The UEF Career Services offers courses on career planning and job seeking. They are open to all bachelor’s and master’s degree students. Starting from spring 2023, each 1-ECTS course will be available in English twice a year. This academic year, they will be launched as follows:
Autumn 2022
Basics of Finnish Working Life – self-study course
Spring 2023
Career-planning – self-study course
Job seeking – self-study courseCareer planning – practical exercises
Job seeking – practical exercises
The Finnish Student Health Service operates normally during summertime.
Ohjaamos are one-stop guidance centres that operate in over 70 cities around Finland. You can get support regarding your well-being, studying, employment and housing. Generally, you can walk in without a prior appointment. You can find the contact information of your local Ohjaamo here.
Finnish Employment Services offer free-of-charge career counselling, face-to-face, online and via telephone. You can discuss your career-related thoughts with a psychologist confidentially. Book an appointment here.
The extensive mental health chat services introduced by FSHS last year were part of the mental health services enabled by government grant.
From 1 July 2022 the SelfChat mental health service line will return to normal service hours, providing assessments of the need for treatment within mental health services on weekdays, Mon–Fri, 9 am to 11 am. The anonymous MieliChat service will end. Further information.
FSHS services are at your disposal throughout the summer. FSHS’s digital and remote services operate in a normal manner throughout summer. Larger service units in all FSHS service areas are also open throughout summer. Further information.
There is a maintenance break in the Atomi service (study certificate and transcript of records) in Peppi from 23 June to 27 June. We apologize for the inconvenience.
On Thursday 23 June 2022, the Student and Learning Services’ phone service closes already at 1 pm (13:00).
On Friday 24 June 2022, the Student and Learning Services’ customer service desk and phone service are closed.
The Student and Learning Services’ customer service desk is open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 am to 2 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.
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 (0)29 445 8900
Phone service: Mon-Fri from 10 am to 2 pm UTC +2
Are you struggling with summer studies? Would you like some support from the study psychologist? During the month of June it is possible to discuss any worries you may have with our study psychologist intern Katja. Send a contact request via SMS to the number +358 50 575 9687.
Click here to read more about UEF’s study psychologists and what issues they can help students with.
There is a short maintenance break in Peppi today on Wednesday 1 June 2022 from 4 pm to 5 pm.
We apologise for the inconvenience.
Welcome to UEF’s campus development webinar on Monday, 6 June, starting at 10. The second campus development webinar focuses on the alternative visions of the future identified during the scenario work and presents the next steps of campus development.
The webinar will be hosted by the university’s Rector, Academic Rector, Director of Administration and Head of Facilities Management. The webinar recording will be published on Yammer after the event.
The final report of the campus development scenario work has been published in Finnish and in English in the Campus Development group on Yammer.
Grants from the Ida Kokkonen and Walter William Hill Memorial Student Fund to undergraduate students have been awarded at the University of Eastern Finland. The Committee of the Fund awarded grants to a total of 10 students in its meeting in May. Following the donor’s wishes, the grant is intended for undergraduate students who lack sufficient funds to support themselves fully while attending the university. The aim is to avoid the need for the student(s) to work part-time in the fields that do not support their studies.
The grants were applied for from 1 April to 29 April 2022, and a total of 23 students submitted applications by the deadline. Of these applicants, 7 are from or are currently living in Northern Savo, 3 from Southwest Finland or Satakunta and 13 from other parts of Finland. The Committee determined that the grant can be awarded to those with their first Master’s degree or a Bachelor’s degree not eligible to continue to Master’s.
As the grant aims to support the completion of studies, the Committee also determined that a maximum of one academic year studies (up to 60 credits) may be missing from the applicant’s degree. Based on these criteria, there was no need to differentiate between applicants according to their place of residence or domicile, but the grant could be awarded to all applicants meeting the criteria.
The donor hopes that the student who receives the grant will support the Fund in the form of a donation after graduation. In this way, the future of the Fund will be secured.
Sari Rissanen, Chair of the Ida Kokkonen and Walter William Hill Memorial Student Fund, sari.rissanen@uef.fi, tel. +358 40 5943774
Outi Suorsa, Secretary of the Ida Kokkonen and Walter William Hill Memorial Student Fund, outi.suorsa@uef.fi, tel. + 358 50 375 2155
On Monday 23 May 2022, the Student and Learning Services’ customer service desk in Kuopio is closed. The email service and phone service are open as usual. The customer service desk in Joensuu is open normally.
On Thursday 26 May 2022, the Student and Learning Services’ phone service, email service and customer service desks on both campuses are closed.
On Friday 27 May 2022, the Student and Learning Services’ customer service desk in Kuopio is closed. The email service and phone service are open as usual. The customer service desk in Joensuu is open normally.
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.
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 (0)29 445 8900
Phone service: Mon-Fri from 10 am to 3 pm UTC +2
