Scholarships

Planning a budget for your time in Finland is an important part of preparing for the journey ahead. Universities offer a range of options for scholarships both for bachelor's and master's level international students. Funding options also exist for doctoral level.

Finland Scholarships

The Finland Scholarships are aimed at gifted non-EU/EEA students who are liable to tuition fees and apply for international master’s programmes at Finnish universities. Note that these scholarships are not applicable to UAS master's degrees.

Finland Doctoral Fellowships for doctoral level studies and research at Finnish universities are also part of this programme.

Read more about the Finland Scholarships

Bachelor's and Master's level scholarships

All Finnish universities and universities of applied sciences (UAS) offer scholarship options of their own for gifted non-EU/EEA students who are liable to tuition fees and apply for international bachelor's or master's programmes.

Read more about bachelor's and master's scholarships

Doctoral / PhD level funding

If you are coming to Finland to do your Doctorate (PhD), there is research-related funding available, for example the national EDUFI Fellowships. The universities also have paid doctoral research positions available, or doctoral funding schemes of their own.

Read more about doctoral funding