University of Helsinki
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.
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.
- Certifcate of Student Status – how to receive yours.
- Student Union Membership – instructions on how to become a member if you wish to.
- Arrival Certificate – where to go to if you need your home university’s Arrival Certificate signed.
- Travel Card discount – how to get your HSL travel card.
- User account of the University of Helsinki – how to get your credentials for your computer user account.
- Student card – if you chose to join the Student Union you may apply for a student card which come with quite a few perks.
- 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.
- Finnish personal identity code – how to get one or change your preliminary one.
- 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 – – – – – –
