Finnish National Structure CIMO Annika Sundbäck Workshop 3 30/11 Funding and Sustainability of the Master Courses: tuition fees – sponsorship, national funding, institutional funding and overall resourcing

Finnish National Structure CIMO Annika Sundbäck Mundus in a Nordic Welfare State OECD statistics 04-05, 2.1 % of GDP total public expenditure in HE (1.8% directly) Finland ranks nr 1. in HE enrolment (40% of population aged 20-29), also high on competitiveness and innovation rankings Fear for jeopardizing equal access with fees, fear of losing international degree students Ministry working group suggests fees

Finnish National Structure CIMO Annika Sundbäck Mundus in the Land of equal access to Higher Education Finnish Law does not allow fees -> EM? - payments to consortia, coordinator compensation - EU student scholarships - Ministry of Education supporting universities directly through bilateral negociations: i.e salary for programme administrator Private sector not yet much involved in financing HE

Finnish National Structure CIMO Annika Sundbäck Quality and free access at a high price for tax payers – how long? Double public funding in EM Quality Assurance - normal national procedures (internal/external), ENQA, NOQA Sustainability - better institutional funding as a result of EM - so far not depending on tuition fees

Finnish National Structure CIMO Annika Sundbäck Conclusion