Karelia UAS advice and study oppor­tu­ni­ties for people fleeing from Ukraine and others granted inter­na­tional protection

In response to the human­i­tar­ian crisis unfold­ing in Ukraine, Karelia Univer­sity of Applied Sciences offers extra services and study oppor­tu­ni­ties for those who have been granted or applied for and waiting for a deci­sion for tempo­rary protec­tion in Finland under the EU Tempo­rary Protec­tion Directive. 

If you have a valid right to study at Ukrain­ian univer­sity and your studies have discon­tin­ued because of the war, you can apply for a sepa­rate study right in one of Karelia’s two English taught degrees: Bach­e­lor of Engi­neer­ing, Degree Programme in Indus­trial Manage­ment or Bach­e­lor of Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion, Degree Programme in Inter­na­tional Busi­ness. If you want to discuss this possi­bil­ity further, please contact simhe(at)karelia.fi

Karelia provides free of charge open UAS studies for people fleeing Ukraine and other people who have been granted inter­na­tional protec­tion. Autumn courses are mainly held on campus and include for example Welcome to Finland! – Terve­tu­loa Suomeen! and Finnish language courses. Enroll­ment for Autumn semes­ter courses is now open. For more infor­ma­tion and to enroll on our courses, please visit https://www.karelia.fi/en/ukraine/.

Karelia UAS also provides Guid­ance and Coun­selling Service SIMHE-Karelia. The staff of SIMHE-Karelia provide personal guid­ance for immi­grants inter­ested in higher educa­tion studies. Support will be provided regard­ing the prac­tices used in the recog­ni­tion of prior learn­ing as well as guid­ance in career plan­ning for those immi­grants who have already completed some higher educa­tion studies before.  More infor­ma­tion and to book your personal guid­ance and coun­selling session visit https://www.karelia.fi/en/services-for-immigrants/simhe(at)karelia.fi