The information about this Country was updated on 09/September/2024.
Outgoing students
Erasmus+ Inclusion Support
This support measures are put in place with the support of the Erasmus+ programme. For additional information, check the National Policies section.
Definition of students with fewer opportunities
People with fewer opportunities means people who, for economic, social, cultural, geographical or health reasons, a migrant background, or for reasons such as disability and educational difficulties, personal situation or for any other reasons, including those that can give rise to discrimination, face obstacles that prevent them from having effective access to mobility opportunities under the Erasmus+ programme.
Target groups
The student has an underaged child or children.
The student has made an agreement on informal care with the municipality.
Students with EU's disability card or the right for the card (students who have a positive decision of a benefit with which the card can be awarded). Students with disabilities causing at least moderate functional deficiency.
Students with at least moderate illnesses or health problems causing at least a moderate functional deficiency.
Students with a migrant background who themselves have received international, temporary or subsidiary protection or who have (had) a refugee's passport.
Grants
| Countries Group 1 | Countries Group 2 | Countries Group 3 | Other countries |
|---|---|---|---|
| 540 € | 540 € | 490 € | 700 € |
| In addition, outgoing students with fewer opportunities can request 250 € as topup on their Erasmus+ grant. | |||
Special Needs support: Who is eligible to request real cost support
Inclusion support and special needs grants are intended to enable international exchange and internship in circumstances when a special need causes additional costs that are not covered by other sources. A special need can be for example an injury, impairment, physical or psychological illness or learning difficulty.
The grant can be awarded to accessible accommodation, assisted mobility or such study-related special arrangements as learning materials, preparatory visits and personal assistants.
Extra financial support based on real costs is available for students moving within the Erasmus+ programme, and also in all mobility programmes administered by the Finnish National Agency for Education EDUFI. Further information on this extra financial support is available at https://www.oph.fi/en/programmes/special-needs-and-inclusion-grant-higher-education-exchange-programmes in English, Finnish and Swedish.
Other Inclusion support provided
Inclusion support and special needs grants are intended to enable international exchange and internship in circumstances when a special need causes additional costs that are not covered by other sources. A special need can be for example an injury, impairment, physical or psychological illness or learning difficulty.
The grant can be awarded to accessible accommodation, assisted mobility or such study-related special arrangements as learning materials, preparatory visits and personal assistants.
Extra financial support based on real costs is available for students moving within the Erasmus+ programme, and also in all mobility programmes administered by the Finnish National Agency for Education EDUFI. Further information on this extra financial support is available at https://www.oph.fi/en/programmes/special-needs-and-inclusion-grant-higher-education-exchange-programmes in English, Finnish and Swedish.
National Inclusion Support
This support measures for outgoing students are put in place with national resources.
Grants and support services available for outgoing students with fewer opportunities
Inclusion support and special needs grants are intended to enable international exchange and internship in circumstances when a special need causes additional costs that are not covered by other sources. A special need can be for example an injury, impairment, physical or psychological illness or learning difficulty.
The grant can be awarded to accessible accommodation, assisted mobility or such study-related special arrangements as learning materials, preparatory visits and personal assistants.
Extra financial support based on real costs is available for students moving within the Erasmus+ programme, and also in all mobility programmes administered by the Finnish National Agency for Education EDUFI. Further information on this extra financial support is available at https://www.oph.fi/en/programmes/special-needs-and-inclusion-grant-higher-education-exchange-programmes in English, Finnish and Swedish.
Grants and support services available for outgoing students with disabilities
Inclusion support and special needs grants are intended to enable international exchange and internship in circumstances when a special need causes additional costs that are not covered by other sources. A special need can be for example an injury, impairment, physical or psychological illness or learning difficulty.
The grant can be awarded to accessible accommodation, assisted mobility or such study-related special arrangements as learning materials, preparatory visits and personal assistants.
Extra financial support based on real costs is available for students moving within the Erasmus+ programme, and also in all mobility programmes administered by the Finnish National Agency for Education EDUFI. Further information on this extra financial support is available at https://www.oph.fi/en/programmes/special-needs-and-inclusion-grant-higher-education-exchange-programmes in English, Finnish and Swedish.
Incoming students
National Inclusion Support
This support measures for incoming students are put in place with national resources.
Grants and support services available for incoming students with fewer opportunities
Incoming students in the Erasmus+ international credit mobility who have underaged children have a right for a top up to their normal Erasmus+ grant.
Incoming students in the Erasmus+ international credit mobility who are in charge of providing informal care to their family members have a right for a top up to their normal Erasmus+ grant.
Incoming students in Erasmus+ international credit mobility who have an EU Disability Card, or right to one, with a disability causing at least moderate functional deficiency or impairment have a right for a top up to their normal Erasmus+ grant.
Incoming students in Erasmus+ international credit mobility with health problems or illnesses causing at least a moderate functional deficiency or impairment have a right for a top up to their normal Erasmus+ grant.
Incoming students in Erasmus+ international credit mobility who themselves have received international, temporary or subsidiary protection or who have had a refugee's passport have a right for a top up to their normal Erasmus+ grant.
Incoming students in Erasmus+ international credit mobility who belong to the groups the higher education institutions taking part in an Erasmus+ international credit mobility project have agreed to be eligible for a top up grant for mobility participants with fewer opportunities. Please consult your own sending and/or Finnish receiving higher education institution for details.
Grants and support services available for incoming students with disabilities
Incoming students in Erasmus+ international credit mobility who have an EU Disability Card, or right to one, with a disability causing at least moderate functional deficiency or impairment have a right for a top up to their normal Erasmus+ grant.
National Policies
Erasmus+ National Inclusion Strategy
The aim is to enable an increasing number of individuals and wider target groups to participate in the Erasmus+ programme. The programme makes participation easier so that persons who otherwise would not participate can benefit from the opportunities offered by the programme. For example, short-term mobility periods and extra financial support make low-threshold participation possible.
National definition of underrepresented groups in Higher Education
Groups considered underrepresented in higher education in Finland include, for example, individuals with learning disabilities or other disabilities affecting learning, students belonging to sexual and gender minorities, students with immigrant backgrounds, and students from families where parents have a low level of education (Kosunen, 2021).
Read more about the accessibility plan for Finnish higher education at https://okm.fi/en/-/the-accessibility-plan-for-higher-education-and-uni….
Strategies and policy measures to widen participation in Higher Education
In Finland, there is a national goal that 50% of each age group will attain a higher education degree (Vision for higher education and research 2030, n.d.). At the same time, emphasis is placed on the need for everyone’s contribution and on promoting the employment of people with partial work capacity. To make higher education accessible to so-called underrepresented groups, accessibility work has been carried out in higher education institutions and higher education institutions have drawn up their own accessibility plans.
Read more about the Finnish higher education and science policy at https://okm.fi/en/policy-and-development-in-higher-education-and-science.
Strategies and policy measures related to Mobility in Higher Education
Vision for strengthening the international dimension of Finnish higher education and research by 2035 defines the main principles on which the objectives of international activities in higher education and research are based. The Ministry of Education and Culture has drawn up the principles together with higher education institutions and other stakeholders.
At the heart of the vision are the values according to which Finland is a responsible, welcoming and open frontrunner in international cooperation. Within the Ministry’s remit, the international dimension is linked to nearly all policy measures and policies, which the Ministry promotes nationally and in international forums.
Read more about the Vision for strengthening the international dimension of Finnish higher education and research by 2035 at https://okm.fi/en/vision-for-the-international-dimension-2035.