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!
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:
November:
For more information please contact opintopsykologi-kuopio@uef.fi
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:
You can find the Zoom link to the event on Kamu’s study abroad events page.
Welcome!
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:
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!
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”.
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.
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.
The university announced the introduction of a digital degree certificate on 26 April 2022 (previous news release). The change to a digital certificate has received a lot of feedback, based on which the paper degree certificate is still considered an important sign of graduation. For this reason, the decision will be updated and specified in such a way that paper certificates will continue to be issued upon request.
The visual appearance of the digital degree certificate corresponds to the current paper certificate. As of 01 August 2022, the digital degree certificate is the official version which can be obtained in paper form as well. A paper certificate is a copy of the official degree certificate. The university does not charge a fee for the paper degree certificate.
The university is also planning new, collective ways to celebrate students’ graduation each academic year. We respect academic traditions and wish to introduce new ways to celebrate graduation. The practices will be announced later.
Please find answers below to the questions and concerns raised in Yammer last week.
Will the digital degree certificate be useful for years to come?
The university has received a reply from the system provider: the digital degree certificate is signed using the PAdES-LTA standard, which means in practice that the certificate can be verified for a long time even if the system of recognition of signatures changes. The LTA aims at the longest possible storage period for electronic signatures.
How is the security ensured in sending a digital degree certificate?
The digital degree certificate is not sent to the graduate by e-mail, instead, the graduate receives an e-mail notification of when the certificate can be retrieved from Peppi. Upon request, the paper degree certificate will be posted as before.
Is there a chance that the data will be lost in the digital degree certificate?
Graduation data is stored both in the university and national registers. The digital degree certificate is permanently retained in accordance with the university’s records management plan in the university diary. Should a student lose a certificate, s/he has the opportunity to ask the university for a new degree certificate. The digital storage format is in line with the national standard governing records management and archiving. The student has the chance to store the digital certificate in multiple places.
Is the digital degree certificate known around the world and can it be received everywhere?
There are different types of degree certificates and diplomas internationally, and this applies to both paper and digital certificates. The PDF file format is commonly known and used internationally. It is possible to send a paper copy in the future as well.
Can the English-language degree certificate include the words “official translation”?
The language used for instruction and degrees at the University of Eastern Finland is Finnish (Section 11 of the Universities Act 558/2009). The degree certificate is issued in the language specified in the Universities Act. The English-language degree certificate is a translation of the original Finnish-language certificate. The English translation is not a translation by an authorised translator (Act on Authorised Translators 1231/2007). For this reason, the concept ‘official translation’ is not used in this context.
Why and how has the decision been prepared?
The aim of the introduction of the digital degree certificate has been to improve and speed up the process, and to verify information from the student’s point of view. The digital transcripts of records and study certificates have been in use for years already and have received good feedback from our students. E-services have streamlined students’ everyday life, and e-services are widely accepted in official encounters also internationally. The digital degree certificate is a natural continuation of this development.
The preparation of the digital degree certificate has been a long-term process having been prepared at UEF University Services. The digital degree certificate was presented to the UEF Leadership Group on 16 March 2022, and the final decision to introduce a digital degree certificate was made by the UEF Leadership Group. The Student Union has been consulted as a representative of our students during the process. Based on the feedback, the consultation of students and academic staff should have been more extensive.
The February application period for outgoing student exchange is open!
The application period ends on Tuesday 15th February at 3:00 PM (15:00).
Please note that your application must be submitted by the deadline. Late applications will not be accepted, so please make sure to send in your application on time!
During this application period, students can apply for Erasmus+ and Nordplus exchanges, as well as bilateral exchange. For more information on available placements and exchange programmes, please see the Study Abroad section on Kamu and the page Calls for applications for student exchange.
Students can apply for 1-2 exchange placements. If you wish to apply for two different exchange programmes, you will need to submit two applications. In this case, you can use the same attachments for both applications. You must indicate clearly in your application which placement is your first priority.
The application is compiled and submitted in the SoleMOVE system. For instructions on how to compile the application and the link to the system, please see Kamu.
The required attachments to the application are an up-to-date transcript of records (from Peppi) and a letter of motivation. For more information about applying in general, please see Kamu.
