It's been a year since I first started watching these! Now I'm sitting in Otaniemi, but I still click right away when I see one of these :D Thank you so much for all the help you provided and still provide!
Hey Fiona, lovely to have you here again! Id love to hear how you've been doing and how has life treated you in Finland and in Otaniemi. Its just so cool to hear from people who've been watching these videos and have also been admitted to study in Finland. Makes me smile 🙂
Im really glad it was helpful! As always, do let me know if there are any issues that youd like me to elaborate on and id love to either answer them in the comment or even make a dedicated video.
Hi Oliver! Referring to booking a time for all required tests, I have choosen the field of interactive media and I have to submit creative assignments, do I need to book a time? If yes how do I book? Thanks in advance
Hei Oliver, I've been following your videos for a couple of years now, and the information you provide is incredibly useful, however I have a question: As far as I can tell, all your videos are aimed at people who want to study undergraduate or masters degrees (which makes sense), but I am hoping to come to Finland for a few months to intensively study the Finnish language (I've been learning Finnish in the UK for the past 3 years), possibly with the intention of moving to Finland later. Do you (or any of your existing videos) have any advice for people in my position? Paljon kiitoksia!
Thanks a lot Oliver for the useful information, I want to ask if I want to attend with my kids( 4 and 9 years old ), is there any fee that I should pay for children's school and also for health insurance for them.
Hi Shireen and thanks for the great question! Municipal education in Finland is free of charge when it is taught in Finnish or Swedish. However, public education does not cover English taught education from primary school to high school. Rather, if you want your children to do their school in English, you have to get them into a private school. These do have tuition fees and they depend on each individual school. Here are two examples: International school of Helsinki: ishelsinki.fi/fee-schedule-2019-2020/ European school of Helsinki: www.eshelsinki.com/join-us About the health insurance, this is a tough one and id prefer not to give any advice here. I simply dont have enough information to give you an informed answer. Its also such an important question that i dont want to start guessing. Unfortunately i dont know where to start looking for this information either so cant really help you here 😕
I found your videos very useful. I just have a question that I had the PTE score which meets the requirement of Aalto University, but it is only a few points higher than that. Do you think I should get a higher score or apply using my current test result?
Hey and thanks for the question. Also sorry for the delay in my answer. I get quite a lot of comments these days and it takes me a while to get back to everyone. Unfortunately its pretty difficult for me to say much about this topic. The issue here is that universities in Finland rarely publish the actual minimum requirements or scores for admission and this means that anything i say here is based on guesswork. I basically dont have any benchmarks that i could use to compare your numbers. Thus, i would say that if you feel unsure about your exam scores AND you are able to retake the exam, this is something that you should perhaps consider. However, before you do this, please do you own research and try to recheck the Aalto website for any clues about whether or not this matters.
Ufff, as a foreigner but member of the UE, I'll try in January to apply to some course of studies. For this moment, I can only apply to the ones that don't require the SAT (because I haven't taken that specific test as It's not common in my country). Manily some UAS's reserve some slots by evaluating with an exam , apart from the slots saved by doing the SAT. If I can't get a slot for 2021, I'll guess I'll have to do the SAT on 2021 in order to apply in 2022 to a broader offer of universities & UAS's.
This is an unfortunately wide spread problem and i really dont understand how the SAT's are not available in more countries - especially considering how commonly they are used in university admissions around the world... I do hope that you get in this year so that you dont have to do the SAT's. Did you already decide to which schools and degree programmes you'd be applying to?
@@RoadtoFinnish Well, for the time being I'm living in Spain so I will have to choose an online / distance course of studies. It also has to be in english and that has an application option besides SAT. When you combine these variables and also the fact that I want an IT career, I only found 2 options in Laurea UAS. I guess I'll try my luck with those :)
Hey Ata and thanks so much for the excellent question! If you apply for an English taught design programme at Aalto, you do not have to have any Finnish language skills, nor do you have to be a EU citizen. If you apply for the Finnish language programmes, you have to be pretty much a native Finnish speaker BUT you do not have to be a EU citizen. So this information about having to be a EU citizen is false. To your final question, i do not unfortunately know if there are any Turkmen studying at the Aalto school of arts and design. I dont see any reason why not but im not 100% certain. Its a big school 🙃 I hope this answered your questions 👍
Its very informative 👍 Please answer my question as I am interested to apply for master but I found very few program related to my studies so I am planning to apply for bachelor degree which I am interested to do with direct application.. My question is can I apply for direct application and joint application at the same time for bachelor and master? Because I don't want to loose this time period that's why planning to apply for both in case i m selected for master as there is only one program..
Hey and thanks for the great question! I would need to know the exact programme you are applying to but a generalised answer to your question is no, you cannot apply to one programme with both a separate and joint application. This is simply because each programme has its own application period and application method and i do not know of any programmes that would be applied to using both the separate and joint application. I can give you more detailed information if you share with me the university and the exact degree programme that you are applying for. However a general rule of thumb is that separate applications are used for English taught Master's programmes while joint application are used for English taught Bachelor's programmes. So using this logic you will have to apply using the joint applications that open up in January. Again, i would need to know the exact programme that you are applying to give you a 100% correct answer.
Hey Deniz and thanks for the question! My understanding is that you will still need to have sufficient funds on your bank account before moving to Finland. You simply dont have to have the money for the tuition. The Migri simply wants to make sure that everyone who moves to the country (whether they are EU citizens or not) have sufficient funds to live here so that they dont have to rely on the government for financial support.
Hello Oliver, do you know if im applying as international student with SAT score, completed vocational studies in Finland, do they look at other metrics like GPA, ECs etc.?
Also, is there are average acceptance scores for unis? If it's shows that for example: minimum accepted score 1400; does this mean that all applicants with 1400+ got invitation?
Hi Oliver and happy new year!! :) I guess the last part of the video applies for non EU students , right ? I see you are talking about tuition fees, but for EU students is free. Don't stress me out, I'm about to apply very soon to art uni xDDD
Hey pinkki milky and happy new year to you as well! Yes, you are correct in that the part about tuition fees only applies to non EU or non EAA residents. However, you still have to have sufficient financial resources to live in Finland even as a EU citizen. This refers to being able to pay for your living expenses. But yeah, you are correct 👍
Hey Ama and thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately my channel is fully focused on Finnish education and i dont really know anything about other european education systems or universities. However, if you are interested in doing a master's in CS, i can wholeheartedly recommend doing a degree at Aalto University. They have really great CS programmes and finland will offer you excellent career prospects after graduating. You can read more about the programme here: www.aalto.fi/en/study-options/masters-programme-in-computer-communication-and-information-sciences-computer-science
I already answered this in another comment but here is a copy and paste of my answer: You will be required to pay tuition fees if you are applying to English taught bachelor's or master's degree as a non EU or non EEA (European Economic Area) citizen. There are no tuition fees for doctoral programmes. Having said this, it is my understanding that there are no English taught bachelors or masters degrees in psychology in Finland. All of the degrees in this field are currently being taught in Finnish and you need to be pretty much fluent in the Finnish language in order to apply for these programmes. Again, this is according to my understanding and this might change in the future as more programmes are offered in English.
Hey Rohan and thanks for the great suggestion! Ill definitely do a video like this. It will have to wait until 2021 but luckily its not that far away 🙂.
The specific websites are here: 1. Work permit after graduation: migri.fi/en/extended-permit-to-look-for-work 2. Permanent residence permit: migri.fi/en/permanent-residence-permit
@@RoadtoFinnish sir i can complete the information technology in pakistan 4 years bachler degree and i can get the admsiion in finland arthooo uniueristy in master program in speacilized in sybersecurity How this proxess is successes
if I want to apply joint application after that at the mean time will i able to apply separate application? I mean at the same time can i apply both way?
I actually answered this in another video but ill copy and paste my answer here if anyone else were to read this: No, you cant apply with both joint and separate applications at the same time (at least not to the same school). This is because the separate and joint application processes happen at different times and are used for different degrees. E.g. applications to most Master's degrees are done using the separate application while most Bachelor's degrees use the joint application.
@@mustakinsheikh7759 I will most likely not make a video about university entrance exams because its too complicated of a topic. There are a bunch of different exams and they always depend on the school in question. What i recommend you to do is to check out the exact application requirements for each school on their individual websites.
Actually i am living Bangladesh in Bangladesh there is no finish embassy. When i will apply then what will i do? Most of Bangladeshi student they are pretty much interested to study in finland but in Bangladesh there is no embassy this is a massive problem for student. Can you please talk to your authorities and please make a embassy in Bangladesh
This was very informative, especially the info regarding the funds and the residence permit. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it! Do let me know if theres anything that was left unclear and id love to elaborate on the topic 👍
It's been a year since I first started watching these! Now I'm sitting in Otaniemi, but I still click right away when I see one of these :D
Thank you so much for all the help you provided and still provide!
Hey Fiona, lovely to have you here again! Id love to hear how you've been doing and how has life treated you in Finland and in Otaniemi. Its just so cool to hear from people who've been watching these videos and have also been admitted to study in Finland. Makes me smile 🙂
Thx! This video pretty much summarises everything
Im really glad it was helpful! As always, do let me know if there are any issues that youd like me to elaborate on and id love to either answer them in the comment or even make a dedicated video.
Hi Oliver! Referring to booking a time for all required tests, I have choosen the field of interactive media and I have to submit creative assignments, do I need to book a time? If yes how do I book?
Thanks in advance
Why would aalto even needs ads xD, the uni is already one of the most attractive in the whole continent
shhhhh dont tell them that or they will stop sponsoring this channel 😅
Hei Oliver, I've been following your videos for a couple of years now, and the information you provide is incredibly useful, however I have a question:
As far as I can tell, all your videos are aimed at people who want to study undergraduate or masters degrees (which makes sense), but I am hoping to come to Finland for a few months to intensively study the Finnish language (I've been learning Finnish in the UK for the past 3 years), possibly with the intention of moving to Finland later.
Do you (or any of your existing videos) have any advice for people in my position?
Paljon kiitoksia!
Oliver which subject graduate more demanding in job market ..
Plz make a video on this
Please, are there schools still open for applications for masters? I missed the joint application deadline. Thanks
Thanks a lot Oliver for the useful information, I want to ask if I want to attend with my kids( 4 and 9 years old ), is there any fee that I should pay for children's school and also for health insurance for them.
Hi Shireen and thanks for the great question! Municipal education in Finland is free of charge when it is taught in Finnish or Swedish. However, public education does not cover English taught education from primary school to high school. Rather, if you want your children to do their school in English, you have to get them into a private school. These do have tuition fees and they depend on each individual school. Here are two examples:
International school of Helsinki: ishelsinki.fi/fee-schedule-2019-2020/
European school of Helsinki: www.eshelsinki.com/join-us
About the health insurance, this is a tough one and id prefer not to give any advice here. I simply dont have enough information to give you an informed answer. Its also such an important question that i dont want to start guessing. Unfortunately i dont know where to start looking for this information either so cant really help you here 😕
Thank a lot, what about health insurance?!?
I found your videos very useful. I just have a question that I had the PTE score which meets the requirement of Aalto University, but it is only a few points higher than that. Do you think I should get a higher score or apply using my current test result?
Hey and thanks for the question. Also sorry for the delay in my answer. I get quite a lot of comments these days and it takes me a while to get back to everyone.
Unfortunately its pretty difficult for me to say much about this topic. The issue here is that universities in Finland rarely publish the actual minimum requirements or scores for admission and this means that anything i say here is based on guesswork. I basically dont have any benchmarks that i could use to compare your numbers. Thus, i would say that if you feel unsure about your exam scores AND you are able to retake the exam, this is something that you should perhaps consider. However, before you do this, please do you own research and try to recheck the Aalto website for any clues about whether or not this matters.
@@RoadtoFinnish Thanks! That helped a lot
@@Zzz-eg3dy Sure thing!
Ufff, as a foreigner but member of the UE, I'll try in January to apply to some course of studies. For this moment, I can only apply to the ones that don't require the SAT (because I haven't taken that specific test as It's not common in my country).
Manily some UAS's reserve some slots by evaluating with an exam , apart from the slots saved by doing the SAT.
If I can't get a slot for 2021, I'll guess I'll have to do the SAT on 2021 in order to apply in 2022 to a broader offer of universities & UAS's.
This is an unfortunately wide spread problem and i really dont understand how the SAT's are not available in more countries - especially considering how commonly they are used in university admissions around the world... I do hope that you get in this year so that you dont have to do the SAT's. Did you already decide to which schools and degree programmes you'd be applying to?
@@RoadtoFinnish Well, for the time being I'm living in Spain so I will have to choose an online / distance course of studies. It also has to be in english and that has an application option besides SAT.
When you combine these variables and also the fact that I want an IT career, I only found 2 options in Laurea UAS. I guess I'll try my luck with those :)
@@kundogb Ach sounds like you have everything sorted out 👍.
For Aalto university design programs, you need to know finland language and have european citizen. Is that true? Are there any Turkmen students?
Hey Ata and thanks so much for the excellent question! If you apply for an English taught design programme at Aalto, you do not have to have any Finnish language skills, nor do you have to be a EU citizen. If you apply for the Finnish language programmes, you have to be pretty much a native Finnish speaker BUT you do not have to be a EU citizen. So this information about having to be a EU citizen is false.
To your final question, i do not unfortunately know if there are any Turkmen studying at the Aalto school of arts and design. I dont see any reason why not but im not 100% certain. Its a big school 🙃
I hope this answered your questions 👍
Its very informative 👍
Please answer my question as I am interested to apply for master but I found very few program related to my studies so I am planning to apply for bachelor degree which I am interested to do with direct application..
My question is can I apply for direct application and joint application at the same time for bachelor and master?
Because I don't want to loose this time period that's why planning to apply for both in case i m selected for master as there is only one program..
Hey and thanks for the great question! I would need to know the exact programme you are applying to but a generalised answer to your question is no, you cannot apply to one programme with both a separate and joint application. This is simply because each programme has its own application period and application method and i do not know of any programmes that would be applied to using both the separate and joint application.
I can give you more detailed information if you share with me the university and the exact degree programme that you are applying for. However a general rule of thumb is that separate applications are used for English taught Master's programmes while joint application are used for English taught Bachelor's programmes. So using this logic you will have to apply using the joint applications that open up in January. Again, i would need to know the exact programme that you are applying to give you a 100% correct answer.
9:22 so if I don't need to pay tuition fees do I need this money in my bank account? Btw great video!
Hey Deniz and thanks for the question! My understanding is that you will still need to have sufficient funds on your bank account before moving to Finland. You simply dont have to have the money for the tuition. The Migri simply wants to make sure that everyone who moves to the country (whether they are EU citizens or not) have sufficient funds to live here so that they dont have to rely on the government for financial support.
Hi Oliver! I came across these videos by chance. I have a question. How accommodating is Finland to international students with disabilities?
Hello Oliver, do you know if im applying as international student with SAT score, completed vocational studies in Finland, do they look at other metrics like GPA, ECs etc.?
Also, is there are average acceptance scores for unis? If it's shows that for example: minimum accepted score 1400; does this mean that all applicants with 1400+ got invitation?
Hi Oliver and happy new year!! :) I guess the last part of the video applies for non EU students , right ? I see you are talking about tuition fees, but for EU students is free. Don't stress me out, I'm about to apply very soon to art uni xDDD
Hey pinkki milky and happy new year to you as well! Yes, you are correct in that the part about tuition fees only applies to non EU or non EAA residents. However, you still have to have sufficient financial resources to live in Finland even as a EU citizen. This refers to being able to pay for your living expenses.
But yeah, you are correct 👍
@@RoadtoFinnish thank you Oliver :))
Sure thing!
Could you please do a video on cost effective or low living cost European countries for MSc in Computer Science
Hey Ama and thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately my channel is fully focused on Finnish education and i dont really know anything about other european education systems or universities.
However, if you are interested in doing a master's in CS, i can wholeheartedly recommend doing a degree at Aalto University. They have really great CS programmes and finland will offer you excellent career prospects after graduating. You can read more about the programme here: www.aalto.fi/en/study-options/masters-programme-in-computer-communication-and-information-sciences-computer-science
So if I want to become a Psychologist do I need to pay for Tuition Fee
I already answered this in another comment but here is a copy and paste of my answer:
You will be required to pay tuition fees if you are applying to English taught bachelor's or master's degree as a non EU or non EEA (European Economic Area) citizen. There are no tuition fees for doctoral programmes.
Having said this, it is my understanding that there are no English taught bachelors or masters degrees in psychology in Finland. All of the degrees in this field are currently being taught in Finnish and you need to be pretty much fluent in the Finnish language in order to apply for these programmes.
Again, this is according to my understanding and this might change in the future as more programmes are offered in English.
make a video on how to get a Permanent Residence and citizenship after education and work permit in Finland plz
Check the Finnish government website
Hey Rohan and thanks for the great suggestion! Ill definitely do a video like this. It will have to wait until 2021 but luckily its not that far away 🙂.
The specific websites are here:
1. Work permit after graduation: migri.fi/en/extended-permit-to-look-for-work
2. Permanent residence permit: migri.fi/en/permanent-residence-permit
Hi. I am from Bangladesh. I completed diploma in nursing. I have 3 years experience. What is the opportunity for study or bsc nursing in finland?
Am an Indian student can I study in Finland and it is useful there is Job's for international students please tell
Good work
Thank you! Cheers!
@@RoadtoFinnish sir i can complete the information technology in pakistan 4 years bachler degree and i can get the admsiion in finland arthooo uniueristy in master program in speacilized in sybersecurity
How this proxess is successes
hello there , good job
Hey and thanks for the positive feedback, i do appreciate it!
if I want to apply joint application after that at the mean time will i able to apply separate application? I mean at the same time can i apply both way?
I actually answered this in another video but ill copy and paste my answer here if anyone else were to read this:
No, you cant apply with both joint and separate applications at the same time (at least not to the same school). This is because the separate and joint application processes happen at different times and are used for different degrees. E.g. applications to most Master's degrees are done using the separate application while most Bachelor's degrees use the joint application.
@@RoadtoFinnish thank you man. I want to know about entrance exam. Can you please make a video about entrance exam? And how to check tuition fees?
@@mustakinsheikh7759 I will most likely not make a video about university entrance exams because its too complicated of a topic. There are a bunch of different exams and they always depend on the school in question. What i recommend you to do is to check out the exact application requirements for each school on their individual websites.
@@RoadtoFinnish Thanks man. Love and light.
Actually i am living Bangladesh in Bangladesh there is no finish embassy. When i will apply then what will i do? Most of Bangladeshi student they are pretty much interested to study in finland but in Bangladesh there is no embassy this is a massive problem for student. Can you please talk to your authorities and please make a embassy in Bangladesh
Bro Go Vlog Young's Sport's in Finland🙏🙏we need News