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Student Blast - the Academic Year Opening (Joensuu)

04.09.2025 - 04.09.2025 |Joensuu

Student Blast – the Academic Year Opening at Joensuu Market Square on Thursday 4 September 2025! Before the market square event we will begin the academic year 2025–2026 at UEF’s Academic Year Opening Ceremony starting at 1.15 pm in Joensuu.

️Student Blast’s headliner is a Finnish rapper Etta, who will set the stage on fire with attitude, energy, and an unforgettable vibe – you won’t want to miss this! Alongside Etta, freestyle rap's Finnish champion Pure will hit the stage, and just like last year, you’ll have the chance to explore local organisations and their services at the market square.

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.

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.

Schedule

• klo 14.00 Welcome speech, students’ greetings and other stage programme
• klo 15.00 Pure
• klo 16.00 ETTA

Right after the Student Blast 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.

More information:

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