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Grants and Scholarships Available – apply 24.10.-14.11.2012.

The “Get Your Master’s Thesis Written!” -grant, grants for student organisations and study circles offered by Student Services are open for application for the university students. The application time is 24.10. at 12.00 – 14.11.2012 at 23:59.

The “Get Your Master’s Thesis Written!” -grant offers individual master’s level students an intensive one- or two-week period at Hyytiälä, Lammi, Tvärminne, Värriö, or Kilpisjärvi research stations to work on their master’s thesis. The grant covers room and board.

Student groups planning a study circle can apply for a study circle grant to cover the expenses of the teacher’s salary.

Grants for student organisations are available for student organisations within the University of Helsinki who are planning a study trip or a seminar.

More information on the grants and scholarships and the application process is available in the university’s new intranet Flamma:

”Get your Master’s Thesis Written!” -grant: Contents and services > Students > Financing of Studies > Grants and scholarships > Undergraduate and graduate students
Grants for student organisations & study circles: Contents and services > Students > Financing of Studies > Grants and scholarships > Grants for student organizations and student groups

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A short reminder about permits

The obligation to apply for the right to reside in Finland or a residence permit depends on your citizenship status:

If you are a citizen of a Nordic Country and you are studying in Finland for more than 6 months, you need to inform the Register Office of your place of residence. Just go straight to the Register Office (maistraatti) with an official identification document and you’ll be fine.

If you are a citizen of the EU, Liechtenstein or Switzerland you need to register, at the Police, the right to reside in Finland if you stay in Finland for more than 3 months. Taken with you: a passport or ID card, letter of acceptance (must indicate that you have accepted the place of study) or an enrolment certificate from the University, the EU health insurance card from your home country and an indicator of your financial situation, for example a bank note.

If you are a citizen some other country you need to have a residence permit, if your stay lasts for more than three months. The residence permit has to be renewed each year at your local police office. The date of expiration is printed on the residence permit. It takes several months to renew the residence permit, so submit the documents in time!

If you are a Degree Student you need to make a Population Registration at the Register Office. All degree students regardless of nationality have to do this. You will usually get a Finnish ID-number and be granted a home municipality. This in turn gives you for example the right to use municipal health care and you get a student discount on the travel card!

More information about permits is available on pages 51-56 of the Orientation Handbook.

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Speak it out!

Whether you want to brush up your presentation skills in English, to get along with your native Finnish fellow students, learn to read academic articles in French or prepare yourself for the demands of the working life in and outside of Finland, get in touch with the Language Centre or Department of Finnish, Finno-Ugrian and Scandinavian Studies  – we are there for you offering

  • Language teaching in 17 languages
  • Courses free of charge for university students
  • Study points awarded for each completed course
  • High quality in teaching methods and materials
  • Qualified teachers

The Language Centre

The Language Centre provides courses for Helsinki University students in 17 languages, such as Arabic, English, Japanese, German, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish etc. In addition to teaching, the Language centre offers also facilities for self-access language learning in 40 languages and tutoring in 8 languages.

Tutors are Language Centre teachers, available for consultation in the self-access facilities. Tutors can help you with topics such as language courses, study materials, learning techniques and grammar. If required, tutors also provide assistance with the preparation of personal study plans. Tutoring is available to all university students and staff, and it is especially recommended to those studying languages on their own.

For more information, see http://www.helsinki.fi/languagecentre

Finnish Language courses offered by the Department of Finnish, Finno-Ugrian and Scandinavian Studies

Our course selection includes Finnish language courses aimed both for exchange students and for master’s and degree students. We have teaching in four different Helsinki University campuses (this semester in City centre, Kumpula, Viikki and Meilahti campus).
So which course to choose? There are many options to study Finnish with us!

Exchange student courses

  • These courses have both beginner’s and continuation level. Emphasis is on learning practical everyday Finnish and grammar.

Master’s student courses

  • These courses have less contact hours than the courses aimed for exchange students, so more independent work and group work is required. Otherwise they are similar to the exchange student courses.

Degree student courses

  • These courses are divided in different levels, starting from beginner’s level and ending up to fluent level of Finnish.  This is an option for you if want to learn Finnish in more intensive courses and possibly for longer period of time. It is also possible to join these courses if you already know some Finnish beforehand; we can help you to find a right level Finnish course for you.

Finnish Language and Culture degree programme

  • All the teaching is in Finnish, so good level of Finnish is required. International students can join these courses if they pass an entrance exam held in Finnish.

For more information, see http://www.helsinki.fi/fus/studying/finnishforinternationalstudents.html

Photo by Linda Tammisto

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Meet the University of Helsinki in Shanghai!

University of Helsinki in Shanghai
University of Helsinki in Shanghai in 2011

Admissions Services visits China regularly and in the recent years we have been many times in Shanghai together with other Finnish universities at the China Education Expo Fair under the Study in Finland booth.

Come and meet Admissions Services (and one of our Chinese alumni) again at the China Education Expo on October 27-28 (Saturday, Sunday) 10:00-16:00, Shanghai East Asia Exhibition Center.

This year we join also the brand new Finland Day at the Fudan University’s Nordic Centre. Finland Day is part of the Radical Design Week and it is open to anyone interested in studying, working or living in Finland. Come and hear what UH can offer for international students!

See you in Shanghai!

Admissions Services

P.S. Application period for our International Master’s Degree Programmes opens 19 November and closes 30 January, 2013. See the How to Apply website for more information on our application requirements and the International Programmes website for the list of master’s programmes.

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Guest blogger: Finding my way to University of Helsinki

Inkeri in the library

I never knew what I wanted to do as an adult. I found many things interesting, but when I had to decide which discipline could be my field, I had no idea. I will tell you how I ended up studying in Adult Education and Developmental Work Research Master’s Degree Programme (ATMO) and why I find it the best choice for me. This is also a story about the fact that by drifting you can eventually end up in something that really interests you. It is not easy to know what you want after high school.

Long story short: After high school I was kind of interested in studying in University of Art and Design, as I thought I was artistic and creative (and I was very interested in art student boys…), but ended up studying bachelor’s degree in Business Polytechnic. After studies I ended up working in a big Telecommunication company. I did not find it my thing and was still dreaming of becoming an art teacher. I started to study Educational Sciences at the Helsinki Open University. There I realized that I was very interested in Adult education, and wanted to learn more about it. I quit my job and applied to University of Helsinki.

After studying Education at University I heard about the ATMO Master’s degree programme in Adult education and developmental work research. This was the thing that I was really interested in! I really enjoyed my studies in the programme. The best part was to do my Master’s Thesis to a real research project. I felt I could really see what it is like to do research at University. Though I had my doubts about work research at the beginning; am I really interested enough to concentrate my studies in work research? I was happily surprised by the fact that among Activity theoretical work research, only the sky is the limit to choose your research interest! My fellow students made their Master’s thesis from the following subject: Foreign professionals’ experiences at the University of Helsinki, Patient participation in Healthcare consultations in new care model, the development of debt counselors’ work, and the formation of indigenous University at Bolivia.  Talk about diversity!

The best thing about Cultural historical Activity theory, which developmental work research is based on, is that it is an excellent framework to study various fields of interests. Only your imagination is the limit!

Inkeri Aalto-Setälä

P.S. Next intake for ATMO is in 2014, please visit the ATMO website for more information on the programme.

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Come up with a name for the “First Year Experience” –project and win a set of movie tickets!

Since the beginning of the year 2012 there has been a project at the University of Helsinki which centers on the First Year Experience of our students. The aim of the project is to promote the first year university students to keep up with their studies and integrate to the university community. With the help of the project the university wants to make the first year experience a functional but also a fun whole from the students’ perspective.

Now we are looking to find the project a groovy name that works in all three languages of the university (FI, SWE, EN) and in the best case also describes the first year of the studies, keeping up with one’s studies and the feeling of belonging to the university community. All the name suggestions will take part in the lottery for two sets of movie tickets including five tickets each. The final name of the project will be announced in the new university intranet Flamma during Autumn 2012.

You can take part in the contest with an electronic form latest 28.10.2012.

More information about the project is available in the Teacher Section of Flamma.

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The ABC of Finnish Bureaucracy

Are you aware of your rights as tenant? Would you like to know more about
working life in Finland, housing possibilities or welfare services? Counselling Centre Ne-Rå and Kalliola Adult Learning Centre organize The ABC of Finnish bureaucracy for foreigners. Those who have arrived to Finland for example for work, studies or marriage would benefit from the
course.

The ABC of Finnish Bureaucracy
25.10.-22.11.
Thurdays 17-20
at Kalliola, Sturenkatu 11

Join the course at Kalliola and discuss and learn more about Finnish society and welfare system. The course will be held in English and it is free of charge Enrolments: www.kalliolankansalaisopisto.fi or you can just drop in.

For more information: info(at)ne-ra.fi

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A Helsinki tradition: the Herring Market 7-13.10.2012

Are you looking for something to do, you should definitely take the time to visit the traditional Herring Market at the Market Square in Helsinki.

The Herring Market has been organized since about 1743 and it is one of the traditions that is part of life in Helsinki every October.

Have a walk around and taste the different herring and other fish products as well as the traditional black bread!

The opening hours are:
7.–12.10.2012  7 a.m. – 7 p.m., 13.10 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.

If you want to read more about the Herring Market, please see the Helsinki 200 website.

Photos from the opening day can be found on the Port of Helsinki website.

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A month in Helsinki

Already a month has passed since all of you new degree and exchange students arrived in Helsinki. Time really flies!

Do you still remember hitting that like button for the New students at UH Facebook page? Packing your bags and arriving in Helsinki? The chaos of the first few days at the University?

Well, we hope that you have settled in alright and that Helsinki is starting to feel like home to you.

Now that you are a not-so-new student at the University of Helsinki, we would encourage you to hit the like button for the University of Helsinki Facebook group! That way you will stay updated on what is going on at the University.

The New Students FB page will probably start to feel like old news to you, at least next year when we start informing all the new incoming students for the year 2013 on all the things they need to be aware of when arriving. You already went through all that!

Wishing you a great autumn semester!

Staff at the Student Services, the International Exchange Services and the Admissions Services

Picture: 123rf

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Dear neighbours in Russia, welcome to study at UH!

In 2011 UH visited student fairs in St. Petersburg. Here we had some time to admire the Winter Palace after rain.

University of Helsinki (UH) is once again visiting Russia to meet local students. We visit our favourite city St. Petersburg and student fairs there every year. Why? Because the University of Helsinki wants to actively recruit bright Russian students to our international programmes. Already now Russians are one of the largest groups among international students at UH.

Come and meet UH and other Finnish universities during the Study in Europe Day in St. Petersburg.

  • Time: Saturday 22 September, 2012
  • Place: Finnish Consulate, Preobrazhenskaja pl. 4, 191028 St. Petersburg

Did you know that the University of Helsinki is consistently ranked in the top 100 out of world’s 15 000 universities? Here some examples:

The reason which makes international students choose the University of Helsinki is the university’s good reputation and the high level of research and teaching. Helsinki is also a great place to be and our international students say it is a very safe place to live in. Nowadays the two cities, Helsinki and St. Petersburg, are closer than ever before. It is barely a four hour train-ride away (5 times per day), a flight takes only an hour and you can take a cheap minibus or an overnight ferry, too.

The application period for Master’s Degree Programmes opens 19 November, 2012 and closes 31 January, 2013. If you are planning to apply, please pay attention to the application documents. Russian applicants must submit the official government-granted degree certificate and transcript (you should get this automatically from your home university) and you must have your degree certificate and transcript verified by apostille. For more information see the How to Apply website.

See you at the Consulate!

Admissions Services

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