You will start repaying your student loan about one year after you stop receiving student financial aid. This means that you may have to start making repayments on your loan before you graduate.
Initially you only pay interest on your loan, debited every six months. After this, you will start paying back your student loan principal.
You don’t need to let us know when your student financial aid ends, as we will receive this information from Kela.
When you stop receiving student financial aid, the interest on your student loan is added to your loan principal one more time in June or December.
After that, you only pay interest on your loan, debited every six months, on 15 December and 15 June.
Each interest payment will appear in your upcoming payments in Nordea Mobile and Netbank about two weeks before the due date. The payment will include the student loan interest for six months.
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After interest payments, we will send you a message in Nordea Mobile and Netbank containing a proposal for a repayment schedule.
If you’re happy with the repayment schedule, you don’t need to contact us – all you need to do is start making your repayments according to the plan.
Your monthly loan payments will include the instalment (which amortises the student loan principal), interest and fees.
If you wish to alter your repayment schedule, such as apply for a payment holiday, you can do this by filling in the appropriate form. You can also make certain changes in Nordea Mobile or Netbank by yourself.
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If your circumstances change after we have agreed on your repayment schedule, you can later adjust it flexibly.
You can change the repayment schedule free of charge during the first six months. If you apply for a change at a later date, we will charge you the normal fee stated in our tariff. See our tariff.
The state guarantee is valid for 30 years from the first time you draw down your student loan. This means that you have to repay your loan within this period.
You can make changes free of charge during the first six months. After this, any changes are subject to a fee set in our tariff which we will charge in connection with your next monthly payment.
We will process the changes in 1 to 3 days and contact you if we need more information.
In Nordea Mobile, you can edit the due date, loan servicing account and name of your student loan.
If you want to make other changes to your student loan, you need to apply for them in Nordea Mobile.
In Nordea Netbank, you can edit the due date, loan servicing account and name of your student loan. If you want to make other changes to your student loan, you need to apply for them in Nordea Netbank.
Low-income students can apply for interest assistance from Kela. If Kela grants the interest assistance, you will receive support for paying the interest on your student loan every six months. The interest assistance can be paid to your personal account or directly to your bank. If the interest assistance is paid to your bank, you don’t need to pay your interest expenses in advance. If the interest assistance is paid to you, you must first pay the interest yourself, after which the interest assistance is paid to your account.
Please note: If you receive interest assistance that is paid directly to Nordea, the interest payment on your student loan will be shown in Nordea Mobile and Netbank until the due date (15 June or 15 December). The interest payment will be removed automatically from your due payments once Kela transfers the interest assistance to Nordea. In other words, you don’t need to delete the payment yourself.
Find out about interest assistance on Kela’s websiteOpens new window.
You are eligible for the student loan compensation from Kela if:
Getting the student loan compensation is easy: you don’t usually even need to apply for it separately, as Kela will make the decision automatically after you have completed your degree. You will see the compensation in Nordea Mobile and Netbank as a paid instalment of your student loan.
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