Student healthcare fee in higher education (BA and MA students), deadline 15 November 2024
The student healthcare fee for the Autumn term is to be paid Kela 15th November at the latest. You can pay the healthcare fee via the OmaKela e-service. If you cannot use the e-service for instance because you do not have Finnish online banking credentials, please pay the fee to Kela as a bank transfer. More information on Kela’s web site: https://www.kela.fi/web/en/how-to-pay-the-student-healthcare-fee-in-higher-education
Kela sends a letter with payment instructions before the due date for payment to students who are required to pay the fee but have not paid it. This letter is sent twice a year, approximately three weeks before the due date of the fee. If you have updated your information in OmaKela to go paperless, you will receive a text message or email when the letter is available to read in OmaKela.
You can use the FSHS healthcare services if you are completing a bachelor’s or a master’s degree and have registered as attending.
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.
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.
Even if you are going for an exchange abroad, you must register as attending and also pay the student healthcare fee.
Please note: 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.