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The Orientation Handbook is now available online!

The Orientation Handbook for the academic year 2014-15 is now available online. The handbook contains a lot of practical information that will help you get started with your student life and to navigate through daily life. It includes for example general information about living in Finland and studying in the University of Helsinki.

A printed copy will be given to all new international students at the Welcome Fair in August 2014.

It’s the ultimate survival guide for new students, so have a look at it!

To the Orientation Handbook on our New students website >>

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Intensive Finnish for False Beginners – course in August for Master’s students at UH

Have you had the chance to study Finnish yet? Do you find it is difficult to find time to study Finnish while being busy with other studies?

In August 2014 the Finnish department at the University of Helsinki are offering a Finnish language course for UH masters’ students who due to schedule issues have not been able to attend Finnish classes so far.

Registration ends on June 16th, 2014.

More information is available in the attached pdf: Finnish_course_August_2014.

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The Flora Day

The Flora Day is the second official celebration of the Student Union of the University of Helsinki. It is the joyful spring festival of all university students, celebrated every year on 13th May at Kumtähti Field in Toukola, right next to Kumpula Campus.

floorafb_pienempiUniversity students have celebrated a spring festival at least from the beginning of the 19th century, and Kumtähti Field was established as the place for the celebration already in the 1830’s. Continue reading “The Flora Day”

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Ask a Students Ambassador Day for new students!

Do you want to know about studying at the University of Helsinki and living in Helsinki? Or do you have questions concerning  for example housing, social life, language or weather in Finland? Maybe you are still wondering whether to participate in the Intensive Finnish Course for new Master’s Degree Students or not. (Btw. Correct answer is, yes you should 🙂 )

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Luckily, you may get answers to your questions from our International Student Ambassadors, who have been in Finland already at least a year. Our Ambassadors will share their insights and experiences in studies, career and life in Helsinki on 28th May on New Students at the UH -FB-page!

Please notice that ambassadors won’t be answering questions about admissions. For admissions info, please check out admission website.

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University phone numbers to change

numerot_isoThe numbers for landline phones at the University of Helsinki will change on Thursday 24 April 2014.

The mobile numbers and short extension numbers currently in use will remain unchanged.

What will change?

Phone numbers which currently begin with the digits 09 191 will begin with 02941 after the changeover;

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Meet our Alumna! Miryam’s advice: Listen intuition, value imagination, love a sense of curiosity, and learn how to sympathize with others

Miryam_headshotMiryam Haarlammert
Study field: Art Theory, Criticism, and Management
Graduation year: 2013
Employer and position: Program and Communications Associate at American Architectural Foundation

Hi Miryam, how did you end up in Finland?

I applied to study at the University of Helsinki after working for a Miami-based nonprofit for a year. I wanted to obtain a Master of Arts, and the Art Theory, Criticism, and Management program at University of Helsinki was attractive because it was dynamic and comprehensive. Also, location and sense of place are important to me, and I knew that I would have to study in a different country, with different values and customs, to obtain the type of education I was seeking. Continue reading “Meet our Alumna! Miryam’s advice: Listen intuition, value imagination, love a sense of curiosity, and learn how to sympathize with others”

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Getting things Finnished!

There are many reasons why people decide to study the Finnish language. It might be the language of their favourite musicians, the almost mythical status that Finnish holds in the domain of the complicated languages or the fact that they are living\intend to live in Finland – for me, it was a mixture of all those.

At first, the language can impresses by its uniqueness: as you might have heard, Finnish bears little resemblance with other European languages and its grammar and vocabulary surely demand a certain stretch of mind from most people. But don’t let that discourage you; the Finnish language can be like that untouched thick book in your last shelf, that just enchants you when you decide to read the first pages!

Veruscka with some other Intensive Finnish Course Students.

A great step to help you getting started in the enterprise of cracking the Finnish Language can be the Intensive Finnish Course, offered by the Helsinki Summer School. If you are accepted to Master’s degree programme, you can apply to this course. I have taken the course in 2013 and it was an invaluable experience; here’s why:
Continue reading “Getting things Finnished!”

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