We build information flows and data warehouses

We collate data flows from different sources and share data with various actors. The data generated by CSC benefits learners, researchers, policy-makers, and the media.

From collecting the data to acting based on it

We collect reliable and high-quality information for the Ministry of Education and Culture in Finland to guide science and education policy. The data we collect is used to observe the field, for statistical purposes and to allocate funding. Among other things, we enable the monitoring of graduate careers.

The services built by CSC also provide the Finnish National Agency for Education, Statistics Finland, and other government agencies with information to support their work. In addition, we supply education providers with data that they can use to monitor and develop their activities. Data on the educational and occupational structure of the population is, for example, used to monitor education levels and to anticipate labour market and education needs.

Small trickles make up a large stream

We collect data from several different sources and collate single data flows into interoperable sets. To build data flows and produce a high-quality knowledge base, we engage in continuous cooperation with numerous data producers and users.

CSC has the technical capabilities to build data warehouses and flows, as well as an understanding of what data is. We also have solid competence in the fields of education and research. We process raw data into useful information, support data analysis, convert it into a commensurate form, and share it in a comprehensible format.

CSC acts as a key intermediary that collates and enriches data before sharing it with users. (Click the image for a bigger view.)

Explore our services that connect different data flows

The VIRTA register makes daily life easier for students

The VIRTA higher education achievement register (in Finnish) streamlines students’ everyday life in many ways. Thanks to it and other data flows, a student can, for example:

buy a student-priced public transportation ticket for the Helsinki Metropolitan Area with their mobile phone
register for the academic year (OILI) and take exams electronically (EXAM)
study flexibly at other higher education institutions and transfer their study records both nationally and internationally (e.g. EMREX)
prove their entitlement to use Finnish Student Health Service FSHS’ services

The VIRTA register contains machine-readable data on higher education students’ study rights, semester enrolments, degrees, study attainments and grades as well as exchange periods completed abroad.

It plays a key role as a data provider in organizing the higher education institutions’ joint application process and in the operations of Kela, the Social Insurance Institution of Finland, and Valvira, the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health. Via VIRTA, Kela checks study rights and progress, and Valvira verifies education and professional qualifications.

Through CSC’s services, students also receive information on flexible study opportunities in other higher education institutions and can easily register for them. We also transfer completed study attainments nationally and internationally.

Vipunen provides reliable data on education in Finland

Vipunen, the education administration’s statistical service, compiles key administrative data in education and research and makes it publicly available for all.

The service collects data along learner’s entire study path from early childhood education and care all the way to higher education.
The highly detailed data supports education administration experts in their work.
Vipunen is also a reliable source of information for policy-makers and the media.
For those applying for study places, the service offers data on the scores needed for admission to degree programs as well as information on graduate career development in different fields.
The data in Vipunen can also be accessed via an open interface.

The National Research Information Hub collects and shares information about research in Finland

The National Research Information Hub (in Finnish) improves the visibility and societal impact of Finnish research.

The service collects data on experts working in science and innovation, publications, research datasets, projects and funding.
It reduces the amount of reporting and administrative overlap by combining separate systems through data flows.
Researchers can examine open calls for proposals and share their expertise and research outputs in their profiles.
Research funders have access to the information needed at different stages of the funding process.
Research organizations gain access to up-to-date information research activities in Finland, and this data can be integrated into their own systems.
All data is published on the Research.fiwebsite, and can be used by research actors through interfaces.