If you haven’t answered yet to university’s Career Monitoring Survey, please, do it now! Career Monitoring Survey will end on Monday 11th of December.
Career Monitoring Survey is send to all those who have graduated in year 2018 (Master’s degree) or in year 2020 (Doctors’s degree). Survey is national, but each university send’s it to its own alumnis. Please, read more about survey here.
Register for the Language Centre courses included in your degree in Peppi through your PSP. The best way to see all the future implementations of the course, i.e. the groups, their schedules and additional information, is through the study guide. View the upcoming groups of the course through your degree structure or by using the search.
If several different groups are organised for a course included in your degree, enrol in the group that suits you best. As a rule, places are filled in the order of registration, group size on courses included in the degree max. 25 students.
For degree students (Bachelor, Master and Doctoral), we offer degree courses in English and in Finnish as well as optional courses. For exchange students, we offer our beginner’s course Finnish 1A (self-study module), Chinese 1 and Chinese Culture and Social Customs. Exchange students can join other Finnish courses if there are available seats in the group. For all Finnish courses, see here.
Welcome to our courses!
On Friday 1 December 2023 the customer service desk in Joensuu closes already at 2:30 pm.
On Wednesday 6 December 2023 the phone service and customer service desk in both Joensuu and Kuopio are closed.
On Friday 22 December 2023 the customer service desk in Joensuu is closed. The phone service and customer service desk in Kuopio close already at 1 pm.
In Joensuu the customer service desk is closed 25–29 December 2023.
In Kuopio the customer service desk is open on Wednesday 27 December 2023 from 10 am to 3 pm. The customer service desk is closed 25–26 December and 28–29 December.
The phone service is open on Wednesday 27 December 2023 from 10 am to 3 pm. The phone service is closed 25–26 December and 28–29 December.
On 1 January 2024 the phone service and customer service desk in both Joensuu and Kuopio are closed.
2–15 January 2024 the phone service and customer service desk in both Joensuu and Kuopio are open Mon–Fri from 10 am to 3 pm.
Starting 16 January 2024 the Student and Learning Services’ regular opening hours are changing.
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 29 445 8900
Phone service opening hours: Mon–Fri from 10 am to 3 pm
The regular opening hours of the Student and Learning Services’ customer service are changing starting 16 January 2024. Moving forward the Student and Learning Services’ customer service will be open as follows:
Customer service desk: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 am to 1 pm
Phone service: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 am to 2 pm
If you are unable to visit the customer service desk or call during these times, please contact us by email.
Changes to these opening hours will be announced in Kamu.
Visiting address: Joensuu Aurora A, 1st floor; Kuopio Canthia, 2nd floor
Email address: opiskelu@uef.fi
Phone number: +358 29 445 8900
Welcome to a UEF info session on Tuesday, 19 December 2023, starting at 10:00. The topics of the info session include the budget for 2024, the outlook for the next year, doctoral pilots, and the development of research training in the coming years. The event will be attended by the rectors and the Director of Administration.
You can ask questions and provide comments in advance or during the event in the UEF info session community in Viva Engage.
The UEF info session will be recorded and the recording will be published in Viva Engage after the event.
The Digital Services’ monthly maintenance break today on 20 November 2023 includes the Peppi production environment as well. Peppi will not be in use during the maintenance break starting 6 pm (18:00). The maintenance break is expected to end at 7 pm (19:00). You can find more information on the maintenance break in the Digital Services’ Viva Engage (requires logging in with a UEF account) (opens in a new tab).
November application period for outgoing student exchange is still open!
The application period ends November 15th at 3:00 PM sharp – applications must be complete and submitted by 3:00 PM, applications cannot be submitted after 3:00 PM.
During the November application period, students of the University of Eastern Finland may apply for student exchange placements in the following exchange programmes:
Read the programme-specific calls for applications and submit your application in SoleMOVE! Login to the system with your UEF credentials using HAKA/Shibboleth login.
More instructions on how to complete and submit the application is available in Kamu.
The University of Eastern Finland (UEF) is part of the Young Universities for the Future of Europe (YUFE) alliance which is a major strategic partnership established in 2019 with funding from the European Commission.
There are two YUFE Student Forum representatives’ seats becoming vacant in UEF’s YUFE Team.
If you are a bachelor’s or master’s UEF student, you have at least one year of studies left and you are interested in networking, getting to know Europe as an operational environment, and developing Higher Education in international teams, check out the tasks and apply by 15 November 2023!
Contact person
Katinka Käyhkö, Head of International Planning and Development, katinka.kayhko@uef.fi
On Friday 10 November 2023 the phone service and customer service desk in both Joensuu and Kuopio close already at 2 pm.
On Wednesday and Thursday 15-16 November 2023 the phone service and customer service desk in both Joensuu and Kuopio are closed due to the Student and Learning Services’ staff development days.
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 29 445 8900
Phone service opening hours: Mon–Fri from 10 am to 3 pm
International Mobility Services is hosting SoleMOVE Application Clinics today, Wednesday 8 November, and tomorrow, Thursday 9 November!
Students who are planning to submit an application for exchange studies during the November application period are welcome to come work on their application and ask for advice regarding the application. Clinics will be hosted on both campuses as follows:
Wednesday 8 November, 3-4:30 PM
Joensuu: AG215 / Kuopio: CA104
Thursday 9 November, 10-11:30 AM
Joensuu: AG214 / Kuopio: CA104
Welcome!
