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For partner universities

Nomination guidelines

Nominations should be done in SoleMOVE or by secure e-mail taking into consideration GDPR:

  • For the nominations in SoleMOVE, send us your valid e-mail address to incoming@ulapland.fi. We will create a user account and send your username and password for you to nominate through the system safely.
  • If you must nominate through e-mail, please use our secure email and send the information to incoming@ulapland.fi.

 
Nomination deadlines April 30/September 30

If you have difficulties to make the nominations within these deadlines, please contact us incoming(at)ulapland.fi.

We ask for the following information:

  1. home university
  2. applicant’s name (first name/last name)
  3. date of birth
  4. gender (female/male)
  5. valid e-mail address
  6. duration of the exchange
  7. EU subject area at home institution
  8. EU Subject area code at Ulapland*
Application guidelines

Exchange student application deadlines

  • May 15 for autumn semester and full academic year
  • October 15 for spring semester

Students will apply using SoleMOVE online application system. Application guidelines for students can be found below. If you have difficulties to make the application within these deadlines, please contact us incoming(at)ulapland.fi.   

Publication of results
Applicants will be informed of acceptance/rejection latest

  • June 15 for autumn semester and full academic year
  • November 15 for spring semester

The decision is a message generated from the SoleMOVE application system to the applicants e-mail. Please check also your trash box as generated messages sometimes end up there. 

Academic year 2024 - 2025

  • Academic year 20.08.2024 – 31.05.2025
  • Autumn semester 20.08.2024 – 20.12.2024
  • Spring semester 07.01.2025 – 31.05.2025

Fact_Sheet 25-26 PARTNER.pdf

EU Subject Area Codes at University of Lapland

Please use one of the following codes:
Faculty of Education:
0110 Education
0113 Teacher training without subject specialization
0114 Teacher training with subject specialization

Faculty of Art and Design
0210 Art Education, Fine Art
0211 Audiovisual Media Culture
0212 Design (Graphic, Industrial, Textile Art and Material Studies)

Faculty of Social Sciences
0310 Social Sciences
0312 Political Sciences
0313 Psychology
0411 Accounting
0413 Management and administration
0414 Marketing and advertising
0923 Social Work
0314 Sociology and cultural studies
1015 Tourism Research
0319 Arctic Studies Programme

Faculty of Law
0421 Law

Languages
0230 Languages

 

ULAPLAND OLA INFORMATION

See ISCED codes from the list above
Country: Finland
Host institute: UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND
Name in original language: LAPIN YLIOPISTO
Add the faculty/unit: Your faculty at ULapland
Contact person: Jani Suokanerva (Law, Education); Tijl Van Daal (Social Sciences, Art & Design) 
Email: incoming@ulapland.fi
Phone: +358 40 484 4496

ULAPLAND CODES
SCHAC identifier: ulapland.fi
Organisation ID (OID): E10200892
Participant Identification Code (PIC): 998208474
PADOR-code / EuropeAid-ID: FI-2007-DOJ-2711196452
Erasmus Charter number: 101014800
Erasmus code: SF ROVANIE01
Country code: FI
Language code: FI

EXCHANGE STUDENTS SELECTION CRITERIA

Faculty of Art and Design
The faculty departments will make the decision on students acceptance. Students who meet the eligibility criteria, usually the required language skills (English B2), are selected based on previous studies, study plan, portfolio and motivation. If there are more applications than places available we will negotiate with the student and offer an alternative program/plan if possible.

Other faculties
Students who meet the eligibility criteria, usually the required language skills (English B2), are selected based on previous studies, study plan and motivation. If there are more applications than places available we will negotiate with the student and offer an alternative program/plan if possible.

CREDITS
1 credit = 1 ECTS cr.
Studies 30 cr. per semester / 60 cr. per academic year
Course offer for exchange students is in English

GRADING
The grading scale comparable to the ECTS grading scale with
the exception that it is not based on the distribution of the
different grades.

Grading of course follows two basic practices:

1) Pass or Fail

2) Applying the following grading scale:
5 = excellent: outstanding performance with only minor errors
4 = very good: above the average standard but with some errors
3 = good: generally sound work with a number of notable errors
2 = satisfactory: fair but with significant shortcomings
1 = sufficient: performance meets the minimum criteria