Finland - why not?
Finland offers excellent opportunities in higher education in every field of study. The institutions of higher education in Finland offer a considerable amount of tuition in English and have modern facilities. For these reasons, considering the size of the country, Finland has become one of the most popular destinations among the European Union's Erasmus programme.
As a Nordic country and EU member state Finland is a modern welfare state. The country is situated between East and West, and the geopolitical location gives students opportunity to explore neighbouring countries and cultures during their study period. There are many co-operation projects at SAMK, which involve study trips to neighbouring countries. Many of these are available also to international students.
Finnish is different - and fun!
Finnish is not more difficult than the other languages, it is just different. Finnish language is a member of Finno-Ugrian language family. Almost all other European languages belong to Indo-European family. That's why the grammatical structure and vocabulary in Finnish is different.
The closest relatives of Finnish language are Karelian, Vepsian, Ingrian, Estonian, Votian and Livonian. The best known Finno-Ugrian language is Hungarian. There are about 25 million speakers of Finno-Ugrian languages in the world.