Health care for students: FSHS (for degree students only)

The purpose of the FSHS is to provide student health services, as stip­u­lated in the Health Care Act, for those study­ing for a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree at a univer­sity or other insti­tu­tion of higher education.

Student health­care services include the following:

• checks on health and safety aspects of the study envi­ron­ment in educa­tional insti­tu­tions and welfare promo­tion among learn­ing commu­ni­ties, together with monitoring
• moni­tor­ing and promo­tion of students’ health, welfare and fitness to study
• health checks accord­ing to indi­vid­ual needs
• provi­sion of health and medical care services
• mental health and substance abuse services
• promo­tion of sexual health
• oral health care
• early iden­ti­fi­ca­tion of any special needs and tests required by students, support, and, if neces­sary, refer­ral for further tests or treatment

FSHS activ­i­ties are funded by state funding (77% of funding) and by health­care fees paid by students (23% of funding). The FSHS has no funds of its own other than the capital on forma­tion, which only amounts to a little over €3,000.

Read more on FSHS website.

Please check also other general infor­ma­tion on public and private health care services in Joensuu.

Health­care fee for students in higher education

Remem­ber to pay the health­care fee for students in higher educa­tion twice a year. In 2024, the student health­care fee in higher educa­tion is EUR 36.80 per term. The fee is paid to Kela for both the spring and the autumn term. You are not billed for the fee but are expected to pay it unprompted. The amount that must be paid is defined in a Govern­ment Decree and may vary from year to year.

Please check the Kela website for further infor­ma­tion and instruc­tions on payment.