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TYY Guide for International Students 2017–2018 TYY GUIDE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 2017–2018 The Student Union of the University of Turku 1 TYY GUIDE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 2017–2018 CONTENTS DEAR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT 3 WHAT IS STUDENT UNION? 4 TYY SERVICE DESK OPENING HOURs 5 DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION PROJECTs 6 TYY MEMBERSHIP BENEFITs 8 TYY MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS FOR DOCTORAL CANDIDATES 11 STARTING PACKAGE STORAGE 12 TYY RENTALS 13 KINOKOPLa – TYY FILM CLUB 14 STUDENT CALENDAR 14 TURKU STUDENT NEWSPAPer “TURUN YLIOPPILASLEHTI” 14 TYY CONSULTATION SERVICEs 15 STUDENT LIFE IN TURKU 17 WHY YOU SHOULD BE ACTIVE IN STUDENT ORGANISATIONS 19 MASTER’S PROGRAMMES AND THEIR OWN ORGANISATIONS 20 TYY INTERNATIONAL 21 TYY ORGANISATIONs 21 TYY’S ORGANISATIONS WELCOME YOU TO TURKU! 24 WHO ARE WE? 30 THE STUDENT UNION COUNCIL 30 THE EXECUTIVE BOARd 30 THE SPECIALISTs 31 MAILING LISTs 32 CONTACT INFORMATION 33 FINNISH GLOSSARy 34 WANT TO KNOW MORE FINNISH? 35 CAMPUS MAP 36 STUDENT VILLAGE OF TURKU 38 FINNISH STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES FSHS 40 TYY GUIDE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 2017-2018. 25th revised edition 2017. Last updated in May 2017. Cover image: Frida Pessi & Miika Tiainen. Editing: Satu Nurmi & Ali Benkherouf. Published by Turun yliopiston ylioppilaskunta (Student Union of the University of Turku). Please send any comments, corrections or improvement suggestions to [email protected]. 2 DEAR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT Welcome to Turku! The Student Union of Best regards, the University of Turku (TYY) wishes you a very pleasant stay. TYY International: This guide will introduce you to the Satu Nurmi & Ali Benkherouf Student Union and the student life in Student Union of the University of Turku Turku. We wish to tell you what a Finnish [email protected], [email protected] student union is and what TYY can do for you. As a member, you are entitled to a variety of benefits, which we hope will make your stay in Turku easier. This guide includes information about services available for students (degree and exchange students and doctoral candidates) at the Student Union of the University of Turku. In addition, information on TYY and its services in English is available on the TYY website at www.tyy.fi/en. Please see also useful answers on our “Frequently Asked Questions” -page that is based on our previous students’ questions. We would love to hear your feedback on this guide and your experiences on all of our services such as the tutoring system and the starting package. It is important for us to know how the student life in Turku has been for you. By giving us feedback, you can help us to improve our services. We here at the Student Union want to welcome you to join all of our activities. Hopefully we will have a chance to meet you face to face. We sincerely wish you have the time of your life during your stay in Turku! Please, do not hesitate to contact us. We will be happy to help you with any questions you may have – that is what we are here for! 3 TYY GUIDE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 2017–2018 WHAT IS STUDENT UNION? There is a student union in every Finnish university to represent its members, STUDENT CARD advances the position of students in society and provide them with services. As a member of the Student Union you Membership of a student union is are entitled to a Finnish student card compulsory by law for all undergraduate (opiskelijakortti) issued together by the and master’s degree students studying National Union of University Students for a Finnish degree.It is possible for the in Finland and TYY. This card offers exchange students and doctoral students you a variety of benefits locally and to join a student union, too. nationwide. For more information about The Student Union of the University the benefits, please read the information of Turku (Turun yliopiston yliop- in this and the next chapter and check pilaskunta, TYY) is among the oldest www.frank.fi/en student unions in Finland. Founded in 1922, TYY has been taking a stand TYY OFFICE for students for over 90 years. TYY acts as an interest organisation, a service The TYY Office is located in Student producer and an NGO. Students’ House A, ground floor, Rehtorin- interests are looked after not only within pellonkatu 4 A, 20500 Turku. the University of Turku but also within the city of Turku and Finland. TYY has Check the contact information on the approximately 15 000 members and back side of this guide. acts in three different locations: Turku, Rauma and Pori. TYY web pages can be found at tyy.fi/en. STUDENT UNION MEMBERSHIP EXCHANGE STUDENT: voluntary, price € 107 / academic year, € 53,50 per semester MASTer’S DEGREE STUDENT: compulsory,price € 107 / academic year, € 53,50 per semester DOCTORAL CANDIDATE: voluntary, price € 37 / academic year VISITING STUDENT: not possible 4 After paying the membership fee, TYY SERVICE DESK you can apply for a student card at OPENING HOURS: www.frank.fi/en.Ordering can be done only on the Internet. You need a digital Mon-Wed and Fri: 10-11 & 12-14 photo of yourself to order the card. Thu: 12-15 When filling in the application form you should write down your personal At the TYY Service Desk, you can: information with exactly the same facts • Pick up your student card, after you have informed the University with. ordering it at frank.fi/en You also need to fill in your Finnish • Get the sticker on the card for the student number given by the University new academic year of Turku when ordering your student • Buy Student Union patches and pins card. The price of the card without • Reserve the club room Q-House, payment feature is € 15.10. TYY sauna, Turku Sali meeting room It is recommended to pay the fee and TYYMA dining set for the card online during the ordering • Borrow bike repair kit process with a credit card (Visa or Master • Buy season tickets of the Kinokopla Card) or from a Finnish e-bank account. film club If you don’t have the possibility to use neither a credit card nor the e-bank, The Student Union Staff and the please contact the Student Union Service Executive Board of the Student Union Desk for further information. can be found in the Student House A. The After ordering and paying for the staff office hours vary but most people card, you will get a confirmation e-mail. are available at least Mon-Fri 10–14. By By following the link in the e-mail you making an appointment you can be sure can follow the progress of your card to meet the person you need. order and see when your card is ready. Once your card is ready and has been HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER AND delivered to the Student Union it can be picked up at the TYY Service Desk during GET THE STUDENT CARD the opening hours. There is also digital student card free In order to become a member of TYY you of charge and it can be downloaded on must pay the Student Union membership Apple and Android phones. The digital fee. New international students receive card can be also used offline. Please note their payment forms from the University that your student will need to get Finnish (Exchange students: International office, personal identity code and activate degree students: upon registration). You can digital student card by sending Finnish do your membership fee payment either id code to the University at registration@ with a regular bank transfer payment or from utu.fi your e-bank account (SEPA-area payments). When doing your membership fee payment Read more about joining the Student remember always to include your name and Union at: your personal reference number which can www.tyy.fi/en/students/welcome-turku be found in your payment form. 5 TYY GUIDE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 2017–2018 DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION PROJECTS You can pay an additional, voluntary fee to support TYY development cooperation projects. During the academic year 2017–2018, the projects are as follows: 1. FINNISH SOMALIA NETWork 4.80 € carries on seminars, consultations and information services, and publishes The Finnish Somalia Network is an activities related to its field. For example, ideologically, politically and religiously the Network publishes an electronic, independent umbrella organisation, trilingual Afrikan Sarvi – Horn of Africa which works as a co-operative body for Journal, targeted at a wide audience. The the organisations that conduct or plan Network also has a Facebook page. to conduct development cooperation in The Network, together with its Somalia. The Network was founded in member organisations, executes 2004 and registered in 2009. development projects in different sectors The Finnish Somalia Network is an and areas in Somalia. It also aims to expert organisation which offers to its facilitate the work done by different non- member organisations peer support, governmental organisations towards training and advice. Moreover, it peace and development in Somalia. 6 2. ZIMBABWE AIDS ORPHANS SUPPORTING ORPHAN CHildren’S EDUCATION AND WELL-BEING VOLUNTARY DONATion 4.70 € TYY has supported Zimbabwe AIDS Orphans Society as its sponsor project from December 2008. Zimbabwe AIDS Orphans Society supports the school- going and general well-being of 400 Zimbabwean orphans. The society manages children’s activity centre in Harare suburban Dzivarasekwa. As sponsors, we contribute to building a more just world, where children can go to school and have the opportunity to lead a good life. At the same time, we open a window on the everyday life of Zimbabwean children, and we can see TYY also directs 0.7 % of the budget at the grass-root level how our support for operating funds to development creates permanent changes in the cooperation.
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