Last spring, I provided you with the hitchhiker’s guide to the exchange application. Time flies by and I bet there are people who are at least as excited as I am right now – January is getting closer and closer real fast and soon we’re about to hop i...
Exchange. A word full of opportunities, new experiences and huge changes. My studies have come to a point where I’m supposed to apply for an exchange abroad, and I know for sure that I’m not the only one facing this part in their lives. I’m going abr...
Hey hey! Tero here again. With only one month left in JAMKO, most of my work is almost done! This past year has been wonderful, but busy. Rewarding, yet stressful. I've trained 53 fantastic international- and degree tutors, who have done an amazing j...
It's Tero, JAMK's student union's International- and Degree tutor representative here! Coming to a new country can be nerve-wracking and exciting at the same time. Essential things can be easy to forget when you're worried. This is why I've compiled ...
Freshmen Party, what a DAY! Freshmen Party Outer Space 2016 was held 15.9.2016. During six months, we planned and constructed the day. This was the first huge and official event that I planned. Luckily I had help, my coworker Linda who is also per...
The one thing I regret from my own time as a student is that I never dared to go to an exchange period. I imagine that the incoming exchange students, who are currently arriving to Jyväskylä, are hugely exited but also a bit apprehensive at the s...
Studying abroad is absolutely an amazing experience - I know this because I have done three different exchange periods and worked abroad. In the beginning you are excited to go abroad. As a foreigner in a new culture you may feel homesick but after a...
From the beginning of the upcoming Autumn every international exchange or degree student must get Finnish social security number if the residence in Finland lasts more than 3 moths. Finnish Local Register Office (Maistraatti) or Police Station are ca...