Due to transformer maintenance Kuopio campus library’s self-study facilities are closed from Tue 5.11. 6 pm to Wed 6.11. 8 am.
Month: October 2024
November calls for applications for student exchange in Kamu!
The calls for applications for November application period for outgoing student exchange have been published in Kamu. The calls are available on Kamu’s page calls for applications for student exchange.
The November application period is open 1.-15.11.2024. The application period closes on Friday, November 15, at 3:00 PM sharp (Finnish time). Make sure you submit your application on time!
Placements are available in the framework of the following programmes:
- Bilateral exchange
- ISEP Exchange
- north2north exchange
Exchanges are available for either one semester (autumn 2025 or spring 2026) or full academic year 2025-2026, depending on the programme. It is not possible to apply for calendar year exchange.
Applications are submitted in the SoleMOVE application system. Read more about student exchange and instructions for applying on Kamu’s Study Abroad section!
Information for users of the Interlibrary Services and the National Repository Library!
The National Repository Library will be moving to new premises during 2025. The Repository Library’s interlibrary services operates normally until Christmas 2024 and then closes. Orders can be made from the materials of the Repository Library until 20 December 2024. The exact duration of the closing of the Repository Library is not yet known.
The Repository Library’s loans are renewed with long loan period. When the Repository Library is closed, there is no need to return the Repository Library loans.
The National Repository Library wishes that as many books as possible will be returned to them by 29 November 2024 to make the move easier. If you have loans from the Repository Library, that you no longer need, the wish would be that you would return them. However, there is no obligation to return the loans.
If you have any questions, please contact the interlibrary services at: kaukopalvelu@uef.fi
Answer a survey about digital services and win a pair of JBL headphones or a Sandberg power bank!
There are Kamu, Viva Engage, Peppi, Lukkarikone, Exam and many other digital tools to support your studies. But how do these services work? Are they easy to use? What could we do differently?
Answer our compact survey, contribute to the development of digital services and you could win headphones or a power bank!
Among the respondents we will raffle one JBL Tune Buds headset, one JBL Tune Bluetooth headset and one Sandberg Power bank. Answer the survey by 5 November, 2024 here: https://link.webropol.com/s/UEF-survey-digi.
The library is invoicing overdue and reservation fees in the beginning of November
We are invoicing unpaid overdue and reservation fees in the beginning of November. We send the bills by e-mail. You can avoid the invoicing by paying your fees before that. Web payment on UEF Primo is a quick and easy way to pay the fees online. It is possible if the amount of fees is at least one euro. You can also pay the fees at the Joensuu and Kuopio campus libraries’ customer service with a payment card. Payment is not possible in the KUH Medical Library because there is no cash service.
If necessary, you can ask about your payments by sending an email to library@uef.fi.
Telephone consultation from study psychologists in November and December
It is possible to consult the study psychologists still during this semester. Send a contact request via text message, and the study psychologist will call you during the consultation hours. Include your whole name and your student number in the text message. You can also directly call the study psychologists during the following consultation hours:
Tuesday 19th Nov 1 p.m. – 4 p.m., Study Psychologist Katri Ruth, tel. +358403552044
Tuesday 26th Dec 1 p.m. – 4 p.m., Study Psychologist Mari Tirronen, tel.+358505691806
Tuesday 3rd Dec 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Study Psychologist Emilia Ranta, tel. +358503386415
Open master’s thesis raffle winner & Contributor for open science 2024
Every year, UEF Library raffles off a grant among UEF students who published their master’s thesis open access. This time 120 students signed up for the raffle and the Fortune smiled on Mirkka Rovamo.
Also each year, during the Open Science Week a UEFian is awarded as the contributor for open science and open access. The award was now given for the ninth time and handed over to Saimaa ringed seal research.
Read more about the award and the grant at UEF Library blog.
International Week 21-24 Oct!
International Mobility Services is organizing International Week this week!
During the week, we will have info sessions about how the exchange study process works, different exchange programmes, as well as about other ways to gain more international experience during studies. During the week, we will also have info desks on both campuses.
Check the week’s schedule on Kamu Study Abroad section’s page Study Abroad Events!
More information about exchange studies and different options is available in Kamu’s Study Abroad section.
Info sessions will be recorded. Recordings will be made available the following week and will be viewable for 14 days. Welcome along!
UEF Graduation Ceremony will be held in Joensuu and Kuopio on Friday 9 May 2025 – registration opens on 1 April 2025!
The University of Eastern Finland will host a joint student graduation ceremony (publiikki) on Friday 9 May 2025 from 13:00 to 15:00.
The ceremony will be held in room C1 of the Carelia building on the Joensuu campus and in room SN100 of the Snellmania building on the Kuopio campus. The programme will be available to all via video transmission.
Graduating students, please mark the date of the graduation ceremony on your calendar already!
The event celebrates degree students who have graduated or will graduate from our university during the autumn semester 2024 and spring semester 2025 (1 August 2024 – 31 July 2025).
Registration for the event will be open from 1 April to 22 April 2025. More information about registration will be published in the UEF Opiskelijat // Students Viva Engage group and sent by email to graduated students.
All Saints’ Day opening hours in the library
Joensuu and Kuopio Campus Libraries are open on Friday 1st November 2024 8am–1pm, customer service 10am–1pm. On Saturday 2nd November 2024 the libraries are closed.
The 24/7 self-study facilities of Campus Libraries are open despite these exceptions.