The Finnish National Agency for Education issues advisory statements on Finnish qualifications for international use. The advisory statements can be issued on completed qualifications which are governed by the Ministry of Education and Culture in Finland. The advisory statements are subjected to a fee.
The advisory statement may concern:
• the applicant’s eligibility for higher education studies in Finland,
• the status of the qualification and/or the educational institution within the Finnish system of education or
• the professional rights that the qualification gives in Finland.
Advisory statements are issued in Finnish, Swedish or English.
Fill in the application form and send it with the required appendices to the Finnish National Agency for Education. The documents needed as appendices are listed in the application instructions.
You will receive an electronically signed advisory statement by either email or mail.
The fee for an advisory statement issued by the Finnish National Agency for Education on a Finnish qualification is €161. Value Added Tax (VAT) will be added to the fee according to the Value Added Tax Act. From September 1, 2024, the total fee for the statement is €202.06, including VAT (25.5%). The invoice will be posted to you.
Processing an application for an advisory statement takes usually up to two to three months. The processing will be faster if all the infomation and documents are included in the application.
You do not necessarily need an advisory statement by a Finnish authority when applying for recognition of your qualification abroad. You can make use of the documents provided by the Finnish educational institution, or the Europass documents, in particular the Certificate Supplement of Diploma Supplement.
If you apply for recognition of your professional qualification in another EU or EEA country, the competent authority of the host country may send questions concerning your professional qualifications to the Finnish competent authority via the Internal Market Information Exchange System (IMI).