• Elina Isännäinen, Foreign Student Adviser, coordinates
student are required by law to join the Student Union. Exchange students are encouraged to join JYY as well. The task of the Student Union is to represent its members and guard their interests in society. It helps in questions concerning studies, accommodation, welfare and legal issues. JYY also offers a wide range of services and free time activities. We encourage you to participate in the activities organised by the Student Union. More information: jyy.fi/en
the application procedure of international degree students, recruits and counsels degree students; tel. (+358 40) 805 4341;
• Laura
Laamanen, International Coordinator, responsible for the application procedure and counselling of incoming Erasmus and visiting students as well as for the accommodation and the Friendship Family Programme; tel. (+358 40) 805 4337;
• Solja Ryhänen, International Coordinator, NORDPLUS, NORDLYS and ISEP programmes; tel. (+358 40) 805 4333;
• Anita
The Student Union membership entitles you to a student card. With the student card, you can get various discounts and benefits, for example,
• Tiina
• inexpensive health care at Finnish Student Health
Saari, International Affairs Assistant, financial matters of the Office, contact person for teacher mobility; tel. (+358 40) 805 4335; Savela, Student Exchange Coordinator, coordinates bilateral student exchanges and the FIRST and North-South-South programmes; tel. (+358 40) 805 4342;
Service
• student-priced meals in student cafeterias (€ 2.60 per meal)
The Office also employs student trainees (tel. +358 40 805 4345). In addition to the phone numbers listed above, you may contact the Office by e-mail: internationaloffice@jyu.fi or by fax: (+358 14) 617 314. The office hours of the Student Exchange Coordinator, International Coordinators, and Foreign Student Adviser are from Monday to Wednesday at 13-15, and on Thursdays at 1012.
• 50% of the price in trains and long-distance buses • discounts in museums, theatres, movie theatres as well as in some stores and hairdressers
The Student Union maintains, for example, the following services for the benefit of students:
• student apartments in Kortepohja Student Village • survival kits for exchange and visiting students • student calendar • student cafeteria Ilokivi in the Student Union Building • Kampus Kino, Ilokivi. Show time every Tuesday at 7pm • student newspaper Jyväskylän ylioppilaslehti (“Jylkkäri”) • computer shop Kampus Data and bookshop Kampus
The International Office works in close cooperation with the Secretary of International Affairs of the Student Union, (Student Union Building, Y1), room 126, Keskussairaalantie 2, tel. +358 10 423 4503, e-mail: kvsihteeri@jyy.fi. 3.12. The Student Union (JYY) The Student Union of the University of Jyväskylä (JYY, www.jyy.fi) is the students’ own organisation. All degree
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