Applying for training
Interested in internship at HUS? Do you want to acquire competence and become a professional by learning with the best?
Apply to HUS!
We offer positions as trainees and interns
- for students in education leading to a degree
- for graduated professionals who are completing the education required in the EU to become a licensed professional
- students coming through international exchange
The trainee must have
- sufficient skills in Finnish and Swedish (or another agreed language for providing guidance)
- a health status and required vaccinations in accordance with the Communicable Diseases Act (see more detailed instructions in the guidelines for students)
- adequate skills before the start of the training
Apply for training
If you study at the University of Helsinki, the practical training will be organized through the university and you do not need to apply for a traineeship separately.
University students
- Psychology students
- Logopedics students
- Students in translational medicine
- Master of Health Care students
- Pharmacy students
Students at the University of Helsinki apply for practical training at HUS through the university.
Exchange students and ERASMUS exchange
As a student at a foreign university or college, you will be able to complete international exchange study training at HUS as a visiting student.
- Health care student
Contact a Finnish university of applied sciences and ask how you apply for practical training at HUS. - University student
You will be enrolled as a student in the Faculty of Medicine at University of Helsinki with a Visiting Student status, as an Erasmus Traineeship student, or to collaborate on research. For more detailed instructions, please refer to the University of Helsinki website or send email to studentexchange@helsinki.fi.
Secondary education institution students
Practical nursing students and other secondary education institution students apply for traineeships at HUS by contacting the instructors in their school. Teachers in secondary education institutions must provide requests for placements for traineeships in the fall semester by the end of March and requests for the spring semester by the end of October.
Apprenticeship training
Are you interested in different apprenticeship opportunities at HUS? Apprenticeships must be agreed with managers.
HUS Support Services is Finland’s largest provider of support services for the social welfare and health care sector. We provide effective and high-quality health care support services as part of the patient’s care pathway.
For students studying for their qualifications in cleaning and property services as well as business, we offer a diverse opportunity for on-the-job learning in:
- hospital cleaning
- patient and staff catering
- ward secretary services
- logistics, and
- lobby and documentation services.
Contact information for traineeships in Support Services
- Warehouse (Logistics Center)
Teemu Suhonen, teemu.suhonen@hus.fi - Ward secretary services
Sini Laine, sini.laine@hus.fi
Hospital cleaning, food service, lobby and documentation services, hospital logistics
- Meilahti Food Service
Mia Pesonen, mia.a.pesonen@hus.fi - Multi-service area 4
(New Children’s Hospital, Women’s Hospital, Surgical Hospital, Aurora Hospital, Laakso Hospital, Malmi Hospital, eastern Helsinki, Kustaankartano, Koskela, Suursuo, Park Hospital, Kivelä, Psychiatry)
Susanna Sainio, susanna.p.sainio@hus.fi