Milla OvaskaSpecialist, International Affairs

Orientation for international students, autumn 2015

AYY website ayy.fiJoin international mailing list: http://tinyurl.com/qaylkpa

Student Unions in Finland

AYY in Facts and Figures

Student Advocacy

Student Union Services

Aalto Community

• Universities in Finland are required by law to have a student union

• The Student Union is independent from the university and is governed by the students

• Every degree student is a member of the student union

• Student unions are financed by membership fees and investments

Student Unions in Finland

Activities in a Nutshell

Student Advocacy

ServicesCommunity

Sports

Rental services

Facilities

Housing

Education policy

Social policy

International affairs

Healthcare

DiscountsActivities

Parties

Associations & Clubs

Tutoring

membersassociationsin assetsannual budgetemployeesstudents housed

15,000200+100 M€14 M€503,000

AYY in Facts and Figures

Governance

45 members of the Representative Council

10 members of the Executive Board

15,000 students

Over 100 volunteers and 50 employees

• Student Union appoints student representatives (hallopedi) to boards and councils within the university

• AYY has close relations with the top management of the university

Student Advocacy

• Student healthcare service• Sports activities• Official Finnish student card:

all student discounts with one card• in student restaurants• in public transport, long-

distance buses & trains• in museums, stores etc.

Student Union Services

• AYY owns 2,500 flats in Espoo and Helsinki– Affordable rents– AYY emergency housing

coordinator in office until 30.9.• Partnering with other student

unions in HOAS

Student Union Services II

• Rentable venues for events• Rentable van• Recycling center• Rights counselling• Aino student magazine

Student Union Services III

• 200 associations – Special status associations in each field of study– Sports– Music– Culture– Politics– Hobby groups

Aalto Community I

• For international students– Like International AYY on Facebook– Aalto International on Facebook– Join the international students’ mailing list– AYY’s internationality section Mosaic– BEST Helsinki for international engineering gettogethers

• For all students– AYY.fi, AYY newsletter, AYY Events in Facebook– Cultural & sports events, parties and activities

Aalto Community II

Coming up this fall

• Mosaic’s Cafe Linguas – first one 6.9.2015 in Otaniemi Rantasauna 6pm.

• AYY’s representative council elections in November – sign up as a candidate by 30.9.!

• AYY’s Development Cooperation Week 26-30.10.2015 – join the organizing team!

• Call for student representatives in administration and AYY activities in November

Any questions?

international@ayy.fi

AYY.fi

Teekkari = a student of technology

Teekkari cap

Overalls

Teekkari spirit

Culture

Events

Teekkari cap

Overalls

• Got the final color and shape in 1893• First year students get their caps by earning

points that give you knowledge about the teekkari culture and history

• Every guild has its own colour• Tradition started in the 1980s

Contact your captains for more information!

Culture

Events

• A history of traditions• Annual balls, sitsit (academic dinner

parties)• Choirs and orchestras, sports

associations etc• The 1st of May, Wappu, the most

known and anticipated occasion of the year

• The strong sense of unity within the student community

• Achievements, such as building the Teekkari Village, represent the core of teekkari spirit

• A culture of doing things together

Teekkari spirit