Orientation for new students


Welcome to the MBI programme! On this page you will find useful information regarding your studies in MBI, the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University of Technology.

Please note that the orientation information presented here is intended to both students of the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University of Technology. The institution where you got accepted into, is called your home university in what follows.

Orientation period programme

Student councellor

Student tutor

Instructions for all new students

You can find instructions specifically for new international students below.

Student numbers in HY and TKK

As an MBI student, you will get a separate student number to both HY and TKK. When you register to your home university, you will be given a native student number. In addition to this number, MBI provides you with a student number from the other institution.

Before you can get a student number of the other institution, you need to have registered at the Local Registry Office and have a Finnish ID number.

Computer accounts and how to get them

There are three computer accounts you need when you study in the MBI programme:

A computer account to your home university (HY or TKK account) will be created when you register to the university.

In addition to the home institution account, you will need an account to the other institution (HY or TKK). To get it, you have to fill in an application to get the account for the other institution.

Personal study plan

You will make a personal study plan together with your student advisor (either Esa or Janne).

Download the personal study plan template for HY here.

Please have a look at the two example study schedules.

To find more information about the courses, please have a look at the study guides and course websites. Note that you might have to find additional information from the webpages of individual departments:

How to enrol to courses?

You will encounter at least four different online systems to enrol with:

Libraries

Your student cards acts also as your library card. However, it can take some time before you get your card. While waiting, you can get a temporary library card to the University of Helsinki by first getting a letter of recommendation from Esa which you can then present at the Kumpula Science library together with your passport.

E-mail

You may read your CS account mail with a webmail service.

Note that you have two E-mail accounts at the University of Helsinki: HY and CS account e-mails. Please set up a forwarding from the HY email account to your CS account, so that you have to read your mails from only one account. You can do this with a web form.

Keys

MBI students can apply for keys to access departments outside opening hours.

Travelling between campuses

Journey Planner is your friend - use it to find good ways to travel between campuses by public transportation.

Usually the bus 506 is the best way to travel between the four campuses: Otaniemi (TKK) <-> Meilahti (Biomedicum) <-> Kumpula <-> Viikki.

Instructions for international students

Lu Cheng's survival booklet for foreign students.

Things to do before you start your studies

  1. Register at the university. You will get your student number then, and a certificate of attendance. You may use this certificate together with student union's membership fee receipt to get student discounts from cafeterias, for example. Bring with you: passport, receipt of paid fees, letter of acceptance
    • HY: register at the Faculty of Science, Kumpula.
    • TKK: Internation Student Services, 2nd floor, TKK main building, Y235
  2. Get a student card of your home institution. It can take a few weeks until you get your card.
    • HY: you can order your card here. You need to have a digital photo of yourself. Please ask Esa if you need one.
    • TKK: fill in an application form when registering to TKK. Bring with you a passport sized photo.
  3. Get Finnish ID number from Maistraatti (Local Register Office). Bring with you: valid residence permit, passport. Register at the office of your city of residence:
    • Helsinki: Albertinkatu 25
    • Espoo: Itätuulenkatu 2 A
    • Vantaa: Kielotie 15
  4. Get a bank account.
  5. Get a mobile phone & subscription.
  6. Get Helsinki travel card from a Travel Card Service point. You need to have a Finnish ID number to be able to get the card and the student discount form with a stamp from the faculty
    • Helsinki: Railway station
    • Espoo: Cultural Centre, Tapiola
  7. Check that you have a health insurance.
  8. Participate in orientation at your home university:
  9. Get computer accounts to HY, CS/HY and TKK.
  10. Consider taking Finnish & English language classes.

Useful resources


If you notice erroneous information on this page, please contact student advisors!

Last updated 08 September 2009 10:18