On October 1, 2025, Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK had over 4,000 international members for the first time. The precise number is 4,288.
“This is another milestone in the growth of TEK’s international membership. Over the past few years, we have really been putting more effort into better reaching and serving international students and experts, who we know in the past have been underrepresented in our membership. Step by step, the work is clearly making a difference,” rejoices Owain Hopeaketo, Project Manager for International Experts at TEK.
“We’re thrilled that our membership is becoming more representative and more international,” he continues.
“The current political and economic situation in Finland makes our role in supporting international technology experts especially crucial. A high number of international members gives us credibility and impact in that work.”
Number of international TEK members
In five years, the number of TEK members with their nationality listed as anything other than Finnish has grown from around 750 to over 4200. Of these, around half are full members and half are student members.