Who we are
At the beginning of 2009 the Union had
7 000 members.
Of the members
- 63 % are women and 37 % are men
- 20 % are students and 6 % are pensioners
Of the members
- 54 % are chemists
- 31 % are graduates in Biochemistry or Biotechnology
- 15 % took biological or other natural sciences as their main subject of study. The proportion of these members is clearly rising: in 2002, representatives of the biological sciences accounted for as much as 25 % of membership.
Degree levels
- Bachelor?s/Master?s degree: 79 %.
- Licentiate: 6 %
- PhD: 15 %.
What we do and where
Of the members of the Finnish Union of Experts in Science
- 51 % are employed in the private sector,
- 39 % are employed at state level in the public sector and
- 10 % are employed at municipal level in the public sector.
The main employer in the private sector is the Chemical Industry Federation of Finland; in the public sector it was universities. Around 1,000 employers are recorded in the Union?s register of members.
Job titles of the members
Employment in different positions
Information on this page is based on a member survey conducted by the Union in 2002 and the Union?s register of members.
