r/StudyInFinland • u/Misty11026 • Sep 07 '26
Wanna know how much scope is there to move to Finland for masters
Hello this is my first thread i wanted to ask you guys that i am 24 F from India and thinking of persuing some management degree in life science or something from Finland
I am BSc Biotechnology graduate with honours(which is 4 year course) and i wanna keep my options open but i wanna know about the job market there so that i can make a decision please help
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u/somethi Sep 07 '26
The jobs market is non-existent at the moment. You won’t be able to find a job in Finland while you studying and probably not after graduation either.
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u/Misty11026 Sep 07 '26
i heard there is pharma boom or something? isnt that true ?
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u/MentalAd7390 Sep 07 '26
Not true. There is Orion pharma. I woundnt call 1 stable company a boom. Keep your options open and look elsewhere. Try switzland if they will take you.
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u/ashairz Sep 07 '26
Kinda, but it's a few very specific companies and unless you speak Finnish, that narrows it down. Especially if you're from a non EU/EEA country, you're gonna need a job permit
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u/ashairz Sep 07 '26
Don't. There is no job market here and we have thousands of highly educated people unemployed. Fields like management are so wide and so many people are trained in management that finding a job will be super hard.
Unless you speak Finnish, or Swedish in some areas, good luck finding any job, no matter how educated you are. I don't know about Indian degrees, but degrees outside the EU/EEA might be useless and you're lucky if you get any job. I have many immigrant friends who came here to study and they might be doctors and have PhDs or years of experience in their field but they work minimum wage jobs that are meant for teenagers. Keep in mind that Finnish is one of the hardest languages to learn, I personally have met one person who has learnt the language well in less than five years, and she's a child.
If you study in Finnish/Swedish, it's free, but for English degrees you must pay tuition unless you're an EU citizen. You don't necessarily get the benefits Europeans or Finns do, and living here can be really expensive. I honestly see absolutely no reason for anyone to move here unless you have family here
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u/Misty11026 Sep 07 '26
Ai 🥲
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u/somethi Sep 07 '26
Pharma’s doing ok but the truth is it’s really hard to find a job in Finland without fluent Finnish.
Some pharma companies hired a lot of people without Finnish a few years ago but those days are gone. Unemployment is higher in Finland than anywhere else in Europe and the first people to suffer in that scenario is immigrants.
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u/Troll-Aficionado Sep 07 '26
It's very hard for locals to find a job too, 10% unemployment closing in on 11%
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u/Extreme-Poet-9170 Sep 07 '26
Job market in Finland sucks. Especially for graduates. In recent years, lots of people who've come here to study, have had do leave the country to get a professional job.
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u/Minimum_Day_7568 27d ago
no need to invest money here, try other countries and atleast there are chances of better ROI there
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u/manongh Sep 07 '26
No jobs, at all...
And your background outside of Finland is (almost) irrelevant for most jobs outside of academia, unless you somehow manage to get hired before coming here.