Your guide to student health care: FSHS essentials for new degree students

Did you start your studies this autumn? Make the most of FSHS – check out the “For new students” page

Are you starting your higher education studies and wondering how student health care works? The Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS) is there for you throughout your studies – as long as you remember a few basics from the very beginning.
On our “For new students” page, we have gathered all the most important practical tips for your first semesters. There you will find, among other things:

• how registering as attending (present) affects your right to use FSHS services
• how to contact FSHS as quickly as possible and how the assessment of the need for care works
• where to find your nearest service unit
• how to start using the YTHS Digi online service, where you manage appointments, message professionals about your care and join video appointments
• what digital care paths are and how they provide self-guided support, for example with concentration, bite problems and contraception
• how and when to pay the healthcare fee to Kela – and in which situations you may not need to pay it
• why it’s important to reschedule or cancel appointments in time
• what the TerveysStartti health questionnaire for first-year students means in practice
• what kind of group activities and events we organise both on campuses and online
• links to field-specific instructions, for example for students in social and health care, veterinary medicine and food sciences.

The page helps you to:

• avoid unnecessary fees and misunderstandings
• find the right service at the right time
• start using digital services that save time and make everyday life easier
• support your wellbeing, health and ability to study right from the start.

Take a few minutes now – it will make your everyday study life easier throughout your degree.