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Opiskelijoita istumassa ulkona.
Welcome to the Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK as a student member! You’ll get advice on finding (summer) jobs, professional magazines, salary information, member benefits, discounts, and of course the popular TEK belt and TEK magazine. If you’re not a member yet, join now – student membership is free!

https://www.tek.fi/en/services-and-benefits/students

Graduate survey's privacy statement defines how the data related to TEK's Graduate Survey is handled.

https://www.tek.fi/en/about-tek/data-protection/privacy-statement-for-tek-graduate-survey

Opiskelijoita istuu auringossa haalarit päällä
TEK gives starter salary recommendations for recent graduates and trainees annually. Check out what kind of salary you can ask for!

https://www.tek.fi/en/services-and-benefits/students/salary-recommendations

Henkilö työskentelemässä tietokoneella ja puhelimella
Looking for a summer job or a thesis job? Should you join an unemployment fund? What kind of salary you should ask for?

https://www.tek.fi/en/services-and-benefits/students/working-as-a-student

Kuvituskuva.
What is the employment situation for recent graduates in engineering and architecture across different fields of study? And how satisfied are they with their studies? Read more about different fields.
News article

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/industrial-management-graduates-earn-the-most-at-graduation

Kolme henkilöä kävelee ja pyöräilee rakennusten edessä.
Are you about to graduate or have you already completed your degree? Congratulations! As a recent graduate, you get full TEK membership at a discounted price for the first year.

https://www.tek.fi/en/services-and-benefits/students/graduation

Henkilöitä istumassa.
Overall, a quarter of newly graduated architects and academic engineers saw themselves working abroad five years after graduation. The figure is even higher amongst non-Finnish respondents.
News article

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/a-quarter-of-newly-graduated-architects-and-academic-engineers-dont-think-theyll-stay-in-finland

Henkilöitä istumassa.
Newly graduated academic engineers and architects are satisfied with their degrees. Of the academic engineers and architects who graduated in 2024, 90% would choose the same degree again. The employment situation at the time of graduation declined slightly compared to last year. Especially international graduates find it difficult to enter the Finnish job market. View the results in more detail on this page!

https://www.tek.fi/en/services-and-benefits/research/tek-studies-students/tek-graduate-survey-results-2024

Vastavalmistunut puhuu puhelimessa
The starter salary recommendation is a good starting point for requesting a specific salary as a new graduate. When thinking about your desired salary, you might also want to take a look at TEK's Salary Surveyor and salary statistics.
Blog post

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/what-starting-salary-should-i-ask-for

Piiroskuvassa on kolme opiskelijaa matematiikkaa kuvaavien elementtien kanssa.
How easily do academic engineers and architects graduating from different fields of study find jobs? Are there major differences between different fields in terms of pay or the satisfaction with studies? TEK studied these questions.
News article

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/does-the-field-of-study-matter