Inter­na­tion­al Tal­ent Day 2026 – Com­pa­ny Vis­its 

Call­ing all inter­na­tion­al tal­ents.

Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu, Oulu Uni­ver­si­ty of Applied Sci­ences, Business­Oulu and Oulu Cham­ber of Com­merce are orga­niz­ing Inter­na­tion­al Tal­ent Day – com­pa­ny vis­its for the inter­na­tion­al stu­dents in Oulu.

This is a great oppor­tu­ni­ty for inter­na­tion­al stu­dents to get to know com­pa­nies / orga­ni­za­tions and get insights of work­ing life in Fin­land.  We have orga­nized vis­its to the premis­es of 11 great com­pa­nies / orga­ni­za­tions in Oulu that are look­ing to meet inter­na­tion­al tal­ents in var­i­ous fields. Vis­its will take place from 17–19 th of Novem­ber 2026.

To learn more about the com­pa­nies / orga­ni­za­tions that are orga­niz­ing vis­its, see details below:

Boo­gie Soft­ware Oy

Boo­gie Soft­ware Oy is an employ­ee-owned soft­ware devel­op­ment and con­sult­ing com­pa­ny based in Oulu, Fin­land. The com­pa­ny deliv­ers cus­tom soft­ware, AI solu­tions, and dig­i­tal ser­vices that help busi­ness­es solve com­plex chal­lenges and accel­er­ate growth through tech­nol­o­gy.

Business­Oulu

Business­Oulu, a munic­i­pal enter­prise of the City of Oulu, is respon­si­ble for the city’s employ­ment and eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment ser­vices. BusinessOulu’s mis­sion is to pro­mote the vital­i­ty of the city by cre­at­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties for the region, its res­i­dents and busi­ness­es to thrive. We are build­ing a strong north­ern growth cen­tre that attracts young peo­ple as a place to do busi­ness, live and study. We will cre­ate new jobs through sus­tain­able busi­ness growth.

Cere­nion

Cere­nion is a med­ical device com­pa­ny pro­vid­ing inno­v­a­tive solu­tions for brain mon­i­tor­ing. Our C‑Trend® EEG tech­nol­o­gy com­bines advanced sig­nal pro­cess­ing and arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence to make con­tin­u­ous EEG mon­i­tor­ing eas­i­er to use and inter­pret, par­tic­u­lar­ly in crit­i­cal care.

Found­ed as a spin-off from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu, Cere­nion brings togeth­er exper­tise in med­i­cine, bio­med­ical engi­neer­ing, soft­ware devel­op­ment, AI, med­ical devices, and inter­na­tion­al busi­ness. We are grow­ing inter­na­tion­al­ly and work­ing with health­care pro­fes­sion­als and part­ners across Europe and beyond.

Dur­ing Inter­na­tion­al Tal­ent Day, we look for­ward to intro­duc­ing stu­dents to Cere­nion, our tech­nol­o­gy and the mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary exper­tise need­ed to bring a med­ical inno­va­tion from research into clin­i­cal use and inter­na­tion­al mar­kets.

Elek­tro­bit

Elek­tro­bit is the trust­ed part­ner in the tran­si­tion to the soft­ware-defined vehi­cle (SDV). With over 35 years of award-win­ning auto­mo­tive soft­ware exper­tise, Elektrobit’s inno­v­a­tive port­fo­lio and com­pre­hen­sive SDV ecosys­tem empow­er OEMs, Tier 1s, along with ODMs and Big Tech to build future-ready solu­tions with speed and con­fi­dence.

Its SDV build­ing blocks include oper­at­ing sys­tems, mid­dle­ware, embed­ded soft­ware, dig­i­tal cock­pit solu­tions, engi­neer­ing ser­vices, and devel­op­ment work­flows – dri­ving faster inno­va­tion and seam­less inte­gra­tion across the vehi­cle life­cy­cle. Elek­tro­bit soft­ware pow­ers over five bil­lion devices in more than 630 mil­lion vehi­cles world­wide. It is a whol­ly owned, inde­pen­dent­ly oper­at­ed sub­sidiary of AUMOVIO.

Fin­ger­soft

Fin­ger­soft is one of the most north­ern game stu­dios in the world, chill­ing out (lit­er­al­ly and fig­u­ra­tive­ly) just 170km south of the Arc­tic Cir­cle in Oulu, Fin­land. We are best known for the mobile smash hits Hill Climb Rac­ing and Hill Climb Rac­ing 2, which have a com­bined total of over 2.5 Bil­lion installs.

• Learn more:  fingersoft.com/
• Com­pa­ny vis­it time: Thurs­day 19.11. 9–10
• Field of study (please note that you can only reg­is­ter for the vis­it if you are study­ing in the field of study request­ed by the com­pa­ny): Fac­ul­ty of Infor­ma­tion Tech­nol­o­gy and Elec­tri­cal Engi­neer­ing (Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu), Infor­ma­tion Tech­nol­o­gy (Oamk)

Kale­va Media

Kale­va Media is the biggest media com­pa­ny in the north­ern Fin­land. We pub­lish 22 news media brands. We also have a radio chan­nel and lot of oth­er busi­ness.

• Learn more: kalevamedia.fi/en/
• Com­pa­ny vis­it time: Tues­day 17.11. 13–15
• Field of study (please note that you can only reg­is­ter for the vis­it if you are study­ing in the field of study request­ed by the com­pa­ny): All fields of Study

Near Real

Near Real is an Oulu-based health-tech com­pa­ny pro­vid­ing secure remote con­sul­ta­tions (etä­vas­taan­ot­to) and remote diag­nos­tics for health­care, occu­pa­tion­al health and men­tal health/addiction treat­ment providers in Fin­land. Our plat­form com­bines GDPR-com­pli­ant video con­sul­ta­tions with med­ical-grade remote diag­nos­tic devices, so patients can be exam­ined with­out vis­it­ing a clin­ic in per­son.

The solu­tion is already in use with­in some of Fin­land’s largest health­care sys­tems. We’re also part of an EU Hori­zon Europe research con­sor­tium (DTRIP4H) span­ning 14 coun­tries and the only Finnish com­pa­ny involved. Dur­ing the vis­it you’ll meet our team, see a live prod­uct demo and talk careers in health tech and remote-care soft­ware.

• Learn more: near-real.com/en/
• Com­pa­ny vis­it time: Thurs­day 19.11. 10–12
• Field of study (please note that you can only reg­is­ter for the vis­it if you are study­ing in the field of study request­ed by the com­pa­ny): Social and Health Care (Oamk), Infor­ma­tion Tech­nol­o­gy (Oamk), Fac­ul­ty of Med­i­cine (Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu), Fac­ul­ty of Infor­ma­tion Tech­nol­o­gy and Elec­tri­cal Engi­neer­ing (Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu)

Nokia

Nokia Oulu – the Home of Radio – is one of Noki­a’s key loca­tions with over 50 years’ expe­ri­ence. The Oulu cam­pus com­bines radio research, devel­op­ment and man­u­fac­tur­ing under the same roof in a very unique way and is one of the lead­ing radio research hot spots in the world.

Nordea

Nordea is the largest finan­cial ser­vices group in the Nordic region, serv­ing mil­lions of per­son­al, busi­ness, and insti­tu­tion­al cus­tomers across Fin­land, Swe­den, Nor­way, and Den­mark. Nordea’s ambi­tion is to deliv­er best-in-class bank­ing ser­vices by com­bin­ing strong finan­cial exper­tise with inno­v­a­tive dig­i­tal solu­tions.

Oulu Cham­ber of Com­merce

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

Sto­ra Enso Oyj – 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 work 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 have a wide range of job oppor­tu­ni­ties from pro­duc­tion tasks to demand­ing expert roles.

• Learn more: storaenso.com/en
• Com­pa­ny vis­it time: Tues­day 17.11. 9–11
• Field of study (please note that you can only reg­is­ter for the vis­it if you are study­ing in the field of study request­ed by the com­pa­ny): Engi­neer­ing (Oamk), Fac­ul­ty of Tech­nol­o­gy (Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu), Fac­ul­ty of Infor­ma­tion Tech­nol­o­gy and Elec­tri­cal Engi­neer­ing (Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu)