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Immigrant’s independent study

As a client of employment services, you can receive unemployment security for studying.

  • self-motivated study
  • integration of migrants
  • employment
  • employment services
  • Integration and immigration
  • Unemployment and finding employment
  • PTV

Age group: Young people, Elderly, Children and families with children, Adults

Service language: Finnish, Swedish, English

Municipality: Espoo

Activity organiser: Espoon kaupunki

Independent studies with unemployment benefit means that you can complete full-time studies at an educational institution as a client of employment services. Sometimes independent study can help you find work and integrate faster.

Independent study can be
completion of comprehensive school
preparatory education for upper secondary school
preparatory vocational education
qualifying studies (e.g. physicians)
Finnish or Swedish language studies.

The studies must be in Finnish or Swedish. If the studies are included in social orientation, they may be in your native language.

You can study with unemployment benefit for a maximum of 24 months. However, in the case of basic education, you can receive support for a maximum of 48 months. You must progress in your studies as agreed in the integration plan in order to receive support.
If you are planning your studies or have already applied to study, contact the employment authority in Espoo immediately and ask whether it is possible for you to study independently with unemployment benefit.