Acquaint yourself with the structure, content and guidelines of your major subject or your degree programme by taking a look at the course catalogue for your faculty (links below) or WebOodi.
At the University you are free to choose your minor
Minor studies comprise the basic and subject studies in a subject. This means that the majors offered in the faculties provide courses from which students in different majors can put together minors.
You no doubt know that you can complete some of your studies online. Initially Online courses require you to familiarise yourself with the learning environment used and to adopt new ways of working. Online courses at the University use the following applications:
Multidisciplinary instruction in research methods provides guidance in data retrieval, processing and analysis. The courses provide support in doing research and in the skills needed when working as an expert. The studies include courses on scientific data retrieval, the philosophy of science and research methods.
Methods studies help you not only in doing and writing up your own research but in understanding the research process and being able to read the research done by others analytically.
Language and communication studies at the University support your degree work and are a plus when you go to work after graduation.
Compulsory studies for the degree
You do know that you can get credit towards your degree for courses completed in another programme of studies in Finland or abroad. You can get credit if you have achieved the relevant learning objectives.
There are two ways to apply for credit:
You can get credit for competence you have acquired through informal learning, for example,
You may also have developed know-how in the course of your daily activities, from work you’ve done, projects you’ve been involved in, positions of trust you’ve held or hobbies you have pursued. What matters are the knowledge and skills you have gained in the process.
Forms:
Credit for courses completed elsewhere >
Credit for informal learning >
You can look for an internship yourself or look at those which employers have offered to universities. You should first have the internship approved by the teacher in your faculty who is in charge of internships and then go ahead and make a contract with the employer.
View open internship vacancies at aarresaari.net
As you know, you can take advantage of a flexible right to study (JOO) to complete individual courses or modules at another university. JOO studies must be coursework forming part of a bachelor’s, master’s or postgraduate degree.
The University offers JOO studies to students from other universities
The physical, mental and social environment of our university is structured to allow everyone in the university community to work on an equal footing. Having a barrier-free campus is a value and advantage shared by the entire community but it is especially important for those who have a disability, limitations due to their age or are members of cultural and linguistic minorities.
Work to ensure disabled access is based on the Equality Act and disabled access is one focus of the University’s Equality Plan and Equality Plan.
The university provides special arrangements that allow you to demonstrate your knowledge on entrance examinations and other examinations. If you require special arrangements, please consult the guidelines and fill in the application for special arrangements and return it to the Head of Academic Affairs for your faculty.
Examples of special arrangements:
You may ask for the following special arrangements:
University of Lapland: Planner Maija Törmänen, Applicant and Student Services tel. 040 484 4479 firtsname.lastname (at) ulapland.fi
Special arrangements:
Student Union: Student rights officer edunvalvonta (at) lyy.fi