Alumni Activities

Dear graduate of our university!

We would like to warmly welcome you to the alumni activities of our university. We want to stay by your side and as a companion for your academic skills even after completing your degree.

Alumni activities allow you to keep in touch with your former degree program, important people during your studies, fellow students and teachers. You can maintain and develop your own academic and professional skills at the university and network with the university community and its graduates.

We would like to welcome all former students and employees of the University of Lapland to become part of our alumni network. We would like to stay in touch with you after your graduation and support you further in your academic career. 

Join our Alumni Network: alumni(at)ulapland.fi

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Are you interested in pursuing a doctoral degree? Get in touch with a professor representing the field closest to your planned research topic in order to discuss your research proposal, your research plan and the other studies to be included in your doctoral degree. In order to be able to apply for the study right in a doctoral program, you are required to prepare a research plan in which you describe your proposed research, as well as to create a personal study plan.

Read more about doctoral studies and application process

The alumni of the year has promoted the working life knowledge of those studying at the University of Lapland through their activities and made the university a well-known partner. In choosing the Alumni of the Year, the emphasis is on cooperation with the University of Lapland, national or international influence, and acting as a positive example in working life and as a contact person.

The steering group of the Alumni Activities of the University of Lapland chose the cartoonist and illustrator Jussi-Pekka "JP" Ahonen as the 2022 Alumni. Ahonen graduated from the graphic design training program in 2006. In Finland, he is especially known for his cartoon Villimpi Pohjola. Student experiences have also often filtered into the subjects of cartoons. Ahonen has also published numerous other cartoons in Finland and internationally.

Since his graduation, Ahonen has been actively in contact with the Faculty of Arts at the University of Lapland, and his lectures are described as inspiring. The alumni activity steering group also drew attention to Ahonen's contribution to the students' welfare work. Ahonen is described as an important encourager and companion.

Alumni of the year 2015 - 2022

2015: Marianne Wagner-Prenner
2016: Irja-Kaisa Lakkala
2017: Johanna Ikäheimo
2018: Linus Schaaf
2019: Eeva-Liisa Rasmus-Moilanen
2020: Eija Warma-Lehtinen
2021: Sanna Kyyrä
2022: Jussi-Pekka ”JP” Ahonen

You will receive an invitation from us to participate in the career and labor market monitoring survey when five years have passed since your graduation. With the survey, we want to hear what kind of jobs you have held since your graduation, how you have experienced the importance of university education, and whether you have been satisfied with your degree from the perspective of your own career.

By answering the survey, you help our current and future students. Information about graduates' career paths is valuable to them when they think about their studies and employment opportunities.

Career monitoring for autumn 2022 started on October 3. Target group is master's students who graduated from the University of Lapland in 2017 and those who received their doctorates in 2019. By answering, you influence the development of teaching and help students think about career paths and important working life skills! The results will be reported in 2023.

Five years on the labor market. Career monitoring report on master's degree graduates from the University of Lapland in 2015 > Autumn 2021.

In the fall of 2019, the Aarresaari network's career monitoring was implemented for master's students who graduated in 2014 and for those who received their doctorates in 2016. You can find the latest national results on the Aarresaari website. Check out the career tracking report of master's graduates from the University of Lapland. 

Privacy notice of the career tracking

We implement the career tracking survey in cooperation with academic recruitment services. Through the national career monitoring model, we have created a uniform practice, which, in addition to statistical monitoring information, also provides qualitative information about the functionality of academic education.

The results of the universities' candidate feedback survey and the master's and doctoral career monitoring surveys 2018, 2019 and 2020

The Aarresaari network also conducts national doctoral career monitoring. Three years since getting a doctorate. Summary of the career monitoring of doctors who graduated from the University of Lapland in 2016–2017 

University teacher Sanna Mommo
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Mobile phone: 040 484 4123

University Lecturer Mari Kivistö
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Mobile phone: 040 484 4109