Orientation for International Degree Students

Welcome to study Information Processing Science!

Students selected to the International Master's Programme SEIS ( Software Engineering and Information Systems) and the Master´s Programme in Information Processing Science.

Orientation week 2024

The First timetable 2024

Students at the bachelor level: please find orientation week details here.

The program will be updated in August.

Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering kick of 4th at 10.15-12 am in lecture hall L3.

Degree program info 4th of September at 13.15-16 TS101 (participation is mandatory)

If you have health reasons not to participate in the Degree program info event in lecture room TS101, please contact tutor teacher Karin Väyrynen karin.vayrynen[at]oulu.fi (who will be back in office on August 12th)

More information and instructions for how to prepare before the degree program info will be sent to approximately one week before the info event (we send the information to those students who are enrolled to the program by that time). Please make sure to read your emails daily (personal and your student email account) in order not to miss that information.

Have a nice summer and see you in September!

SEIS students: For more information, please contact tutor teacher karin.vayrynen[at]oulu.fi (please note that Karin is out of office from 24.6. – 9.8. and will not reply to emails during that time)

Change in organization of the Master´s Programme in Biomedical Engineering

Beginning from academic year 2024-25 Master´s Programme in Biomedical Engineering will be coordinated by the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (ITEE). In spring 2024 application round all new students were selected to the programme with target degree in Master of Science (Tech). No intake to this programme was organized in spring 2024 at the Faculty of Medicine (FMED) with target degree in Master of Health Sciences. The last intake to the FMED was in spring 2023.

For further information about start of the studies, orientation etc. at the ITEE and in the Master´s Programme in Biomedical Engineering in coming autumn you will find in the web page Orientation for International Degree Students (follow for possible updates).

Welcome to study biomedical engineering!

In this page the new students will find information about important issues in the beginning of studies.

The orientation week schedule will be updated as the orientation programme and schedules are finalized (in August 2024 at the latest).

General information about starting the studies

You will find general information about starting your studies and steps to be taken in university´s web-page For new degree students.

Orientation week

The studies will begin with orientation, which is organized during week 36 from September 2nd to September 6th, 2024. It will include general programme for university's all new students and programme-specific programme. In addition, during week 37 there are additional events, which you might like to consider and participate in (for example official opening ceremonies of the university and organizations presenting themselves on Linnanmaa campus).

NOTICE! Briefing of the BME students will be arranged on orientation weeks. The new date of orientation event will be informed later (as quickly as possible). In the briefing there will be participants from the degree programme, academic affairs service team and from the Guild of Medical Technology Students of Oulu (OLTO). You will meet your tutor teacher, with whom you will prepare your personal study plan (PSP). Also, your student tutors (“kummis”) will attend, and they will be your guide on campuses and tell you about the studies and studying from the student´s point of view. You will hear more about the degree programme and starting and proceeding with the studies.

The courses will begin in accordance with the course-specific schedules.

For students – web pages

We also recommend you to study carefully the university´s For Students web pages, where all information concerning studies and studying has been compiled by themes. Under some themes, in the end of the page, there is a “For you” drop down menu, where you can choose your own programme for checking the additional, programme-specific information. This “For you” information will be updated regularly, even during coming autumn, when necessary.

Study guide and schedule for academic year 2024-2025

Study guide for Master's Programme in Biomedical Engineering 2024-2025 have been published including schedule for autumn 2024. Schedule for spring 2025 will be published in the beginning of November 2024. In the study guide there is a general description of the programme (“Show description”) and its study structure (“Show structure”). By choosing an individual course in the structure you will find the course-specific description and further – course timetable by clicking the “blue ribbon” in the description page.

Tuudo mobile application is a versatile tool for supporting and managing your studies and includes, for example, possibility to prepare your personal schedule. After having uploaded the app you will be able to pick up the courses to your Tuudo-calendar first by choosing “follow” and then beginning from Aug 1, 2024 – enroll for the chosen autumn courses and beginning from December 1, 2025 - for the chosen spring courses.

Please note that students have to register for the courses. For registering you will need user ID & password of Uni Oulu computer network which you will get after registering as a present student for study year 2024-25 and paying the Uni Oulu student union membership fee. Please see the checklist for new degree students for instructions on what to do before your arrival.

More information about the schedule, enrollment etc. will be available during the orientation week.

Student affairs

If you have any questions regarding your studies, please contact the Academic Affairs Service Team for the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering by sending an email to: study.itee(at)oulu.fi

Academic Affairs Service Team for the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering is located at the Compass Service Point, Linnanmaa campus.

Contact

• Responsible professor of the programme, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering Tapio Seppänen - tapio.seppanen(at)oulu.fi
• In issues concerning your studies, personal study plan (PSP) you can contact your
  
  • tutor teachers Christian Schuss (Faculty of ITEE) and Heta Helakari (Faculty of Medicine)
• Your student tutor (”kummi”) will be informed later

Additional links / information

University of Oulu

Faculty of Information Technology and Electric Engineering

• Center for Machine Vision and Signal Analysis (CMVS)

Faculty of Medicine

• Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology

ICT-services for students

Sign in university´s systems with university user account

Finnish Student Health Service

University of Oulu safety info

OLTO

Rules and regulations of the higher education institutions of Oulu | University of Oulu

Email lists and social media

Join the mailing lists WITH YOUR UNIVERSITY EMAIL ADDRESS AS SOON AS YOU HAVE RECEIVED IT (student.oulu.fi). University will only send emails to university´s own email addresses.

Email list joint for BME students.

Biomedical Engineering in Facebook

Biomedical Engineering in Instagram

Welcome to study!

Wireless Communications Engineering (WCE) (MSc, Tech)

The studies will begin on Tuesday 3rd of September, 2024.

The orientation week schedule for Radio Access Network (RAN) can be found here.

The orientation week schedule for Radio Engineering (RAF) can be found here.

• During the week, you will receive information and material related to your studies, get to know tutor students, fellow students and staff of the degree program and acquaint with guild activities of Electronics and Communications Engineering students of Oulu (SIK guild) and with university's premises and study related IT facilities and tools.
• During the week, you will also meet your tutor teacher, with whom you will prepare your personal study plan (PSP).

You can find all WCE-specific practical instructions and guides from here.

The WCE program coordinator and your personal tutor teacher is Dr. Kari Kärkkäinen (kari.karkkainen(a)oulu.fi)

Electronics (ECE) (MSc, Tech)

The studies will begin on Tuesday 3rd of September, 2024.

The orientation week schedule for Electronics Design can be found here.

The orientation week schedule for Electronics Materials and Components can be found here.

The orientation week schedule for Future Electronics and Measurement Techniques can be found here.

• During the week, you will receive information and material related to your studies, get to know tutor students, fellow students and staff of the degree program and acquaint with guild activities of Electronics and Communications Engineering students of Oulu (SIK guild) and with university's premises and study related IT facilities and tools.
• During the week, you will also meet your tutor teacher, with whom you will prepare your personal study plan (PSP).

The ECE program coordinator and your personal tutor teacher is Dr. Marko Neitola (marko.neitola(a)oulu.fi).

Sustainable and Autonomous Systems (SAS) (MSc, Tech)

The studies will begin on Tuesday 3rd of September, 2024.

The orientation week for SAS schedule can be found here.

• During the week, you will receive information and material related to your studies, get to know tutor students, fellow students and staff of the degree program and acquaint with guild activities of Electronics and Communications Engineering students of Oulu (SIK guild) and with university's premises and study related IT facilities and tools.
• During the week, you will also meet your tutor teacher, with whom you will prepare your personal study plan (PSP).

The SAS program coordinator and your personal tutor teacher is Niina Halonen (niina.halonen(a)oulu.fi).

Electronics and Communications Engineering, Degree Programme in Digitalisation, Computing and Electronics (ECE DICE) (BSc, Tech)

The studies will begin on Monday 2nd of September, 2024.

The orientation week schedule can be found here.

• During the week, you will receive information and material related to your studies, get to know tutor students, fellow students and staff of the degree program and acquaint with guild activities of Electronics and Communications Engineering students of Oulu (SIK guild) and with university's premises and study related IT facilities and tools.
• During the week, you also will meet your tutor teacher, with whom you will prepare your personal study plan (PSP).

Your personal tutor teacher is Dr. Marko Neitola (marko.neitola(a)oulu.fi).

Planning and starting your studies

University’s new study guide for academic year 2024-2025 is published at https://opas.peppi.oulu.fi/en/index?period=2024-2025. The study guide includes information on degrees, curricula, courses and course timetables. Information on the courses can be also be found by adding course code or name to ‘Search box’.

• WCE programme specific study guide for the purpose of planning your studies can be found from https://opas.peppi.oulu.fi/en/programme/41168?period=2024-2025
• ECE programme specific study guide for the purpose of planning your studies can be found from https://opas.peppi.oulu.fi/en/programme/41128?period=2024-2025
• SAS programme specific study guide for the purpose of planning your studies can be found from https://opas.peppi.oulu.fi/en/programme/41147?period=2024-2025

Students have to register for the courses in Peppi. For registering you will need user ID & password of Uni Oulu computer network which you will get after registering as a present student for academic year 2024-25 and paying the Uni Oulu student union membership fee. Please see the checklist for new degree students for instructions on what to do before your arrival.

Student affairs

If you have any questions regarding your studies, please contact the Faculty Service Team of ITEE by sending an email to: study.itee(at)oulu.fi

The Faculty Service Team for the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering is located at the Compass Service Point, Linnanmaa campus.

New Students at the Industrial Engineering and Management & Product Management Master’s Programme

Please register for events found under the course 555212P Orientation Course for New Master's Students. Check your email (also the spam folder) during August, we will send you a welcome letter with all necessary instructions.

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First week program, Intercultural Teacher Education program

New students will be starting their studies on Monday, 2nd September, 2024.

• A detailed schedule of the first weeks will be updated below and sent to all accepted students latest in August.

Orientation to studies materials 2024

Orientation to studies lecture 1 (ITE)
Orientation to studies lecture 2 (ITE)

Orientation to studies lecture 3 (ITE)

Information for new Oulu Mining School (OMS) degree students

Here you can find information on the orientation events for new international Master's Degree students of Mineral Resources and Sustainable Mining (MRSM): Mining Engineering and Mineral Processing, or Geosciences, or the new EMJM PROMISE students arriving for the Autumn 2024.

(Incoming exchange students hosted by OMS have their own orientation events)

The academic year 2024 launches with Orientation Weeks, starting with Faculty of Technology and Oulu Mining School Information Sessions at the Linnanmaa Campus of the University of Oulu:

• Faculty of Technology orientations for all new degree students
  • Mon 02.09.2024 at 14:15-16:00 in lecture hall L1
  • Tue 03.09.2024 at 10:15-12:00 in lecture hall L1
  • Wed 04.09.2024 12:15-13:00 in lecture hall L1
• OMS Orientation for new MRSM Master's students
  • Mon 02.09.2024 AT 10:15-12:00 in lecture room TA101
• OMS EMJM PROMISE Programme Kick-Off
  • Wed 04.09.2024 at 08:15-14:00 in lecture room AT115B

In addition, a general university level orientation for all new international degree students will be organized. All new international degree students should participate to this event too.

OMS Orientation Weeks for all new degree students will begin with the faculty and programme information sessions. The weeks also include other events, e.g. UniOulu Self-Hack, planning your personal studies (preparing a Personal Study Plan). Some of your courses will start already on the first week. You will also be nominated a Tutor Teacher and a Tutor Student.

Personal Study Plan: Target to choose about 3 courses per one period which will give you about 15 cr in one period: 15 cr per period / 30 cr per semester / 60 cr per academic year.

• MRSM / Mining Engineering and Mineral Processing (MEMP), M.Sc. (Tech.)
• MRSM / Geosciences (GEOS), M.Sc.
• EMJM PROMISE, M.Sc. (Tech.)

Contact:

More info: Study.Technology@oulu.fi (write to the Subject MRSM/MEMP or MRSM/GEOS or PROMISE: Orientation)

Welcome to study!

This information is for new international students in DICE-CSE (Bachelor´s Degree) and Computer Science and Engineering (Master´s Degree). The orientation week starts 2.9.2024. Detailed orientation week timetables 2024 here:

DICE-CSE Bachelor´s degree new students orientation weeks timetable 2024

CSE Master´s degree new students orientation weeks timetable 2024

Timetables updated 22.8.2024. Changes possible.

• During orientation week, you will receive information about and material related to studies, get to know tutor students, fellow students and staff of the degree programme and acquaint with guild activities of Computer Science and Engineering students of Oulu (OTIT) and with university's premises and study related IT facilities and tools.
• During the week, you also will meet your tutor teacher, with whom you will prepare your personal study plan (PSP).

Useful Information

You find Programme Structure Diagrams from here.

University’s study guide for academic year 2024-2025 is published at https://opas.peppi.oulu.fi. The study guide includes information on degrees, curriculums, courses and course timetables. Information about the courses can be found by adding course code or name to ‘Search box’.

Students have to register for the courses in Peppi.

Moodle workspace is used on many courses.

Student affairs

If you have any questions regarding your studies, please contact your Tutor teacher or the Information Technology and Electrical Engineering academic affairs service team by sending an email to: study.itee(at)oulu.fi

Academic Affairs Service team for the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering is located at the service point Compass (1st floor) (see campus map).

Welcome to study!

This information is for new international bachelor’s students in Digitalisation, Computing and Electronics.

Digitalisation, Computing and Electronics, Electronics and Communications Engineering (ECE DICE)

The orientation week programme for 2024 can be found here. During the orientation week, you will receive information and material related to your studies, get to know tutor students, fellow students and staff of the degree program as well as the university's premises and study related IT facilities and tools.

During the orientation weeks you will meet your tutor teacher, Marko Neitonen, with whom you will prepare your personal study plan (PSP) in Peppi.

Digitalisation, Computing and Electronics, Information Processing Science (IPS DICE)

Orientation week Program

The first timetable

Academic Affairs

If you have any questions regarding your studies, please contact the Faculty Service Team of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering by sending an email to: study.itee(at)oulu.fi

updated 2024/08/06

Welcome to study in Master´s Programme in Epidemiology and Biomedical Data Science (EBDS)!
In this page the new students will find programme-specific information about important issues related to beginning of studies.

This and other university pages related to start of the studies in autumn 2024 might still / will be updated before start of the studies so kindly follow this and other given pages for possible updates.

General information about starting the studies

You will find general information about starting your studies and steps to be taken in university´s web-page For new degree students. Kindly study carefully this page.

Student account and password

When you have confirmed your study place and registered to the University for academic year 2024-25 as a present student, the information about confirmation and registration will transfer between systems to university´s IT-services and the new student's user account will be created within a week after registration. Kindly note, however, that since your study right will begin on 1st of August 2024, the account can be created on this date at the earliest. You will be sent an email to the address you have given in your application for study place about your account being created and ready for activation. Should you not be able to use any of the activation methods presented in the university´s web page "Student Account" -> New student, kindly contact IT-services support address for students helpdesk@oulu.fi for agreeing on additional way of activation.

Kindly note that with the account you also will receive a university email address xxxxxx@student.oulu.fi, which we recommend you to start to use immediately in the beginning of studies. It is the official address, which university uses for sending different information related to studies etc.

Kindly note that in order to be able to exercise your study right and have university´s account and access to university´s systems you have to be registered as present. Even though the registration period for new students of international degree programmes will end on 13th of Sept, 2024, the studies will start with orientation already on 2nd of Sept, 2024 so we highly recommend you to register before that to make the most of the programme and studies already then.

Orientation week (programme pdf 24.5.24)

The studies will begin with orientation, which is organized during week 36 from September 2 to Sept 6, 2024. In the beginning of the week your tutor students will welcome you on university´s campus “Kontinkangas” at the Faculty of Medicine, which is located near the Oulu University Hospital. You will be able to have a look at the campus premises and activities via ThingLink.

In addition during the week there will be a separate kick-off event in Nallikari camping area and other university level programme described in the programme. On June 17, 2024 coordinator of the degree programme has sent more detailed programme of the kick-off event to admitted students, who have taken all required steps by given deadlines.

Kindly note that some orientation events will take place also during week 37 such as, for example, official opening of the academic year, student fair and student festival.

During the orientation week you will hear more about the degree programme and starting and proceeding with the studies.

In general, courses will start in accordance with course-specific schedules in week 37 beginning on 9th of Sept, 2024. First lecture of the Statistical Methods in Epidemiology I will be organized on Friday Sept 6, 2024 at 8.15-10.00.

For students - web pages

We recommend you to study carefully university´s For Students web pages, where all information concerning studies and studying has been collected by themes. Under some themes, in the end of the pages, there is “For you” drop down menu, where you can choose your own programme for checking, whether there is any additional, programme-specific information. EBDS “For you” information will be updated whenever necessary.

Schedule for academic year 2024-25

Schedule for academic year 2024-25 is a part of the Peppi study guide. Schedule for autumn 2024 has already been published and the schedule for spring 2025 will be published in November 2024. In the study guide there is a general description of the programme and its study structure. By choosing an individual course in the structure you will find the course-specific description and further – course timetable.

Tuudo mobile application is a versatile tool for supporting and managing your studies and includes, for example, possibility to prepare your personal schedule. After having uploaded the app you will be able to pick up courses organized during the academic year to your Tuudo-calendar first by choosing “follow” and then beginning from Aug 1, 2024 – enroll for the autumn courses. Registration for spring 2025 courses will begin on Dec 1, 2024.

Kindly note that the changes, updates to the schedules are possible, but as soon as made, they will automatically update in Peppi study system and in your Tuudo-calendar also.

More information about the app, schedule, enrollment etc. will be available during the orientation week.

Contact

Professor responsible for the programme is Sylvain Sebért sylvain.sebert(at)oulu.fi

Coordinator of the programme is Miia Halonen miia.halonen(at)oulu.fi

Tutor teacher Priyanka Choudhary priyanka.choudhary(ta)oulu.fi

Your tutor students are

- Abdul Aziz abdul.aziz(at)student.oulu.fi (updated March 26, 2024)

- Zareen Tasnim zareen.tasnim(at)student.oulu.fi

All newly admitted students have received a welcome letter from one of the tutors so, when necessary, contact the tutor, who´s letter you have received.

In different technical study administrative issues, you can contact faculty´s academic service team by sending an email to study.medicine(at)oulu.fi.

Additional links / information

University of Oulu

Faculty of Medicine

• Research Unit of Population Health (PopH)

ICT Services for new students 2024 (ppt-presentation)

ICT-services for students, general information I

ICT-services for students, general information II

Sign in systems with the university user account (UO)

University of Oulu safety info

Rules and regulations of the higher education institutions of Oulu, University of Oulu

Accessibility in university´s libraries

UniOulu kickstart to Finnish language and life - intensive course open for all interested international degree students, who will start their studies in autumn 2024. (Course registration has been closed and the course has started on Aug 5, 2024)..

Preliminary information about Finnish language courses in autumn 2024

A new mobile app to support Finnish language learners

English Communication course open for all interested students free of charge (to be updated if available in 2024-25)

Student Union of the University of Oulu

Finnish Student Health Service

The Social Insurance Institution in Finland "KELA":

• Students
• International situations
• Payment of health care fee for Finnish Social Insurance Institutution "KELA"

FINNISH IMMIGRATION SERVICE "MIGRI":

• Guide for students
• Customer instructions for students

Email list for EBDS students - join the list in http://lists.oulu.fi/mailman/listinfo/ebds WITH YOUR UNIVERSITY EMAIL ADDRESS AS SOON AS YOU HAVE RECEIVED IT (@student.oulu.fi). University will only send email information, news etc. for students to university´s email addresses.

Welcome to study Business Analytics in Information Processing Science and in Computer Science and Engineering!

In this page the new students will find information about important issues in the beginning of studies.

Master´s Programme in Business Analytics in brief

The Programme combines data technology and information processing with business knowledge, and is organized by two different faculties: the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (ITEE) and the Oulu Business School.

The Master of Science in Technology degree (specializing in Computer Science and Engineering) and the Master of Science degree (specializing in Information Processing Science) are provided by the Faculty of ITEE. The Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration degree is provided by the Oulu Business School.

The choice of specialization and thereby the degree is made when applying for the programme. In Business Analytics Programme there is a curriculum and study structure for each of three specialization / degree.

The language of instruction is English.

General information about starting the studies

You will find general information about starting your studies and steps to be taken in university´s web-page For new degree students.

Orientation week

The studies will begin with orientation, which is organized during week 36 from September 2nd to September 6th, 2024. It will include general programme for university's all new students and programme-specific programme. In addition, during week 37 there are additional events, which you might like to consider and participate in (for example an official opening ceremonies of the university and organizations presenting themselves on Linnanmaa campus).

Briefing of the Business Analytics students will be arranged on September 4th, 2024 at 9 - 10, on Linnanmaa campus in lecture room TA101.

In the briefing there will be participants from the degree programme and faculties´ academic affairs service teams. You will hear more about the degree programme and starting and proceeding with the studies. Also, your student tutors (“kummis”) will attend, and they will be your guide on campuses and tell you about the studies and studying from the student´s point of view.

The courses will begin in accordance with the course-specific schedules.

For students – web pages

We also recommend you to study carefully the university´s For Students web pages, where all information concerning studies and studying has been compiled by themes. Under some themes, in the end of the page, there is a “For you” drop down menu, where you can choose your own programme for checking the additional, programme-specific information. This “For you” information will be updated regularly, even during coming autumn.

Study guide and schedule for academic year 2024-2025

Schedule for autumn 2024 has been published as a part of the Peppi study guide, more specifically on the Peppi study guide for Business Analytics, Computer Science and Engineering and the Peppi study guide for Business Analytics, Information Processing Science . Schedules for spring 2025 will be published at the turn of October - November 2024. In the study guide there is a general description of the programme (“Show description”) and its study structure (“Show structure”). By choosing an individual course in the structure you will find the course-specific description and further – course timetable by clicking the “blue ribbon” in the description page.

Tuudo mobile application is a versatile tool for supporting and managing your studies and includes, for example, possibility to prepare your personal schedule. After having uploaded the app you will be able to pick up the courses to your Tuudo-calendar first by choosing “follow” and then beginning from Aug 1, 2024 – enroll for the chosen autumn courses and beginning from December 1, 2024 - for the chosen spring courses.

Please note that students have to register for the courses. For registering you will need user ID & password of Uni Oulu computer network which you will get after registering as a present student for study year 2024-25 and paying the Uni Oulu student union membership fee. Please see the checklist for new degree students for instructions on what to do before your arrival.

More information about the schedule, enrollment etc. will be available during the orientation week.

Student affairs

If you have any questions regarding your studies, please contact the Academic Affairs Service Team for the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering by sending an email to: study.itee(at)oulu.fi

Academic Affairs Service Team for the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering is located at the Compass Service Point, Linnanmaa campus.

Contact

• In issues concerning your studies, personal study plan (PSP) you can contact your tutor teachers (coordinators):

• Information Processing Science: Sami Pohjolainen, sami.pohjolainen(at)oulu.fi
• Computer Science and Engineering: Henna Tiensuu, henna.tiensuu(at)oulu.fi

• Your student tutor (”kummi”) will be informed later

Additional links / information

University of Oulu

Faculty of Information Technology and Electric Engineering

Oulu Business School

ICT-services / students

Sign in university´s systems with university user account

Finnish Student Health Service

University of Oulu safety info

Rules and regulations of the higher education institutions of Oulu | University of Oulu

Join the mailing lists WITH YOUR UNIVERSITY EMAIL ADDRESS AS SOON AS YOU HAVE RECEIVED IT (student.oulu.fi). University will only send emails to university´s own email addresses.

Email list joint for ITEE-Business Analytics students

Dear new International Master’s student in the Chemistry of Sustainable Processes and Materials Master’s programme.

Welcome to the University of Oulu!

General information about starting the studies

You will find general information about starting your studies and steps to be taken in university´s web-page for new degree students University of Oulu Orientation 2024 Programme for new international degree students .

The studies will begin with orientation, which is organized from 2 September to 6 September 2024. Orientation for all new degree students will start with the welcome and information sessions, and includes also the Self-Hack Event on Friday, 6 September from 10 am – 13 pm (https://www.oulu.fi/en/self-hack)

The specific orientation programme for the Chemistry degree programme also starts in this week. More details will be sent to you in the coming weeks, but the dates, times and venues are given below.

Info session 1: Welcome meeting.

Monday, 02.09.2024 from 9:30-12:00 in lecture room BF119-1

Info session 2: Guidelines for using the library and university information resources

(Information specialist Anne-Mari Kivinen)

Friday, 06.09.2024 from 9:30-12:00 in lecture room BF119-1

Info session 3: A peek into the chemistry research at the University of Oulu.

Monday, 16.09.2024 at 10:00-12:00 in teaching laboratory KE1112

Info session 4: Planning your PSP study plans

Friday, 20.09.2024 at 12:15-15:00 in meeting room PR115.

Completing your studies

The course catalogues give you an overview of your degree program, its structure, and the timing of your studies. The catalogue also describes practices related to studies. Full course catalogues for academic year 2024-2025 can be found from Peppi (https://opas.peppi.oulu.fi/en/programme/39837?period=2024-2025).

Personal tutor teacher and tutor students (kummi)

All students have a personal tutor teacher appointed by the faculty. Tutor teacher's task is to guide and advice you in the early stages of studying. The tutor teacher will introduce to you your field of studies, occupational issues, and important questions in working life. Each student in Master’s degree programme have also a designated personal tutor students (kummi) who will help when studies start at University of Oulu.

Information for new Oulu Mining School (OMS) degree students

Here you can find information on the orientation events for new international Master's Degree students of Mineral Resources and Sustainable Mining (MRSM): Mining Engineering and Mineral Processing, or Geosciences, or the new EMJM PROMISE students arriving for the Autumn 2024.

(Incoming exchange students hosted by OMS have their own orientation events)

The academic year 2024 launches with Orientation Weeks, starting with Faculty of Technology and Oulu Mining School Information Sessions at the Linnanmaa Campus of the University of Oulu:

• Faculty of Technology orientations for all new degree students
  • Mon 02.09.2024 at 14:15-16:00 in lecture hall L1
  • Tue 03.09.2024 at 10:15-12:00 in lecture hall L1
  • Wed 04.09.2024 12:15-13:00 in lecture hall L1
• OMS Orientation for new MRSM Master's students
  • Mon 02.09.2024 AT 10:15-12:00 in lecture room TA101
• OMS EMJM PROMISE Programme Kick-Off
  • Wed 04.09.2024 at 08:15-14:00 in lecture room AT115B

In addition, a general university level orientation for all new international degree students will be organized. All new international degree students should participate to this event too.

OMS Orientation Weeks for all new degree students will begin with the faculty and programme information sessions. The weeks also include other events, e.g. UniOulu Self-Hack, planning your personal studies (preparing a Personal Study Plan). Some of your courses will start already on the first week. You will also be nominated a Tutor Teacher and a Tutor Student.

Personal Study Plan: Target to choose about 3 courses per one period which will give you about 15 cr in one period: 15 cr per period / 30 cr per semester / 60 cr per academic year.

• MRSM / Mining Engineering and Mineral Processing (MEMP), M.Sc. (Tech.)
• MRSM / Geosciences (GEOS), M.Sc.
• EMJM PROMISE, M.Sc. (Tech.)

Contact:

More info: Study.Technology@oulu.fi (write to the Subject MRSM/MEMP or MRSM/GEOS or PROMISE: Orientation)

Start of studies, Education and Globalisation

Studies will begin on Monday 2nd September 2024 at 8.30 in lecture hall L1.

A more detailed schedule for the first week has been sent to accepted students via email. If you are starting your studies and have not received the schedule, please contact study.education(at)oulu.fi for further information.

Start of studies, Learning, Education and Technology

Studies will begin on Monday 2nd September 2024 at 8.30 in lecture hall L1.

A more detailed schedule for the first week has been sent to accepted students via email. If you are starting your studies and have not received the schedule, please contact study.education(at)oulu.fi for further information.