ramk international student services
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RAMK International Student Services
For incoming exchange students
Table of Content
- Pick-up Service- Orientation Week- International Student Tutor Activity- Accommodation Services- Friend Family Program- Sport Services
Pick-up Service
- Rovaniemi University of Applied Sciences (RAMK) offers a free pick-up service from the Rovaniemi airport, railway station or bus station for exchange students if they arrive on certain days before the orientation week.
- Exchange students meet their personal student tutors upon arrival. - Student tutors help exchange students to familiarizes themselves with the
dormitory and all practicalities related to accommodation when they arrive.
Orientation Week
- RAMK arranges orientation week in the beginning of each semester - Orientation week includes:
• Presentations about RAMK, staff and RAMK’s facilities• Presentation about studies and what does it means to study in RAMK • A lecture about Finnish culture and Finland
• Presentations about Finnish society, rules and regulations and city of Rovaniemi
• A meeting with the international coordinator to check the personal study plan (LA), possibility for study counselling throughout the whole exchange
• Free time to arrange all practicalities and get to know the university, city of Rovaniemi and services with the help of the student tutor
International Student Tutors
- Help exchange students to integrate to the Finnish society, Rovaniemi and the student life in RAMK for the whole semester/year
- Be in contact with the exchange students before their arrival- Help with the practicalities related to the accommodation and studies - Show the city of Rovaniemi: services, locations etc- Arrange activities (sport activities, camping, trips around the Lapland, parties, movies etc) and
inform students regularly about events and activities around the city- Be in contact regularly with the exchange student- Are important link between exchange students and international office- RAMK’s international office recruits and arranges each semester a training
for student tutors- Student tutors receive credits from the activity
Accommodation Services- RAMK School Dormitory
• Located ½ km to Viirinkangas Campus, 1½ km to Rantavitikka Campus, and 4 km to Ounasvaara Campus.
• Apartment units with 4 rooms with shared kitchen, toilet and bathroom• Double rooms (2 students share a room)• Furnitured apartments• 130 € / person / month• Free laundry and sauna facilities• Application together with student exchange application
- Domus Arctica Student Housing Foundation• Single rooms with shared kitchen, toilet and bathroom for 2-3 students• Near Ounasvaara campus• Rent 160-290 € / month• Free laundry and sauna facilities• Application directly through DAS office
Friend Family Program- Offered for all RAMK international students- A possibility for integration with locals and for learn about the everyday life
in local family- A possibility for the families to update language skills, learn about different
culture and internationalize at home- Free and bases on voluntary- Possible activities: visiting Finnish summer cottage, introducing Finnish
traditions (Christmas, Easter), participating each other hobbies and spending time together
THANK YOU!
Ms Hellevi Leppiaho
Head of International Relations Office
hellevi.leppiaho@ramk.fi
Ms Tuovi Honkela
Coordinator of International Relations
tuovi.honkela@ramk.fi
Ms Sanna Iivari
Coordinator of International Relations
sanna.iivari@ramk.fi
Mr Anssi Ruismäki
International Project Worker
anssi.ruismaki@ramk.fi
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