Cur­rent topics from Oulu

Brea­king news! Anot­her won­der­ful example of Oulu’s visi­bi­li­ty in inter­na­tio­nal media due to our win­ter cycling cul­tu­re and cycling infra­struc­tu­re.

The Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu is rec­rui­ting 98 doc­to­ral researc­hers as part of the new doc­to­ral educa­tion pilot fun­ded by the Fin­nish Mini­stry of Educa­tion and Cul­tu­re.

Ger­man air­li­ne Luft­han­sa is set to con­ti­nue its direct flights between Munich and Oulu for the upco­ming sum­mer sea­son. Addi­tio­nal­ly, win­ter flights will extend into the next win­ter, establis­hing this his­to­ric rou­te as a year-round con­nec­tion.

A Ger­man educa­tio­nal tra­vel group visi­ted Oulu. The col­la­bo­ra­tion with the city of Oulu pro­vi­ded the group of teac­hers with the oppor­tu­ni­ty to fami­lia­rize them­sel­ves with the Fin­nish school sys­tem.

Wor­king in the Fin­nish city of Oulu lets you build a life that looks like you. Befo­re, during and after work.

Stu­dents are very inte­res­ted in Oulu’s gene­ral deve­lop­ment and want Oulu to con­ti­nue deve­lo­ping. The city of Oulu col­lec­ted stu­dents’ views on deve­lo­ping a bet­ter city.

Are you har­bou­ring a tech busi­ness idea but not qui­te rea­dy to take the leap into ent­repre­neurs­hip? Star­tup Pro­gram Mana­ger Vie­ra Karam pre­sents five steps to beco­ming a star­tup ent­repre­neur.

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

Oulu Uni­ver­si­ty’s adjunct pro­fes­sor and senior researc­her Gui­do Giun­ti, the lea­der of the Digi­tal The­ra­peu­tics (DTx) research group, has been awar­ded with the Glo­bal Patient Inno­va­tor Award,

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

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.

Medical stu­dent Jer­ry Ngu­yen has been awar­ded Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu’s Stu­dent of the Year 2023. Ngu­yen sup­ports the stu­dent com­mu­ni­ty with stu­dy tips and cheers up the stu­dent com­mu­ni­ty by being spon­ta­neous and ini­tia­ti­ve.

The Mega­Match­ma­king, a pre­mier rec­ruit­ment fair whe­re rec­rui­ters and job­see­kers have an oppor­tu­ni­ty to inte­ract, was held on the 14th of Sep­tem­ber at Tul­li­sal­li in Oulu. One of the major high­lights of the event was the panel discus­sion.

Nada Abass is ori­gi­nal­ly from Egypt and cur­rent­ly living in Fin­land. Nada’s jour­ney took a fasci­na­ting turn when she had the oppor­tu­ni­ty to beco­me a Com­mu­nica­tion Trai­nee at Inter­na­tio­nal House Oulu.

Pava­ni, Sara, Edu­ra­do and Jun are Inter­na­tio­nal House Oulu ambas­sa­dors 2023.

In a world full of oppor­tu­ni­ties, Luku­ma­nu Iddrisu’s remar­kable jour­ney took him from the vibrant streets of Gha­na to the unique city of Vaa­sa, Fin­land.

Inter­na­tio­nal House Oulu is a place at Busi­ness­A­se­ma that col­lects dif­fe­rent gui­dance ser­vices for inter­na­tio­nal newco­mers, immi­grants and com­pa­nies that rec­ruit inter­na­tio­nal people under the same roof. Welco­me to visit!

Jun Naka­mu­ra is ori­gi­nal­ly from Japan. Cur­rent­ly, he stu­dies MSc. in Inter­na­tio­nal Busi­ness Mana­ge­ment at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu.

Inter­na­tio­nal House Oulu brings toget­her gui­dance and coun­sel­ling ser­vices for inter­na­tio­nal cus­to­mers on a single-win­dow basis under one roof, says Coor­di­na­tor Riku­pek­ka Lei­no­nen.

She­fat Islam is ori­gi­nal­ly from Bah­rain. Cur­rent­ly, she is a com­mu­nica­tions intern and stu­dies MSc. in Mar­ke­ting at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu.

Are you loo­king for work? Plen­ty of jobs can be found in Oulu and near­by region for metal industry pro­fes­sio­nals. Be the next to get a job in the metal industry!

Oulu is the first loca­tion in Euro­pe whe­re Silicon Val­ley star­tup Alif Semicon­duc­tor has establis­hed a pre­sence. Why did the firm deci­de to come to Oulu after set­ting up two offices in Cali­for­nia, one in Sin­ga­po­re and one in Ban­ga­lo­re, India?