The departmental or academic coordinators of international matters advise outgoing UEF exchange students in matters related to their studies. The contact persons for all academic subjects are listed below.
Email addresses are listed in the format firstname.lastname @ uef.fi . The contact information can also be found in the UEF Connect (link opens in a new tab).
International coordinators at the Faculties
Philosophical Faculty (Joensuu)
School of Humanities
Finnish Language and Cultural Research: Anna Arkko (outgoing, starting from 21 Aug)
Foreign Languages and Translation Studies: Anette Huovinen (outgoing, starting from 21 Aug), Pekka Kilpeläinen, Michael Pace-Sigge (incoming)
School of Educational Sciences and Psychology
Special Education: Katariina Waltzer
Education and Adult Education: Antti Ronkainen
Career Counselling: Merja Tamminen
Psychology: Matti Kuittinen
School of Applied Educational Science and Teacher Education
Henna Martikainen (outgoing), Henri Heiskanen (incoming)
Department of Theology
Susanna Haverinen
Email addresses are listed in the format firstname.lastname(a)uef.fi . The contact information can also be found in the UEF contacts directory.
Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology (Joensuu and Kuopio)
Department of Physics and Mathematics (Joensuu)
Physics: Noora Heikkilä
Mathematics: Changyu Guo
Department of Technical Physics (Kuopio)
Cristina Florea
Department of Chemistry (Joensuu)
Chemistry: Mika Torvinen
Sustainable Technologies: Pauliina Karvinen
School of Forest Sciences (Joensuu)
Piritta Torssonen (outgoing, starting from Jan 2025) Isabel Muñoz Hidalgo (incoming)
School of Computer Science (Joensuu and Kuopio)
Laura Hurmalainen (Joensuu), Esther Galbrun (Kuopio)
Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences (Joensuu and Kuopio)
Biology: Jarkko Akkanen
Environmental science: Eila Torvinen
Email addresses are listed in the format firstname.lastname(a)uef.fi . The contact information can also be found in the UEF contacts directory.
Faculty of Health Sciences (Kuopio)
School of Pharmacy
Jaana Veki (outgoing), Anne Lecklin (incoming)
Department of Nursing Science
Maliheh Nekouei
School of Medicine
Clinical medicine: Timo Kemppainen
Public health: Annika Männikkö
Clinical nutrition: Marjukka Kolehmainen
Dentistry: Leena Lampinen
Biomedicine: Tiina Kuningas
Email addresses are listed in the format firstname.lastname(a)uef.fi . The contact information can also be found in the UEF contacts directory.
Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies (Joensuu and Kuopio)
Department of Geographical and Historical Studies (Joensuu)
Satu Malinen and Paul Fryer
Business School (Joensuu and Kuopio)
Jarmo Romppanen (Joensuu), Anniina Hakkarainen (Kuopio, until 18 Dec 2024, Christina Piel from 19 Dec onwards)
Law School (Joensuu)
Mia Kilpeläinen
Department of Social and Health Management (Kuopio)
Heli Kemppainen
Department of Social Sciences (Joensuu and Kuopio)
Salla Lappalainen (Joensuu, substituting for Jarmo Romppanen until 24 Sept 2023), Heli Kemppainen (Kuopio)
Email addresses are listed in the format firstname.lastname(a)uef.fi . The contact information can also be found in the UEF contacts directory.