Bachelor and master students: Remember to pay the student healthcare fee by 15 March
The student healthcare fee is mandatory for all Uniarts students who are completing a bachelor’s or a master’s degree and have registered as attending. You pay the healthcare fee personally directly to Kela. The due date for the spring term is 15 March 2025. The payment entitles you to use FSHS healthcare services.
Even if you are going for an exchange abroad, you must register as attending and also pay the student healthcare fee. If you visit Finland during the study abroad, you can use FSHS services. FSHS does not offer remote appointments during a student’s exchange period or traineeship abroad.
If you have social security coverage from another EU/EEA country or from Switzerland or the United Kingdom, you do not have to pay the healthcare fee. However, you can still use the FSHS services. Please send a picture of your valid European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) to Kela well in advance of the due date for the fee. See more instructions on Kela’s website.
You must pay the healthcare fee if you come to Finland from a country outside the EU area to complete a degree here even if you have taken out private health insurance for the residence permit. Private health insurance taken out for the residence permit does not mean that you have social security coverage in the EU area.