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Tips: applying for housing

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My name is Jibril Taufiq Iddriss and I am currently one of the University of Helsinki’s International Student Ambassadors. I am passionate about helping students out, especially those coming from Africa with a different culture and outlook on life.

By now, most of you are just jumping up and down telling the whole town or on a lighter note village that you have received an admission into the University of Helsinki. University of Helsinki is one of the 100th best universities in the world. All said and done, you are told to apply for accommodation as soon as possible from this site (Hoas.fi) or any other sources provided by the university website. Continue reading “Tips: applying for housing”

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Applying to University of Helsinki as an exchange student

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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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Take out your sleds and sleighs, laskiainen is here!

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Laskiainen is a Finnish celebration traditionally held on Shrove Tuesday. It is also associated with the Sunday preceding Shrove Tuesday, this year the 15th of February. In previous times, laskiainen was the last celebration before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday, but these days it mainly means a day of sleigh-riding and eating laskiaispulla, a special type of bun made just for this occasion. Laskiainen is not a public holiday, however, so you’ll still have lectures! Continue reading “Take out your sleds and sleighs, laskiainen is here!”

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375 humanists – one for each celebrated year

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To celebrate the University of Helsinki’s 375th birthday, the Faculty of Arts introduces us to 375 humanists, both past and present, who all fare from UH. The campaign aims to show the versatility and societal impact that professionals in arts and humanities have, and it can be found in multiple languages. One or more humanists will be introduced on every day in 2015. Who will be next?

375 humanists –campaign can be found here.

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The job market has expectations – but what are they?

The career skills course can help students decide what they want to be when they grow up.

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Milica Maksimovic stands at one of the crossroads of her life. This January, she will defend her doctoral dissertation on neuroscience, but after that her future is open. To navigate the jungle of different options, Maksimovic took the Career Services course for English-speaking doctoral students, first one course for her own field and then another one for a multidisciplinary audience.

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Kaisaniemi metro station is now University of Helsinki metro station!

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If you’ve travelled to uni by metro recently, you might have seen the signs at Kaisaniemi metro station being changed to “Helsingin yliopisto”. Since University of Helsinki celebrates its 375th birthday this year, the City of Helsinki decided to change the name of the metro station as a gift to the university. Yesterday, on Tuesday 20th of January, the change became official. As a way of celebration and recognition, Helsinki Mayor Jussi Pajunen presented University of Helsinki rector Jukka Kola with the new name plate.

More information here.

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Meet our Alumna! Dancing with multicultural children

saara saturo_blogName: Saara Saturo
Study field: Religious Roots of Europe Master’s Programme
Graduation year: 2013
Employer and position: Danceteam International (Formerly COO nowadays Head of Finance) and Head of Danceteam Africa as well as dancer and dance instructor

How did you end up studying in the Religious Roots of Europe Master’s programme?

I was born in Finland and studied there my whole life. I was studying my bachelor in the faculty of theology in Helsinki University when I heard of the programme. I had been looking for something international that would expand my field of study away from purely theological fields. RRE seemed like a good option and i decided to apply.

RRE interested me mainly due to the comparative aspect of three Semitic religions and how they have influenced each other and the modern western culture. Also the international aspect of the programme with 24 students in different countries was appealing. The study method of distant studies in own home universities with intensive seminars was also perfect for me at that time.

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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!

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