Some of the Good Reasons to Choose Finland

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• Some of the Good Reasons to Choose Finland
• Why Finland?
• Merja Lankinen
• Communications Director
• CIMO

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The Centre for International Mobility CIMO

• established in 1991
• operates under the Finnish Ministry of Education
• promotes cross-cultural communication and
  mobility in training, education, working life,
  cultural field as well as among young people

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CIMOs main operations

• to co-ordinate and run scholarship and training
  programmes as well as European Union education,
  culture and youth programmes and Nordic
  Nordplus-programmes
• to gather, process and distribute information
• to promote teaching and learning of Finnish
  language and culture at universities abroad
• to carry out marketing communications activities
  in order to make Finnish opportunities better
  known
• to support internationalisation with training,
  information, advisory services and publications

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CIMOs year 2005

• total budget 28.4 million euros
• 20.7 millions euros distributed as scholarships
• recorded changes with 87 countries
• 143 titles published, 197,600 copies distributed
• 995.000 visits on CIMOs web sites

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Finnish higher education offers plenty of choice

• an extensive network of institutions covering the
  whole country
• 20 universities and 29 polytechnics
• all institutions internationally oriented with
  special regional features

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Universities and polytechnics
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• Age
• 24
• 19
• 16
• 7

Universities 3-6 years
Polytechnics 3.5-4 years
The Finnish education system
General upper secondary education 3 years
Initial vocational education c. 3 years
Comprehensive school 9 years
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Universities

• 20 universities in a country of 5,2 million
  people
• 10 multi-faculty universities
• 3 universities of technology
• 3 schools of economics and business
  administration
• 4 art academies
• 174,000 students

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Polytechnics

• 29 polytechnics
• geared towards professional education business,
  industry and services
• fields of study natural resources technology
  and transport administration and business
  hotel, catering and home economics health and
  social services culture humanities and
  education
• 131,000 students

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International Strategy for Finnish HEIs

• By 2010
• 28 000 student exchanges annually
• 10 000 - 15 000 international degree students
• Emphasis on
• Bologna process
• increase of international programmes
• clarification of entry and residence requirements
  of students
• marketing of Finnish HE
• student services

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International students in Finland

• Degree students (2004)
• 8442 (China, Russia, Estonia)
• Exchange students (2004)
• 7237 ( Germany, France, Spain)

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Why Finland?

• Good education system with high standards
• Variety of international study programmes taught
  in English
• Modern facilties and well trimmed student
  services
• High technology and unspoiled nature hand in hand
• Peaceful and well organised country

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A good education system with high standards

• high standards maintained through continuous
  development and quality assurance
• internationally competitive qualifications and
  academic credentials
• Bachelors, Masters and Doctors degree
  programmes
• good-quality graduate schools for young
  researchers
• excellent support from teachers
• close collaboration with industry and business

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Variety of international study programmes taught
in English

• close to 400 international study programmes
  taught in English
• courses ranging from short-term programmes to
  entire degree programmes
• an excellent choice of subjects spanning
  high-tech know-how through to fine arts
• internationally acclaimed expertise in many areas
  e.g. IT, bio-tech, forestry and environmental
  sciences, architecture and design

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Modern facilities and well trimmed student
services

• established international reputation for high
  standard of facilities
• free access to well-equipped library and computer
  services
• range of services dedicated to international
  students including orientation, academic
  counselling and language courses
• a wide variety of student organizations and
  events on offer
• the latest information technology fully exploited

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High technology and unspoilt nature hand in hand

• inspiring cross-cultural environment
• western tradition enriched with eastern and
  Nordic influences
• excellent opportunities for sports and cultural
  activities

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Peaceful and well organised country

• Nordic state with social equality
• both exotic and modern
• socially advanced
• English widely used

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How to come Finland?

• Exchange students
• take contact with your own institutions
  international offices
• many opportunities available from bilateral
  agreements to multinational programmes
• Degree students
• eligibility for higher education in own country
• direct contact with the Finnish institution
• entrance examinations mostly required
• good command of English
• application deadlines mainly from January to May

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How to come to Finland?

• Post-graduate students and young researches
• direct contact with the Finnish institution
• scholarships available
• - bilateral scholarships
• - CIMO Fellowships
• - post-graduate and advanced studies of Finnish
  language in Finnish university
• For more information visit http//finland.cimo.fi
  

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How to get touch with CIMO

• Centre for International Mobility CIMO
• PO BOX 343, FI-00531 Finland
• Tel. [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• www.cimo.fi