Finland
General information on Finland:
Online magazine with wide information on different topics.
The official tourist portal for Finland
LIVE AND WORK IN FINLAND
European employment service: EURES, Finland
offers basic information for immigrants in numerous languages about the functioning of society and opportunities in Finland.
presents public sector services in Finland, plus information relevant to everyday life and describes the operation of public administration in Finland. By the Ministry of Finance.
BUSINESS IN FINLAND
Finland is a well-balanced and dynamic society, which is the perfect basis for highly-favourable business environment for local and non-Finnish companies and organisations alike. Today, foreign-owned companies account for more than 20% of corporate turnover in Finland, and their number is constantly growing.
LIFE SCIENCE IN FINLAND
Biotechnology is one of the most promising high-tech industries in Finland. In the past three years, dozens of new companies have been created with new ones emerging every month.
Finnish strengths in biotechnology range from enzyme production and treatments for major killers such as cancer, AIDS and hereditary diseases to development of highly innovative new biomaterials such as bioactive glass and electrically conducting polymers.
(Source: invest in Finland)
STUDY IN FINLAND
At present degree structures are evolving in line with the Bologna Declaration, and a new two-cycle Bachelor-Master structure is the prevalent model. The two-cycle degree system with the Bachelor’s and the Master’s was adopted by Finnish universities in all fields except medicine and dentistry in August 2005.
At the same time the Finnish study credit system was replaced with the European ECTS credit system.
relevant information on how to move to Finland to study
ScanBalt members
HealthBIO cluster
www.healthbio.fi
Industry/Tech Transfer
Finland
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--Members--Culminatum Ltd Oy
www.culminatum.fi
Industry/Tech Transfer
Finland
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--Members--BioTurku in Finland/ Turku Science Park Ltd
www.turkusciencepark.com
Networks
Finland
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--Members--National Graduate School in Informational Biology (ISB)
www.abo.fi/isb/
Universities and Research Institutes
Finland
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--Members--Tampere University of Technology
www.tut.fi
Universities and Research Institutes
Finland
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--Members--Turku Clinical Biomaterials Centre
research.utu.fi/bmk
Universities and Research Institutes
Finland
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--Members--Åbo Akademi University
www.abo.fi
Universities and Research Institutes
Finland