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Plan

Plan your exchange studies

ULapland offers a wide variety of courses in English even though the main language of teaching is Finnish.  

Course offer

If you are applying to the Faculties of Education, Law or Social Sciences you may choose courses from any of these faculties and the Language Centre. There are only few restrictions, which you can figure out by reading the course descriptions carefully. Usually it concerns prerequisites regarding earlier studies. In Tourism there are several restrictions to students from other field of study. 

The courses of the Faculty of Art and Design are available only to the students of this faculty. As an art and design exchange student you can also choose courses of the other faculties as well as from the Language Centre. 

If you are a BA-level student you are usually allowed to choose studies from MA-level as well.

Get acquainted with ULapland study offer in English here:
How to show the timing as semesters on Study Guide:

  • Click the blue button "Show timing as academic years" and then choose "Show timing as semesters".
  • 1.a = autumn semester; 1.s = spring semester. If both semesters are ticked, the course is offered twice in the academic year.

The study offer is usually published in April/May for the upcoming academic year. The timetables will be available in the beginning of August. If you are planning your studies before the study offer is published - don't worry, just orient with the previous year's study offer. It seldom changes radically. 

Instructions for preparing your study plan - Learning Agreement (LA) or OLA
  • ULapland requires you to choose minimum 25 ECTS credits of studies per semester unless otherwise agreed with your home institution. Usually your home institution requires 30 ECTS credits of studies per semester. 
  • Choose max 35 ECTS credits per semester.
  • ULapland courses may last from one week to whole semester which means that your timetable may vary week to week.
  • ULapland offers both lectured courses and independent study modules i.e. book exams = independent study based on informed and agreed literature in the course description, and completion of assignment.
 

You may freely choose courses also from the following studies. You find the individual courses from the study guide of the respective faculty.  
Arctic Studies Program - Faculty of Social Sciences
China Domestic, Global and Arctic Trajectories - Faculty of Social Sciences 
Gender Studies - Faculty of Education 
Global Education - Faculty of Education 
Intercultural Communication - Language Centre
Languages and Cultures - Language Centre
Research Methodology - Faculty of Social Sciences 

In addition, ULapland exchange students may also choose courses from the Finnish universities collaboration networks. UniPID and Hilma courses are included in the Faculty of Education Study Guide and Sosnet in Social Sciences  

 
Instructions for students of the different faculties

Students of Education

Teacher Training student
If you want to do lesson observation, teaching experience and reflection on teaching experience please see here.

Education student
You cannot choose teaching experience courses unless you are a Teacher Training student. 

 

 

 

Students of Social Sciences

Political Studies student
Choose courses from: Political Science, International Relations, Law, Arctic Studies Programme, China: Domestic, Global and Arctic Trajectories, Languages, UniPID (and even Administrative Sciences)

Sociology student
Choose courses from: Sociology, Cultural History, Arctic Studies Programme, UniPID (and even Tourism Research)

Social Work student
Choose courses from: Social Work, Gender Studies, Global Education, UniPID

Management/Business Studies student
Choose courses from: Management, Administrative Sciences, Political Studies, Tourism Research, UniPID

 

Students of Law

Law modules:

  •  Public International Law
  •  Commercial Law
  •  European Union Law
  •  European Constitutional Law
  •  Legal Systems and Cultures

Each of these modules is made up of a variety of courses, making up more than 30 ECTS. These courses may be chosen individually as well.

Students of Art and Design

Have a look at the curricula for the autumn and spring semester marked below the modules.

We ask you to choose the most suitable one for you. Based on your choice of study field you can create your Study Plan for your LA.

 
Learning Agreement

Completing your Learning Agreement
As part of the application process you need to prepare a learning agreement (LA). LA is needed to make sure that your planned studies are based on the ULapland study offer and that they are accepted by your home university.

Non-Erasmus+ students
Learning Agreement form is available on our webpage application information for students (www.ulapland.fi/exchange section 6).
You can use our or your university’s own LA form.

Erasmus+ students
ULapland endorses Erasmus+ Online Learning Agreement and Erasmus+ Mobile App applications. During the transition period, we accept learning agreements both via OLA or as printed versions. In both cases the student has to upload PDF -version of the LA in her/his application in SoleMOVE, our mobility application tool.  
Online Learning Agreement

  • allows the Learning Agreement to be prepared online
  • is shared with both the home and host universities and is signed electronically

ULapland OLA information
In your application please choose a code from the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) list
Country “Finland”
Host institute “UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND”
Add the faculty/unit: Your faculty at ULapland ( Art & Design, Education, Law or Social Sciences)
Contact person: Jani Suokanerva (EDU & LAW) / Virpi Nurmela (ART & SOC)
Email incoming@ulapland.fi
Phone: +358 40 484 4496

International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) codes

0110 Education
0113 Teacher training without subject specialization
0114 Teacher training with subject specialization
0210 Art Education, Audiovisual Media Culture, Fine Art
0212 Design (Graphic, Industrial, Interior and Textile)
0230 Languages
0310 Social Sciences
0312 Political Sciences
0313 Psychology
0314 Sociology and cultural studies
0411 Accounting
0413 Management and administration
0414 Marketing and advertising

0923 Social Work

0421 Law
1015 Tourism Research

0319 Arctic Studies Programme

More information about study opportunities
  • Master's Degree Programme in Tourism, Culture and International Management
  • Master's Degree Programme in Arctic Art and Design
  • Admissions
  • Exchange studies
  • Master's studies
  • Doctoral studies