Suomen ylioppilaskuntien liitto

Educational politics

SYL’s educational sector works with issues related to study conditions in universities and in Finland.

The following issues are just some of the many that we tackle everyday:

  • The laws and rules of the education
  • The educational system in Finland (and in Europe)
  • The structure of degrees  (especially in higher education)
  • University financing
  • International educational politics
  • The respect of teaching in universtities

The educational sector works together with the student unions and provides education, information and all kind of support the local unions need.

At the moment there are two full-time employees and two members of the board working in the educational sector. If you need any information, don’t hesitate to contact Juhana Harju or Jarmo Kallunki from the secretariat or Jukka Vornanen or Juha Töyrylä from the board.

From the following links you can find more information on universities and the educational system of Finland.

Structure of Finnish Education System
(by the National Board of Education)

Finnish Ministry of Education’s pages on Universitys Education

Quality assurance in higher education (Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council, FINHEEC)

Eurydice database on Finnish educational System