Hej, hei!
Polish technikum student here. I'm going to be writing my exams in May, and, after visiting Norway a year ago, have been looking to study, maybe settle down in a Nordic country. I'm mainly looking towards a bachelors in design and media at Aalto.

I saw that the admission rate for the course was pretty abysmal this year, so any alternatives would be appreciated. I'm from the tricity area here in Poland, so I could always just stay and study at ASP Gdańsk.

Two last things – I'm medicated for ASD and ADHD. Are there long wait times for scheduling appointments with a psychiatrist and refilling prescriptions?
Also, how does the job market look like in Helsinki? I don't speak Finnish or Swedish, so I assume that reduces my options a fair bit.

Any advice is appreciated. Cheers, and have a happy new year! :)

by redconrecon

4 comments

  1. Your chances of finding employment in that field without knowing the language and/or connections are likely close to zero.

    Private healthcare usually works fairly well in the Helsinki region, and appointments with specialists can typically be booked immediately or within a couple of days at the latest.

  2. Stay in Poland – seriously.

    Go to any University in Poland and then do an Erasmus semester in Finland (that’s what I did). And if after that semester you decide to like it, you can make your master in Finland.

    Thats what I did – started at Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny in Poznan, went for Erasmus in Helsinki, and after finishing bachelor in Poznan, I went for master in Helsinki.

    And please keep in mind: Finland in different than Norway, In many aspects.

    And lets not talk about the job market in Finland at the moment. Especially if you don’t speak Finnish or Swedish your chances are close to 0.

    Pozdrowienia z Helsinek 🙂

  3. As a Finn living in Poland, I’d recommend continuing studies in Poland for now, unless you have a clear plan what to study and how to fund your life in Finland. The job situation is way better in Poland and life is quite a bit more affordable. So unless you are more or less certain about living in Finland, I’d not move over in the current situation.

    Also I know there’s an university in Gdansk that offers classes in pretty much in all the Nordic languages. I have a few co-workers who studied in Swedish and Norwegian that seemed fairly happy with it. Also there are many Nordic companies in Gdansk that hire people who speak the any of the Nordic languages, so studying them wouldn’t go to waste even if you decided later that you didn’t want to move to any of the Nordic countries.

  4. Again; biggest advice would be not to come to Finland unless you have something really secured and don’t expect to explode your career in here. Future isn’t not suitable and reliable for anyone, not even for Finn’s itself. So as long as you planning to leave right after finishing your studies; then give it a shot; otherwise just stick around your homeland.

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