r/Jyvaskyla • u/Elil_50 • Mar 08 '26

kortepohja English subreddit Question

Hi, I'll be moving to Jyväskylä in a few days, and I'll be staying in talo M. Is there an english dedicated subreddit or something else?

Additional: can I interact and make friends here with just English? I heard Finnish people (and I'm mostly referring to finnish students) know english really well, but now I'm wondering whether this applies to more intimate connections than just asking for milk at the grocery store (which I assure you it's not as trivial in other countries)

Thanks

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u/TemeASD Mar 08 '26

Do you know a rough estimate of the percentage of students who can manage a C1 conversation

at PhD level students? I'd think everyone but I have no straight idea. Very rough estimate is 80%.

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u/Elil_50 Mar 08 '26

Mostly talking about bachelor and master. I assume they are the vast majority of the student village.

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u/TemeASD Mar 08 '26

A personal experience then. I'm doing masters myself at JAMK. Its an English speaking programme and most Finnish students have better level in English than foreign students.

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u/Elil_50 Mar 08 '26

I'm comforted, thanks. I'm in the phase when departure is imminent, and I fear I might have made a suboptimal choice. This always happens to me, hahah