18.08.2025

Academic Year Kick-Off and City Orienteering will start the new academic year on 4 September 2025

This year we will kick-off the academic year of all UEF students in Joensuu and Kuopio Market Squares on Thursday 4 September with other students! 

Before the market square events in both campus cities, we will begin the Academic Year 2025–2026 at UEF’s Academic Year Opening Ceremony starting at 1.15 pm. The opening ceremony can also be followed online. In Kuopio campus there will also be a student parade from Savilahti to Kuopio Market Square before the event in the city center. 

All UEF students and staff are welcome to join the event in the Market Square. In Joensuu event will gather together students of UEF and Karelia UAS and in Kuopio students of UEF and other students of Savilahti area, such as students of Savonia UAS.

At the Market Square event we will e.g. hear live music, student speeches, and in Joensuu students get to know local organisations. In Joensuu the Student Blast - the Academic Year Opening event will culminate with performances by Pure and ETTA. In Kuopio the star of the LoveZone: Opening of the Academic Year event will be HUGO.

The event in Joensuu is organised in cooperation with the City of Joensuu, Joensuu City Center Association Virta, University of Eastern Finland, Karelia University of Applied Sciences and its student union POKA. The event in Kuopio is organised with Savo Vocational College, Savonia University of Applied Sciences, the University of Eastern Finland, Students' Association Salkku, Students' Union SAVOTTA.

After the event at Market Square will begin ISYY’s traditional City Orienteering, where students will go around their campus city in groups and complete different kinds of tasks given to them at different orienteering points. The evening will end with an after party.

City Orienteering and its after party are organised by ISYY.

Detailed programme of the two campuses and information about the enrollment to the City Orienteering can be found from the event-page.

Further information:

Eveliina Scharin, Community Coordinator, Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY), yk(at)isyy.fi, tel. +358 44 576 8408

Nox Herranen, Executive Board member, Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY), nox.herranen(at)isyy.fi

Piritta Pennanen, Executive Board member, The Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY), piritta.pennanen(at)isyy.fi