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Financing: Student financial aid The resources for financial aid for students are determined in the national Budget, where appropriations for student financial aid expenditure belong under allocations for the Ministry of Education and Culture. In ...https://okm.fi/en/financing-student-financial-aid
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A short history of Finnish financial aid for students 2025 From 1 August 2025 onwards, students can get a housing supplement for students. This means that general housing allowance will no longer be paid to students. The change will not apply to s...https://okm.fi/en/history-of-financial-aid-for-students
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Student financial aid in Finland The purpose of student financial aid is to safeguard a minimum income for students in need of financial support during their studies. The education policy objectives serve as the foundation for the development of t...https://okm.fi/en/student-financial-aid-system
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fi Etusivu Vastuualueet Ajankohtaista Hankkeet ja säädösvalmistelu Avustukset Julkaisut Ministeriö Yhteystiedot sv Framsida Ansvarsområden Aktuellt Projekt och lagberedning Understöd Publikationer Ministeriet Kontaktinformation en Frontpage Areas ...https://okm.fi/en/-/special-transfers-for-sport-science-further-research-projects
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General upper secondary education General upper secondary education and the matriculation examination taken at the end of it make it possible to apply for studies in higher education institutions. The unit of the scope of studies is a credit. The ...https://okm.fi/en/general-upper-secondary-education
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The areas of expertise The Ministry of Education and Culture is responsible for the development of education, science, cultural, sport and youth policies, and for international cooperation in these fields. The Ministry’s mandate covers early child...https://okm.fi/en/areas-of-expertise
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Student financial aid The purpose of student financial aid is to secure the livelihood of full-time students. The ministry develops the student financial aid system on the basis of educational policy objectives and drafts the necessary legislative...https://okm.fi/en/student-financial-aid
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The working group will assess the current state of student financial aid in line with the Programme of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo's Government and draw up proposals for the Ministry for overhauling student financial aid. The working group has a monitoring group that handles matters prepared by the working group and takes a stand on its proposals.https://okm.fi/en/project?tunnus=OKM010:00/2024
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its effects in the administrative branch of the Ministry of Education and Culture On this page, we will update information on the impacts of the situation in the administrative branch of the Ministry of Education a...https://okm.fi/en/ukraine
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Data protection and processing of personal data at the Ministry of Education and Culture The Ministry of Education and Culture needs personal data to provide services and to perform its tasks. We only process personal data on lawful basis for reas...https://okm.fi/en/data-protection-and-processing-of-personal-data
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EU and international cooperation in arts and culture The Ministry of Education and Culture is responsible for international cultural policy and participates in its development and implementation in international organisations and the European Unio...https://okm.fi/en/eu-and-international-cooperation-culture
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EU and international cooperation in arts and culture The Ministry of Education and Culture is responsible for international cultural policy and participates in its development and implementation in international organisations and the European Unio...https://okm.fi/en/EU-and-international-cooperation-culture
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Administration and finance The Ministry of Education and Culture is responsible for the strategic and normative steering of VET and leads national development. The Government Programme and other strategies provide the overall policy framework for ...https://okm.fi/en/administration-and-finance-vet
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Tuition fees in upper secondary education Students from third countries will, in future, be required to pay tuition fees in both general upper secondary education and vocational education and training. These fees apply to those who start their stu...https://okm.fi/en/tuition-fees-in-upper-secondary-education
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Questions and answers related to compulsory education This page provides answers to frequently asked questions on the extension of compulsory education. Questions and answers related to compulsory education Free of charge Guidance and supervision ...https://okm.fi/en/faq-about-the-extension-of-compulsory-education
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Key legislation on general education This page lists the key acts and decrees on general education. If an English translation of an act or decree is available, the link takes you directly to the English version of the statute in the Finlex databas...https://okm.fi/en/legislation-general-education
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Based on the financial obligation for media service providers enabled by Directive (EU) 2018/1808 on audiovisual media services, a government proposal is being prepared to implement the obligation in Finland.https://okm.fi/en/project?tunnus=OKM052:00/2025
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Message from the Ministry of Education and Culture, Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI) and the Erasmus Student Network (ESN) Finland to international students, their associations and ESN sections:https://okm.fi/en/-/responsible-use-of-freetime-contributes-to-more-contact-teaching-in-higher-education-institutions-and-a-swift-return-to-normal-conditions
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Policies and development Educational policy objectives are used to further develop student financial aid. The goal is to provide students with sufficient financial aid so that it promotes full-time studies based on the student’s plans and to help ...https://okm.fi/en/policies-and-development-financial-aid
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The Copyright infrastructure on national, EU and global level promotes proper functioning of the copyright system in the form an open rights data framework (ORDF) for new technologies. This webpage is dedicated for the national level AI- subgroups and on EU-level the Copyright Infrastructure Task Force (CITF). See also: https://okm.fi/en/citf-enhttps://okm.fi/en/project?tunnus=OKM024:00/2024