Orientation and Student Tutors
Dates of the Orientation for the Academic Year 2019-2020
The next orientation will be held on 2-3 January 2020 for exchange students staying in Turku for the spring semester 2020.
It is recommended that you would arrive a few days before in order to get the practicalities sorted out before the orientation. Your student tutor helps you with them! The contact information of your peer tutor will be emailed to you.
Please see also a list of things to do during your first days in Turku and the orientation programme below!
More information
During the orientation you will be given an introduction to studying at the University of Turku. You will also learn about the services we provide to our students.
Please find the spring semester 2020 programme here.
NB! These presentations are mainly intended for degree students.
Welcoming words & University in Brief
Studying at the University Turku (degree students)
Registration of Foreigners and Finnish ID code
Student Union (degree students)
Career Services and Degree Studies
Language and Communication Studies
As an exchange or MDP student you will have a student tutor to help you with the practicalities and guide you through the student life in Turku. Tutors are Finnish or foreign students who are interested in foreign cultures and languages. They have volunteered to help you to get a smooth start in your studies and stay in Finland! Each tutor has about 3-5 exchange or degree students.
Once accepted to the university, you will receive the contact information of your tutor by email.
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Exchange students receive the email usually in June or November - early December and will always have a Finnish tutor.
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Degree students receive the email during the summer and their tutors can be Finnish or of another nationality.
Inform your tutor about your arrival day, time and place as soon as possible so that s/he can make arrangements to meet you upon your arrival.
If you do not need or want a tutor, please inform your faculty (degree students) or the International Office (exchange students) as soon as possible.
- Exchange students: International Office: incoming(at)utu.fi
- Degree students: Your faculty or MA programme at UTU
* list will be updated during the summer*
MDP in Biomedical Sciences: 26 August 9.30-15.00. Place: Lauren 2 auditorium, Medisiina D-building.
MDP in Digital Health and Life Sciences: 2 September at 12:00. Place: Lecture hall XXII, Natura-building.
MDP in East Asian Studies: 2 September at 10. Place: room Pub209, Publicum-building.
MDP in Education and Learning: 29 August at 15-16. Place: room SH 2125, Natura-building
MDP in Embedded Computing (inc. EIT): 2 September at 12:00. Place: Lecture hall XXII, Natura-building.
MDP in Food Development: 2 September at 10:00. Place: Seminar room of Food Sciences, Pharmacity-building, C staircase, 7th floor.
MDP in Future Studies: 27 August 9-16. Place: Turku School of Economics
MDP in Human Neuroscience: 30 August at 14:15. Meeting point: Lobby of Teutori-building
MDP in Global Innovation Management: 27 August 9-16. Place: Turku School of Economics
MDP in Information Security and Cryptograpgy (inc. EIT): 2 September at 12:00. Place: Lecture hall XXII, Natura-building.
Welcome to UTUGS -orientation day is organised 1-2 times a year. You will receive more information from your doctoral programme after you have been accepted.