arrangements
Appendix 4b: Guidelines for Invigilators – When Problems Arise
Test-Specific Regulations and Guidelines
Mother tongue and literature
Finnish or Swedish as a second language and literature
Finnish or Swedish as a second language and literature (spring 2027–)
Humanities and natural sciences
Mathematics
The second national language and foreign languages
Regulations and Guidelines for Special Arrangements
Regulations and guidelines on taking into account reasons impairing examination performance (6 February 2024)
Acts and Decrees
The Matriculation Examination and matters related to it are mainly governed by the Act on the Matriculation Examination (502/2019) and the Government Decree on the Matriculation Examination (612/2019).
Lukiolaki (714/2018) (Act on General Upper Secondary Education in Finnish)
Laki ylioppilastutkinnosta (502/2019) (Act on the Matriculation Examination in Finnish)
Laki valtakunnallisista opinto- ja tutkintorekistereistä (884/2017) (Act on the National Study and Examination Registers in Finnish)
Asetus ylioppilastutkinnosta (612/2019) (Government Decree on the Matriculation Examination in Finnish)