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Exceptions to Student and Learning Services’ customer service opening hours in October 2024

On Wednesday 2 October 2024 the Student and Learning Services’ customer service desk and phone service will close at 12:00 because of the Sports Afternoon.

During week 42 14 – 18 October 2024 the Student and Learning Services’ customer service desk in Joensuu will be closed. The phone service and the customer service desk in Kuopio will be open normally.

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 starts today!

The university follows the careers of the graduates, e.g. with a career monitoring survey. Career Monitoring Survey has started today, the 1st of 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 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.

Apply to Talent Hub Eastern Finland group mentoring programme until 1 October 2024

Talent Hub Eastern Finland mentoring programme helps international students and talents to integrate into Finnish working life and build their networks. Mentors are individual professionals and also employer organisations from different field of working life. Mentoring is carried out in small groups and the mentoring language will be English.

Get help with your career planning

Mentoring can help you find your strengths and areas for development and encourage you to take on new challenges. Also, the mentors can get new energy and fresh perspectives on their work through students and other talents (actors).

By taking part in the mentoring program, you will improve your skills and knowledge in

  • job search and getting to know different career options and paths
  • getting to know interesting employer organisations
  • developing professional expertise and finding your strengths
  • communication and interaction with others
  • building professional networks
  • developing self-confidence and self-knowledge

In addition to the mentor’s support, mentoring gives peer support and new views on topics discussed in the group.

What we expect from you?

As an actor, we expect you to

  • commit to the mentoring program and group meetings
  • take an active role in the group
  • share your expectations and goals with other participants
  • to understand that mentoring is about sharing working life experiences and spurring you in the first steps of your career, not getting a job offer or an internship from a mentor

How to apply?

Application for the spring 2025 group mentoring program is open until 1.10.2024. International students and other talents affiliated in Eastern Finland are eligible to apply.

The mentors leading the groups are professionals/employer organisations from different fields and diverse backgrounds. You will be placed in a mentoring group according to your preference of the mentor (please study the available list of mentor profiles carefully), and give your selection in the application form (you need to select 5 suitable mentor options for you in the order of your preference).

You can find the mentor profiles from here (PDF).

Please apply to the mentoring programme from this link!

Further information:

Marko Pietilä, International Affairs Specialist, University of Eastern Finland, marko.pietila@uef.fi

UEF students, open call for YUFE Challenge Teams until 6 November 2024!

The University of Eastern Finland (UEF) is a partner in the Young Universities for the Future of Europe (YUFE) alliance, a major strategic partnership that currently includes 10 universities from across Europe.

YUFE Challenge Teams offers UEF students a unique threemonth journey where a team is built around students, researchers, experts and citizens to deliver solutions for specific challenges. It is an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on entrepreneurial activity, work on real-world challenges and in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams with students from various YUFE Academic Institutions.

You will be guided by academic mentors and experts, and you are expected to propose a solution for the Challenge you choose to apply for and present it to the YUFE Evaluation Committee.

Participating in challenge teams it is an activity counting towards receiving a Professional Star. You are also eligible to apply for 3 ECTS.

In this call there are three Challenges:

  • Impact Leaders
  • Monitoring and Evaluation Solutions
  • Strengthening of philanthropic activity among generation Z

Please find below important information: 

  • Registration Deadline: 6 November 2024.
  • You can apply via the YUFE Virtual Campus.
  • Duration of a YUFE Challenge: November 2024 – January 2025.

For more information, please contact:

Mari Argillander, Key Account Manager, UEF, mari.argillander@uef.fi

Peppi is out of use on Wednesday 25 September 2024 from 3 to 4 pm

There will be a maintenance break in the Peppi production environment resulting from version update on Wednesday 25 September 2024 from 3 to 4 pm. The new version contains, e.g., VAT decimal corrections.

We apologize for the inconvenience caused by the maintenance break!

UEF Wellbeing Week 2024 will be on 30 September – 6 October, Autumn Sports afternoon on 2 October

The aim of the Wellbeing Week is to offer students and staff of the University of Eastern Finland a wellbeing promoting program throughout the week. During Wellbeing Week, a variety of activities will be organised to provide tools to increase one’s own wellbeing and support the ability to concentrate.

 For example, the Finnish Kennel Club’s Care Dogs will visit campuses and a lecture aimed at international students will offer tips on how to survive the Finnish winter and polar night. SYKETTÄ sports services will organize the traditional Sports Afternoon, and the week will culminate with a day trip to Tiilikkajärvi National Park. ISYY will also share on Instagram various wellbeing-related tips.

 Read more about the whole week’s program and offers on the event page isyy.fi/wellbeingweek.

Autumn 2024 Sports afternoon on 2 October 2024

SYKETTÄ Sports Afternoon is held on Wednesday, 2 October 2024, in Joensuu and Kuopio. The UEF, Karelia UAS and Savonia UAS hold a sports afternoon together and by the decision of the university rectors, the sports afternoon is lecture-free from 12:15pm. SYKETTÄ Sports Services organizes the sports afternoon program, but no SYKETTÄ sticker is required to participate.

On sports afternoon, a wide variety of different exercise options are available both indoors and outdoors, and arranged by external partners. Some of them are free of charge, while others include a separate fee.

The sports afternoon program also includes all the classes on the SYKETTÄ sports calendar that day! To participate in classes and turns in sports calendar on sports afternoon, you don’t have to have a valid SYKETTÄ sticker, but you must be registered as a user and enroll in classes and turns.

The sports afternoon programme is now published! City-specific sports afternoon programs and enrollment schedules can be found on the following websites:

Programme site Joensuu: https://xn--sykett-gua.fi/joensuu/fi/liikuntailtapaiva-2-10-2024/

Programme site Kuopio: https://xn--sykett-gua.fi/kuopio/en/sports-afternoon/

YUFE Academy is here again!

YUFE’s open for all free lectures Autumn 2024 edition is about to start. It includes several interesting online lectures from UEF ‘s experts:

The times above are Finnish time. One must register to the lectures beforehand via YUFE Virtual Campus.

For further information on YUFE Academy and its wider offer of lectures in Autumn 2024, please check https://yufe.eu/academy/

YUFE Academy, i.e. YUFE’s open for all free lectures Autumn 2024 edition starts on 17.9 and you can already enroll. The programme includes interesting lectures from UEF’s experts, too. Check further details in the YUFE Academy section below and book your seat to the sessions of your interest!

Registration at the university for the academic year 2024–2025 ends on 15 September 2024

Annual registration for students who are already enrolled at the university (i.e. are in their second, third, etc., year of studies) ends on 15 September 2024. All bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral students must register annually as being present or absent at the university within the registration period. Here you can find the instructions for annual registration.

Register electronically through the Oili-registration service (link opens in a new tab).

If you do not register for the academic year within the registration period, you will need to apply for having your study right reinstated and pay the handling fee for reinstating the study right. Here you can find the instructions for reinstating your study right.

Student, would you like to participate in the development of digital learning services?

A new channel for students has been added to Viva Engage. On the Developing digital learning services -channel we’ll inform students about upcoming development workshops and surveys, and the results of past surveys. The channel is used for sharing information and discussing the topic. 

Join the channel and stay informed about upcoming development projects and to have a say in how digital learning services are developed. You can join the channel here.