ramk international student services
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RAMK International Student Services
For incoming exchange students
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- 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
Ms Tuovi Honkela
Coordinator of International Relations
Ms Sanna Iivari
Coordinator of International Relations
Mr Anssi Ruismäki
International Project Worker