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OPTOELECTRONICS AND MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES LABORATORY

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Oulu from foreign Students’ point of view

Esko Alasaarela, Adjunct ProfessorUniversity of Oulu

Department of Electrical and Information Engineering


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Europe in a nutshellContinent Size: 9,938,000 sq km (6,7 % of earth’s land)

Population: 729 million (2006)

47 countries

27 belong to EU (500 million)


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Koreans in Europe

A. The first Korean in Europe was Antonio Corea (1578-1626), who came to Italian city Albi in 1606. (There is still a Korean family in Italy whose ancestor Antonio Corea is.)

B. Korean children started to be adopted into Europe in 1950’s and in 2001 there were altogether 45,881 adopted Koreans in Europe with a) 10,923 in France, 8,622 in Sweden, 8,417 in Denmark,

5,806 in Norway, 4,056 in the Netherlands, 3,698 in Belgium, 2,351 in Germany etc.

C. In 2001 there were altogether 68,597 immigrant and sojourneur Koreans in Europe witha) 30,492 are found in Germany, 10,836 in England,

10,485 in France, etc. (Only 116 in Finland).


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European Union

A. Political centresa) Brusselsb) Luxembourgc) Strasbourg

B. 27 Member StatesC. Government

a) European Councilb) Parliamentc) Commission (Jose Manuel

Barroso)

D. 23 official languagesE. Currency

a) Eurob) 11 more (Pound, Krones,

etc.)

Source: Wikipedia


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0The Global Competitiveness rankings 2009-2010 (2008-2009)

Europe Asia North America

1 (2) Switzerland 3 (5) Singapore 2 (1) United States4 (4) Sweden 8 (9) Japan 9 (10) Canada5 (3) Denmark 11 (11) Hong Kong 60 (60) Mexico6 (6) Finland 12 (17) Taiwan7 (7) Germany 15 (18) Australia

10 (8) Netherlands 19 (13) Korea, Rep.13 (12) United Kingdom 20 (24) New Zealand14 (15) Norway 24 (21) Malaysia16 (16) France 29 (30) China17 (14) Austria 36 (34) Thailand18 (19) Belgium 49 (50) India

Source: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010,The World Economic Forum, 2009


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0Student exchange by Erasmus MundusA. Erasmus Mundus is a student exchange programme

which welcomes non-European studentsa) http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/mundus/pr

ojects/engi_en.html (Engineering programmes)

b) http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/results_compendia/selected_projects_action_1_master_courses_en.php (Erasmus Mundus Master Courses)

c) http://www.master-optics.eu/index.php?id=1 (An example of the Mundus programmes)

d) http://www.immit.eu/default.htm (An example with a Finnish university)


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Finland in a nutshell

Location: Northern Europe between Sweden and RussiaArea: 338,000 square kilometersPopulation: 5,3 millionGovernment: Sovereign parliamentary republic since 1917Economy: GNP per capita 2005 EUR 30,800Industry: Electronics, forest and metal industries, as well as engineering

http://finland.fi/Nature_Environment/aurora/index.html

http://finland.fi/public/


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0Educational system in Finland


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0Studying and working in Finland as an exchange studentA. http://finland.fi/Public/default.aspx?contentid

=167189 (Studying in Finland, article)B. Working (Many students in Finland finance their

studies with part-time jobs)a) Students who are citizens of Nordic or EEA countries or

who participate in EU education and training programmes are allowed to work without restrictions

b) Other international students can work within certain limits on a residence permit granted for studying if the work is practical training included in the degree or if the amount of part-time work does not exceed 25 hours a week

c) There are no limits in terms of hours on full-time work during holidays (the periods 1 May–30 September and 15 December–15 January)


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There are 4 kinds of people:

Those who make things happen

Those to whom things happen

Those who watch things happen

Those who don’t even know things are

happening

Louis Gerstner


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Welcome on exchange to the University of

Oulu!


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In 2008 we had 502 exchange students from 40 countries

Russia 10USA 32Canada 4Mexico 3 China 3

Namibia 5

South Africa 2

Tanzania 1

Zambia 1

India 7

Singapore 2

Thailand 2

Hong Kong, 2

Japan 8

Germany 62Spain 56France 48Italy 34etc.

South Korea 23

Brazil 1

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Australia 6


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© International Relations


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Oulu? Where?

A.Oulua) 600 km (1 hour flight) from

Helsinkib) 600 km from Nuorgamc) Comfortable size (130 000)

B.University of Oulua) Second largest university in

Finlandb) Multidisciplinaryc) Focus areas ICT,

Biotechnology and Northern and Environmental Issues

C.Finlanda) A European Union member

in Northern Europeb) A quarter of the total area

falls north of the Arctic Circle

c) Neighbouring countries Sweden, Norway, Russia and Estonia

d) 5,3 Million inhabitants

OULU

Finland Nuorgam

Helsinki


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0University of Oulu- Northern Exposure to Knowledge

A. Six Facultiesa) Technologyb) Sciencec) Economics and Business Administrationd) Medicinee) Humanitiesf) Education

B. 17 000 studentsC. around 500 exchange students per yearD. Two campuses:

a) Linnanmaa main campus (all faculties but Medicine)b) Medicine: Kontinkangas campus


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0Main Campus Area


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0international.office

(at) oulu.fi2007© International Relations


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Studies in English

A. All departments offer courses in English; for more information please contact the international coordinator at the department

B. Short term programmes for exchange students

a) Scandinavian Studies (Sept-Dec)

b) Modern Nordic Architecture (Oct-Febr)

c) Nordic Design (Sept-Dec)

d) Northern Nature and Environment (Sept-Dec, Jan-May, also summer)

e) Managing Business Relationships (Sept-Dec)

f) Early Childhood Education (Jan-May)

C. As an exchange student, you may be eligible to take studies from Master’s Programmes in English, see http://www.oulu.fi/degree/programmes.html

D. Finnish language courses are offered by the Language Center from a survival course to courses on advanced level


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Degree Programmes in English in U of OA. Faculty of Education

a) Master's Degree Programme in Education and Globalisation

B. Faculty of Economics and Business Administrationa) Master's Programme in Financial and Management Accounting (FMA)b) Master's Programme in International Business (IB) c) Master's Programme in Finance and Economics (FE)

C. Faculty of Sciencea) Master's Degree Programme in Protein Science and Biotechnology b) Master's Degree Programme in Software, Systems and Services Development

in Global Environment (GS3D) c) Master's Degree Programme in Synchrotron Radiation Based Science and

Accelerator Physics (coming soon!) d) Master's Degree Programme in Astronomy and Space Physics (coming soon!)

D. Faculty of Technology a) Barents Master's Degree Programme in Environmental Engineering (BEE)b) Master's Programme in Architectural Designc) Master's Programme in Wireless Communication Engineering (WCE)

E. Faculty of Medicinea) Master's Degree Programme in Health and Wellbeing in the Circumpolar Area


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0Degree programme in Electrical EngineeringA. BSc in Electrical Engineering, degree structure (180 ECTS*,

3 years)a) Basic compulsory studies 120 crb) Modules preparing for orientation approx. 40 cr

Telecommunication, Other orientations

c) Optional studies 10 crd) BSc thesis 10 op

B. MSc in Electrical Engineering, degree structure (120 ECTS, 2 years)a) Modules in orientation 30-40 cr

Telecommunication, Embedded systems Electronics, Microsystem engineering and applied electronics

b) Optional courses approx. 10 cr Advanced modules related to orientation 20-30 cr OR optional

modules

c) Optional modules 20 crd) MSc thesis 30 cr

*(60 ECTS = 1600 hr or 1 year of work),


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0Degree programme in Information EngineeringA. BSc in Electrical Engineering, degree structure (180 ECTS,

3 years)a) Basic compulsory studies 120 crb) Modules preparing for orientation approx. 40 cr

Intelligent systems, Information networks and mobile applications, Embedded systems and software, Signal processing

c) Optional courses approx. 10 opd) BSc thesis 10 cr

B. MSc in Information Engineering, degree structure (120 ECTS, 2 years)a) Modules in orientation 30-40 cr

Intelligent systems, Information networks and mobile applications, Embedded systems and software, Signal processing

b) Optional modules 20 crc) Optional courses approx. 10 cr

Advanced modules related to orientation 20-30 cr OR optional modules 20-30 cr

d) MSc thesis 30 cr


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Academic Calendar

Two semesters: a) Autumn (September-December) b) Sping semester (January-May)

Autumn semester

A. Exchange Student Official Arrival Date in the beginning of September

B. Orientation for international students takes place during the first week

C. Semester ends mid-December

Spring SemesterA. Official Arrival Date in the beginning of JanuaryB. Orientation for international students takes place during the first

weekC. Semester ends May 31


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What does it cost?

A. Student union fee about EUR 40 per semester

B. Personal living costs about EUR 500 a month including room and board

C. VISA/Residence permit


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How to apply?

A. Contact the International Relations office at your university

B. Fill in the Exchange Student Application Form

C. Deadlines for applications a)May 31 for Autumn Semester (April 30 for

Medicine and Architecture students)b)October 15 for Spring Semesterc) For Architecture students only one annual

deadline on April 30

D.Early applications are recommended to guarantee housing!


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Once you have applied…

A. Your application is forwarded to the department in question, which makes the decision on the acceptance

B. Once accepted, you receive an information package

C. The acceptance process takes usually a few weeks


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Once in Oulu…

A. Your student tutor, kummi, will meet you when you arrive and bring you to your flata) Your kummi will also inform you about how to get

started: bring you to the department, go with you to the bank to open a bank account etc.

B. Orientation week takes place right in the beginning of the semester.

C. Finnish (and other) language courses start. The language center also offers for example tandem language courses, Cafe Lingua and Language Games.


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