2017–2018 SURVIVAL GUIDE Åbo–Vasa @aboakademi @NoviaUAS www.abo.fi www.novia.fi facebook.com/aboakademi facebook.com/NoviaUAS youtube/aboakademi youtube/NoviaUAS
[email protected] [email protected] General Emergency Number Ambulance, Police, Fire Department 112 Poison Information Centre 09-471 977 Contents Contents Introduction to the Survival Guide . 1 1 . Finland . .2 1.1 Finland in a nutshell .............................................2 1.2 The City of Åbo/Turku ...........................................3 1.3 The City of Vasa/Vaasa ...........................................3 1.4 Åbo Akademi University ..........................................4 1.5 Novia University of Applied Sciences ...............................5 2 . Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU) . 6 2.1 Offices of ÅAU ..................................................6 2.2 Student Union of ÅAU (Åbo Akademis Studentkår, ÅAS) .............7 2.3 Friendship Programme (only in Åbo) ..............................9 2.4 Exchange Students ...............................................9 2.5 Degree Students ................................................11 2.6 PhD Students ..................................................11 2.7 International Trainees and Visiting Students ........................12 2.8 General Information Concerning Studies ..........................13 2.9 Libraries .......................................................15 2.10 IT Facilities ...................................................19 2.11 Photocopying, Scanning & Printing ..............................20