Moi, are you interested in learning Finnish?

The time to register for the Autumn Semester’s Finnish courses is starting soon! You can study Finnish in The University of Helsinki on all our four campuses: City centre, Viikki, Meilahti and Kumpula campus, and in several different levels of study too.

Why study Finnish you might ask? Because, learning Finnish will help you to settle in, to stay informed of what is happening in the university and in Helsinki and ultimately – if you’re planning on staying in Finland for a longer time – help you in finding a job! It is also part of the degree requirements in some faculties that international students will study at least some Finnish or Swedish. Continue reading “Moi, are you interested in learning Finnish?”

See you at the Welcome Fair!

One more month and then you will hopefully be on a plane/train/bus/boat to Helsinki. The first not-to-be-missed opportunity to get to know the University and the Campuses as well as to get all the official matters out of the way is the Welcome Fair.

The Welcome Fair takes place on August 29 to August 30, 2013, and the venue is the Language Centre of the University of Helsinki (address: Fabianinkatu 26). Continue reading “See you at the Welcome Fair!”

Erasmus exchange applications still being processed

Please note that we are still processing Erasmus exchange applications and documents at the International Exchange Services. As soon as we have checked your documents, you will get an email that your documents have been received, in case you have uploaded or sent all of the required documents. You should receive this email by Friday, please try to be patient until that!

After this your application will be sent to the Faculty for evaluation. If your application is approved at the Faculty, you will receive your Acceptance Letter by e-mail. Acceptance information is usually available around mid-June or after that.

International Exchange Services

Meet our students: Belarusian and Georgian students happy in Helsinki

Elene Sonya Chumburidze, Elena Natenadze and Katsiaryna Ivanova (picture: Laura Quist)

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”

Thank you for visiting the Welcome Fair!

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

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!

All in all about 190 new international exchange and visiting students paid the Welcome Fair a visit. Some pictures from the Fair can be found on the New Students Facebook page.

The next Welcome Fair is going to be on August 29-30, 2013.

 

Happy holidays!

Season's greetings

Christmas is just a few days away and the University of Helsinki is becoming quite a quiet place 🙂

Most of the staff is taking a few days off during Christmas and the New Year, so we ask you to be patient if you do not get an answer to your email straight away.

We’ll be back at the beginning of January and we hope to see all the new exchange and visiting students at the Welcome Fair on January 8th and 9th, 2013! More information on the Welcome Fair and the orientation is available on the Orientation website.

Wishing you a peaceful and fun filled Holiday Season!

International Exchange Services and Student Services

 

Heading home, exchange student?

Some of you exchange students are heading home after autumn
semester and there are a few things we would like you to remember before leaving
Helsinki.

  •  Collect your Transcript of records before you leave. If all of your credits have already been registered, you can go to the Student Services to get your Transcript straight away.
  • You can get one transcript free of charge. For additional transcripts you need to pay a fee. More information regarding the fees is available here.
  • If all of your credits have not been registered before you leave Finland, you should order a transcript after you have returned home: Check your transcript through WebOodi. Your University of Helsinki user-id usually works until the end of January. Once all your courses are registered to WebOodi, 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)
  • Your credits will remain in the student register of the University of Helsinki in case you need a transcript later on. Information on how to obtain a transcript and the fees are available here.
  • If you need a signature and stamp for your Erasmus departure certificate, you can get it stamped and signed at the International Exchange Services office. UH does not have its own departure certificates, so if your university did not give you any forms to sign, the Transcript is all you need. You can find us at University Main Building, Fabianinkatu 33, 1st floor, Office hours: Mon-Thu 10-15:00, but please note that there will be some exceptions during the holiday season:
    24.12.2012-2.1.2013 closed
    3.1.2013 open normally
    7.1.2013 open normally
    8.-9.1.2013 closed, the coordinators can be met at Welcome Fair in Language Center

We have enjoyed having you here, and wish you a safe trip back home. Enjoy the rest of your stay in Finland!