University of Helsinki
Has your home university selected you for exchange at the University of Helsinki? Thinking about what to do next? Congratulations! You are making a good choice.
If you have already been nominated by your own university, you have taken the first steps towards becoming an exchange student.
Wondering about what to include in your Learning agreement or how to apply? You aren’t the only one. Every spring about 600 students from UH’s partner universities apply to UH as exchange students, planning to come here for one semester or a year.
In total, University of Helsinki welcomes about 1000 exchange students each year, for one term or for the full academic year.
Applying is quite straightforward: there’s the online application, and a few enclosures (Transcript of Credits, Learning Agreement and a Language Certificate)
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.
For the to-be-exchange students, there are a few questions which are asked often. What puzzles the exchange students most? It’s the Learning Agreement, a preliminary plan for the courses to take during one’s exchange stay… The rules shortly are as follows: 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 part? The Learning Agreement is based on this year’s teaching. It is not the final list of courses you will be taking during your exchange. Information regarding courses in 2012-13 will be available around June. 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.
Housing? Yes, you need to apply for it as soon as possible:
In need of technical support? UH’s Mobility Online experts will be able to help, but please read these instructions first.
Detailed questions about courses? These are the people who’ll help you:
Questions about applying in general? Please find more information here.
If you upload all the enclosures to your Mobility Online application account, then there’s no need to fax or send paper copies. That’s what Mobility Online is for!
Most importantly, when will you hear the results? When can you start packing?
The deadline for applications for autumn 2012 and full study year 2012-13 is 15 May. You’ll get e-mails throughout the process, explaining which step your application is in.
Your application first goes to UH’s International Exchange Services, where the staff checks that you have included everything. Then it is sent to the appropriate Faculty for their consideration. You’ll hear the results via e-mail by the end of June.
We are looking forward to meeting you soon in Helsinki!
Raisa from the International Exchange Services