Study title

Survey of Foreign Students in Five Finnish Universities 2005: Partial Data

Dataset ID Number

FSD2139

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2139

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Student Union of the University of Helsinki
• Student Union of the University of Jyväskylä
• Student Union of the University of Tampere
• Student Union of the Helsinki University of Technology
• Student Union of the University of Turku

Other Identification/Acknowledgements

• Kärki, Johanna (Student Union of the University of Turku)

Abstract

The archived data consist of responses to an open-ended question in the Survey of Foreign Students in Five Finnish Universities 2005 (FSD2100) charting various aspects in the lives of foreign degree students in five Finnish universities. The open-ended question was "What else do you wish to say as a foreign student?" Responses covered, among others, reasons for immigrating to Finland, adjustment to Finnish society and university life, basic income and future plans. The respondents also shared their experiences and views of Finland and the Finnish society as well as fear and prejudice they had faced, but also kindness and hospitality shown to them. Some of the respondents also shared their views on employment and job-seeking in Finland, the plans to introduce tuition fees for foreign students, and quality of university studies.

Background information included the respondent's age, gender, nationality, faculty and years spent in Finland. The data contain 287 responses and is especially suitable for practice material in teaching methods for qualitative analysis in English. This data is only available in English.

Keywords

discrimination; educational fees; educational grants; employment; foreign students; higher education institutions; immigration; integration; living conditions; prejudice

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Higher and further education (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Minorities (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• Student Union of the University of Helsinki

Data Producers

• Student Union of the University of Helsinki
• Student Union of the University of Jyväskylä
• Student Union of the University of Tampere
• Student Union of the Helsinki University of Technology
• Student Union of the University of Turku

Time Period Covered

2005

Collection Dates

spring 2005 ( 2005 )

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland, Helsinki, Jyväskylä, Tampere, Turku

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Foreign degree students in the Universities of Helsinki, Jyväskylä, Tampere, and Turku, and the Helsinki University of Technology (excluding foreign degree students whose email addresses were not known or not in use)

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The student unions received foreign students' email addresses from the university registers. The students (N=2,263) were sent an email message asking them to participate in the study. The message contained a link to the online survey.

Students who had not responded to the survey within two weeks' time were sent a reminder email. A total of 814 people responded to the survey, but the partial data based on the responses to the final, open-ended question in the survey contain the responses of 287 students.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data Files

Data: CSV file in English contain 287 responses

Data File Language

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: English.

Qualitative data are available in their original language only and are not translated.

Data Version

1.0

Related Datasets

FSD2100 Survey of Foreign Students in Five Finnish Universities 2005

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Approximately 5% of the respondents were Finnish. 206 respondents were post-graduate students. Students of the the Helsinki University of Technology and the University of Jyväskylä are somewhat over-represented in the data.

Responses with very little text were removed from the data. Typically, such responses were requests to organise more courses in English or messages thanking for the survey.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Student Union of the University of Helsinki & Student Union of the University of Jyväskylä & Student Union of the University of Tampere & Student Union of the Helsinki University of Technology & Student Union of the University of Turku: Survey of Foreign Students in Five Finnish Universities 2005: Partial Data [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2006-05-22). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2139

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Materials

Kärki, Johanna (2005). "If I had to pay I would require value for my money" : A Study on Foreign Degree Students at the Universities of Helsinki, Tampere, Turku, Jyväskylä and Helsinki University of Technology [webdocument]. http://www.tamy.fi/files/orig/13_A_Study_on_Foreign_Degree_Students.pdf [cited 15.02.2006].

Related Publications

Kärki, Johanna (2005). "If I had to pay I would require value for my money": A Study on Foreign Degree Students at the Universities of Helsinki, Tampere, Turku, Jyväskylä and Helsinki University of Technology [online]. http://www.tamy.fi/files/orig/13_A_Study_on_Foreign_Degree_Students.pdf [cited 15.02.2006].