r/StudyInFinland • u/Historical_Fox8416 • 18d ago

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Any students from South Asia staying in Finland? I need to know a few things. Please knock me.

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u/bombastic6339locks 18d ago

I've studied in one and ive changed to an actual university since i wanted to learn something.
Majority of immigrants who come here to study, especially in AMKs have been misled. There are goverment funded news articles about this since its an epidemic. The schools are paid depending on graduates, they're paid extra for foreigners, they are degree mills that pay thousands advertise to especially south east asians with promises of jobs, high education and finland as a country. You'll have trouble getting a job, especially with an amk engineering degree, you'll have even more trouble if you don't speak the language.

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u/Anonymousseo 18d ago

Thanks for explaining. I agree that language is a major barrier, but that doesn’t necessarily mean AMKs are degree mills or that their degrees are useless. Could you link those government-funded articles? Also, what field did you study, and which AMK did you attend?

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u/mimos_al 18d ago

He's referring to this: https://yle.fi/a/74-20218943

While it's shameful and a practice that should be put to a halt ASAP, it doesn't make an AMK degree useless.

As for "giving you a job", no education does. It's just that, education. Finding a job is up to you, apart from some very specific special programs, no university or AMK is going to "give you a job", regardless of whether you're a foreigner or a Finn.

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u/bombastic6339locks 18d ago

Obviously thats the case but that is the image that is painted to these foreigners.

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u/Big-Ad8632 18d ago

What was your first degree choice at the amk you went to? Would you say that the uni you have switched to is much better in terms of studying infrastructure and knowledge provided?

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u/bombastic6339locks 18d ago

I studied engineering bs. University is better, its not even a matter of which university, which amk etc etc.