Tikkurila Upper Secondary School ( fi, Tikkurilan lukio), abbreviated in Finnish as TILU, is the largest
high school in
Finland, with about 1200 students from years 10 to 12. The school also offer an IB programme which is greatly valued in all around the world. The school is located in
Tikkurila
Tikkurila (; sv, Dickursby) is a district and major region of the municipality of Vantaa, Finland. Located in the eastern half of the Helsinki conurbation, some north of the capital's downtown district, it is the administrative and commercial h ...
,
Vantaa, and is approximately from
Hiekkaharju's station. In 2018, junior high school graduates needed a minimum of 8.10 GPA to be admitted to study at Tikkurila Upper Secondary.
TILU classifies its courses into different class groups that focus on specific subjects. Since 2009 there has been a
mathematics
Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...
and
physical education group, in addition to a music group. The school also provides a variety of
media and different languages courses including
Latin and
Japanese. TILU's friend-school is in
Singapore and the schools arrange visits to one another's schools annually.
Tilu's
principal is Mari Aalto
International Baccalaureate
In addition to the typical Finnish curriculum, TILU offers the IBDP, the
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, with about ninety students in the school. TILU IB is one of the best IB schools in Finland offering a wide range of subjects for students with different aims and goals. In TILU, the IB subject choices are:
*Group 1 - English A1/Finnish A1
*Group 2 - English B/Finnish B
*Group 3 - History/
Philosophy
Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...
/
Psychology
*Group 4 - Biology/Chemistry/Physics
*Group 5 - Mathematics HL/SL/studies SL
*Group 6 -
Visual arts/additional subject from groups 3-4
In addition, the school also has a personal library for students to use, which other IB schools in Finland do not have. Our students are all-rounded and welcoming!
School Grounds
*Library
*Gym
*Large lunch area
*Large School Yard
*Auditorium
*Lab
*Large study spaces
References
External links
home page
Schools in Finland
Vantaa
Education in Uusimaa
International Baccalaureate schools in Finland
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