Membership of SYL

The membership of a student union is compulsory for all students studying for a full degree in Finnish universities. SYL is the umbrella organisations of the local student unions and thus has no individual members. All students are members of SYL through their local student unions. Thus, all university level students (undergraduates) and some post-graduate students are represented by SYL.

Exchange and foreign degree students are entitled to join the student union if they study in Finland for more than 3 months, if the purpose of their study is reaching a basic university degree (BA or MA) and their studies in Finland are free of any tuition fees. All major student discounts and student health care are linked with the membership of a student union.

To learn more about the membership of your respective student union, please see the list of contacts.

Membership fee

SYL is the umbrella organisations of the local student unions and thus has no individual members. All students are members of SYL through their local student unions. The membership fee to a local student union varies from apr. 30 EURO to apr. 100 EURO. Each local union pays 4 EURO from each of their member as a membership fee to SYL.

Student card

Each SYL member receives a student card which entitles him/her to discounts on travel and in student restaurants. These discounts are only available to the holders of the Finnish student card.

Local student unions negotiate discounts locally on restaurants, pharmacies, shops, local transportation etc. These discounts are mostly available to the holders of the Finnish student card only.

Student card will in the future give your more benefits. You can find more information about the new student card Lyyra from these web pages.