Happy Tuesday!

New international students orientation is already in full swing. You can find the orientation timetable in UEF Kamu. 

• UEF Kamu has a great info page for new students where you can find all the information for starting your studies at UEF.
• If you want to quickly check all the necessary steps, see the Checklist for new students.
• UEF Information Market on Wednesday 2 September from 1 pm to 3 pm in the Carelia lobby is a great way to get to know different organisations and active operators within the university. You can also meet ISYY's Executive Board members there!

You are reading Weekly Feed, the English language newsletter of the Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY). You are receiving this letter in your email because you are a member of ISYY and are studying at Joensuu campus or because you have joined the mailing list yourself. If you do not wish to receive the Weekly Feed anymore, you can unsubcsribe here.

Have a nice week!

Kind regards,
Joona Rantala | Coordinator of International Affairs

Student Blast - the Academic Year Opening 3.9

Student Blast – the Academic Year Opening at Joensuu Market Square on Thursday 3 September 2026! ️The headliner for this year's Student Blast is Finnish rapper Mikael Gabriel. Event's more detailed schedule and other programme will be published soon to ISYY's website. 

All UEF students and staff are welcome to join the event in the Market Square. In Joensuu the event will gather together students of UEF and Karelia UAS and it is 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.

City Orienteering - registration opens soon!

Right after the Student Blast starts ISYY’s City Orienteering which is organised especially for the new students. Teams will go around the campus city and complete fun tasks at the orienteering points. The students will get to know each other as well as the campus city. You will meet e.g. student associations and ISYY clubs at the orienteering points!

Registration

The registration for new students begins on 1 September at 3 pm in Kide.app. A tutor (or a student from the freshman group if the tutor doesn’t participate in the Orienteering) will register the group of new students to the event.

The registration for continuing students begins in Kide.app on 1 September at 3 pm in Kide.App. There are a limited amount of group tickets, so be fast! A group ticket for continuing students costs 30€.

Play ISYY's Freshman Bingo and get a free overall patch!

ISYY's Freshman Bingo kick-starts the academic year for our new students. By completing at least one bingo row, you'll get an ISYY FUKSI overall patch and you can take part in the Freshman Bingo Raffle. There is a limited amount of overall patches on both campuses, so it is a good idea to take this chance quickly!

You can save the bingo sheet to yourself electronically from ISYY website or you can collect a printed bingo sheet from ISYY office. The Freshman Bingo must be completed by 29 October 2026 at 3 pm!

Join ISYY’s Language Café activities!

Do you want to learn a new language, brush up on your old skills and meet new people or teach your native language? We have the perfect opportunity for you via ISYY’s Language Cafés!

When participating in Language Café activities, you can also earn ECTS credits by attending (1 ECTS) and/or organising a Language Café (2 ECTS) and by submitting a few small assignments to Moodle.

Join the Language Café info session on Thursday 10 September at 9am on Google Meet to find out more!

Upcoming exceptions in ISYY office opening hours

There will be some exceptions in ISYY office opening hours. On two first weeks of Sebtember offices are at your service also on Fridays.

Exceptions:

• Friday 4 September open 10-12, 13-15
• Friday 11 September open 10-12, 13-15
• Wednesday 30 September closed (Sports Afternoon Day)

ISYY's Association Days will be held 22.–23.9.2026

ISYY organises the Association Days on Tuesday and Wednesday 22.–23.9.2026 at Joensuu campus and on Wednesday 23.9.2026 at Kuopio Campus. The event in Joensuu is held in Carelia lobby and in Kuopio in Snellmania lobby. The event takes place on both days from 10 am to 2 pm.

Come and find out what ISYY and associations close to it have to offer. It’s also possible that you’ll find some new activities from Association Days! ISYY Association Days are open for everybody and there’s no entrance fee.

Traditionally associations sells their overall patches at the event, so it is a good idea to take some money with you.

Going to represent your association or club? Click the link below and find the registration links!
 

ISYY is giving out grants for international activities also in autumn!

The grant is for events and projects that promote internationalisation in the 2026 autumn semester and is meant for student associations, campus associations and ISYY clubs.

We are looking for activities that in addition to promoting internationalisation and international affairs in the campus cities, are innovative, are repeatable and reproducible, are sustainable long-term, are environmentally friendly, promote sobriety and take all students into account. Cooperation with other associations and clubs is also considered an advantage.

Four best applications will receive a grant of 225 €. Application period is from August 24 till September 29.

ISYY Clubs in Joensuu

ISYY Clubs are open for all of ISYY members. ISYY's club room is located at our office near the city centre (Suvantokatu 6, 80100 Joensuu).

ISYY Club meetings at the ISYY Club room:

Monday 4 pm - 8 pm: ISYY's MtG Guild

Thursday 4 pm - 9 pm: Joensuu Board Gamers (this week the club meeting is on Saturday 1 pm - 9 pm, so no meeting  on thursday!)

Friday 4 pm - 8 pm: ISYY Chess Club Joensuu

Other ISYY Club meetings:

Monday 6 pm - 8 pm: Academic & Historical Dance Society (Educa-building, hall E200)

SYKETTÄ Appro

SYKETTÄ Appro is held between 7.-20.9.2026. The idea of appro is to collect markings on an appro pass by participating in sport events in the sports calendar. Detailed participation instructions on SYKETTÄ website.

Sports Buddy service

Autumn and the free trial period are here and you don’t have a friend to move with? No worries, you can find yourself a sports buddy from SYKETTÄ! Fill the Sports Buddy questionnaire and we will find a suitable Sports Buddy for you.

Tour de Itä-Suomi will be cycled in the spirit of brevet!

Tour is a cycling event for students organised by ISYY. This autumn Tour is held in Joensuu on 7th to 20th September. Choose the best day for you and challenge your friends to ride with you!

Tour is not a competition - no need to rush, just finish the route at your own safe pace! You only need your own bicycle, bicycle helmet and sunny attitude.

Participation for ISYY members is 5€ others 10€. Enrolling starts on Tuesday 25.8. at 4pm in kide.app.

Access rights to gyms

Access rights to gyms are valid according to the validity of the SYKETTÄ membership, i.e. the application form must be filled out again every time you buy a new membership. Please fill out the form as soon as you have bought the new membership!

The Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year 2026–2027

The Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year 2026–2027 will be held on Kuopio campus on Thursday, 3 September 2026, at 13:15 in the Great Lecture Hall (SN100), Snellmania building. Welcome! The Opening Ceremony can also be followed online starting at 1.15 p.m.

Ecumenical Opening Service of the Academic Year will be held in the Great Lecture Hall (SN100) at 12:15–12:45. The event is open to everyone.

Apply now to become a course assistant!

Is French or German your mother tongue? Would you like to earn credits and help Finnish students learn your language?

Course assistants are international students at the University of Eastern Finland who assist in language courses of their mother tongue. 

The Great Overalls Badge Hunt of the UEF Library

The Great Overalls Badge Hunt of the UEF Library is back! This year the badges will be hunted at the campus libraries from 7 to 11 September 2026.

We will publish clues about the hides daily on our Instagram stories. Follow us on Instagram @ueflibrary.

Read FSHS info material for new students

Congratulations on starting your studies! As a new degree student in higher education, you are welcome to use our services at FSHS once your first semester begins and you have registered as present for the autumn semester at your higher education institution. The autumn semester in Finland has begun on 1 August 2025. Please note that enrollment information will be transferred to FSHS from higher education institutions with a delay of approximately 1–3 days.

We are here to support your health and well-being throughout your studies.

To get you started, we have collected the most important information about FSHS for new students on one page. Even returning student can utilise the information, if they require a refresher!

Joensuu's Exchange and International Students General meeting 9.9.

JEIS is organising General Meeting on 9th of September starting at 5.00pm till 6.30pm. General Meeting is meeting for the election of JEIS Autumn 2026 board and accepting JEIS budget proposal for the following calendar year of 2027.

In the meeting all members of ISYY and JEIS are able to run for board positions and vote for the next JEIS board for Autumn 2026.

For more information about available board positions check JEIS Instagram @jeis_isyy or contact JEIS via email jeis@isyy.fi

JEIS x Timetravels trips Autumn 2026

Timetravels X JEIS trips to Lofoten and Saariselkä are closing in with the autumn semester! Sign up to the trips through the links!

• JEIS Adventure trip to Lofoten 25.9. – 1.10.
• JEIS Adventure to Northern Lapland, Saariselkä 28.11. – 3.12.

International Music Nights autumn 2026 are starting this week!

Get your dancing shoes on and join JEIS for some awesome nights in Bepop Joensuu! 

Joensuu’s Exchange and International Students club is collaborating with Bepop to bring some international music to Joensuu! All of the events start at 11pm!

To make this event truly international, we want you to participate in making the playlist for the events! The song request form can be found here! We hope to see you all there!

International Music Nights this semester: 4.9., 10.9., 24.9., 8.10., 22.10., 12.11., 26.11. & 10.12.

Autumn Market

The traditional Autumn Market will be held at the Joensuu Market Square on Friday and Saturday, September 11–12, 2026.

The market is open on Friday from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM and on Saturday from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

Jobs, internships and appointments to UEF career counsellors in JobTeaser

Job and internship offers for students and recent graduates can be found in the JobTeaser web service. Students and staff members log into the JobTeaser UEF platform using their UEF credentials. You can continue using the service after graduation as well. JobTeaser is used in over 700 universities and institutions of higher education in Europe and job and internship offers spread throughout Europe.

• You can book a personal appointment to a UEF career counsellor in JobTeaser. Guidance is available on both campuses and online.
• You will also find a selection of various sorts of events organized by, for example, TE-Live, EURES, different projects and employer organizations. Many of the events are organized online. Thus, you can take part in interesting events elsewhere in Europe. There are also employer profiles and information of job opportunities in, especially, international companies and employers.
• In JobTeaser, you will also find info about the UEF career services and courses on job seeking and career planning.

If you have any questions, please contact Career Services, email: urapalvelut@uef.fi.

Weekly Feed is the English language newsletter of the Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY). You are receiving this letter on your email because you are a member of ISYY and are studying at Joensuu campus or because you have joined the mailing list yourself. 

Weekly Feed provides you with current information on matters related to the Student Union, UEF or other organisations close to students, such as FSHS. In addition, the newsletter provides you with information on events taking place at campus or the campus city.

Weekly Feed is published on Tuesdays during the academic year, with the exception of holidays and a few other days. If you do not want to receive the newsletter anymore, you can unsubscribe the letter via the unsubscription link  located on the top of the letter. 

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