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Register of Legal Interpreters
—www.oph.fi/en/services/register-legal-interpreters
The Finnish National Agency for Education maintains a Register of Legal Interpreters. A legal interpreter provides interpretation services in various legal and official matters, such as the processes of the courts, the police and the Finnish Immigration Service.
Services
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HEI ICI and HEP programmes
—www.oph.fi/en/programmes/hei-ici-programme
The Higher Education Institutions Institutional Cooperation Instrument (HEI ICI) and Higher Education Partnership (HEP) Programme supports cooperation projects between higher education institutions in Finland and the developing world that are designed to enhance higher education provision in these countries. The projects support the higher education institutions in developing their subject-specific, methodological, educational and administrative capacities. Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs provides funding for the programmes through its development cooperation funds. The Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI) administrates the programmes.
Internationalisation
Higher education
HEI ICI / HEP
Internationalisation
News
15.4.2025
Global Partnerships Stepping Up Inclusion
—www.oph.fi/en/news/2025/global-partnerships-stepping-inclusion
The HEP programme supports inclusion in higher education in the Global South through policy development, infrastructure upgrades and inclusive pedagogical practices.
Programmes
Higher education
Global Cooperation
HEI ICI / HEP
Information
Applying to the Finnish National Agency for Education for a decision on recognition of a qualification
—www.oph.fi/en/services/recognition-qualifications/applying-finnish-national-agency-education-decision-recognition-qualification
Services
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Qualifications frameworks
—www.oph.fi/en/education-and-qualifications/qualifications-frameworks
The purpose of the qualifications frameworks is to facilitate comparison of qualifications and qualification levels of different countries and to promote mobility and lifelong learning. Each level in the qualifications frameworks describes the knowledge, understanding and practical capability achieved by an individual who has completed a qualification, syllabi or competence module at that level. The competences are described as jointly agreed in European collaboration.
Education and qualifications
Adult education
Vocational education and training
Higher education
Upper secondary education
Basic education
Liberal adult education
News
15.4.2025
Valuable support for doctoral students fleeing Ukraine
—www.oph.fi/en/news/2025/valuable-support-doctoral-students-fleeing-ukraine
In spring 2022, when Russia started its invasion of Ukraine, the EDUFI Fellowship for doctoral students from Ukraine opened up opportunities for graduate students fleeing the war to continue their...
Programmes
Higher education
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Universities outside Finland in which you can study Finnish language and culture
—www.oph.fi/en/education-development/finnish-language-and-culture/universities-outside-finland-which-you-can-study-finnish-language-and-culture
A list of universities in our network offering Finnish language and culture teaching, of which there are about 60 universities in 24 countries at the moment.
Internationalisation
Higher education
Internationalisation
Information
Impacts of Erasmus+
—www.oph.fi/en/education-development-and-internationalisation/erasmus-programme-finland-2021-2027/impacts-erasmus
Erasmus+ enriches lives and opens minds! Read more about the impacts of Erasmus+.
Programmes
Erasmus+
Internationalisation
Information
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TFK programme
—www.oph.fi/en/programmes/tfk-programme
The purpose of the Team Finland Knowledge programme is to create and strengthen cooperation between Finnish higher education institutions and the target regions and countries selected to the TFK network, and to design new operating models for cooperation. The programme funds educational cooperation between higher education institutions through cooperation and mobility projects.
Programmes
Higher education
Global Cooperation
Internationalisation
Information
SIMHE services at higher education institutions
—www.oph.fi/en/simhe-services-higher-education-institutions
Questions related to the higher education of immigrants and asylum seekers are especially discussed in the higher education institutions responsible for SIMHE services (Supporting Immigrants in Higher Education in Finland), supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture.