Good to know
In this section, you will find some answers to the most common questions.
congratulations NEW international student!
Congratulations, you have achieved the sought-after and extremely desired degree place at the UEF Law School! The degree place you have achieved offers you the opportunity to develop yourself, many challenges and great future prospects as a special expert in law!
Whether you are a NOMPEL-student or an international master’s student, you are welcome to join our student association, Legio Ostiensis.
In Legio, we warmly welcome you. To do this, we have tutors and Board full of members to help with questions that arise at the beginning of your study.
In this section, you will find the tutors’ introductions and concise answers to the most common questions.
You have achieved the sought-after and desired study place at the UEF Law School. The study place you have reached offers you the opportunity to develop yourself, many challenges and great future prospects as a special expert in law!
Whether you are a NOMPEL-student, an international master’s or an exchange student, you are welcome to join our student association, Legio.
In Legio, we warmly welcome you. To do this, we have tutors to help with questions that arise at the beginning of your study.
Maria Lunti
Coordinator for International Students
If you have any questions regarding the Legio Ostiensis membership or other Legio or UEF Law School related matter you haven’t found an answer for, you can send an email to Maria, whose email can be found on the left hand side.
Student overalls For NoMPEL sTUDENTS
After a hopefully eventful and unforgettable autumn in Sweden. We would like to warmly welcome to Joensuu! We hope you will have an awesome spring here in Finland. Hopefully you can explore our winter wonderland and amazingly rich student life maybe as a member of our student organisation Legio Ostiensis.
Legio Ostiensis ry or more commonly known as Legio is the University of Eastern Finland’s Law School’s student association for those who are studying the Bachelor of Administrative Sciences and Master of Administrative Sciences, The Joint Nordic Master Programme in Environmental Law or Master’s Degree Programme in Environmental Policy and Law. A student association’s purpose is to bring together the students studying the same branch of science. Legio looks after its members’ rights, organises excourses for future work places and a lot more different events from the sitsz parties to sports testings. Also, being a member of Legio you have the privilege to order and wear the wine red Legio overalls.
Overalls makes the Finnish student life special. We normally wear our overalls in every student events and it is a funny way to spot our fellow students but also students from other fields. Traditionally we sew patches, memories of student events, and other accessories to the overalls. If you want to get yourself a pair, follow us on social media.
FAQ:
Joensuun Elli takes care of student housing. They offer shared housing, studios and family apartments.
Also, it is recommend to check Facebook-markets and other private landlords.
YTHS is only for master students.
Exchange students should have their own insurance. European citizen only need European Health Insurance Card.
Become a member of Legio and you can order overalls in autumn. If you are NOMPEL student, order the overalls in autumn and you will receive them when you arrive to Joensuu in January.
Membership is not mandatory. However, participation in events after freshman weeks requires membership, as well as all other Legio benefits are for members only. Also student advocacy.
Joensuu is a cycling city, so your own bicycle is enough to get around and can be recommended to everyone. You can find used bikes cheap if you don’t already own one. In addition, Joensuu has an internal bus service for those who live further away.
We recommend that all the new international students will participate in the orientation programme. The orientation offers a lot of practical information in order to help the new students to have a smooth start for their studies at UEF.
The orientation offers
- essential information on studying and university life at UEF
- tips on different practical matters
- information on Finland and on the Finnish culture
- a possibility to meet other students
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