The inter­na­tional envi­ron­ment helps to grow

The Inter­na­tional Envi­ron­ment Helps to Grow Profes­sion­ally and Personally

Irina Timo­feeva, Inter­na­tional Busi­ness student 

Irina Timo­feeva moved from Russia to Finland to study at the Karelia Univer­sity of Applied Sciences. She started hers studia at the Open UAS in Study Path Programme. It means studies in a normal study group but with open univer­sity student’s status. Irina Timo­feeva, a citizen of Russian Feder­a­tion from Kosto­muk­sha, had already consid­ered the possi­bil­ity of switch­ing to Finland for higher educa­tion when she studied at high school.

Irina got inter­ested in Inter­na­tional Busi­ness Studies Karelia UAS in Joensuu.

– Apply­ing to the Open Univer­sity was simple, and no entrance exams were needed, Timo­feeva says.

Joensuu was not a famil­iar city for Timo­feeva before.

– The deci­sion that I was approved to study came quickly and soon it was time to move. I had little antic­i­pa­tion about what kind of student life would be in Finland and I did not have time to think about it, Timo­feeva says.

Timo­feeva moved to Pent­tilä district in Joensuu at the begin­ning of the autumn semes­ter, with a short distance to both Karelia UAS Wärt­silä campus and the city centre, and the beau­ti­ful scenery of Pielisjoki river. She enjoys both the city and her studies.

– The studies at the Karelia UAS are a good combi­na­tion of theory for prac­ti­cal projects. We have imple­mented projects for real compa­nies. I like the inter­na­tional envi­ron­ment as it helps to grow both profes­sion­ally and personally.

When a suffi­cient number of credits were accom­plished, Timo­feeva was accepted as a degree student.

– When I was study­ing at the open univer­sity I did not have any offi­cial student status and I was staying in Finland with tourist visas. I had to go to Russia often to renew the visa. The teach­ers under­stood my situ­a­tion well and did not disap­prove, even though I missed some lessons.

Prior to her grad­u­a­tion, Irina Timo­je­feva plans to go for student exchange in South Korea and do a prac­ti­cal train­ing in a company. After grad­u­at­ing, she would like to work in enter­tain­ment indus­try combin­ing music and commer­cial expertise.

– I’m really pleased to my studies here. I can recom­mend Karelia to every­one, thanks Timofeeva.

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