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How to apply
University of Oulu is accepting incoming exchange applications through an on-line database SoleMove. Paper applications are no longer accepted.
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Contact your own department or International Relations of your home university and find out whether your department/ university has an exchange agreement with the University of Oulu. Refer to our list of Partner Universities.
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If your department/university has an exchange agreement with the University of Oulu, your home university exchange coordinator must send a nomination of your exchange to the University of Oulu. More information is given by contacting us at international.office(a)oulu.fi. Partner universities have also been informed of the procedure.
- If your department or university does not have an exchange agreement with the University of Oulu, you can apply as a free mover student. Please ask your home university’s exchange coordinator to contact us at international.office(a)oulu.fi in order to receive nomination requirements.
N.B. Remember to make sure that your home university acknowledges your studies at the University of Oulu i.e. that you will get your credits transferred.
Once the University of Oulu has received your exchange nomination you will receive an e-mail instructing how to leave your application.
The on-line application requires you to upload the needed enclosures to the system. Enclosures are:
- Learning agreement (mandatory, form can be found here
) - Photo (mandatory)
- Transcript of Records (mandatory)
- Certificate of English Language Competence (recommended for students whose native language is not English)
- Motivation Letter and Portfolio (mandatory for students applying to architecture. Portfolio should be sent via mail to Leena Kuorelahti, Coordinator of International Programs, University of Oulu, Department of Architecture, P.O.Box 4100, FIN-90014 Oulu. Printed portfolios are preferred, but also digital portfolios in pdf - format printed on a CD or a DVD are accepted).
At http://www.oulu.fi/students/ects.html you will be able to view the University of Oulu study guides. Some Departments have more detailed information for exchange students on courses offered in English on their own websites, for direct links please see the end of the above mentioned webpage.
Each department in the University of Oulu also has an international coordinator, their information can be viewed here. Please contact them if you have course related questions.
Housing in Oulu is arranged through the local student housing foundation PSOAS. We strongly recommend you leave your housing application as soon as possible as housing is limited. You do not need to wait for the official acceptance to leave the housing application.
Application deadlines
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Full Academic Year (Sept-May) and First Semester (Sept-Dec): May 31, except Medicine: April 30
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Second Semester (Jan-May): October 15
For Architecture students one annual deadline: April 30.
international.office (at) oulu.fi
International Relations
PO BOX 8100
90014 University of Oulu
Finland
tel. +358-8-553 4042
fax +358-8-553 4041
Internal Adress:
8 KV (Administration)
KV/LIN (International Centre)
