Getting started at TaiK

Information for newly accepted exchange and Master degree students.

See also Aalto University: For new students (www.aalto.fi/en/for/new_student/).

 

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Meal Subsidy Cards of Kela arrived!

Those exchange students who did not receive their Meal Subsidy Cards issued by Kela from the Orientation Days due to delivery difficulties can now pick their personal cards from the Teaching and Learning Support Services TALSS office during the opening hours from Tuesday to Thursday at 12:00 - 15:00. We apologize the inconvenience. 

 

Student Guide 2010-2011 and Survival Guide 2010

The Student Guide 2010-2011 and the Survival Guide can now be downloaded from the internet. The Survival Guide 2010 will be distributed to all international students of the school during the Orientation Days. If you did not take part to the Orientation Days you pick up your own copy of it from TALSS during the office hours.  The Student Guide will not be printed and can only be downloaded from the internet. 

 Student Guide 2010-2011 (pdf) (7.86 MB 24.08.2010 09:47) 

 Survival Guide 2010 (pdf) (393.18 KB 24.08.2010 09:47) 

 Orientation Days Presentation for International Students 2010.pdf (62.73 KB 25.08.2010 16:00) 

 

Orientation days

Orientation Days are on the 23rd and 24th of August, 201.

You can download the program here (pdf).

 

Acceptance notifications and the visa application

The official acceptance letters for the new exchange students and the new MA students for the academic year 2010-2011 have been sent to the students and they should arrive shortly. The letters will include a brief instruction and a certificate for the visa application for the students who are coming outside the EU. You should apply for the visa as early as possible. You can start the visa application procedure once you have got the visa certificate which is enclosed in the acceptance letter. When you are applying for the student visa for the first time, you have to apply at your local Embassy (Consulate) of Finland, where they can give more information concerning the visa application procedure. The visa application process can take about two months and it is possible to get a student visa for max. one year. It is advisable to purchase any flight tickets only after a visa application procedure is complete and successful.

 

Housing

Apply for housing as soon as possible from HOAS, Foundation for Student Housing in the Helsinki Region. Applications can be filled in on their website. You can apply even if you are not sure if you will start your studies at the Aalto University School of Art and Design. HOAS takes care of the housing issues, so please contact them directly if you have something to ask.

 

Enrollment

MA students are to send the confirmation form (that the study study place is accepted) the 3rd of August 2010 at the latest. Enrollment for all the new students, exchange and MA, will be done during the orientation days on the 23rd and 24th of August 2010. It is recommended that all new students arrive in Finland by this date.

MA students should enroll as "attending" during the orientation on the 23rd and 24th of August, you can enroll and pay the student union membership fee 92 eur by cash in August once you are in Helsinki. For the enrollment, please remember to take 2 photographs and your ID or passport with you.

In case you can not attend the Enrollment day because of your visa arrangement or housing arrangement, enrollment should take place before beginning of your studies in the School of Art and Design. This is done at the TALSS office - Teaching and Learning Support Services, in ARABIAKESKUS on the 3rd floor near the Library. TALSS reception hours are from Tuesday to Thursday from 12:00 until 3 p.m.

 

Student tutors and tutoring

In Aalto University School of Art and Design each new student has a student-tutor. The Team of tutors 2010-2011 has been selected and they are ready to introduce new students to the culture of Aalto University School of Art and Design and to provide soft landings and friendly atmospheres in our community. The Tutoring program is coordinated and developed by the Teaching and Learning Support Services TALSS (OOP) in cooperation with the Student Union AYY and the Student Association TOKYO. The AAD_tutor at aalto.fi address can be used to contact all the tutors. The Tutoring coordination can be reached via AAD_tutorinfo at aalto.fi. Read more and find out who is your own Tutor in the Tutoring program web pages at the TOKYOwiki.

 

Contact information

Substitute for Coordinator for international students 2 August 2010 - 26 August 2010
Ms Sarianne Karikko
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Tel. +358 9 470 30508
Fax +358 9 470 30210

Ms. Helena Härkönen (absent 9 August 2010 -)
Coordinator for international students
-Incoming international student advising
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