Info for Late Arrivals, spring 2017

On January 12th 2017 the University of Helsinki hosted the Welcome Fair for its new exchange students as a part of the Orientation Week. This is a brief guide about the whats and wheres should you have missed the Welcome Fair for whatever reason.

Welcome Fair 2016

Service Points there are 6 dedicated Student Service Points where you will be taken care of. Please check with this list for your faculty’s Service Point.

Instructions – Check list Below is an abbreviated 9 step check list which covers all the essentials. At the end of the list you will find a pdf file containing the same steps explained in much more detail.

  1. Certifcate of Student Status – how to receive yours.
  2. Student Union Membership – instructions on how to become a member if you wish to.
  3. Arrival Certificate – where to go to if you need your home university’s Arrival Certificate signed.
  4. Travel Card discount – how to get your HSL travel card.
  5. User account of the University of Helsinki – how to get your credentials for your computer user account.
  6. Student card – if you chose to join the Student Union you may apply for a student card which come with quite a few perks.
  7. Registration for courses – registration for courses is done electronically through weboodi, in order to register for courses you need to have your credentials. More about this in the pdf.
  8. Finnish personal identity code – how to get one or change your preliminary one.
  9. Updating your address – how to update your address and telephone number in weboodi.

+ other useful information.

– – – – – And here is the pdf file: spring 2017 late-arrival check-list – – – – – –