Aalto Welcome Fair 2024
When
Where
Welcome Fair on Thursday 29th August at 10.00-15.00 at Undergraduate Center
At the fair, you will have the opportunity to familiarize yourself with the diverse services provided by Aalto University and our partners. At the exhibition booths, you can participate in activities, ask questions, and get to know people who can support you in your student life.
During the lecture 'Better Student Life at Aalto,' you will get a concise overview of who supports you in various situations during your studies. At Aalto, you are not alone!
The event will be photographed for Aalto University communications and marketing purposes. If you do not wish to be in the photos, please inform the photographer during the event.
Services and organisations at the Welcome Fair
The event will feature a diverse range of Aalto University actors and established partners. They are all here to support you during your studies. Take a look at additional information about the participants below.
How do you give effective feedback as a student? And what would you do in tricky situations as a teacher? Do you dare to spin the wheel?
Aalto University Campus & Real Estate, better known as ACRE, maintains, develops, and leases out Aalto University premises. We develop the Otaniemi campus in phases in a financially, socially, and ecologically sustainable way. ACRE works as a developer of the entire campus, a promoter of multidisciplinary cooperation and an implementer of Aalto's campus plan.
Studies are demanding and there is also much more to life than studies! Aalto chaplains provide a place where any Aalto student can come in to talk things over, regardless of belief or background. Our work is grounded in presence, listening, and absolute confidentiality. We want to support the overall wellbeing of our students. Come and meet with us!
Aalto Ventures Program is an entrepreneurship education program for all Aalto students. For us, entrepreneurship is a mindset and a tool that helps daring individuals solve real, meaningful problems. Join our courses, programs and events to learn how to create a sustainable future through entrepreneurship.
Meet us at the fair and get more information!
We help you find sustainable paths towards a meaningful future. We offer you free services such as:
- Support in Career Design & Job Search
- Career Fairs & Events
- Courses & Trainings
- Career Coaching & Mentoring
- Connections to Finnish Employers & Aalto Alumni
If you are staying in Finland for more than a year (regardless of your nationality), you are required to register your place of residence and your permanent municipality of residence in Finland. You do this at the Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV). You find updated information about the registration practicalities at DVV website.
In stead of reserving an appointment to DVV-office, you can also complete the registration at the Aalto Welcome Fair. This is the "joint visit" alternative mentioned at DVV website. DVV personnel can process a large number of registrations during the Welcome Fair. Nevertheless, it's essential that you have prepared the documentation carefully and that you are prepared to wait for your turn for some time.
Detailed description about DVV practicalities at Aalto Welcome Fair will be added in August.
Welcome to chat and ask for tips about different possibilities in your new hometown!
We offer advice regarding the Espoo City services and other official matters. For example:
- early childhood education and family services
- hobbies and leisure time activities
- health and wellbeing
- travel cards and public transport (HSL)
- residence permits
- employment services
- when you don't know which service you should contact.
HelsinkiMissio Crisis Services for Youth offers free short-term councelling and crisis help for youth and young adults between the ages 12 and 29, online or live at Kamppi. You can speak freely to our crisis workers about whatever is troubling you. We aim to prevent young people from feeling all alone when they are in some difficulty. Come and meet us at the Welcome fair!
Hoas has more than 10 000 student apartments in Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, and Kauniainen. Our properties are located in many different areas always close to schools or good public transportation. Hoas tenants have many services to make student’s life easier. Internet connection is free for everyone, and sauna and laundry are yours to book free of charge.
Come meet us at Aalto Welcome Fair and hear about our options for student housing!
The HSL (Helsinki Region Transport) pop-up service point is open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10.00 to 16.00 at the main lobby of the Undergraduate Centre (Otakaari 1). At the service point, you can obtain or update a HSL card.
Please note, that at the service point you cannot top up your travel card, but that can be done at a ticket machine or sales point.
Come and meet Aalto IT Services at the fair! We can help you if you would like to know more about information security, virtual desktops, licenses, printing, IT class rooms, MFA, Aalto email etc.
International House Helsinki (IHH) provides a wide range of information and public services to meet the needs of international newcomers. We can provide you with general guidance and information about life in the Helsinki capital region and the services provided by the cities of Helsinki, Espoo, and Vantaa.
Our IHH service centre in Sörnäinen is also where you as an international newcomer can:
- register your EU citizen's right of residence.
- get your personal identity code.
- register your municipality of residence and notify a change of address.
- get your tax card and receive tax counselling.
- get help in determining if you are eligible for social security and benefits.
- register as a jobseeker.
The International Committee, also known as KvTMK, is a volunteer-based committee under AYY (Aalto University Student Union). It organizes free time activities for international students and anyone interested in internationalisation. Whether you're interested in open events in English or internationalisation in general, come and have a talk with us at the fair!
At the Kela booth students get to familiarize themselves with the benefits offered by Kela. They can be guided further into various service channels provided by Kela. Kela, the Social Insurance Institution of Finland, provides social security coverage for Finnish residents and many Finns living abroad through the different stages of their lives. Among the social security benefits offered by Kela are family benefits, health insurance, rehabilitation, basic unemployment security, basic social assistance, housing benefits, financial aid for students, disability benefits and basic pensions.
At the Welcome fair, Language Centre teachers will answer your questions about language and communication studies at Aalto university.
Detailed description will be added in August.
Feel free to approach us and learn more about e.g. credited Personal Impact courses to support your wellbeing. We can also tell about other services to advance wellbeing and inclusion of the entire Aalto community. Oasis delivers research-based information on how to take care of one’s own wellbeing to be able to act on the issues they consider relevant and valuable. Remember to follow us on Instagram (@aaltowellbeing)!
OP Uusimaa bids you a warm welcome!
OP Uusimaa, officially known as Uudenmaan Osuuspankki, is OP Financial Group’s biggest bank. Owned by its owner-customers, OP Uusimaa is one of the Uusimaa region’s key businesses and employers. Our activities are based on our values: a people-first approach, responsibility, and prospering together. We promote the sustainable prosperity, security and wellbeing of our owner-customers and operating region.
Did you move to Finland and want to become our customer? If you don’t have Finnish banking user identifiers yet, you can get started with opening banking services by filling in the form on our webpage: https://www.op.fi/private-customers/become-op-customer/foreigners. After you have filled in the form, we will contact you. This way, we’ll be better prepared for the meeting. You must come to a bank branch to apply for and activate your actual customer relationship.
If you already have an account and a user ID with another Finnish bank, please fill in the following form: OP Uusimaa - Smooth banking services for international specialists (lyyti.fi). However, if you’re an EEA citizen and already have a user ID, you can apply for banking services digitally.
We provide flexible services online, by phone and during the service hours of our branches in Espoo, Helsinki, Hyvinkää, Järvenpää, Karkkila, Kauniainen, Kerava, Kirkkonummi, Lohja, Loviisa, Nurmijärvi, Pornainen, Porvoo, Sipoo, Siuntio, Tuusula, Vantaa and Vihti.
The Aalto psychologists guide and support you when you are feeling stuck with your studies or career prospects. Study-related stress, anxiety, motivational problems and life circumstances may overshadow studies and your future plans. The study and career guidance psychologists can offer you individual and group guidance as well as workshops in order to make well-being in studies and in working life possible.
At the Learning Centre stand, we provide you information about library services. We can help, when you need course books, and are happy to tell more about the library resources and services available to you. We are also giving away a limited batch of super cool Learning Centre overall patches. Come and meet the librarians!
Sisu is Aalto's student information system, where students plan their studies and register for courses. You can come to the Sisu support stand to ask about using Sisu to create your study plan or register for courses, for example.
The Starting Point of Wellbeing is an easily approachable service that provides students with advice and guidance on study wellbeing and study skills. You can come for a short drop-in advising session without advance booking either online or on site or make use of our wide range of peer groups and online materials. When you need help and advice, you can turn to study and career counselling psychologists student counsellors, Aalto chaplains and other professionals in the area of wellbeing. You can also book a time for a longer individual counselling. Read more on the Starting Point of Wellbeing website.
Detailed description will be added in August.
Sustainability Action Booster | Aalto University
Detailed description will be added in August.
Welcome to UniSport – the student's own training place
At UniSport, you can do the kinds of exercises that inspire you the most and at very affordable student prices! Everyone is welcome to UniSport, whether you are a beginner or more advanced in exercising.
As an Aalto student, you’re a Unite! student. Unite! is an alliance of nine leading technical universities in Europe. It’s packed with opportunities to grow, internationalize, and connect with fellow students.
We offer international courses on technology, multi-disciplinary topics, languages, and culture. We also provide funding for building extra-curricular activities with other Unite! students.
Join Unite! for easy pathways to international courses and collaboration. You can internationalize your studies even without leaving home!
Learn more: https://www.unite-university.eu, follow us on Instagram @uniteuniversity
We can tell you the answers on how and where you as an Aalto student can go for student exchange or to do an internship abroad and how to finance your exchange or internship abroad.
You can find detailed information also on the following websites:
At Vamos' booth, you will learn about our services for students and how we can support the studying in challenging situations. Come and say hello to Vamos coach!
You can also get to know us in advance (only in Finnish): Nuorille - Vamos 11 paikkakunnalla | Diakonissalaitos (hdl.fi)
Finnish Student Health Service, also known as the FSHS, is your support for your well-being and health.
FSHS Services are for those students who have enrolled as attending students at a Finnish university or university of applied sciences. FSHS offers general health care services, mental health care services and oral health care services. Before booking an appointment, call us or visit our SelfChat online service for an assessment of your need for treatment. The health care fee for students in higher education is paid to Kela, the Social Insurance Institution of Finland. FSHS does not charge for appointments.
Come see us at the Welcome Fair event and we'll be happy to tell you more about FSHS services!
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