Students – Remember to pay your healthcare fee
If you are a higher education student and you have registered as attending, you must pay the student healthcare fee by 15 November at the latest. The fee is EUR 35.60 per academic term, and it helps the Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS) offer comprehensive student healthcare services. We recommend paying the healthcare fee before the due date. If your payment is late, you will also have to pay a fixed late-payment charge.
You can pay the fee in OmaKela by selecting Oikopolut (Shortcuts) and then Korkeakouluopiskelijan terveydenhoitomaksu (Healthcare fee for students in higher education).
Who must pay the healthcare fee for students in higher education?
You must pay the student healthcare fee if you have registered as attending at a Finnish university and you are completing a degree there.
You do not have to pay the student healthcare fee if you have come as an exchange student to Finland and you are not completing a degree in a Finnish higher education institution.
You also do not have to pay the healthcare fee if you have social security coverage in another EU or EEA country, Switzerland, Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the EU.
Not sure if you have already paid?
Visit OmaKela to check the details of the student healthcare fees you have paid. First select Oikopolut (Shortcuts) and then Korkeakouluopiskelijan terveydenhoitomaksu (Healthcare fee for students in higher education) and finally Maksut (Payments).