Finland

Placement Information

• Partner Organization: Fulbright Finland Foundation
• Eligible Program Timeframe: January–May 2028, with a start date between January 7-15, 2028
• Language Requirement: None.
• Monthly Allowance: Between $3,950 - $4,250
• Eligible Thematic Areas:
  • Super Intelligence (SI) and Technology Innovation in Education
  • Future-Ready Skills, Career Readiness, and Apprenticeship Pathways
  • Innovative STEM Education
  • Effective Civics Education through Comparative Pedagogy
• Host Institution: The Fulbright Finland Foundation works with various Finnish higher education institutions to identify appropriate hosts for selected U.S. teachers to align with their proposed topics.
• Dependent Information: Participants traveling with children will receive guidance from Fulbright Finland while navigating school or daycare placement. Children of U.S. Fulbright grantees typically attend tuition-free municipal schools for grades K-9 (ages 6-15), as private foreign-language schools may charge tuition. Requirements and costs for upper secondary students (ages 16–18) may vary due to recent legislative changes, so Fulbright Finland will verify the applicable requirements directly with the host municipality as needed for participants with older children. If you have family members accompanying you to Finland, please read the family related advice and tips from the Fulbright Finland Foundation's Orientation Guide. 
  Please note that tuition support for dependents is subject to availability and requests for funding are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Applicants are strongly encouraged to research schooling options for their dependents during the application phase. 
   

Country Overview

ThisisFINLAND is Finland's official public relations page and includes facts on Finnish geography, history, people and economy among other topics. Below are additional sources on Finnish history:

• Finnish history
• Visit Finland (Official Finland Travel Guide)
• A Guide to Finnish Customs and Manners
• Fulbright Finland Foundation's Guide to Coming to Finland

Educational System Overview

• Comprehensive and concise overview of the Finnish education system by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture
• Finnish National Agency for Education provides official data, national core curriculums, policy guidelines, and structural overviews of early childhood, basic, and vocational education 
• Finnish Vocational Upper Secondary Education
• Free MOOC: Uncover Finish Education
• Finnish National STEM Strategy and Action Plan for 2023-2030
• Finnish national strategic research program, Generation AI (2022-2028)