Students

Finland

Student, apply for financial aid and housing allowance for next Autumn

The Nomad Today 6/30/19

The housing allowance can be granted starting from 1 August.

Finland

Student, request now financial aid for this summer

The Nomad Today 5/13/19

Students who will be studying in the summer should apply for financial aid now, so that the applications can be processed and decided on before the summer studies start. Kela recommends to apply for…

Finland

Finland redraws its strategy to compete for highly skilled foreign labor

The Nomad Today 4/9/19

The Government is exploring new measures to facilitate the entry of more international students and to get them to work in the country once they have completed their training

Finland

Kela will charge a fee to higher education students for medical care

The Nomad Today 3/6/19

The Finnish Social Security institution will take administrative responsibility for providing health care to higher education students since January 2021

Finland

Kela tries to recover 43.3 million euros in overpayments to students

The Nomad Today 2/13/19

If a student does not cancel or return financial aid, any overpayments of aid are recovered and are subject to a surcharge of 7.5%