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The Sustainable Growth Programme for Higher Education in Finland seeks solutions through which higher education and research can contribute to the strengthening of the Finnish public economy and fuel sustainable growth.

4.3.2026 | A new pilot scheme will offer free open university studies to young people who have not been admitted to a higher education institution. The aim of the scheme is to give young people the opportunity to explore different fields of study and to support a faster transition into higher education.

7.11.2022 | A recent report shows that Finnish higher education institutions still have much work to do in promoting equality for teaching and research staff. Commissioned by the Ministry of Education and Culture, the project examined how gender equality, non-discrimination and diversity in higher education communities are realised and promoted in Finnish higher education institutions. The project’s final report was published on Monday 7 November.

28.4.2022 | Finnish universities and universities of applied sciences will open up new study opportunities to help Ukrainians entering the country. Students will be given opportunities to start or continue their studies, and researchers will be offered the opportunity to continue their research work in Finland.

25.8.2022 | The Ministry of Education and Culture has decided to support higher education institutions in their efforts to provide more study opportunities for beneficiaries of temporary protection. The funds will be used to finance the provision of English-language education and to increase preparatory education for higher education for immigrants in universities of applied sciences.

3.2.2021 | The Digivision 2030, a joint project between Finnish universities and universities of applied sciences, will bring greater opportunities for all learners to learn flexibly. The aim is to restructure Finland’s higher education over the next decade by means of digitalisation and to make Finland a model country for flexible learning.

21.12.2022 | Minister of Science and Culture Petri Honkonen has granted nearly four million euros in discretionary funding to develop and increase the availability of cyber security education and boost the research and teaching of information psychology.

22.12.2021 | The Ministry of Education and Culture and the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare have updated two recommendations related to the prevention of the COVID-19 epidemic. One of the recommendations applies to providers of early childhood education and care and school education, and the second to providers of general upper secondary education and vocational education and training, liberal adult education, basic education for adults, universities of applied sciences and universities.

17.8.2021 | All students have the right to start their studies in a safe way. The goal that we all share is to be able to bring in much more contact teaching in higher education institutions during the autumn term. Interaction between people, both in contact teaching and in students’ leisure activities, improves wellbeing and strengthens the spirit of community. With the pandemic still ongoing, it has become particularly important to improve both student wellbeing and the ability to study.

21.1.2021 | The generic skills, also known as general skills, of nearly 60% of students in higher education were at most at a satisfactory level and about 40% at least at a good level. These are the results of the final report by the Finnish Institute for Educational Research of the University of Jyväskylä and the Kappas! project of the Centre for University Teaching and Learning of Helsinki University.

9.11.2022 | Equality and diversity in the Spanish higher education institutes Case study for KOTAMO-project 2021/11 Virhe. Määritä Aloitus-välilehdessä Rubrik, jota haluat käyttää tähän kirjoitettavaan tekstiin. Client The Finnish Ministry of Education and Cu...

10.7.2020 | Six Finnish higher education institutions were selected as part of the European Universities alliances during the second application round of the initiative. Three Finnish universities, Oulu, Turku and Vaasa, were accepted for the initiative, together with three universities of applied sciences – Haaga-Helia, Karelia and Häme University of Applied Sciences. European Universities alliances is the flags...

26.1.2017 | />^, ^-o5 ^, ^l^öo/^ffVS PROGRAMME ON CULTURAL EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA FOR THE PERIOD 2005 -2009 The Government of the Republic of Finland and the Government o...

4.8.2020 | The Ministry of Education and Culture and the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare have updated the instructions related to the coronavirus epidemic they issued to education providers and educational institutions in the spring. The most important thing is, also from now on, to prevent infections, ensure good hygiene, avoid unnecessary close contacts, and arrange teaching premises more spaciously than usual.

27.7.2022 | OPETUS- JA KULTTUURIMINISTERIÖN JA SEINÄJOEN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULUN VÄLINEN SOPIMUS KAUDELLE 2017-2020 1. YLEISTÄ Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö ja ammattikorkeakoulu ovat ammattikorkeakoululain (932/2014) 42 §:n 1 momentin nojalla sopineet ammattiko...

16.3.2021 | OPETUS- JA KULTTUURIMINISTERIÖN JA SAVONIA-AMMATTIKORKEAKOULUN VÄLINEN SOPIMUS KAUDELLE 2017-2020 1. YLEISTÄ Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö ja ammattikorkeakoulu ovat ammattikorkeakoululain (932/2014) 42 §:n 1 momentin nojalla sopineet ammattikork...

27.7.2022 | OPETUS- JA KULTTUURIMINISTERIÖN JA SAVONIA-AMMATTIKORKEAKOULUN VÄLINEN SOPIMUS KAUDELLE 2017-2020 1. YLEISTÄ Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö ja ammattikorkeakoulu ovat ammattikorkeakoululain (932/2014) 42 §:n 1 momentin nojalla sopineet ammattikork...

15.2.2017 | A working group at the Ministry of Education and Culture proposes over 40 new measures to respond to the education needs created by the growth in the number of asylum seekers and immigrants. The final report of the working group was submitted to Minister of Education and Culture Sanni Grahn-Laasonen.

28.4.2017 | The government has on 28 April 2017 agreed on the general government finance plan for 2018-2021. The level of the allocated appropriation for the Ministry of Education and Culture is 6.3 billion euros in 2021. Additional 340 million euros will be allocated to know-how, of which 200 million will come from the budget and 140 million for education and research will be allocated as capitalisation.

27.7.2022 | OPETUS- JA KULTTUURIMINISTERIÖN JA AALTO-YLIOPISTON VÄLINEN SOPIMUS VUOSILLE 2017-2020 1. YLEISTÄ Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö ja yliopisto ovat yliopistolain (558/2009) 48 §:n 1 momentin nojalla sopineet yliopiston toiminnalle asetettavista tav...