EVERYDAY LIFE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN SOUTHERN FINLAND

EVERYDAY LIFE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN SOUTHERN FINLAND Diaconia University of Applied Sciences Degree Programme in Social Services N B Bachelor of Social Services (UAP) Much of our daily lives are full of habits that we have formed during our life-time. These habits and routines make the structure of our day and ensure se-curity and stability in our lives. This adjustment period, coupled with difficulties that could be experienced when adapting to a new environment could be very challenging for new comers, especially if they are living in a foreign country for the first time. In this thesis I will focus on international students who have moved to Finland. The aim of this thesis is to find out about the everyday life of international students in Southern Finland. This thesis is derived from a project that I conducted with my peers students as part of my studies, during the project management placement in February 29th-April 18th 2016. I settled on the topic everyday life of international students living in Southern Finland for this thesis. The focus was on international students taking courses of Social Service and Nursing, after which we were intended in finding out how they experienced their everyday life in a new culture. The data was collected by interviewing 16 international students from various universities and universities of applied sciences. It was from this focus that I got the motivation to write this thesis on the same topic