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Opiskelijoita istumassa ulkona.
Students
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!
Keywords:
membership, student, salary, job search, job search and career, employment and law, graduation, recent graduate

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

TEK's Ida Parkkinen and Owain Hopeaketo.
International students’ financial burdens require urgent action
"International students are the backbone of our future technology industry – we all have a duty to do more to support their financial security," write TEK's Owain Hopeaketo and Ida Parkkinen.
Blog post
Keywords:
internationality, student, student research, university, TEK's research

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/international-students-financial-burdens-require-urgent-action

Opiskelija täyttää kalenteriaan kuulokkeet päässään.
Join the KOKO unemployment fund during your studies
While you are studying, are you doing any work for which you earn at least €465 per month? If so, it is worth joining the KOKO unemployment fund.
News article
Keywords:
student, unemployment fund

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/join-the-koko-unemployment-fund-during-your-studies

Lähikuvassa nuoren ihmisen kädet kirjoittamassa tietokoneella.
TEK's Workbook helps students with summer job applications
For example, the Workbook website has an application wizard exercise to help you draft your job application.
News article
Keywords:
summer job, student, Workbook

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/teks-workbook-helps-students-with-summer-job-applications

Opiskelijoita istuu auringossa haalarit päällä
Salary recommendations
TEK gives starter salary recommendations for recent graduates and trainees annually. Check out what kind of salary you can ask for!
Keywords:
student, salary, salary recommendation, recent graduate

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

Opiskelijoita, Aalto-yliopisto, opiskelijaedustajat
How to become a student representative?
Do you want more power, networks and expertise? Are you eager to influence the policies of a nationally significant and influential organisation? As a student representative, you will get to experience all this. Application period for 2026 representatives was 9.10.-9.11.2025.
Keywords:
student, decision-making, TEK, influencing

https://www.tek.fi/en/about-tek/decision-making/how-to-become-a-student-representative

Jäynäkilpailujen voittajajoukkue
Otaniemi team crowned Teekkari Pranksters of the Year
The winning jäynä tackled a timely question: How does our ability to concentrate vary across different settings?
News article
Keywords:
student, teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/otaniemi-team-crowned-teekkari-pranksters-of-the-year

Opiskelijoita istumassa nurmikolla kesäisenä päivänä
Equality Guide
This Equality Guide offers concrete tips for building a more equal and non-discriminatory student culture as well as for intervening in inappropriate behaviour.
Keywords:
student, gender equality

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

Henkilö työskentelemässä tietokoneella ja puhelimella
Working as a student
Looking for a summer job or a thesis job? Should you join an unemployment fund? What kind of salary you should ask for?
Keywords:
student, salary, job search, job search and career, employment and law, recent graduate

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

Henkilöitä istumassa.
Engineering Education Seminar 2025
Event
Keywords:
Graduate Survey, student, TEK's research, university

https://www.tek.fi/en/events/engineering-education-seminar-2025

TEKin tykit ryhmäkuvassa.
Student liaisons are like TEK’s antennae
TEK’s student liaisons, known as opiskelijayhdyshenkilöt or tykit in Finnish, support local student cultures and encourage new students to become members of TEK. They know what is happening on campuses now and in the future.
News article
Keywords:
student, influencing

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/student-liaisons-are-like-teks-antennae

Sekavan hallituksen jäseniä.
LGBTQ+ friends across campus boundaries
Tampere-based Sekava ry offers a community and peer support for LGBTQ+ students – and a reason for homebodies to go out and meet people.
News article
Keywords:
LHBTIQ+, student, Tampere University

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/lgbtq-friends-across-campus-boundaries

Opettaja ja kaksi opiskelijaa teknisten laitteiden parissa
Towards equal representation in tech
A study on ways to achieve gender balance in the field of technology at universities.
Keywords:
student, TEK's research, university

https://www.tek.fi/en/services-and-benefits/research/tek-studies-students/towards-equal-representation-in-tech

teekkarilakin valmistusta
How a teekkari cap is made
TEK Magazine looked into the manufacturing process of the iconic Finnish tassel cap (teekkarilakki) and followed its journey from the hands of sewers to the hat store on Sofiankatu in Helsinki.
News article
Keywords:
student, teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/how-a-teekkari-cap-is-made

Antero Hakapää astuu alas nurmitöyräältä Otaniemen kampuksella.
Idea of student overalls was born in a sauna in the early 60s
Antero Hakapää and seven other students of materials science and technology were the first in Finland to start using student overalls as their uniform. The group of friends which goes by the name Oopperan Ystävät (“Friends of Opera”) still meets on a regular basis.
News article
Keywords:
history, student, teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/idea-of-student-overalls-was-born-in-a-sauna-in-the-early-60s

A tired student, a cup of coffee and homework.
Blog: Did I zone out again?
This narrative explores the challenges faced by international students in Finland. For the sake of this story, let’s imagine a busy university student named Nara. She is trying to listen to a professor in a crowded lecture hall.
Blog post
Keywords:
student, wellbeing, column

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/blog-did-i-zone-out-again

Björn Wiemers puhumassa Opiskelijavaikuttajaseminaarissa 2025.
Blog: Pondering the future of higher education graduates
TEK invited over 70 student actives together to discuss the future of students. Finances raised concerns, whereas singing brought joy, writes Jaakko Marttila.
Blog post
Keywords:
student, decision-making

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/blog-pondering-the-future-of-higher-education-graduates

Opiskelijoita keskustelemassa rimaseinän edessä
Blog: Financial worries threaten student wellbeing, innovation and retention
The poor employment situation is giving engineering students both short- and long-term fears.
Blog post
Keywords:
student research, TEK's research, innovation, student, society

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/blog-financial-worries-threaten-student-wellbeing-innovation-and-retention

Kaksi haalaripukuista henkilöä kävelee.
The official TEK overall badge competition has started!
Suggest a slogan or a design for a TEK overall badge by 2nd March – your idea might come alive!
News article
Keywords:
student, award, teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/the-official-tek-overall-badge-competition-has-started

A person walking in snow.
Blog: Snow, Slips, and Smiles
Do you also find the frosty, dark winter challenging? Your friendly neighborhood neurodivergent is here with his tricks. You might slip, but with a little gamified magic, you’ll glide through the long nights and keep those dopamine levels soaring!
Blog post
Keywords:
column, neurodiversity, student

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/blog-snow-slips-and-smiles

Henkilöt kävelevät rappusissa.
TEK Graduate Survey results 2023
Newly graduated academic engineers and architects are satisfied with their degrees. Of the academic engineers and architects who graduated in 2023, 91% would choose the same degree again. The employment situation at the time of graduation remained good, despite declining slightly from the year before. View the results in more detail on this page!
Keywords:
Graduate Survey, student, TEK's research, recent graduate

https://www.tek.fi/en/services-and-benefits/research/tek-studies-students/tek-graduate-survey-results-2023

A lecture in an auditorium with bright lights.
Blog: What if the world felt different?
What if your brain worked differently than most of your peers? Imagine that clothes felt like sandpaper, that painfully bright lights were too dim for everyone around you, and that party music makes you feel like you’re a maracas being shaken.
Blog post
Keywords:
column, neurodiversity, student

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/blog-what-if-the-world-felt-different

Yleiskuva TEK-loungesta.
“This turned out pretty cool” – new Tampere TEK Lounge has opened
Opened in November, the new TEK Lounge in Tampere is twice as big as the old one. Welcome to spend a day working remotely from here or meeting people you know!
News article
Keywords:
student, TEK's regional offices

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/this-turned-out-pretty-cool-new-tampere-tek-lounge-has-opened

Nainen istuu aaltojen keskellä.
Universities are learning to be more neurodiverse
Universities in the field of technology support students’ neurodiversity with individual arrangements, for example. Hundreds of students are already utilising these arrangements, and the demand for them is growing.
News article
Keywords:
neurodiversity, student

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/universities-are-learning-to-be-more-neurodiverse

Henkilö katsoo läppäriä.
Exercise: Time Management Excel
It's easy to overestimate how much time we actually spend on the things that matter to us. This exercise will help you to visualise and become aware of how you spend your time.
Keywords:
mental health, student

https://www.tek.fi/en/services-and-benefits/wellbeing/exercise-time-management-excel

Henkilö istuu ikkunalaudalla kuulokkeet päässään.
Exercise: Character strengths
What kinds of activities feel natural, valuable and meaningful for you to do? Get to know yourself and your strengths with the help of this exercise!
Keywords:
mental health, student, wellbeing

https://www.tek.fi/en/services-and-benefits/wellbeing/exercise-character-strengths

Henkilö teekkarilakki päässä.
Exercise: Sources of energy
What is your personal shock absorber? What refills your battery? Find out with these exercises!
Keywords:
wellbeing, mental health, student

https://www.tek.fi/en/services-and-benefits/wellbeing/exercise-sources-of-energy

YC:n ryhmäkuva.
YC makes the student voice heard in TEK
Youth Committee (YC) has a lot on their plate: they are involved in TEK's salary recommendations for students, TEK's Equality Guide, student events, TEK's Pride partnership and in the recruitment of student representatives, for example.
News article
Keywords:
student, decision-making, TEK, committee

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/yc-makes-the-student-voice-heard-in-tek

Tomi Gullstén nostaa sinervää haalaria.
Producing 28,000 student overalls a year
Tampere-based companies Tam-Folio and Opiskelijahaalarit.fi reveal what happens in the time between a student placing an order for overalls and receiving them to wear.
News article
Keywords:
student, teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/producing-28000-student-overalls-a-year

Kolme opiskelijahaalareihin pukeutunutta henkilöä pitelee uutta, itäsuomalaista tupsulakkia.
New tassel cap from Eastern Finland
The first teekkaris at the University of Eastern Finland received their tassel caps on May Day this year. The cap has been designed by the teekkaris themselves.
News article
Keywords:
University of Eastern Finland, student, teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/new-tassel-cap-from-eastern-finland