cities in Finland
Finland charges non-EU tuition — and then routinely waives half or all of it through scholarships attached to the offer. Knowing that changes whether Finland is expensive or cheap.
Finland's headline tuition figures look high, and taken alone they make the country look uncompetitive. They are not the whole picture: Finnish universities operate substantial scholarship schemes for international students, frequently covering 50% to 100% of tuition, and the award is normally made with the admission decision rather than through a separate process.
The other constant is the residence permit income requirement, which is national and identical wherever you study.
What differs between these cities is cost, the job market, and how much Finnish you will need. Tap a pin to open a city.
costs more / mid-range / costs less compare these cities to each other, not to anywhere else. They are our reading of the spread across Finland, not a published index — the sourced money figures are on the costs page.
What changes between Finnish cities.
Scholarships come with the offer
Most Finnish universities decide tuition waivers as part of admission. Read the scholarship terms on the programme page before you apply anywhere else.
The income requirement is national
Migri sets one figure for the student residence permit. It does not vary by city.
Finnish for work
Studying in English is straightforward. Getting hired outside technology and research usually is not, without Finnish.
Cost
Helsinki is the most expensive; Tampere and Turku are meaningfully cheaper, with the same national permit rules.