Inter­na­tion­al Tal­ent Day – Com­pa­ny Vis­its 

Call­ing all inter­na­tion­al tal­ent

Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu, Oulu Uni­ver­si­ty of Applied Sci­ences, Business­Oulu and Oulu Cham­ber of Com­merce, as part of their Inter­na­tion­al Week activ­i­ties, are orga­niz­ing Inter­na­tion­al Tal­ent Day – com­pa­ny vis­its for the inter­na­tion­al stu­dents.

This is a great oppor­tu­ni­ty for inter­na­tion­al stu­dents to get to know com­pa­nies / orga­ni­za­tions and hear career oppor­tu­ni­ties, if there is any, as well as get insights of work­ing life in Fin­land.  We have orga­nized vis­its to the premis­es of eight great com­pa­nies / orga­ni­za­tions in Oulu that are look­ing to meet inter­na­tion­al tal­ents in var­i­ous fields. Vis­its will take place from 11–13th of Novem­ber 2025.

To learn more about a com­pa­ny / orga­ni­za­tion you are inter­est­ed in vis­it­ing and to reg­is­ter, please see details below:

Elek­tro­bit

We are Elek­tro­bit and we devel­op vision­ary embed­ded and con­nect­ed soft­ware for the auto­mo­tive indus­try. Day by day we work on lead­ing-edge tech­nolo­gies for auto­mat­ed dri­ving, new vehi­cle infra­struc­tures, con­nect­ed cars, and user expe­ri­ence that shape the future of mobil­i­ty. As part of the world of top auto­mo­tive brands we have been doing this with great suc­cess for more than 35 years. Our cus­tomers include Audi, BMW, Daim­ler, Ford, GM, Volk­swa­gen Group, Vol­vo, and many more and you can find our tech­nolo­gies in more than 600 mil­lion vehi­cles.

What unites all our col­leagues all around the world is our pas­sion for auto­mo­tive soft­ware and our unique team spir­it. Togeth­er we work towards our vision of a world in which mobil­i­ty caus­es zero fatal­i­ties, pro­duces low emis­sions, and trans­forms your com­mute into qual­i­ty time.

Kale­va Media

We are a media house for local life. We pro­vide media, print­ing and dis­tri­b­u­tion, as well as mar­ket­ing and com­mu­ni­ca­tion ser­vices to strength­en local vital­i­ty.

Osu­uskaup­pa Ari­na

Hi and wel­come to Osu­uskaup­pa Ari­na! At Ari­na, we oper­ate in retail, hos­pi­tal­i­ty, and trans­port-ener­gy sec­tors – and we’re one of the largest ser­vice com­pa­nies in North­ern Fin­land, with around 3,000 employ­ees work­ing across our oper­a­tions. Dur­ing your vis­it, I’d like to give you a prac­ti­cal look at how a mul­ti-sec­tor coop­er­a­tive works in every­day life, and what kinds of skills and com­pe­ten­cies are need­ed now and in the future.

The pro­gram includes a com­pa­ny intro­duc­tion, dis­cus­sions about future work-life skills, com­pe­tence needs, and respon­si­ble busi­ness prac­tices. We’ll also take a tour of one of our stores, where I’ll briefly walk you through what hap­pens behind the scenes – from logis­tics to oper­a­tions – and share insights into how every­thing comes togeth­er to serve our cus­tomers.

I’ll be your guide through­out the vis­it, and I encour­age you to ask ques­tions – let’s talk about any­thing that sparks your curios­i­ty.

Warm wel­come – look­ing for­ward to meet­ing you!

Best regards,
Reima Loukko­la
CEO, Osu­uskaup­pa Ari­na

Fin­ger­soft oy

Fin­ger­soft is an Oulu bases game com­pa­ny, pro­duc­ing the world-famous Hill Climb Rac­ing game and its sequels.

Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu, Fac­ul­ty of ITEE

Fac­ul­ty of Infor­ma­tion Tech­nol­o­gy and Elec­tri­cal Engi­neer­ing (ITEE) at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu pio­neers ICT tech­nolo­gies that shape the sus­tain­able and secure dig­i­tal future. Join us for an inspir­ing after­noon explor­ing ITEE’s world-class research, edu­ca­tion and col­lab­o­ra­tion. Learn about ICT tech­nolo­gies and rel­e­vant skills through the lens­es of three projects.

1.) Oulu­ver­su­mi project focus­es on inno­va­tion and busi­ness relat­ed to the Meta­verse — a com­bi­na­tion of the vir­tu­al and real worlds, also con­sid­ered the next stage in the evo­lu­tion of the inter­net.
2.) FIN­verse project aims to iden­ti­fy use cas­es relat­ed to the meta­verse, pro­mote meta­verse-relat­ed pilots in cities, and con­tribute to stan­dard­i­s­a­tion.
3.) IKAPO project enhances inno­va­tion capac­i­ty espe­cial­ly in the areas of dig­i­tal­i­sa­tion and sus­tain­able devel­op­ment and offers work-life-ori­ent­ed col­lab­o­ra­tion that strength­ens stu­dents’ ICT exper­tise cre­at­ing a smoother tran­si­tion to work­ing life.

Oulun kaup­paka­mari (Oulu Cham­ber of Com­merce)

Fin­land Cham­ber of Com­merce and the 19 region­al cham­bers of com­merce help busi­ness­es suc­ceed in Fin­land and inter­na­tion­al­ly. Oulu Cham­ber of Com­merce oper­ates in whole Oulu region (Oulu, Kain­uu and Pohjois-Poh­jan­maa). Oulu Cham­ber of Com­merce has almost 1500 mem­bers, includ­ing com­pa­nies, munic­i­pal­i­ties, edu­ca­tion­al estab­lish­ments and orga­ni­za­tions.

The cham­bers of com­merce work to cre­ate a favourable oper­a­tional envi­ron­ment for busi­ness­es across Fin­land. We influ­ence the themes impor­tant to com­pa­nies, start­ing from the stages of plan­ning and prepa­ra­tion onwards. Lob­by­ing cen­tres around com­mu­ni­cat­ing our mem­ber com­pa­nies´ views and tak­ing things for­ward.

We make ini­tia­tives and give state­ments, orga­nize events and sem­i­nars, as well as col­lab­o­ra­tive projects and train­ing. Our action is based on sol­id infor­ma­tion that we gath­er from experts, research and direct feed­back from enter­pris­es.

Sto­ra Enso Oulu Oy

Busi­ness Unit Oulu is Sto­ra Enso’s north­ern­most unit and oper­ates in four loca­tions: Oulu, Kala­jo­ki, Kemi and Oulainen. A total of about 900 peo­ple works in mechan­i­cal wood pro­cess­ing, pulp and board mills and port oper­a­tions to ensure that prod­ucts are shipped to the glob­al mar­ket.

Sto­ra Enso is a renew­able mate­ri­als com­pa­ny, and the Busi­ness Unit Oulu is at the heart of Sto­ra Enso’s strat­e­gy. The Oulu unit is home to Fin­land’s most effi­cient and world-mod­ern sawmill, as well as Europe’s largest con­sumer board machine. With these facil­i­ties, we are able to meet the needs of the glob­al mar­ket. We want our cus­tomers around the world to be able to choose high-qual­i­ty Nordic prod­ucts, whether it’s pulp or car­ton­board sheets, board reels or sawn tim­ber.

Sto­ra Enso’s Oulu busi­ness unit is proud to be part of the back­bone of the Finnish for­est indus­try.

We wel­come stu­dents to vis­it our Oulu Mill, locat­ed near Oulu city cen­ter. Par­tic­i­pants must com­plete our manda­to­ry Vis­i­tor safe­ty induc­tion (e‑learning) one day before arrival.

Nokia Solu­tions and Net­works Oy

At Nokia, we cre­ate tech­nol­o­gy that helps the world act togeth­er. We put the world’s peo­ple, machines and devices in sync to cre­ate a more sus­tain­able, pro­duc­tive and acces­si­ble future.

In Oulu, our 3000 world class experts work with research, prod­uct devel­op­ment, sup­ply chain and man­u­fac­tur­ing of 5G and 6G base sta­tions prod­ucts of mobile net­works.