Education differs from country to country because each country has its own education system. However, it is commonly believed that Finland has the best education system in the world (Gamerman,2008). Therefore, its education system differs in many ways from that of other countries, such as Germany. The Finnish education system consists of basic education, upper secondary education and higher education (Vossensteyn,2008), while the German education system consists of primary, secondary and tertiary education (Lohmar,2012). Even though 9-year schooling is compulsory in both countries, they differ in the type of school, length of education, and so on. This article will explain the similarities and differences between these two education systems in more detail. General information about education in Finland and Germany In Finland, the education system is decentralized. (Moore, 2008). According to (Moore, 2008) the responsibility of the Ministry of Education is to prepare and implement educational policy. He said that the education system and its policy are administered by the Ministry of Education and the Finnish National Council of Education. In Finland there is a national core curriculum and it is the responsibility of the Finnish National Board of Education. However, Moore (2008) highlighted that local authorities have a primary role in education. Kupianien, Hutamaki, Kajalainen (2008) also mentioned that local authorities are the education providers who organize and provide education in Finland because the municipal curriculum can be regulated by local authorities based on the national core curriculum. That is, local authorities can form their own curriculum according to this cur...... half of the document ......action. Satisfactory passing of the matriculation exam leads to the issuance of the matriculation exam certificate. (Moore, 2008).Lohmar, that in higher education you can see three degrees: bachelor's degree, master's degree and doctoral degree. The first university degree, the bachelor's, can generally be obtained in three years of full-time study. The higher education system includes universities and polytechnics, where the entry requirement is a general or professional secondary diploma. The basic rule is that universities, their faculties or departments select their students based on their matriculation exam scores, school leaving diploma and/or entrance exams (Ministry of Education, 2005). All studies are free. In conclusion, in Finland, teachers teach students with the goal of helping them learn, not to pass tests.