Australians - Study in Europe

 
 

 
 

This website is dedicated to making it easier for Australians to embark on postgraduate study in Europe.

As well as providing a host of links to relevant websites in Europe and Australia ASiE also undertakes research and consultation with the EU Commission, European governments and a great number of universities and foundations. The aim is to produce and update as much as possible all information concerning grants and scholarships available to Australian students seeking to pursue doctoral studies in Europe.

 
 

Healthcare & Insurance

Health care in Finland is of a high standard and covers all Finish citizens. The system is however divided in the sources of its coverage. Students have their own public health system, the Finnish Student Health Service (Ylioppilaiden terveydenhoitosäätiö YTHS/Studenternas häsovårdstiftelse SHVS). The FHS is a foundation financed by the Social Insurance Institution, the students and student unions, the university cities and the state of Finland.


Coverage is provided for preventative health care, medical care, mental health care and dental health care. You obtain the health cover by joining the student union. 

Note however that since September 2007 all citizens citizens of third countries (meaning all countries except for the EU countries, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland and the Quebec region of Canada) arriving in Finland for the purpose of studying are required to have health insurance if the period of study lasts for more than three months. This will naturally apply to most postgraduate students from Australia. Obtaining health insurance is also one of the obligatory requirements for obtaining a residence permit for studies. The right to use Finnish Student Health Service - FSHS (Ylioppilaiden terveydenhoitosäätiö, YTHS) does not exempt a student from having to take out health insurance.

For more information on this visit the visa and residence site at the University of Helsinki

  
 
 
This website is an initiative of the Contemporary Europe Research Centre (CERC) at the University of Melbourne and has received funding and support from the Australian Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training, The Delegation of the European Commission to Australia and New Zealand and The National Europe Centre at the Australian National University.
 
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