Membership fees and payment methods

The Union of Professional Engineers if Finland is joined through a member association and the membership fee is determined accordingly. The listed membership fees include an unemployment fund membership fee.

If your life situation changes, you can get a discount on your membership fee.Discounts are granted on the basis of family leave, unemployment/layoff, alternation leave or military/civilian service, for example.

The discount is €20 per month during parental leave and €14 per month for other reasons. Read more about the Applying for a membership fee discount.

When a student member graduates, their membership will continue with a regional or national member organization starting from the graduation date.
Graduated members of the Finnish Union of Engineering Students are provided with a membership discount for 18 months after their graduation, provided that their membership continues.
The membership fees below for the 2025 discount period are applied to discounts that begin or continue in 2025. Invoice of the membership fee is sent by post annually in December or after reporting graduation.

When members retire permanently, they may become pensioner members. The membership includes all benefits and services provided by the Union. The validity of insurance ends at the end of the year when member turns 90.
Terminating the unemployment fund membership through the Union of Professional Engineers in Finland is required to get the pensioner membership status.
Pensioner membership can be applied for by submitting an application of a membership fee discount to the customer service of the Union.

A paper membership fee invoice is the default payment method for the membership fee.

The membership fee invoice is delivered annually by mail in December–January or after registration.

The invoice can be paid as a single payment or in monthly installments. Pensioner and student members pay their membership fees as a single payment.

Please always remember to use the reference number in the invoice to ensure your membership fee payments are registered correctly.

You can order the membership fee invoice as an e-invoice in your online bank. The reference number of the membership fee invoice is used as the order ID.

After the order is complete, the e-invoice is delivered to the online bank every month starting from the next possible month. Please note that the previous installments must be paid in accordance with the previously sent invoice.  If you wish to pay your membership fee as a single payment using an e-invoice, check the amount of your membership fee from the invoice/estimation sent at the beginning of the year and change the sum of the e-invoice to correspond to the membership fee of the rest of the year.

Student and pensioner members pay their membership fees as a single payment with an invoice sent in January of each year.

For Tietoala ry members, the e-invoice contains a default maximum membership fee. If necessary, you can change the sum in your own online bank to your personal, percentage-based membership fee, but the sum should not be below the minimum payment.

The Union of Professional Engineers in Finland does not conclude new employer collection agreements as of 1 January 2022. However, existing employer collection agreements will remain in force. If the employer changes, a new collection agreement will no longer be concluded.

Information for members in employer collection:
Your employer cannot cover a reduced membership fee, and any employer collection must be permanently or temporarily interrupted when applying for a membership fee discount. You must notify the Customer Service of the Union of any changes related to the employer collection, such as temporary interruptions or discontinuing the employer collection. Your membership fees will stay updated and your membership will be secured.