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.
Olka Suorsa
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 Olka, whose email can be found on the left hand side.
information for NoMPEL sTUDENTS and exchange students
Whether you are a NOMPEL student or a regular exchange /erasmus student, we warmly welcome you to our beautiful city Joensuu! Hopefully you can explore our amazingly rich student life and Finnish culture. Because you are only here for a short time, we cannot provide you with overalls or all regular student benefits. However, we have made a special “membership” for you called event pass. The event pass costs 20 euros and with the pass, you can join our Legio members only events, including our yearly anniversary party, which is the most distinguished party for students in Finland. The event pass is valid for one year. Without Legio’s membership or the event pass, you cannot join all of our events. From these links you can read more about our events and anniversary party. You can buy the event pass from our store, here! If you have more questions about our events, the event pass, and overall studying in Joensuu and Legio, contact our coordinator for international students.
You are warmly welcome to all of our events after buying the event pass. Our events are posted in Facebook. In Facebook you should join our group “Legio Ostiensis ry”. There you find the events posted and every event that has both Finnish and English descriptions, are open also for international students. If the event does not have an English description, the language used in the event will be Finnish and thus, might not be suitable for our international students.
If you wish to own overalls and join more international events, you should be in contact with JEIS Joensuu which you can find from Instagram (@jeis_isyy). JEIS is the main association for exchange students in Joensuu.
INFORMATION FOR INTERNATIONAL MASTER'S STUDENTS
As an environmental and law policy student, you are more than welcome to join our association as a full Legio member. As a Legio member, you can join our events, get our membership benefits and overalls. Overalls are one of the most important traditions in Finnish student culture. Legio’s overalls are wine red as is traditional for law students. From different events and our Legio store, you get overall patches to sew on your overalls to show your student status. If you want to hear more about what Legio has to offer or you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our coordinator for international students.
Our events are posted in Facebook. In Facebook you should join our group “Legio Ostiensis ry”. There you find the events posted and every event that has both Finnish and English descriptions, are open also for international students. If the event does not have an English description, the language used in the event will be Finnish and thus, might not be suitable for our international students. As a Legio member, you can join our Legio members only events, including our yearly anniversary party, which is the most distinguished party for students in Finland. Without Legio’s membership, you cannot join all of our events. From these links you can read more about our events and anniversary party.
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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