University of Helsinki
Has your home university selected you for student exchange at the University of Helsinki for the spring semester 2015? Congratulations, you are making a good choice! In total, University of Helsinki welcomes about 1000 exchange students each year, for one term or for the full academic year.
If you have already been nominated by your own university, you have taken the first steps towards becoming an exchange student. The next steps of the application process are outlined below.
The application process
Applying is quite straightforward: there’s the online application, and a few enclosures (Transcript of Credits, Learning Agreement and a Language Certificate). Detailed information and instructions can be found on our Exchange website.
There’s also a different group of students, who apply independently as so called free movers or visiting students (without the nomination from their home university). Their application process is a bit different.
Questions about applying in general? Please find more information here.
In need of technical support? UH’s Mobility Online support team will be able to help, but please read first carefully these instructions (pdf).
If you upload all the enclosures to your Mobility Online application account then there’s no need to send paper copies. That’s what Mobility Online is for!
The Learning Agreement – what on earth is that?
The Learning Agreement is a preliminary plan for the courses you are planning to take during your exchange. To fill out the Learning Agreement you need to choose between 20-30 ECTS credits per semester (with 30 ECTS per semester being the norm), at least 50% of those from one of the UH’s 11 Faculties.
The puzzling thing about the Learning Agreement? What is important for UH now is that you know what types of courses are offered at UH in general, and how you can use them towards your degree at your home university. If you have questions about courses these are the people who’ll help you.
Most importantly, when will you hear the results?
The deadline for applications for spring 2015 are:
September 30: citizens of non-EU/EEA-member states
October 15: citizens of EU/EEA-member states, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland
Your application first goes to UH’s International Exchange Services, where the staff checks that you have included everything. After this it is sent to the appropriate Faculty for their consideration. You’ll hear the results via e-mail about six weeks after the application deadline.
Housing?
Please remember to apply for housing as soon as possible. For information about applying for housing in a student dormitory, see here.
We are looking forward to meeting you soon in Helsinki!
International Exchange Services
Photograph by Eeva Anundi