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project info
Start date: 1 January 2025
End date: 31 December 2026
funding
Fund: European Social Fund Plus (ESF+)
Total budget: 170 206,00 €
EU contribution: 102 124,00 € (60%)
programme
Programming period: 2021-2027
European Commission Topic
European Commission Topic

Model for integration of foreign students through language immersion studies and work-life collaboration

Students with a foreign background have difficulties in findning relevant job positions in the Finnish labor market due to lack of knowledge in Swedish of Finnish. They tend to leave the country seeing better opportunities elsewhere. We aim to pilot the integration of native language studies in Finland into our English programs to facilitate the integration of students with a foreign background. In addition to basic language studies during their studies, we will try to give students the opportunity to work with courses and tasks in Swedish towards the end of their studies, thereby further strengthening their vocabulary and language use. During the studies, we test internships at interested companies and organizations (work and study), and students have a mentor who supports them in their studies and work-life contacts. We also train language ambassadors for the companies and test this new concept to give companies better conditions to receive employees with a foreign background. Additional measures, such as individual language paths, language cafés, etc., shall provide support for students.

Flag of Finland  Uusimaa, Finland