Helsinki Summer School – happy customers since the year 2000!

Wondering what it would be like to study in Helsinki? Or did you perhaps miss the application round 2012? Don’t worry, there is a way to come to Helsinki for three weeks in August and see if this is the place for you to live and study.

Helsinki Summer School is organized by all the universities in the Helsinki area. Last year there were 400 students from 60 different countries. The majority of the courses are arranged by the University of Helsinki (UH) and its Master’s Degree Programmes. Here’s the list for this year’s courses by UH:

Activity Theory and Formative Interventions
Change and Continuity in Russian and Eastern European Development
Cognitive Neuroscience
Cultural Activities and International Networks
Cultural Heritage, Chemistry and Spectroscopy
Design and the City
Designing Sustainable Forest Landscapes – Ecosystem Services in the Future
Designing Teacher Education for the Future – What Can We Learn from the Finnish Experience
Designing Tomorrow’s Agriculture: role of Ecosystem Services
Developing Intercultural Competence
Ecology and Management of Urban Green Space
Introduction to Bioethics
Introduction to Conceptual History
Introduction to Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Skills of an Active Citizen Towards an Inclusive Society
Video in Research on Learning and Education

Taking it easy in Nuuksio National ParkThe feedback from the students has been excellent every year. HSS arranges accommodation for the students in hostels or student flats and offers also an extensive social programme (e.g. canoeing trips to Nuuksio National Park).  For more information visit the HSS website and find HSS on Facebook!

Pictures: Veikko Somerpuro