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Student, find power and purpose for your career and register to career planning and job seeking courses for the spring 2025!

Uef Urapalvelut Kuvake

Are you wondering about your future? Where will I find work? How will I be convincing in the job interview? What can I do with my degree? What are my strengths? Am I in the right field? What should I study as a minor subject? What rights and obligations do I have as an employee?

Students pondering about their future directions or seeking traineeships and employment are troubled by many questions. Nevertheless, don’t worry! Practical guidance, knowledge and support is there for you on the career planning and job seeking courses offered by UEF Career Services.

Sign up for the career planning and job seeking courses in the spring starts 16.12.2024. The first courses begin on 7th January 2025. Find the course details in Peppi!

In the Peppi Study Guide you will find further information about the courses. The courses for the academic year 2023–2024 include the following courses in English and Finnish:

  • Career planning – self-study course, 1 ECTS
  • Career planning – practical exercises, 1 ECTS
  • Job seeking – self-study course, 1 ECTS
  • Job seeking – practical exercises, 1 ECTS
  • Basics of Finnish working life – self-study course, 1 ECTS (only in English)

The courses offered by the UEF Career Services are meant for all students to support and help them during studies and when the move towards working life becomes timely. The courses offer you knowledge, skills, courage and attitude for the future working life. In these courses, you can also clarify your thoughts about your future and career possibilities.

We have received positive feedback about the studies from students. Participants in the career planning self-study course have stated:

  • ”I think the course was good in stirring up thoughts and it helped me analyze my own, sometimes scattered, thoughts about my future career. Although I already had a lot of knowledge about the working life, this course was a good add-on in creating my own career plan.”
  • ”Thanks to the career plan I composed during the course, I now feel more confident about my studies. The course clarified my career aims and I also got a clear picture of what working life skills I already possess and what I should develop further.”

The job-seeking self-study course furnished students with hands-on tools to be used in practice:

  • ”I managed to find new job seeking methods that I can use in the job seeking process. The different channels where jobs can be found were especially useful.”

The basics of Finnish working life self-study course introduces the general outlook of the Finnish working environment with its regulations and habits:

  • “I think this course was good especially for foreign students who would like to find a job from Finland.”

Information about working life and career is collected in the students’ Kamu databank . In Kamu, you will also find other services offered by the Career Services and contact information.

Further information

We can be reached through the email address: urapalvelut@uef.fi.

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Career Monitoring Survey will end by Monday, 9th of December

The Career Monitoring Survey sent to those who completed their degree at the University of Eastern Finland in 2019 and those who doctorate in 2021 will close on Monday, December 9, 2024. Thank you to everyone who has already responded! By responding, you have provided valuable feedback on the employment, academic career paths, and university studies of graduates. If you have not yet responded, please do so soon!

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The Student and Learning Services’ customer service opening hours in December 2024 and January 2025

6 December 2024 the phone service and the customer service desks on both campuses are closed.

23 December 2024 – 15 January 2025 the customer service will be open as follows:

Customer service deskPhone service
WEEK 52
23 December 2024Mondayclosed10 am – 1 pm
24 December 2024Tuesdayclosedclosed
25 December 2024Wednesdayclosedclosed
26 December 2024Thursdayclosedclosed
27 December 2024Fridayclosedclosed
WEEK 1
30 December 2024Mondayclosed10 am – 2 pm
31 December 2021Tuesdayclosed10 am – 1 pm
1 January 2025Wednesdayclosedclosed
2 January 2025Thursdayclosed10 am – 2 pm
3 January 2025Fridayclosed10 am – 2 pm
WEEK 2
6 January 2025Mondayclosedclosed
7 January 2025Tuesday10 am – 3 pm10 am – 3 pm
8 January 2025Wednesday10 am – 3 pm10 am – 3 pm
9 January 2025Thursday10 am – 3 pm10 am – 3 pm
10 January 2025Friday10 am – 3 pm10 am – 3 pm
WEEK 3
13 January 2025Monday10 am – 3 pm10 am – 3 pm
14 January 2025Tuesday10 am – 3 pm10 am – 3 pm
15 January 2025Wednesday10 am – 3 pm10 am – 3 pm
16 January 2025Thursdayclosedclosed
17 January 2025Friday10 am – 1 pm10 am – 2 pm

From 16 January 2025 onward the customer service will return to regular opening hours.

Regular opening hours and contact information

The Student and Learning Services’ customer service desk is open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 am to 1 pm.

Visiting address: Joensuu Aurora A, 1st floor; Kuopio Canthia, 2nd floor

Email address: opiskelu@uef.fi (Please note that there might be delays in responses during vacation times)

Phone number: +358 29 445 8900

Phone service opening hours: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 am to 2 pm

Career Monitoring Survey is still open!

The university follows the careers of the graduates, e.g. with a career monitoring survey. Career Monitoring Survey has started in October. The target group of the survey is those who have completed a Master’s degree in 2019 and those who completed their doctorate in 2021. The survey is carried out in cooperation with other universities as part of the Aarresaari network and this is the 20th year for career monitoring survey. Please, more information here.

Why should you answer the survey? With the help of surveys, information is gathered about the academic labor market, the career paths of university graduates, and feedback about studies is collected. The information obtained is used in the guidance of current and future students (e.g. the Töissä.fi- service, which is said to be a particularly popular tool in high schools), in the development of curricula, and in studies about the working life of university graduates. The master’s career monitoring survey is also part of the universities’ funding model, so the feedback is really important to the university.

Those who belong to the target group are approached by letter, e-mail or text message, so if you’ll received a contact, we really hope that you will respond to it! The Career Monitoring Survey is open till 9th of December, so you are still able to respond. The results of previous years can be viewed e.g. Vipunen, maintained by the Board of Education. from the fi statistics service and the aforementioned Töissä.fi service.

Still time to apply for exchange!

The November application period for outgoing exchange is still open!

During this application period, students may apply for exchange via these programmes:

  • Bilateral exchange
  • ISEP Exchange
  • north2north exchange

The application period ends on Friday, 15 Nov at 3 pm sharp – make sure you submit your application in time!

The calls for applications are available in Kamu. Submit your application form on SoleMOVE.

For more information, please see the Study Abroad section on Kamu!

Rector Jukka Mönkkönen’s farewell lecture and handing over of the chain of office on 12 December 2024 in Joensuu and online

Welcome to Rector Jukka Mönkkönen’s farewell lecture on Thursday 12 December 2024 starting at 12:15 in room C2 of the Carelia building.

After the lecture, the event continues with the handing over of the Rector’s chain of office to Tapio Määttä, whose term of office will begin in early 2025.

The Student Union’s address will be delivered by the Chair of the Executive Board Mirka Nieminen. The programme also includes musical performances.

Sign up for the farewell lecture and shared transport from the Kuopio campus by Friday 29 November 2024 via this link. The return journey will start after the Christmas coffee event at 15:00.

The programme can be followed via a live stream starting at 12:15 in the address https://vimeo.com/event/4686307.

The traditional joint Christmas coffee event is organised for the staff and students in the Carelia lobby from 14:00 to 15:00.

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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!