Orientation for incoming exchange students
Orientation for incoming exchange students
Joint Orientation of Spring 2025 on January 7, 2025
Savonia arranges the joint orientation for the new incoming exchange students in the beginning of the semesters: For the academic year 2024/25 the joint orientations are taking place on August 29 – 30 (autumn semester 2024) and January 7 (spring 2025).
The orientation contains a lot of useful information related to both practical and academic aspects of your stay and is planned to help you cope with the flow of new information: You will get to know Savonia, practicalities and of course the other exchange students from different study fields and the student tutors. During the orientation you will also be instructed to make the course enrollments. The joint orientation will be organized on Microkatu Campus. We highly recommend that everyone participates in the orientation!
Each study field/School at Savonia has an International Coordinator who helps international exchange students in their study related issues such as Learning Agreements. You will meet the international coordinators during the joint orientation, along with the student tutors who will be helping you especially at the beginning of your stay. The student tutors will meet you for the first time when you arrive the campus and they are valuable sources of information in questions related to student life at Savonia.
| Tuesday January 7, 2025, at 8.30 – 16.30 | |||
| 08.30 – 10.30 | Welcome to Kuopio and Savonia – Practical info & academic affairs, Savonia International Services | ||
| 10.30 – 10.45 | Student Union SAVOTTA | ||
| 10.45 – 11.30 | IT user IDs & electronic keys & photos for the student cards (bring your ID card!) | ||
| 11.30 – 11.45 | Group photo in the Campus Heart | ||
| 11.45 – 12.30 | Lunch break | ||
| 12.30 – 14.30 | IT tools (BYOD!) + Course registration | ||
| 14.30 – 14.45 | Savonia’s library services | ||
| 14.45 – 15.30 | Microkatu campus tour with the student tutors | ||
| 15.30 – 15.45 | Kuopio Student Housing Company “Kuopas” | ||
| 15.45 – 16.00 | Student sports services “Sykettä” | ||
| 16.00 – 16.15 | Student organisation ESN-KISA | ||
| 16.15 – 16.30 | Public health services in Kuopio | ||
| Later during the first week: | |||
| Meetings with departmental international coordinators etc. programme arranged by the study fields + City tour with the student tutors | |||