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If you have obtained a degree in an institution of higher education outside the EU and the EEA, you can request the Equation (rinnastaminen) of your foreign degree to a Finnish degree from the Ministry of Education. If your degree was obtained within the EU or the EEA, you can request the Recognition (tunnustaminen) of your degree. The equation and recognition of degrees are subject to a fee.

More information: Opintoluotsi 

If you wish to continue your studies in Finland, credits can be transferred from foreign degrees towards some or all of the basic studies in a Finnish institution. The extent of the transfer is always down to the discretion of the educational institution in question and therefore you do not need to get your degree equated or recognised separately. The educational institution you wish to study will give you more information on the topic.

You will need to obtain the right to practise a profession in Finland in certain fields such as health care. The website of the National Board of Education (opetushallitus) contains information on the professions for which these rights are required and on bodies that grant the rights. The regulations differ depending on whether or not you are a national of an EU country or an ETA country. More information is available from the bodies that decide on the granting of rights to practise a profession in different fields. Contact details are given on the same website of the National Board of Education.

Practising a Profession in the Field of Healthcare in Finland

National Authority for Medicolegal Affairs (Terveydenhuollon oikeusturvakeskus)

Have you received a qualification in the field of healthcare in another EU country and wish to work in Finland? Information on the topic in the following languages:

English
Finnish
Swedish

Have you received a qualification in the field of healthcare in a country outside the EU and wish to work in Finland? Information on the topic in the following languages:

English
Finnish
Swedish