Studying at HAAGA-HELIA

The language of instruction for exchange students at HAAGA–HELIA is English. HAAGA-HELIA provides a wide range of courses in English. There are seven degree programmes taught entirely in English. Exchange students are expected to have a good command of spoken and written English in order to be able to follow the lectures and complete the course assignments, oral presentations and exams. For more information on language requirements, please see Admission.

Course Enrolment

Course lists for autumn semester are published in May and course lists for the spring semester in December. Enrolment period for courses is in the end of May (for courses in the autumn semester) and in the beginning of January (for courses in the spring semester).  

Enrolment period for courses in the autumn semester 2010 starts 3 January 2011. Detailed guidelines for study planning and course registration can be found from the International Student Guide. Please read the instructions through carefully before enrolment. Course registration is done online with the WinhaWille online course registration system.

HAAGA-HELIA has campuses in 3 different towns in Finland: Helsinki, Porvoo and Vierumäki. It is possible to study only in one town, because the distances are long (Helsinki-Porvoo 80km, Helsinki-Vierumäki 140km, Porvoo-Vierumäki 80km). You can select courses from various campuses in your home town, according to your field of study:

Please note the following points when choosing the courses:

• You should select courses from the same study field that you study at your home university
• Some courses have prerequisites (mentioned in the excel timetable) 
• Do not choose courses which overlap (take into account the distance between campuses, see below)
• It is recommended not to take more than 35 ECTS

Courses in Helsinki 

• Autumn 2010 Course list of Helsinki campuses (Haaga, Malmi, Pasila, Vallila). Courses available for exchange students are marked in the timetable with an EXCH code in the column C. Exchange students can only select courses with the EXCH code. Links to course contents can be found in the column S.
• Master level courses: A separate course list will be sent to you via e-mail.

”International module” is warmly recommended for business students that are insecure of their English language skills. The module is available at our Malmi and Vallila campuses.

Distances between campuses in Helsinki

Courses in Porvoo

• Autumn 2010 course list of Porvoo campuses

Course contents can be found from the website of the degree programmes: 

• International Business courses
• Tourism courses

Courses in Vierumäki

Course list and enrolment instructions will be published here later.

Course lists of previous semesters

Spring 2010

- Course list of Helsinki campuses (Haaga, Malmi, Pasila, Vallila)
- Course list of Porvoo campuses (Pomo and Point)

Autumn 2009
- Course list of Helsinki campuses (Haaga, Malmi, Pasila, Vallila) Courses available for exchange students are marked in the timetable with the EXCH code in the column C. Exchange students can only select courses EXCH code. 
- Courses at Porvoo campus
- Courses at Vierumäki campus

Learning Agreement

The learning agreement is a contract between the student and his home university and HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences. It ensures that your studies at HAAGA-HELIA will be recognised at your home university. It is the student's responsibility to ensure that this document is completed and signed by both the sending and the receiving university.

Fill in the learning agreement after the course registration at the WinhaWille system. If possible, get the stamp and signature from your home university to your learning agreement before coming to Finland. Bring the learning agreement to the orientation and you will get a signature and stamp of the receiving institution. If it is not possible to get a signature from your home university before arrival, please send the learning agreement back to your home university for a signature from Finland.

Finnish Language Studies

Before the exchange period

UUNO language learning material is created primarily to teach foreign exchange students something about the Finnish language and culture before coming to Finland.

Easyfinnish is an elementary online course meant for anyone interested in learning Finnish. You can do exercises, listen to audios, play a game, discuss with others or test your skills.

Erasmus Intensive Language Courses (EILC) give Erasmus students an opportunity to study Finnish in Finland before the semester starts. Courses are organised in different universities around Finland.

At HAAGA-HELIA

HAAGA-HELIA organizes Finnish courses for exchange students each semester:

Helsinki:
Finnish for Exchange Students 1 
Finnish for Exchange Students 2

Porvoo:
Finnish for Foreigners 1
Finnish for Exchange Students

The course timetables will be published in December.