Towards a more sustainable Finland with SIMHE
Finland needs more high-skilled workforce. International professionals are a tremendous pool of talent for Finland. Our mission is to help these talents find employment in their own field in our country.
Between 2016 and 2024, Metropolia offered SIMHE services (Supporting Immigrants in Higher Education in Finland), funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture, to support the identification of immigrants' competences and to guide them towards appropriate educational and career paths. You can learn more about SIMHE universities of responsibility on the Finnish National Agency for Education’s website.
Metropolia now provides its own SIMHE services for highly educated immigrants, as a continuation of the previous services.
Explore the current SIMHE services on the Services for Highly Educated Immigrants webpage.
Statistics on immigrants´ and asylum seekers´ guidance
SIMHE Services at Metropolia (2016–2024)
SIMHE services at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences were offered from spring 2016 to 2024.
The personal guidance included a one-hour appointment, advance preparation based on customer information, and a follow-up email with key points and useful links.
Recognition of competence involved an individual discussion and a written description of the customer’s skills, often complemented by group guidance sessions.
Digital services included the SIMHE-Metropolia Facebook page, a customer newsletter, and blog posts on the Various Variables blog, offering insights and opportunities for highly educated immigrants.
Usage of immigrants´ and asylum seekers´ guidance services
| Type of guidance | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | Q2-Q4/2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal guidance | 7391,2,3,4 | 9795,6,7,8 | 7345 | 4825 | 325 | 338 | 330 | 250 | 100 |
| Webinars | 130 | 17 | 142 | 237 | 194 | 212 | 256 | 208 | 115 |
| Other group guidance | 2522,3,4 | 1376 | 2835,6 | 4661,5 | 6021,2 | 73 | 258 | - | - |
| Group-specific theme-based guidance | 4632,3,4,5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Recognition of competence | - | 775 | 1765 | 1563 | 104 | 324 | 19 | 96 | 70 |
| TOTAL | 1584 | 1210 | 1335 | 1314 | 1131 | 655 | 863 | 554 | 285 |
Some of the figures also include (incl.) customers from the following projects:
1 Incl. SIMHE services
2 Incl. TEAP project for Health Care professionals qualified abroad
3 Incl. Get Work Vantaa project´s clients guided by Metropolia´s Career Coach
4 Incl. the projects targeted for people who fled Ukraine
5 Incl. Career Boost Programme in Business Accounting
6 Incl. Higher education preparatory programme for immigrants (in Finnish)
Contact
Guidance and counselling services only for people residing in Finland.
Contact for guidance and counselling customers: simhe [at] metropolia.fi (simhe[at]metropolia[dot]fi)