At What Cost? Being an International Student in Finland -research is aimed at international Bachelor´s and Master´s degree students, and it collects students' experiences and opinions about studying, and the future in Finland. In the research, we are particularly interested in views on funding for studies, employment, and integration in Finland. The aim is to amplify the voices of students and the results will be utilised in decision-making that concerns students.

It takes around 15 minutes to complete the survey and the deadline for responses is 31.10.2024. You can participate in the survey here: https://link.webropol.com/s/at-what-cost

The survey is carried out in collaboration between the Research Foundation for Studies and Education Otus, National Union of University Students in Finland, and National Union of Students in Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences – SAMOK.

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The results of the study will be published in December 2024 in a digital study report that will be available for download on the website of Otus, National Union of University Students in Finland, and National Union of Students in Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences – SAMOK. After the results of the project have been published, the anonymised material will be handed over to the parties who commissioned the study for use and archiving, and further to the Finnish Social Science Data Archive. 

Participation in the survey is voluntary. You can respond to the survey anonymously and your data will not be combined with data from other sources. Responses will be processed in such a way that it will not be possible to identify individual respondents from the result publication or from material disclosed outside of Otus. More information on data processing and storage is included on the study’s privacy policy. 

We greatly appreciate your time, and each response is valuable to us. 

More information about the study:

Anri Heinonen, researcher

the Research Foundation for Studies and Education Otus

anri.heinonen@otus.fi