Exchange Students FAQ

Firstly, you have to check with your home university if they are a partner of the University of Turku / a member of the same mobility network. You have to go through the internal application process at your home university. 

After you have been chosen for exchange at your home university, your home university should nominate you online in SoleMove during the nomination period. 

Then you will receive instructions on how to activate your SoleMove user account and submit your application for exchange studies. Please check your spam folder in case the email got flagged. You must submit your application before the deadline.

Please see the eligibility requirements. 

Firstly, your home university should nominate you online in SoleMove during the nomination period. After that, you will receive instructions by email on how to activate your SoleMove user account. 

When you log in to SoleMove, please do NOT click Create new application. The application has already been created for you in the system and you should continue editing it by clicking the   button on the right side of your application number. 

When starting your exchange at UTU, you should be a 3rd year student. So yes, if you have completed two years of studies when you start your exchange, you fulfill the requirement, even if during the application process your second year is not yet complete.

The agreement between your university and UTU is so-called Any Field, meaning students from any study field can apply. Therefore, the student can only choose 00-Generic programmes and qualifications for the study field section of the application. There is a box for additional information, where you should write your correct study field. When the application arrives, we will modify the study field information accordingly.

Yes, it is suitable. 

Unfortunately, it is not suitable. Your language certificate should not be more than 2 years old at the time you are submitting it, according to our requirements.

You can find more information about the language certificates we accept on this page (Application enclosures -> Language certificate).

Please ask your home university (for example, English teacher or International Affairs Office) to fill in the Language Assessment Sheet. This document must be stamped and signed. You can find the template on the How to apply for exchange studies webpage (Application enclosures -> Language certificate).

We also accept a free-form document (for example, using a template of your home university) where your home university verifies your English level as at least B2. It should be also stamped and signed by your home university. 

Enclosing a Learning Agreement to the application is obligatory only for non-EU Erasmus+ ICM exchange students. For non-EU students coming through bilateral agreements LA is voluntary, you may enclose it if your home university requires it.

EU/EEA applicants should fill out an OLA AFTER their application has been processed at UTU.

You can find more information about the Learning Agreement on this page (Application enclosures -> Online Learning Agreement/Study Plan).

We are sending the applications to the departmental contact persons. The role of the departments is to comment on the courses you have chosen. This status means your proposed study plan is being processed at the departments. It does not require any actions from you. 

You should receive the Letter of Admission by email together with the acceptance information. Please check your spam folder, in case the mail has been flagged. If you still determine you have not received it, please contact incoming@utu.fi. 

Please see our How to apply for exchange studies webpage. 

The exact schedule of courses available for the next will be updated in the Study Guide usually in May/June, so you have to base your study plan on the current Study Guide. You can find a link to the Study Guide as well as more information about the courses available on the Courses in English for Exchange Students webpage.

You will be able to change your study plan later during the enrolment period if necessary.

If your university requires changes to be made earlier, you can send us an updated Learning Agreement. Please do not include not endorsed courses to your LA. If you add new courses to your LA, please note, courses that did not go through the reviewal process in SoleMove will be conditionally approved. 

It is not possible and not needed to change your study plan in SoleMOVE after the application period. The study plan should be changed through the course enrolments or LA. 

You can find the names and contact information of the responsible persons as well as more information about the Learning Agreement on this page (Application enclosures -> Online Learning Agreement/ Study Plan).

No, we do not have a minimum ECTS requirement. Please check with your home university/scholarship provider if they have a minimum ECTS requirement. The recommended workload is 30 ECTS credits for a semester and 60 ECTS credits for an academic year.

Yes, but most of the courses should from your study field.

The Faculty of Medicine and Turku School of Economics can only accept exchange students, who are majoring in these subjects and there is an agreement to these faculties.

The Faculties of Law and Education can only accept exchange students from other faculties only in the case that there is availability and the students meet the course criteria.

Please see more information about the courses available for exchange students on this page. 

You can check the level of the course in the Study Guide:

• Basic studies: aimed toward students in their 1st to 2nd year.
• Intermediate studies: aimed toward students in their 3rd to 4th year.
• Advanced studies: aimed toward Master-level students or Bachelor-level students in their final year.

You can find a link to the Study Guide and more information about the courses available for exchange students on this page.

If you are a Bachelor-level student and you have studied 2 years before your exchange in Turku, you can take Master-level courses. Please note, some Master-level courses may have prerequisites. You can check the required background knowledge on the course page in the Study Guide.

You can find a link to the Study Guide and more information about the courses available for exchange students on this page.

If your home university requires it, you can make changes to your LA. You can find instructions and templates on the UTU Intranet (requires UTU user account).

More information about the Learning Agreement here (Application enclosures -> Online Learning Agreement/Study Plan)

Please confirm your exchange in SoleMOVE first. You can enter your preliminary arrival date. Please remember to inform your tutor about your arrival date as well. 

We expect exchange students to be present at the orientation, which is usually organised at the end of August (autumn semester) and the beginning of January (spring semester), exact dates and schedule will be published here.

The studies start the following week after the orientation. Studies end by Christmas during the autumn semester and by mid/end of May for the spring semester, depending on your courses. 

You can still submit your TYS application. You may enclose the Letter of Admission later, when you receive it from the International Office.

No, you do not have a National Learner ID, so please leave this field empty in your application.