need expat opinion on move to Jyvaskyla

tamal31 · 2018-02-24T18:50:51+01:00

Explore expat insights on moving to Jyvaskyla, Finland. Discuss salary expectations, living costs, and residence permit processes for a new postdoc.

tamal31 New member

Member since 23 February 2018

tamal31New member24 February 2018 16:50:51

Hello people I am new here. I am from Kolkata, India. Recently completed my PhD from Jadavpur University India in the field of Industrial and Production Engineering. I have recently got a postdoc offer from University of Jyv盲skyl盲, Finland. The gross salary is roughly 40k Eur / year. Health care, pension, travel or accidental benefits are covered.

Can any one tell me how good this job offer is?
how good is the聽 University of Jyv盲skyl盲?
what would be my net monthly salary?
Is it enough for an Indian to live a good life and save some?
How is the living cost in Jyv盲skyl盲 to live a moderate life? (say i need a 1 bedroom apartment close to University, i would mostly cook my food at home, i am not too much outgoing)
My PI over there wants me to join the job ASAP. How long it generally takes to process the residence permit application for researchers?
if i opt to bring my wife later after I joined the job, how much difficult the process would be to obtain a residence permit for her?

any help would be appreciated.

cecilia21 Member

Member since 05 March 2012

cecilia21Member05 March 2018 20:07:13

Hi Tamal. Nice to hear from you and welcome to聽 my hometown Jyv盲skyl盲, if you decide for it! The pay sounds fine, about the taxes I'm not quite sure, but for any info you need please contact Arja Sepp盲l盲 or Anu Juurakko at Gloria (Monikulttuurikeskus/Multicultural Centre in Jyv盲skyl盲). They are in Facebook and Arja is the head of the center and Anu a Project Co-ordinator (both ladies), if my memory serves me right! They are both good friends of mine, so you you say hi from me if you happen to send them e-mail. If they can't provide you the info you need please ask them to send you any contacts that could provide you with some further info. You are also welcome to contact me via this channel and maybe we could exchange some news or useful tips about Jyv盲skyl盲 to help you settle in later on. Good luck!

My e-mail is ***, you can also write to me if you need to know something about the town.