New Finnish Structural Policy Programme

by Jani-Petri Martikainen 31 Dec 2013 Research Policies
Published in the "Nordic News" section of Nordita News issue 4, 2013

On 29 November, the Finnish Government decided on the implementation of a structural policy programme. With respect to Universities a key goal of the programme is to speed up graduations. Among the tools to reach that will be:

• Study grants for University students will be increased somewhat while the time one is eligible for that support is reduced
• Funding of universities will become somewhat more dependent on the number of students who have studied more than 55 credits per year
• Admittance of students into universities is temporarily increased, especially in those fields that are deemed more important by labor markets
• Planning starts for enabling all year studying in universities

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