Frequently Asked Questions

Q-25 One thing i really love to know about these scanadavian countries, if it is said that sun remain
for six months and no sun after six months, then how is prayer timing set when their is no sun ?

This is not true in Finland.It is not a complete 6 month long night or day in finland(only in norway n some parts of sweden).Shortest day length is about 6 hours in month of november similarly shortest night length is about 4 hours in month of june .Prayer timings are adjust by local mosque authorities or Islamic centres..I have not yet encounter any difficulty in offering prayers as far as timings are concerned..

Q-26 Also love to know once you graduate or post graduate you find jobs easily or you just then have to leave
the country immediately within some time?

I have not yet seen a single pakistani who have not got job after completing his masters in IT.Mostly get their job.or they find various other means to live here..like going for Phd etc..Finnish authorities do not ask u leave u finland ultimately infact they give u some time to find any job over here if u r interested(told by my senior).

Q-27 Do as international you have to pay taxes or are they waived?

We have to pay taxes.

Q-28 Hows the atitude of finish towards us (pakistani),?

Very nice but they are very shy people.Honest,gentle,kind total opposite to what i had heard about americans and british..

Q-29 And they also discriminate with us being asian or not.

NO not at all..

Q-30 What is Initial Cost required for Finland?

Ans:

below is a rough estimate of the total initial cost when u r applying for finland..

currency is PKR.

1- Passport 2100/=

2-IELTS 10,000/=

3-Sending documents through courier 2000/= per doc set..(500 gm)

4-Visa fees 10,000/=

5-Ticket 55,000/=

(according to year 2008)

Q-31 Plz Mention Websites of Finnish Universities ?

Ans:


www.tkk.fi (helsinki)
www.tut.fi (tampere)
www.lut.fi (lapeenranta)
www.utu.fi (turku)
www.uwasa.fi (vasa)
www.oulu.fi (oulu)
www.abo.fi (Abo/turku)

some more more portals

http://finland.cimo.fi

http://www.minedu.fi/OPM/Koulutus/yliopistokoulutus/?lang=en

Q-32 Do you have any information about Research Centers(for Phd) in Finland?

Ans:
For Research Centers:-

1 - www.tucs.fi Turku)

Research at TUCS is organized into research laboratories and centres. There are currently 17 research laboratories and two centres within TUCS. A centre may consist of several laboratories.

The research areas at TUCS are:

* Algorithmics
* Bioinformatics
* Communication Systems
* Discrete Mathematics
* Embedded Systems
* Information Systems
* Mathematical Modelling
* Microelectronics
* Software Engineering

2 - Helsinki University of Technology Research Centers:-

http://www.tkk.fi/Research/centres_of_excellence.html

http://www.tkk.fi/Research/

3 - Tampere University of Technology Research Centers:-

>http://www.tut.fi/public/index.cfm?MainSel=1604&Sel=1604&Show=1500&Siteid=32

>http://www.cs.tut.fi/tos/english/contact.shtml

4 - Lapeenranta University of Technology Research Center:-

http://www.lut.fi/en/research/index.html

Q-33 What sort of Attestation of Documents we need for Finland?

Ans:

wat ever documents u wud send shud be attested from Notary Public (foreign attestation)..

Foreign attestation:

foreign attestation is just a bit different from normal local attestation...
in foreign attestation they wud charge u about 5 or 6 PKR per page ...
for local it is 3 Rs/page..
They will also put a golden sticker on ur documents...

Documents to be attested:

Now as far as which documents shud be attested?

1- IELTS result photocopy (if u r sending it by urself..if AEO is directly sending the result to university than there is no need for ielts photocopy)

2-Degree photocopy ( B.E. , intermediate , matric )

3-Transcript photocopy (only B.E.)

4-passport photocopy (first two pages)

Documents which do not need any attestation:

1- letter of recommendation from teachers (in most of the cases university requires sealed envelopes from teacher n even if it is not sealed , recommendation letter contains the stamp from university and also it is original not photocopy so there is no need for attestation )

2- statement of purpose or letter of motivation..

3- CV

4- experience letter (as usually they are original,but if photocopy than u may attest it as well....i did not attach any experience letter with my application...its not the requirement )

5-pakistan engineering council certificate ( NOT required ...original or photocopy)

Q-34 Could you plz Mention some Job Portals/websites in Finland?

Ans:

Now as far as jobs are concerned.
Yes there are lot of jobs for Software Enginers..
Jobs are in Helsinki,Tampere & Turku.

there is also a jobs portal
www.elanit.com
select suomi(finland)
than Press HAE(search) button..it will produce all available jobs in Finland.

but this is one portal there are lot of jobs websites and recruitment agencies.

www.monster.fi

www.mol.fi

Q-35 Plz give us some information about MBA?

Ans:

Remember MBA is not Tution Free in Finland.
Finland
3 programs for MBA in Finland.


Helsinki School of Economics (HSE)

Helsinki, Finland


One-Year Full-Time, Part-Time: International MBA with concentrations in International Finance, High-Technology Entrepreneurship, Information Technology Management more



Hanken MBA - Svenska Handelshögskolan

Helsinki, Finland


Part-Time: MBA with concentrations in Relationship Marketing and Finance more

Turku School of Economics and Business Administration

Turku, Finland


Executive MBA: Executive MBA more

Q-36 Give us Some Merits & Demerits of various Finnish Universities like HUT,TUT,UTU & LUT etc??

Ans:

A salam o alykum all,(MY PERSONAL VIEWS)

(a)-Tampere University of Technology:-

1-Tampere,Largest industrial city and 2nd most populated city of finland.
2-Lot companies headquarters are in Tampere
3-TUT ranked No.1 in Finland among universities of Technology.
4-Education is v tough and for some students tough education means gud and high standard education.
5-Not a good place for Odd jobs.
6-Few pakistanies and disperse community.
7-Good chances for regular IT jobs.

(b)-Helsinki University of Technology:-

1-Capital of Finland.
2-In pakistan ppl know this name of helsinki.
3-Ranked No.2 in universities of technology.
4-Lot of pakistanies in Town and HUT.
5-Lot of job opportunities of both regular programming & odd jobs.
6-Largest city.
7-Good Alumini Network.
8-Just a bit expensive as compare to other cities.
(c)-University of TURKU:-

1-Third Largest City.
2-First Capital and oldest city of Finland.
3-Ranked No.2 after university of Helsinki (Remember its not a university of Technology).
4-Good community of Pakistanies .
5-Good job opportunities,both odd & regular....as it is a costal area..
6-Lot of Research in DVB-H & DVB-T,Funding by European consortium.
7-Center of Excellence in Bio-Informatics in all over Europe.
8-Not expensive as compare to Helsinki.
9-I myself(NEDian) in this university also,Fahad(from FAST karachi) and among seniors Fahad ghani(NEDian),Asim zaka(GIK),Imran Bajwa(GIK),Nayyar etc.

(d)-Lappeenranta University of Technology:-

1-Good Emerging University
2-Small City.
3-Less job opportunities,both odd and regular.

Q-37 Give us a comparison between Finland & Sweden??

Ans:

well if u see ranking on web, Certainly u would feel that swedish educational standard is far much higher then Finland....upto some extent may be its true....but i personally feel that universities like Tampere and HUT are v gud and competitive to any swedish university....

2nd there is a Job perspective....some of the students feel that Finland is gud as far as job situation is concerned....(both Odd and regular IT job).......but it also depends wat choice do u have..? like if u get admission in Lapland Finland(not many jobs) and also in KTH stockholm,sweden((some jobs) than i wud suggest u to go sweden.....

Also one of our brother Qaisor bhai advised me Finland when i ask him same question when i was making a decision abt sweden n finland...n it was a v gud advise....as he told me that here in finland we have opportunities of

paid Thesis,

Internships,

Regular IT jobs,

Funded Phd etc.....

where as in sweden you do not have such opportuinities...Also in sweden,mostly 80% students are those who want to go europe just for doing odd jobs as such students do not have v gud educational background and getting admission in sweden is realtively Easy as compare to Finland...so those students usually got success in getting admission in sweden but failed in Finland....I hope u can analyze by urself now....

Q-38 HOW IS THE UNIVERISYT OF VAASA.??

Ans:

Its Gud....Certainly not bad....but most of the pakistanies usually prefer HUT,Tampere,Turku or Abo...Various Reasons for this like Job,Pakistani Community etc ...

Q-39 WHAT IS THE REPUTATION OF Vaasa "MS TELECOMMUNICATION" PROGRAM?

Ans:

Well,Ofcourse it is a gud program....Basically Vaasa is swedish speaking city of Finland....n university of Vaasa usually get quite a good amount of Grant from sweden as well....so must have good labs and other stuff....

Q-40 WHAT ARE JOB OPPURTUNITES IN THE CITY OF VAASA.?

Ans:
Few Odd Jobs opportunities,swedish language is needed for most of the odd jobs...It is a coastal area...so there is a ship cleaning company "SOL" which hires foreigners but usually there are lot of chinese in this company.....So do not think that there are lot of jobs for pakistanies....
But There can be IT programming jobs in Vaasa......so if u know programming v well than i dun think that u will remain unemployed for a long time..but again.....Vaasa is not a industrial city like Tampere nor a capital like Helsinki so Overall job situation is not v gud for pakistanies over there...

Q-41 WHAT ARE YOURS VIEWS ABOUT TELECOMMUNICATION MARKET IN VAASA CITY.?

Ans:

I have no idea......There shud be Programmers Marketbut m not sure abt it.

Q-42 TREND IN FINLAND ABOUT TELECOMMUNICATION MARKET WITH RESPECT TO JOB?

Ans:

There are jobs for programmers like ( C,C++,Java,Symbian,S60 Mobile application development,Linux system programming)....but it does not mean that u get job in ur 1st week....u have to w8 for a good opportunity.....For Telecommunication Networks Jobs....i was taking to waqas Khattak bhai(Engr in Ericsson from Helsinki) n according to him,there are not so many jobs in this field.......u may get if u r lucky or get thesis in Nokia or ericsson but its not so frequent...

Can u plz guide me abt the entrance exam conducted in pak for students applying for undergraduate degree in finland. detail info needed

Assalam o Alikum

I need your help. I am Zia ur Rehman, currently living in Pakistan. I have done BE in Biomedical Engineering from NED university, Karachi. I am stuck in a serious issue and i want to get out from it as soon as possible. I have got admission in MS in nano science and nanotechnology in KU Leuven, Belgium and MS in Biomedical engineering, Finland. I don't know which country to follow. There are mix opinions from group of people. One says it is not easy to live in Belgium because you are on your on funding. Some says Belgium is less industrialize than Finland. There is less possibility to get part time jobs in Belgium and stuff like that. I want to know from members who have experience regarding all these. I have very short time little as I have to apply for Visa. Please response to my mail as soon as possible.

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Zia ur Rehma