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International mobility of students and education professionals

CIMO publishes statistics on international mobility of students and education professionals in Finland. Statistics are collected from vocational institutions and universities. On this page you will find statistics on international mobility of students.

Student mobility covers degree students who complete their whole degree abroad and exchange students who only complete a part of their degree abroad. By mobility, we also mean study visits, practical training and work placements abroad.

Statistics on student mobility are collected in many different places. CIMO collects data on exchange students.

Data on degree studies is collected by Statistics Finland (international students in Finland) and Kela – the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Finnish students receiving Finnish student benefit abroad).

Different actors use different classification systems and collect data from different periods. For this reason, categories and years in some charts and tables may differ.

Mobility of teaching and other education professionals can include trips and preparatory visits relating to cooperation projects, further trainingand teaching, and other work-related visits abroad.

The Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture collects data on mobility of university teachers and researchers in its KOTA database.

CIMO collects data on mobility of teachers and education professionals in vocational institutions and universities of applied sciences.

Contact us

Research Manager Irma Garam (mobility in higher education)

Research Manager Siru Korkala (mobility in vocational institutions)