Refine your search

International Week in January!

International Mobility Services is hosting an International Week in January, from Monday to Thursday 23-26 January. During the week, there will be info sessions about student exchange on Zoom and in-person info desks on both campuses. Most of the Zoom info sessions will be in Finnish, but there will also be a session in English, and English-speaking students are also encouraged to join the Finnish sessions if they have questions about student exchange! You can find the week’s preliminary programme on Kamu’s Study Abroad section, on the page study abroad events. The programme will be updated with Zoom links and locations closer to the event. If you have any questions about student exchange, please do not hesitate to contact us at international@uef.fi.

Winter cycling competition Kilometrikisa 1.1.–28.2.2023

SYKETTÄ Joensuu and Kuopio are again taking part in Winter cycling competition Kilometrikisa which will be held between 1st of January and 28th of February 2023. SYKETTÄ Joensuu and Kuopio have their own teams. All UEF, Karelia UAS and Savonia UAS students and staff members are welcome to attend teams!

Kilometrikisa is a light-hearted cycling competition for workplaces, departments, associations, clubs or any other teams. The aim is to encourage bicycle commuting and promote everyday cycling. In Kilometrikisa every team member will record their cycling kilometers and the team with the highest number of kilometers will win.

You can find city-specific instructions via the links below:

Joensuu team: https://xn--sykett-gua.fi/joensuu/en/kilometrikisa-cycling-competition/

Kuopio team: https://xn--sykett-gua.fi/kuopio/en/offerings/kilometrikisa-cycling-competition/

SYKETTÄ spring season starts with free sports trial!

Photo: Saara Huopalainen

SYKETTÄ Spring season starts with free sports trial in Kuopio and Joensuu on 9.–22.1.2023.

During these weeks you get a chance to enroll for classes and try all of our services for free! 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 on classes and turns.

Also on 9.–22.1. there will be SYKETTÄ Appro in Kuopio in which the aim is to collect markings from SYKETTÄ sports events on your passport. By returning the passport you get your very own badge equivalent and you can take part in a raffle – the prices are amazing!

The sports calendars are now published! City-specific sports calendars and enrollment schedules can be found on the following websites:

www.sykettä.fi/joensuu/en

www.sykettä.fi/kuopio/en

Guess how many books were used to set up the library’s book Christmas tree!

UEF Library’s seventh book Christmas tree has been set up (video; opens in new tab) in the Kuopio Campus Library and guessing competition is open.

Leave your guess into the box in the library or use the web form. The closest guess will win a prize! If you are the lucky winner, you will need to come to the Kuopio Campus Library to collect it. We will announce the correct number of books in the tree after Epiphany and the form will be open until 8th January 2023.

We would like to thank everyone who took part in setting up the book Christmas tree!

Good luck!

Traditional Christmas party for staff and students 20 December 2022 at 2.15 pm

Traditional Christmas party for staff and students on the Kuopio Campus will be held on Tuesday, 20 December, starting at 2.15 p.m.


Programme
 

Welcoming Words
Rector Jukka Mönkkönen

Songs in the spirit of Christmas
UEF Kuopio Student Choir
Choir Director: Richard Nicholls

Christmas Spirit
Sakari Kuosmanen

Word for Christmas
Vicar Sanna Mertanen

Most Beautiful Christmas Songs
Accompaniment by Cantor Jarkko Maukonen

After the party, coffee, tea and refreshments will be served in Snellmania’s lobby.

Welcome!

International Week: info sessions online!

Due to sudden illness, we will organise today’s exchange info session only online. We also have to cancel tomorrow’s planned International Day event in Kuopio. The info session tomorrow afternoon will also be available only online.

You will find Zoom links to the info sessions on Kamu’s study abroad events page. We aim to organise International Day in Kuopio at another time. We apologize for the inconvenience!

Welcome to Kuopio’s “Coffee & Friends” evenings!

The idea is to offer students a place to come hang out after lectures, to enjoy refreshments and good company. You can come to the café on your own or bring someone with you. You are warmly welcome just as you are!

The café is held by master’s degree students in social and health sciences and UEF’s study psychologist trainee. The campus chaplain Raimo, study psychologist Katri and sports planner Sirpa participate in organising the café too.

The café is open on Tuesdays from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m at the Studentia chapel.

October:

  • 11th October – Board games
  • 18th October – My social media life
  • 25th October – From an idea to proceeding

November:

  • 1st November – Surviving the autumn darkness
  • 8th November – Board Games
  • 15th November – Balancing studies and leisure
  • 22nd November – Crafts: Christmas cards and gingerbread decorating
  • 29th November – Crafts: Christmas cards and Christmas carols sing-along

For more information please contact opintopsykologi-kuopio@uef.fi

Student exchange info session 4 Oct!

Int’l Mobility Services is hosting a general info session about student exchange on Tuesday 4 October from 3 PM to 4 PM. The event is hosted on both campuses as a hybrid event, so you can participate on campus or online. The event will be in Finnish, but we also welcome questions in English.

The event locations:

  • Joensuu: Agora, AG109
  • Kuopio: Canthia, CA301

You can find the Zoom link to the event on Kamu’s study abroad events page.

Welcome!

Autumn 2022 Sports afternoon on 5 October – programme available now!

SYKETTÄ Sports Afternoon will be held on Wednesday 5th of October 2022 on Joensuu and Kuopio Campuses, in collaboration with the UEF, Karelia UAS and Savonia UAS. The sports afternoon begins at 12:15 pm, and there is no teaching in the afternoon.

SYKETTÄ Sports Services organizes the sports afternoon programme, 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 on 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

Programme site Kuopio

UEF Students, get to know your campus!

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

Enjoy the Campus Orienteering!