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Heading home exchange student?

Photo: Eeva Anundi
Photo: Eeva Anundi

Dear exchange student at the UH, most of you are probably soon heading home and we would like to thank you for sharing this experience with us!

We hope that you have enjoyed your studies and student life here in Helsinki and will return home with a backpack full of knowledge and great memories!

Important information for returning exchange students

● Check your transcript through WebOodi. Your University of Helsinki username usually works until the end of January. Please save the course descriptions for the credit transfer at your home university as after your UH username expires you won’t be able to login the WebOodi anymore.

● If all of your credits have already been registered before you leave, you can collect your official transcript at the Student Services. Continue reading “Heading home exchange student?”

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The application time for incoming exchange students ended on 15.10.2015!

SONY DSCThe University of Helsinki received once again hundreds of exchange applications from around the World in various programmes for the spring 2016! We want to thank you all warmly for applying!

If your application is approved, you will receive your acceptance letter by e-mail, sent by your host faculty. Acceptance information is usually available by the end of November latest. Before that your application is considered by your host faculty. Please try to wait patiently!

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Hello Universe!

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Helsinki Observatory, built in 1834, nowadays serves as a Centre for Astronomy, a visitor centre of the Helsinki University Museum. The Observatory would also like to welcome all international students to get to know the Universe around us. Have you ever dreamed about touching a real meteorite (which is almost five billion years old), or wondered what the scales would say on planet Mars? After that you could take a peek into the cloud chamber and see the invisible world: tracks of alpha particles, protons, muons etc.

However, if astronomical digits are too much, it’s not just about hard science: on your visit to the Observatory you can also learn about the history of the building.

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Welcome Fair – Thank you for visiting and info for exchange students arriving late

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The University of Helsinki Welcome Fair for new international students is once again over for this autumn term.

A big thank you from all of us at the Student Services and International Exchange Services to you who visited and worked at the fair! Once again, an awesome fair!

All in all over 900 new international exchange, visiting and degree students paid the Welcome Fair a visit. Some photos from the fair can be found on the New Students Facebook page.

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Find out more about your University!

Yleiskuva1_pienennetty_yliopistomuseo_Timo_HuvilinnaWelcome to the University of Helsinki! It’s not only an excellent university, but also a university with a long (375 years and counting) and fascinating history. An integral part of that history have always been students from near and far.

University of Helsinki and its’ students are remarkably visible in the cityscape. The university has always been a great builder and you can see university buildings on all four campuses. Also, the Student Union and many student nations have built beautiful buildings. When the university moved to Helsinki from Turku in 1828, the new Main Building was given a prime site in the then city centre directly opposite the new Senate building. A few decades later the students wanted to build a Student House (nowadays called the Old Student House) for their meetings and parties. The house was built at the edge of the city centre, where it was thought the rowdy students would not disturb other townspeople. Ironically, over time the city centre moved and nowadays the Student House is smack in the middle of downtown Helsinki! Continue reading “Find out more about your University!”

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Heading home, exchange student?

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Dear exchange student at the UH, most of you are probably soon heading home and we would like to thank you for sharing this experience with us!

We wish that you have enjoyed your studies and student life here in Helsinki and return home with a backpack full of knowledge and great memories!

Important information for returning exchange students

● Check your transcript through WebOodi. Your University of Helsinki username usually works until the end of July.

● If all of your credits have already been registered before you leave, you can collect your official transcript at the Student Services.

● If you are still missing credits on the transcript you can order your official transcript after you have returned home and all your courses are registered in WebOodi. To order: send an e-mail to studentinfo(at)helsinki.fi stating: your student number, your mail address, i.e. your postal address and the language in which you want the transcript (Finnish/Swedish/English).

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Applying to University of Helsinki as an exchange student

University of Helsinki students in November

Has your home university selected you for exchange at the University of Helsinki? Thinking about what to do next? Congratulations, the application round for the academic year 2015/2016 just started!

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. Continue reading “Applying to University of Helsinki as an exchange student”

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Welcome Fair – Thank you for visiting and info for those exchange students arriving late

WF_01_2015The University of Helsinki Welcome Fair for new international students is once again over for the spring term. Totally about 300 new international students paid the Welcome Fair a visit.

A big thank you from all of us at the International Exchange Services and Student Services to you who visited and worked at the Fair! Once again, an awesome Fair!

Continue reading “Welcome Fair – Thank you for visiting and info for those exchange students arriving late”

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