Survival Guide: Nepalese Students Moving to Finland

This Bachelor’s thesis is valuable to gain adequate information about the chosen topic. This thesis focuses on Nepalese students who wish to study in Finland. The abstraction of the the-sis provides to produce the map of own research as well as examines the international stu-dent perspective. The major priorities are culture, education, intercultural communication, and development work. The topic was developed from own personal experience being an overseas student and an aspiration to promote student life in Finland to become easier and informed. The thesis highlights an improvement proposal consisting of a guide to the student in Finland, daily life, culture, and communication. However, to analyze development work from stu-dent’s perception, this thesis combines together the recommendations and suggestions to be presented to schools’ international coordinators. In general a guide will help new students adapt into a studying environment, familiarize into practices and habits in a new culture. The thesis examines the motivation factors influencing Nepalese students to make the decision. Therefore, the research problem debates into the motivations to apply overseas studies, how the motivation factors affect student’s decision and how to develop international studies more friendly. The research problem aimed to improve discussion on students’ life, their ma-jor priorities, and opinions. The report's main priorities are students’ personal opinions, con-ceptions and beliefs that include public surveys, personal surveys and data collection. In order to complete the whole research work, the thesis is divided into two different studies. Methodological summary of the thesis was approached through qualitative open-ended ques-tions and a quantitative survey. The survey was carried out using an online questionnaire among Nepalese students studying in Finland. The empirical part focuses on a questionnaire and a semi structure theme interview for data collection. Additionally, some students who could not be interviewed individually provided written answer to a questionnaire via e-mail and social network Facebook. The research is therefore mainly based on survey work, international book publications and journals, government publications, administrative statistics and Internet sources regarding the third country student in Finland. Lack of general information about the country and study method, both presented students experiences and views, while many respondents felt prob-lematic life in Finland. Most interesting motivation for Nepalese students to come to study in Finland was because of free education. The common issue was practical matters such as daily living, finding a apartment on the other hand managing time to study and work, homesickness were remained struggles for most of the Nepalese students. Students gave suggestions and open responses of how to make student life easier and how to develop endurance guide for Nepalese students’ in Finland. The results of the survey are positive and negative regarding the problems faced by the students at Finnish schools. Keywords: Education, Finland, Intercultural Communication, Nepa