The University of Eastern Finland is a public multidisciplinary research university with three campuses and 14,000 students. The campuses are located in the cities of Joensuu, Kuopio ans Savonlinna. Founded in January 2010 as the result of the merger of the University of Joensuu and the University of Kuopio, the university has the following faculties: the Faculty of Health Sciences, the Faculty of Science and Forestry, the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, and the Philosophical Faculty.
The Joensuu Campus is located in the heart of the city of Joensuu, a flourishing commercial
and industrial center with about 72,000 inhabitants. The surrounding province
of North Karelia, dominated by lakes and vast forests, is famous for the
beauty of its unspoiled nature. Joensuu is also known as a lively centre of music and theatre. The Ilosaarirock Festival, held every July in Joensuu, attracts tens of thousands of young people from all over Finland.
International non-degree programs taught in English:
Business and Management
Educational Sciences
Environmental Science and Forestry
Information Technology and Computer Science
Karelia, Russia and the Baltic Area
Law
Social Sciences
International Master’s degree programs (also open
to ISEP exchange students):
CIMET - Colour in Informatics and Media Technology (Erasmus Mundus)
MSc European Forestry (Erasmus Mundus)
Joint European Master's Programme in Clinical Linguistics, EMCL (Erasmus Mundus)
CBU* Master's Degree Programme in Forestry and Environmental Engineering
CBU* Master's Degree Programme in Information and Communications Technology
International Master's Degree Programme in Cultural Diversity
International Master's Degree Programme in Human Geography
International Master's Degree Programme in Information Technology, IMPIT
International Master's Degree Programme in Photonics
International Master's Degree Programme for Research Chemists
*CBU=the Finnish-Russian Cross-Border University
The CBU Master's Degree Programmes are offered in cooperation with Russian
and Finnish member universities of the Finnish-Russian Cross-Border University. For additional information, please see www.cbu.fi.
For additional information and course descriptions, please see:
www.uef.fi/studies
Study tours:
Some of the above programmes organise study tours to Russia and the Baltic
countries in cooperation with the University
of Eastern Finland’s partner institutions in these countries.
Exchange dates:
Fall semester: early September to late December;
Spring semester: early January to May.
Accommodation:
In studio-type apartments with a kitchenette and a bathroom or in single-occupancy
rooms in shared apartments of the Student Housing Company Joensuun Elli.
Special services:
Orientation programmes
at the beginning of the Autumn and Spring semesters
An introductory course
in the Finnish language
Elementary and intermediate
level courses in Finnish
Trained student tutors
The Finnish Friend
Programme
Student enrollment: 7, 300
International students: 677
Languages of instruction: Finnish, English
www.uef.fi/studies
