Departure orientation Thu 24 April

The International Office will organize a departure orientation on Thursday 24 April for outgoing exchange students and students completing an internship abroad during the academic year 2025-2026. Please notice that some of the sessions will be organized in Finnish and some in English but the orientation slides will be published in English after the event on this website.
Published
4.4.2025

Place: C1 (main building on Seminaarinmäki campus)   


PROGRAMME

  • 9.00 - 10.30 â€¯Käytännön tietoa vaihtareille In Finnish, slides in English
    International Office
     
  • 10.30 - 11.15 â€¯Facing new cultures - how to get most out of your stay abroad?In English
    Movi, Lotta Kokkonen, Senior Lecturer
     
  • 11.15 – 12.30 Lounastauko
     
  • 12.30 – 13.00  Student wellbeing during your upcoming exchange period In English
    Student Life - Wellbeing Support for Students Team, Panajiota Räsänen, University Teacher
     
  • 13.00 – 13.30 Green travelIn English
    JSBE, Stefan Baumeister, Senior Lecturer
     
  • 13.30 – 14.00 Matkustusturvallisuus In Finnish, slides in English
    Head of Risk Management and Security Teemu Keränen
     
  • 14.00 – 14.30 Language preparation and language courses before and during the exchangeIn English
    Movi, Juhani Moisio, Expert
     
  • 15.00 - 16.00  Country-specific orientations: JYU students who have been on student exchange will share their experiences. 
    Participants will divide into country/region-specific groups. Please notice that we are unfortunately not able to organize a separate group for all the countries. 

    Please notice that former exchange students will not answer questions related to practical arrangements of your upcoming student exchange, such as Learning Agreements, scholarship, travel insurance, etc.

Country Room
Germany H320
Austria L139C
France  Ag B222.1 Gamma
Spain Ag C132.1
Portugal Ag C133.1
Czech Ag C222.1
The Netherlands Ag D215.1
Belgium Ag C134.1
Italy Ag C233.1
Ireland  P203 Kerhohuone Alvar
Nordic countries (speakers on exchange in Denmark, Iceland and Norway) L303
USA  M106 Boombox
Latin America (speaker on exchange in Mexico) Ag D121.1 Pertti Kettusen Sali
Hong Kong, China and Taiwan D224.1
Japan L310B
South-Korea L206A
Other countries Ask the contact information of former exchange students via

Could not make it to the orientation? 

Please find the recording of the sessions here: 
-> session in English begins after 1h29min
 
The recordings will be available until 9 May. 
The country-specific orientations were not recorded. 
The slides can be found above under each title of the session. 


Please also study the departure check-list where we have listed the most important practical things concerning your study abroad period. 

Come and join the orientation sessions held in English!   

Organizer: 
JYU International Office
Further information: