University of Helsinki

• Students from the Faculty of Arts, and the Faculty of Forestry

Term dates

• UBC Term 1 (UH Autumn semester): late August to December
• UBC Term 2 (UH Spring semester): January to May
• UBC Full Year (UH Autumn + Spring semester): late August-May

Areas of study available:

• Arts
• Forestry
• Science

Course availability and restrictions

• Courses taught in English can be found here
• Exchange students are required to choose the majority of their courses from one faculty
• Exchange students must have completed at least one year of study in the field they would mainly study
• Economics, Psychology, Communication, and Political Science have restrictions regarding acceptance (both for local and exchange students) - they only accept students who are majoring in the subject in question and have completed enough courses in the discipline in their home university prior to arrival
• Psychology (Faculty of Medicine):
  • The prerequisite is two full years of university-level studies in Psychology
  • Psychology majors should check which of the following is more suitable considering their study background: Social Psychology courses (Faculty of Social Sciences) or Psychology courses (Faculty of Behavioral Sciences)Psychology is highly restricted and access cannot be guaranteed.
• For Life Sciences (the Faculties of Agriculture and Forestry, Biological and Environmental Sciences, and Pharmacy), the prerequisite is two years of completed university studies in the field in question.
• English Philology only accepts students majoring in English
• Other foreign languages: student should be a major or minor in the language at the home university
• These studies are considered case by case
• Economics courses in English offered on Master’s level only

Partner Course Information

Course equivalency Formula

• 2 ECTS credits = 1 UBC credit

Course load Information

• 60 ECTS credits in an academic year
• 30 ECTS credits per academic term

Transfer credit

The transfer credit process takes approximately 16 weeks following each submission deadline. You should allow sufficient time to meet important deadlines that may affect you (e.g. application for graduation, registration in courses that require prerequisites that you took on exchange, entry to a major/honours program, etc.)

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Additional note for language of instruction

• Courses taught in Finnish are offered, in addition to English and Swedish
• Students must have at least a B2 level to study in Finnish or Swedish (self assess with Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)).