Continuing Professional Education for nurses granted with a Diploma in General Nursing or Bachelor in Nursing outside the EU/EEA

A qualification path to Finnish working life for graduates from outside the EU and EEA countries

Project duration

1.8.2022. – 31.12.2024

Source of funding

The Service Centre for Continuous Learning and Employment (SECLE)

Total funding

1 407 900 €

In cooperation with working life, the project develops a qualification path for non-Bachelor-level or Bachelor-level nursing graduates from outside the EU and EEA countries into the Finnish working life.

The goal is to increase nurses’ knowledge of Finnish social and health care structures, the legislation that guides them, patient safety and the ethical principles of nursing work, and to strengthen the Finnish language skills in working life. In addition, the project compiles and evaluates methods for assessing the competence of nurses.

The project produces a model of the nurse’s qualification path for the website, from which it can be used in the future when recruiting foreign nurses to work in Finnish social and health care. Turku University of Applied Sciences is responsible for assessing the competence of nurses.

In addition to Turku University of Applied Sciences, the following universities of applied sciences offer the education in Finland:

• Laurea UAS
• Oulun UAS
• Savonia UAS
• Tampere UAS

The training has been funded by the Service Centre for Continuous Learning and Employment. The Service Centre promotes the competence development of working age people and the availability of skilled labour. The operations of the Service Centre are overseen by the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.