Editing Solothurn (section)

==Education==
[[File:Kanti solothurn feb2009.jpg|thumb|The Cantonal School (Gymnasium) in Solothurn]]

In Solothurn about 5,724 or (37.0%) of the population have completed non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]], and 2,815 or (18.2%) have completed additional higher education (either [[List of universities in Switzerland|university]] or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]''). Of the 2,815 who completed tertiary schooling, 58.0% were Swiss men, 28.0% were Swiss women, 8.1% were non-Swiss men and 5.9% were non-Swiss women.<ref name=STAT2000/>

During the 2010–2011 school year there were a total of students in the Solothurn school system. The [[Education in Switzerland|education system]] in the Canton of Solothurn allows young children to attend two years of non-obligatory [[Kindergarten]].<ref>[http://www.so.ch/departemente/bildung-und-kultur/volksschule-und-kindergarten/infos-zu/schulsystem.html Canton of Solothurn – Education information] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508024839/http://www.so.ch/departemente/bildung-und-kultur/volksschule-und-kindergarten/infos-zu/schulsystem.html |date=2011-05-08 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 11 March 2011</ref> During that school year, there were Schülerbestand children in kindergarten. The canton's school system requires students to attend six years of [[primary school]], with some of the children attending smaller, specialized classes. In the municipality there were 2010–2011 students in primary school. The [[secondary school]] program consists of three lower, obligatory years of schooling, followed by three to five years of optional, advanced schools. All the lower secondary students from Solothurn attend their school in a neighboring municipality.<ref>[http://www.so.ch/departemente/bildung-und-kultur/volksschule-und-kindergarten/infos-zu/statistik/daten.html Canton of Solothurn – School statistics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707003114/http://www.so.ch/departemente/bildung-und-kultur/volksschule-und-kindergarten/infos-zu/statistik/daten.html |date=2011-07-07 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 13 March 2011</ref> {{as of|2000}}, there were 2,517 students in Solothurn who came from another municipality, while 188 residents attended schools outside the municipality.<ref name=commuter/>

Solothurn is home to two libraries. These libraries include the Zentralbibliothek Solothurn and the ''Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, Pädagogische Hochschule, Standort Solothurn'' (a library of the Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz). There was a combined total ({{as of|2008|lc=on}}) of 1,195,394 books or other media in the libraries, and in the same year a total of 522,650 items were loaned out.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/16/02/02/data.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office, list of libraries] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706231342/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/16/02/02/data.html |date=2015-07-06 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 14 May 2010</ref>