Finland, University of Oulu

In Holland

In holland:

Contact University:
University of Oulu (Oulun Yliopisto)
Pentti Kaiteran katu 1,
90014 Oulu, Finland
http://www.oulu.fi/english/
international.office@oulu.fi

Contactperson University:
Jani Haapakoski
Faculty of Education, International Coördinator
jani.haapakoski@oulu.fi

During orientation days in the Netherlands I heard information about going abroad.
At first I tought about going outside of Europe, but then I figured out that it was very expensive.
Then I heard about going to study at Scandanavië, that's when everything started.

First I had to choose which country, this became Finland.
I searched information about education in Finland and I found that the education in Finland is very good, especially in primary school. Finland is number 1 in Europe on education.
At school we had a presentation about different opportunities to go abroad. In that presentation I saw the University of Oulu. At home I searched on the website and became very excited.
Then I went to our international coördinator Harrie Poulssen, to tell him about my interest in Oulu. He was very excited.
But he told me that I needed to write a motivation letter, so I wrote my motivation letter.
After that we had a conversation about my motivation. This was good and I had my temporary GO!
Then started the kind of boring stuff, filling in al the papers.
We had to think about a lot of stuff like:
- Financing (DUO)
- Temporary stop for the travelcard
- Insurance
- ID or Pasport
- Housing (PSOAS)
Housing is arranged trough PSOAS, you can look on the site of the school. www.psoas.fi
- Creditcard
- Learning Agreement (choosing courses, that's fun)
- Contact the University (to apply, ask the international office at KPZ)

That's it!