News & Events

23.1.2024

Cold Win­ters, Warm Hearts: My Finnish Adven­ture

Eduar­do Acos­ta, orig­i­nal­ly from Colom­bia, is research­ing cir­cu­lar econ­o­my at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu. He is also an Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu Ambas­sador.
19.1.2024

Inte­gra­tion into Finnish soci­ety through edu­ca­tion – Study oppor­tu­ni­ties in Oulu

The Study oppor­tu­ni­ties in Oulu event aimed to guide par­tic­i­pants in lan­guage learn­ing, part-time and short-term stud­ies, uni­ver­si­ty pro­grams, and spe­cial­ized ini­tia­tives for immi­grant par­ents.
4.1.2024

The First Net­work­ing and Board Games Event of 2024

Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu and Bloom proud­ly present the first Net­work­ing and Board Games Event of 2024!
4.1.2024

Wel­come to the Study Oppor­tu­ni­ties in Oulu Event

If you are con­sid­er­ing a career change, fur­ther edu­ca­tion or Finnish lan­guage stud­ies – this event is for you.
2.1.2024

From Tehran to Oulu – The Inspir­ing Path of Sara Saroukhani

Sara stud­ied her master´s degree in Envi­ron­men­tal Engi­neer­ing at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu. She is cur­rent­ly work­ing in KONE as a mate­r­i­al spe­cial­ist.
19.12.2023

Vasilii’s Jour­ney to Oulu: A Sto­ry of Aca­d­e­m­ic Pur­suit and Cul­tur­al Inte­gra­tion

Vasilii Bal­anov vis­it­ed Oulu for the first time in Novem­ber 2019, when he was about to com­mence his intern­ship at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu. In St. Peters­burg he stud­ied a master’s pro­gramme in micro­elec­tron­ics, which required an intern­ship abroad. After a care­ful eval­u­a­tion, he decid­ed to apply to Fin­land.
15.12.2023

How Oulu sup­ports my career and sur­rounds me with nature

Hi! My name is Arjane, I’m from the Nether­lands, and I moved to Fin­land in 2018. After liv­ing in Jyväskylä for a cou­ple of years, I came to Oulu just over a year ago.
12.12.2023

Nav­i­gat­ing Oulu through its dif­fer­ent sea­sons: adapt­ing to a new life in the North

Beat­riz Rocha, 25, came here to do her master’s degree in Learn­ing, Edu­ca­tion and Tech­nol­o­gy. Cur­rent­ly, she works as a Mar­ket­ing Trainee at Business­Oulu.
5.12.2023

Tips for Job Search­ing Process

Would you like to learn more about Finnish work cul­ture, the job appli­ca­tion process, and where to find job oppor­tu­ni­ties? Are you won­der­ing what to include in a job appli­ca­tion?
4.12.2023

The biggest sur­prise is when you don’t know what to expect

“Now that some time has passed since the trip, I under­stand even bet­ter how great an expe­ri­ence the month in Reunion was! It was such a unique expe­ri­ence that you did not even under­stand it there.”
29.11.2023

Join the Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu Ambas­sador Team 2024!

Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu ambas­sadors Pavani, Eduar­do and Jun are look­ing for new team mem­bers. Will you be one of them?
24.11.2023

Wel­come to the Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu Pre Christ­mas Par­ty

The enchant­i­ng snow has arrived, and the hol­i­day buzz is in full swing! Join us for the Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu’s mag­i­cal Pre-Christ­mas Par­ty – an evening burst­ing with joy and fun!
22.11.2023

ISS is look­ing for employ­ees for school, day­care and mul­ti­pur­pose facil­i­ties – and Eng­lish speak­ing employ­ees for clean­ing ser­vices!

Join us at the free Job­Corner recruit­ment event on Mon­day, 4th Decem­ber and get to know ISS Palve­lut vacan­cies.
8.11.2023

From Sici­ly to Oulu: How four Ital­ian stu­dents dis­cov­ered Finland’s beau­ty and cul­ture

Four adven­tur­ous Eras­mus+ exchange stu­dents, Gabriele Romanci­ni, Gae­tano Car­ol­lo, Mat­tia Li Pira, and Ric­car­do Coluc­ci, bid farewell to the scorch­ing +30°C heat of Paler­mo, Sici­ly, and embarked on an excit­ing one-month jour­ney to Oulu
1.11.2023

From Film Indus­try to Oulu: Naida’s Adven­ture of New Begin­nings

In a world where indi­vid­u­als seek to expe­ri­ence new begin­nings, Nai­da Valen­ci­a’s sto­ry moti­vates the pow­er of step­ping out of one’s com­fort zone and wel­com­ing the unknown. Orig­i­nal­ly mov­ing from Seat­tle, Wash­ing­ton, Naida’s jour­ney led her to Oulu, Fin­land, where she found a new sense of belong­ing.
1.11.2023

Meet Kevin Marples: our intern from the UK

Kevin Marples is orig­i­nal­ly from the UK and moved to Fin­land in 2022. Kevin has been work­ing as an intern at Inter­na­tion­al House, Oulu as part of his Inte­gra­tion Train­ing Course.
30.10.2023

Wel­come to an engag­ing Net­work­ing and Board Games Event at Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu!

Con­nect, get infor­ma­tion, min­gle, and engage in an enjoy­able evening of net­work­ing and board game excite­ment.
16.10.2023

Inter­na­tion­al Tal­ent Days

Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu, Business­Oulu along with Oulu Cham­ber of Com­merce as part of their inter­na­tion­al week activ­i­ties, are orga­niz­ing the Inter­na­tion­al Tal­ent Days. Vis­its are at the com­pa­nies premis­es dur­ing 14–16 of Novem­ber.

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