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Milla OvaskaSpecialist, International Affairs
Orientation for international students, autumn 2015
AYY website ayy.fiJoin international mailing list: http://tinyurl.com/qaylkpa
Student Unions in Finland
AYY in Facts and Figures
Student Advocacy
Student Union Services
Aalto Community
• Universities in Finland are required by law to have a student union
• The Student Union is independent from the university and is governed by the students
• Every degree student is a member of the student union
• Student unions are financed by membership fees and investments
Student Unions in Finland
Activities in a Nutshell
Student Advocacy
ServicesCommunity
Sports
Rental services
Facilities
Housing
Education policy
Social policy
International affairs
Healthcare
DiscountsActivities
Parties
Associations & Clubs
Tutoring
membersassociationsin assetsannual budgetemployeesstudents housed
15,000200+100 M€14 M€503,000
AYY in Facts and Figures
Governance
45 members of the Representative Council
10 members of the Executive Board
15,000 students
Over 100 volunteers and 50 employees
• Student Union appoints student representatives (hallopedi) to boards and councils within the university
• AYY has close relations with the top management of the university
Student Advocacy
• Student healthcare service• Sports activities• Official Finnish student card:
all student discounts with one card• in student restaurants• in public transport, long-
distance buses & trains• in museums, stores etc.
Student Union Services
• AYY owns 2,500 flats in Espoo and Helsinki– Affordable rents– AYY emergency housing
coordinator in office until 30.9.• Partnering with other student
unions in HOAS
Student Union Services II
• Rentable venues for events• Rentable van• Recycling center• Rights counselling• Aino student magazine
Student Union Services III
• 200 associations – Special status associations in each field of study– Sports– Music– Culture– Politics– Hobby groups
Aalto Community I
• For international students– Like International AYY on Facebook– Aalto International on Facebook– Join the international students’ mailing list– AYY’s internationality section Mosaic– BEST Helsinki for international engineering gettogethers
• For all students– AYY.fi, AYY newsletter, AYY Events in Facebook– Cultural & sports events, parties and activities
Aalto Community II
Coming up this fall
• Mosaic’s Cafe Linguas – first one 6.9.2015 in Otaniemi Rantasauna 6pm.
• AYY’s representative council elections in November – sign up as a candidate by 30.9.!
• AYY’s Development Cooperation Week 26-30.10.2015 – join the organizing team!
• Call for student representatives in administration and AYY activities in November
Teekkari = a student of technology
Teekkari cap
Overalls
Teekkari spirit
Culture
Events
Teekkari cap
Overalls
• Got the final color and shape in 1893• First year students get their caps by earning
points that give you knowledge about the teekkari culture and history
• Every guild has its own colour• Tradition started in the 1980s
Contact your captains for more information!
Culture
Events
• A history of traditions• Annual balls, sitsit (academic dinner
parties)• Choirs and orchestras, sports
associations etc• The 1st of May, Wappu, the most
known and anticipated occasion of the year
• The strong sense of unity within the student community
• Achievements, such as building the Teekkari Village, represent the core of teekkari spirit
• A culture of doing things together
Teekkari spirit