It’s again the time of the year when new students come to campuses. You are so warmly welcome!
The general orientation for new international students begins on 1.9. at 12 Finnish time. You will find the whole general orientation programme in Kamu.
In addition to general sessions most deparments/school will have their own field-specific sessions.
On Thursday 1 September 2022, the Student and Learning Services’ customer service desk and phone service close already at 2:30 pm.
Current opening hours
From 1 August to 16 September 2022, the Student and Learning Services’ customer service desk is open Mon-Fri from 10 am to 3 pm.
From 19 September onward, the Student and Learning Services’ customer service desk is open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 am to 3 pm.
If you are unable to visit the customer service desk during these times, please contact us by email or phone, and we can set up a meeting for a different time.
Welcome to a UEF info session on Wednesday, 7 September 2022, starting at 15.00. The topics of the autumn’s first info session are:
a participatory and inclusive university
how to ensure the quality of research and education now and in the future; and
current issues at the start of a new academic year.
The UEF info session will be attended by Chair of the UEF Board Lea Ryynänen-Karjalainen, Vice Chair of the University Collegiate Body Tero Karjalainen, Rector Jukka Mönkkönen and Academic Rector Tapio Määttä. The event will be hosted by Head of Communications Risto Löf.
You can ask questions in the UEF Info Session Yammer group both before and during the info session. Please note that the info session will be bilingual, but with Finnish as the main language. Any questions posed in English will be answered in English either during or after the info session.
The UEF info session will be held on 7 September 2022 in the lobby of the Snellmania building on the Kuopio Campus, starting at 15. You can attend the info session either on-site, or follow it as a live stream. The info session will be recorded, and the recoding will be made available after the event.
Through the Biodiversity education network, students at the University of Eastern Finland have a possibility to take biodiversity-related courses from other universities.
The University of Eastern Finland, together with the Universities of Turku, Oulu, Helsinki and Jyväskylä and Åbo Akademi University are collaborating in biodiversity education. A common agreement on cross-institutional studies has been signed and the course catalogue for this academic year has been published. The courses are targeted mainly at students studying biology, environmental sciences, geography or agriculture and forestry but there are also courses suitable for all disciplines. These courses offer a good possibility to deepen one’s understanding of biodiversity loss and biodiversity protection.
The format of the courses differs: some courses are online, while others are field and exercise courses. All the courses are free of charge for students, and the course catalogue has been planned to complete the degrees available in students’ home universities. Through the Biodiversity education network, students have the possibility to learn new topics and collaborate with students from other universities. Before the studies, it is important to make sure that the course can be included into the degree, and the right to study the courses needs to be applied for separately for each course.
For this academic year, there are altogether 15 courses (some in Finnish), and the first courses are starting soon. The course catalogue of the network will be updated for each academic year. This year, there are courses on, for example, species identification, tropical ecology, fish biology, winter ecology and environmental protection.
Hopefully students will find these courses and eagerly widen their knowledge on courses which are not organised by their own university, hopes the coordination group of the network.
Courses offered by the Biodiversity education network in English academic year 2022-2023:
Tropical ecology
Tropical plant families
Flora of subarctic Europe
Flora of southern Europe
Biodiversity.now A
Fundamentals of conservation
Boreal winter ecology
Exercises in fish and fisheries biology
Nature under Threat 1
Nature under threat 2
For further information, please contact:
Elina Oksanen, Professor, Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, elina.oksanen@uef.fi
Do you know where to find the ISYY office or the Student and Learning Services’ customer service desk? Are you feeling lost strolling around the campus?
Now you have the opportunity to familiarise yourself with your campus in advance! With the help of the Campus Orienteering mobile game, you get to navigate around the campus using an informative map. You can find the campus’ buildings, services, restaurants and many other places of interest marked on the map as checkpoints. By visiting a checkpoint, you can access a brief introduction and info test about the location on the map. In addition to this, some of the checkpoints have small, voluntary tasks related to the location in question. You can play the Campus Orienteering game by yourself or as a group with your friends. The game is available to play until 30 September.
So grab your phone, head over to your campus and get to know more about your surroundings through playing the Campus Orienteering game! You can find the game and its instructions in Moodle by using the following link: https://moodle.uef.fi/course/view.php?id=37047
Students of the University of Eastern Finland have the opportunity to study optional language courses organised by Karelia and Savonia universities of applied science, and KiVANET network.
Courses for UEF students at Savonia and Karelia
Courses offered this Autumn are listed on Savonia and Karelia webpages. Registration for Savonia courses ends on 21st of August, registration periods for Karelia courses vary. Please note that most courses offered this Autumn are taught in Finnish. No RPL application is needed for Savonia and Karelia courses.
KiVANET
The KiVANET university network organises online courses in 10 different languages and in multilingual tandem learning in the autumn term of 2022. A part of the courses is suited to students who do not speak Finnish. These courses are open both for degree students as well as exchange students. Please see further details and registration instructions: www.kivanet.fi and Language Centre study community. Course selection will be updated on week 33. Registration period 26.8.–1.9.2022. Remember to transfer your KIVANET courses to your PSP!
Hi new UEF students on the Kuopio Campus, welcome to use SYKETTÄ Kuopio services!
SYKETTÄ services are here to offer you many great ways to increase your physical activity throughout your studies. So whether you are looking for group classes, a gym workout or a chance to play ball sports with your student friends, we have it all! Also as a SYKETTÄ user you get practical and evidence based nutrition services and nutrition counseling grounded on your needs – and all this with student friendly prices!
Group exercise season in Kuopio begins 29th of August and the sports calendar is again full of many great classes including some golden oldies including pump, indoor cycling and yoga but also brand-new classes like commercial dance, dance acrobatics and barre. What’s best, you are welcome to try all these classes and our other services for free during the free sports weeks until 14th of September! All you need to do is register as an user on our webpage, enroll for classes via sports calendar and enjoy the movement.
SYKETTÄ Kuopio services are for Kuopio university community. All important information can be found on our webpage: www.sykettä.fi/kuopio
Make sure to follow us on Instagram “@syketta_kpo” and on Facebook “Sykettä – Kuopion korkeakoululiikunta”.
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) has efficiently reduced phishing of UEF user accounts and inflicted security breaches. All UEF user accounts use multi-factor authentication when logging into email and other O365 services (applies to staff members and comparable users, students, CCL students and external users).
In order to guarantee information security, it is necessary to introduce MFA into further services. Starting 15 Aug 2022, MFA has been enabled with some other services that use UEF user accounts or HAKA authentication to log in.
How may this change affect you?
When logging into UEF services using Shibboleth or HAKA authentication with a UEF user account, you have to authorize the login with your mobile device. UEF email service, for example, uses a similar method.
Shibboleth/HAKA services include:
Staff applications archive.uef.fi, Certia Servicedesk, eParking.fi, M2, Opintopolku, ResearchProfessional database, Rondo, SoleTM, Academy of Finland eServices Sara, UEF Connect (website updates), Webropol
Student applications Digicampus Moodle, Primo (library), SoleMove, wiki.uef.fi
Shibboleth enabled services with multi-factor authentication have been tested during the summer. Enabling MFA doesn’t have significant effects for the end user. Even though MFA improves information security, its introduction would seem to improve the end user experience. Issues with two services were identified during the testing period and they have been excluded from MFA.
If you experience any issues with one of these services, please use the eServices portal to report it (https://asiointi.uef.fi -> Report IT issue)
Recommendation: Use the Authenticator app with MFA
If you have a smartphone, install the Authenticator app and use it with UEF MFA. It’s more secure and user friendly than SMS authentication.
Registration for Language Centre’s autumn semester courses opens on 1.8.2022 in Peppi (peppi.uef.fi).
If the course starts before 11.9.2022, registration ends two workdays before the course starts. If the course begins on 12.9.2022 or later in the first period, registration ends on Thu 8 September. For courses in the second period, registration ends 10 days before the course starts.
For degree students (Bachelor, Master and PhD), we offer degree courses in English and in Finnish as well as optional courses. For exchange students, we offer the courses Finnish 1A and Chinese 1. Exchange students can join other Finnish courses if there is room in the group. Both degree students and exchange students can choose courses from the KiVANET network.
If you are new to Finnish language, start with our beginner’s course, Finnish 1A. Finnish 1A is a self-study module. Registration is open throughout the academic year, and you can start this course as soon as you register in Peppi.
Students register for degree courses in Peppi through their personal study plan (PSP). Students may also register for courses that are not included in their PSP by searching these courses in Peppi.
NB! In case you have started your studies before Autumn 2022 and the new curriculum 2022–2025, please remember to add the new equivalent courses to your personal study plan (PSP).
For course catalogue and registration, see Peppi (peppi.uef.fi)
The Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year 2022–2023 will be held on Kuopio campus on Thursday, 8 September 2022, at 1.15 p.m. in the Great Lecture Hall, Snellmania building. Welcome!
Opening Ceremony Service in the Great Lecture Hall at 12.15–12.45 p.m.
Liturgy by University Chaplain Raimo Hakkarainen Speech by Vicar Anu Kiviranta Music by Cantor Jarkko Maukonen
PROGRAMME at 1.15 p.m.
Academic Procession
Opening Address Rector Jukka Mönkkönen
Speech Creative Director, Journalist Jani Halme
Address by the Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland Chair of the Executive Board of Student Union Sami Tanskanen
Choir Music University of Eastern Finland Choir Joy with Matti Makkonen as the Conductor
The Finnish National Anthem “Maamme”
Coffee
Opening Ceremony Service can be followed online atvimeo.com/737489352. Opening Ceremony starting at 1.15 p.m. can be followed online atvimeo.com/737490927.
Campus Happening at 3.30 p.m. Programme will be available in the address isyy.fi/campushappening.
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