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University of Helsinki has so much to offer (learning spaces, laboratories, libraries, technology etc), so couple of our Student Ambassadors decided to share with you some of their personal favorite places. What’s your favorite place at the UH? Continue reading “My favorite place at the University of Helsinki”
Virginia Brilhante had already many years of academic experience under her belt when she started studies at the Faculty of Science’s MBI Master’s Degree Programme in Bioinformatics. The interdisciplinary programme combining informatics and life sciences gives her the opportunity to make a difference and improve people’s lives.
Virginia Brilhante from Brazil studies in the MBI Programme in Bioinformatics at the Faculty of Science. She is working towards Master’s degree and it’s not her first one. Continue reading “Making a change through Bioinformatics”
I wouldn’t be here unless I loved it”, agree both Athina Sidiropuolou from Greece and Daniel Rico from Spain. They are students at Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, completing their Master’s studies.
Before the University of Helsinki, Athina Sidiropuolou studied chemistry at University of Patras, Greece. Now she is a second-year student in Master’s Degree Programme in Advanced Spectroscopy in Chemistry at the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry.
“I have also worked in institutes in Greece for 10 months, and last July I had a research project in France for a month. Now I’m working on my project for my Master’s thesis,” Athina adds. Continue reading “International lab work at Department of Chemistry”
Do you want to study at the University of Helsinki next year? Get ready! Next application period for graduate studies opens on December 2, 2013 and closes on January 31, 2014 at 16:00/4 p.m. (GMT +2).The University of Helsinki has one intake of students per year at the graduate (Master’s) level. Students apply via University Admissions Finland (UAF). Please remember that the application form is available during the application period only. The key steps to apply can be found from here! Continue reading “Next application period opens on December 2, 2013”
For the past few years, the Osaajaksi asiakasprojektiin (“Expertise for client projects”) project has brought students near graduation together with employers seeking project staff.
Text and photo: Suvi Kataja
When Jussi Rasinmäki, CEO of the Riihimäki-based Simosol, learned about the traineeship opportunities from the local business development company YritysVoimala Oy, he jumped at the chance. The project made hiring easy.
“On our own we would never have been able to find these skilled young people to help us,” Rasinmäki says in praise of the project.
A provider of forest resource planning software, Simosol has developed from a spin-off spearheaded by three foresters into an eight-person business with clients that include forestry companies and the Finnish Forest Centre. The company boosted its workforce earlier this spring by employing two trainees. Continue reading “Expertise for client project aims to improve graduates’ career skills”
Marathon days are by nature triumphant. They require a commitment from all who participate, their payment first for qualifying, and then for finishing. I spent my past 6 months training amongst the snowy trails in Helsinki and Siilinjarvi, preparing for the 2013 Boston Marathon. I have experienced Finland’s winter wonderlands and run and skied in -22 degree (celsius) weather, in forests and on the Baltic Sea. Continue reading “Meet our students! Matthew Mitchell at the 2013 Boston Marathon”
Once upon a time in a land far, far away… Well, truth is, far away is Belgium and long ago is also pretty relative. But anyways, many years have passed since I moved to Finland. My name is Pieter and this is my story.
The first three exchange students from Belarus and Georgia have arrived in Finland in January 2013 via the Baltic Sea Region – Caucasus Network (BASERCAN*) coordinated by the Aleksanteri Institute.
Two of the students, Katsiaryna Ivanova (Belarusian State University, Minsk) and Elene Sonya Chumburidze (Ilia State University, Tbilisi), shared their first impressions of the University of Helsinki and Finnish university culture with Aleksanteri News.
“The studying process is quite different from what I have experienced at my home university. I really like it that students here have so much freedom in their studies and this keeps them motivated all the time. The university library pleased me a lot. I found many good books on the topic of my course paper. I think the best thing here is that the students can actually get access to almost anything they need for their studies,” said Ivanova. Continue reading “Meet our students: Belarusian and Georgian students happy in Helsinki”
In spite of freezing temperatures outdoors, Helsinki is possibly the warmest place one might choose to spend the winter. I’m not talking about the heating system (though it is generally excellent), rather – the remarkable people one meets daily in the campuses of University of Helsinki: the teachers and students, each carrying their own unique story of their past and future, but all sharing their current common belonging to the university. Enrolled in the International Master’s Degree Programme in Plant Production Sciences, a student from Nepal Shristi Neupane enjoys the high standard of the studies, as well as embraces herself in a variety of extracurricular activities the City of Helsinki offers. Continue reading “Meet our students: Shristi Neupane from Nepal wants to promote peace and understanding”
The day I got the email letting me know I was accepted at the Ethnic Relations, Cultural Diversity and Integration Master’s programme (ERI) was one of the happiest days of my life. Soon however, anxiety about a new move in my life kicked in. Four years earlier I had made my first move when I left Albania to pursue my Bachelor studies at the University of Malta. I loved to travel and experience new things, but the move to the North was going to be a different one. Continue reading “Meet our students! Feeling part of an academic community”
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