Welcome to read UEF's On the move blog! This blog gives you glimpses into what it's like to be a UEFian and on the move.
Text by Tomi Tuovinen The Finnish delegation in Stage Two Wildcard competition in Bochum, Germany. From September 15th to 21st, four startup founders from the University of Eastern Finland spent a week in Cologne and Bochum, Germany. The aim was to provide the founders with an initial view of what is important when planning actions […]
Writer: Frieda Theil One of the biggest concerns for many international students is the long, cold Finnish winter. The perpetual darkness, the lack of vitamin D, combined with temperatures that many are not familiar with from their home countries, is something that you can hardly prepare for in advance. Sure, you can think about it, […]
Writer: Szabolcs Felszeghy I am not an enthusiastic traveler who views every weekend as a chance for adventure, nor do I typically travel internationally and only 3 times in my life I was in USA… Therefore, I was delighted when Dean Ali Shazib and Prof. Sompop Bencharit invited me to visit his Workman School of […]
My name is Mpho Kotlolo, and I originate from South Africa. I went to Kuopio in early April of 2023, which was my first international trip. I knew I was in a new country when I heard the cabin crew proclaim “Tervetolua” as soon as I landed at Kuopio airport. But I was excited to see the snow, so I wasn’t afraid. I stepped outdoors as soon as I landed at Kuopio airport to experience snow for the first time in my life and to feel it with my own hands.
I’m so excited to write a short story about the first day of my recent ERASMUS trip. If you’ve been following the VR-Haptic Thinkers on our Website, you’ll know that I’ve gotten to stay at Debrecen again.
However, you might first be interested to know why I visited Debrecen, my Alma Mater.
Let me assure you it was not to escape from winter (-8° Celsius with 40 cm of snow) to arrive to summer (+26 °C), as I personally love the snow and Finnish Lakeland, Kuopio, the Middle of (K)nowhere…
My name is Agathe Aslanides and I started studying at UEF in 2021. I’m part French and part Greek so moving to a cold country that has “real” winters with cold temperature was a big adjustment for me. I wanted to write a few lines to, hopefully, explain my own experience of Finnish winters and a few tips I have picked up along the way. A list of advice is available at the end of this page if you want to avoid having to read it all and just want to get the grips of it.
I’m Carla, and I’ve spent my whole life in this small city in Catalonia. Since I was a kid, I’ve always had this desire to live abroad for a while. So, as a microbiology student in Barcelona, I got this chance to do an Erasmus program for my final year. I picked Finland cause I wanted something completely different, and Finland is known for its breathtaking natural landscapes, innovative education system, and unique culture. So, off I went!
Writer: Gebhardt Kanime I decided to apply for the ERASMUS program after hearing about it from a friend. As a 6th year medical student in Hungary, I could do part of my final year abroad as a traineeship through the program. From the list of partner universities available, I chose UEF as Finland was different […]
An interview with Professor David Morton Preamble Life turning towards normalcy, it seems, feels practically like a shake-up to the “new normal”… It was three years ago that the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 to be a pandemic. And now, even cities and countries with the strictest coronavirus precautions have been rolling back their restrictions […]