Union of different learners:

From the union of different learners you can get e.g. peer support and telephone and online counseling for learning difficulties. The Helsinki Region’s Different Learners’ Association (HERO) operates in the Helsinki and Uusimaa area, and it also organizes, for example, mentoring and hobby activities. Check out the union of different learners and the services it offers here.

In the quality portal you can find a description of how Haaga-Helia works. The portal hides behind it for example the results of student surveys and various official documents.

Feedback systems

An efficient way to influence a student’s day to day life is to give study feedback and answer different kinds of surveys. The results are reported to various parties and measures are always taken based on them. You can read more about the surveys and their results in the quality portal.

Tuition fees and Scholarships

Students outside of the EU/ETA-area pay a tuition fee for their studies in Haaga-Helia. The tuition fees vary between 8500-9500 euros and it is possible to acquire a scholarship to cover them. Read more about the tuition fees and scholarships from the Haaga-Helia website.

IDS Helga

IDS Helga or International Degree Students of Helga works as the link between the international students in the Helga community. IDS Helga organizes for example events in English. You can follow IDS Helga on their FB-page here.

ESN Helga

ESN Helga takes care of the wellbeing of exchange students coming to study in Haaga-Helia by organizing for example events, parties and trip with the exchange tutors. ESN Helga is part of the Erasmus Student Network that works all over Europe.

Recognition of learning is a way to proceed with your studies by using recognition of prior learning from for example working life, volunteering or prior university studies. Your competences you can show by displaying them, with an implementation which is decided by the teacher responsible for the acceptable course. The organization of said implementations vary between degree programmes and units, you can check the implementation of your programme here.

Work&Study

Work & Study makes it possible for you to studify the work you do during your studies if they corresponding to the competence objectives of your studies. So you combine the work you do with a knowledge base related to the topic! The work you do can be for example, paid work, entrepreneurship or volunteering. Read more about Work&Study on Mynet!

Social activity -study module

Read more from here.

If more students enroll to the courses than there is room for, the selections will be done according to the degree regulations.

According to the degree regulations, for mandatory and alternative courses are selected those have the courses on their approved HOPS. For the free electives, the priority are those who have the course on their HOPS. If there are more students enrolled in the course than there is room on the course, the places are filled according to the number of credits completed. In the post-enrollment the students are accepted in the order of enrollment. So remember to get your HOPS accepted with your guidance counselor! More information about the enrollment to courses you can read on MyNet!

Every student completes a 15 credit thesis during their studies. The thesis process is divided into three parts, and all of the parts are worth 5 credits. You enroll to the proces only on Konto. When the process starts, a thesis supervisor is named for you. More specified instructions and the description of the thesis process you can read on MyNet.

Appealing a thesis grade

If you are unhappy with the assessment you were given, you can ask your thesis instructor to review the assessment within 14 days of when you were given the assessment. If you are unhappy with the review of your instructor, you can ask for a third review either from your instructor, your coordinator or the degree programme director. In this situation the coordinator will name a third reviewer who will review the work independently. If you are still unhappy with the review, you can make a written appeal to the Board of Examiners within 14 days. The appeal requests to the Board of Examiners will be delivered to the degree programme director.

StartUp School is for all students who are interested in entrepreneurship or are already working as entrepreneurs and it operates on all Haaga-Helia campuses. To get involved, you don’t need any prior experience about entrepreneurship, you can easily get more information by attending a StartUp School info session. You can also get more information about the timetables and activities on the StartUp School site.

XES Helsinki

XES Helsinki is a lively community of entrepreneurially minded people. They organise weekly events on a vast variety of topics in distance mode or in Pasila campus. XES was founded in 2018 but it has already established a stable place within the school. With some events they also work together with Haaga-Helia StartUp School and you can even include their events and/or workshops to certain courses of the StartUp School. To learn more go to: xeshelsinki.com.

If, on the other hand, you want to switch to a degree program where your degree title changes, you are talking about a transfer application. There must be at least one semester behind the studies, and there must be vacancies in the degree program. Selection criteria and transfer targets can be found in the Study Path. You can read more about transfer application here.

Haaga-Helia’s various documents regarding data protection you can find here.

Copyright

According to the Copyright Act, copyright always arises for the author of a work, i.e. in principle also for the student from the work he or she does. You can get more information about copyright at the university, for example from the Kopiosto Kopiraittila.

The mission of FSHS is to provide student health services in accordance with the Health Care Act to university students completing a basic degree. You can get more information about FSHS and about booking an appointment here.
Student healthcare services include, for example, the following entities:

• promoting and monitoring the health and safety of the educational institution’s study environment and the well-being of the study community
• monitoring and promoting students’ health and well-being as well as their ability to study
• health checks according to individual needs
• organizing health and medical services
• mental health and substance abuse work
• promotion of sexual health
• oral health care
• early identification of the student’s need for special support or research, as well as supporting the student and, if necessary, directing the student to further research or treatment

Students also have the right to use the health services at their place of residence. Read more on the healthcare website of your area:

• Helsinki
• Porvoo
• Vierumäki

University chaplains

The university chaplain is at your disposal if you want to discuss any matter related to life in confidence. You can talk to the chaplain about joy, sadness, sadness and comfortable, ordinary everyday life or anything that comes to your mind. The discussion is confidential and the university chaplain is bound by a duty of confidentiality. The principle is to respect everyone’s own spiritual or worldview convictions and opinions. You can find the contact information of the university chaplains here.

Study psychologists

The goal of Haaga-Helia’s preventive services is to support the flow of studies, the student’s well-being and psychological coping. At the study psychologist’s reception, the student’s situation is examined and structured, and new perspectives are sought. The service is preventive and is intended for degree students from all Haaga-Helia campuses who have challenges directly related to their ability to study. For example, problems with motivation, study skills, stress or time management. You can also get in touch if you have challenges that indirectly affect your ability to study, such as a stressful life situation or mild coping challenges that appear for the first time in your life. You can find contact information for study psychologists here.

Study coaches

Study coaching is intended for Haaga-Helia students whose absorption in studies has begun to weaken. The study coach offers guidance and support for promoting studies and coping with studies. Coaching can deal with, for example, the scheduling of studies and everyday life, mapping one’s own strengths and developing one’s own study techniques, or going through the emotions evoked by studies. Study coaching is confidential, short-term, and meetings are always tailored individually with the student. You can find contact information for study coaches here.

Haaga-Helia’s preventive services

At Haaga-Helia, you can get help with mental health through a college chaplain and a study psychologist. You can find more information about these in the Haaga-Helia welfare services section of this page.

FSHS services

FSHS offers students extensive mental health services. The service offering includes, for example, a doctor’s assessment of the situation and a treatment plan, short therapies, various group activities, as well as finding out the need for further treatment and, if necessary, directing you there. You can find more information about the services and instructions for booking an appointment on the FSHS website.

Services in Helsinki and wellbeing services counties

Students also have the right to use local and regional mental health services. If you already have a treatment contact elsewhere when you start your studies, you can continue treatment there during your studies as well. Contact information for mental health services in Helsinki and other areas:

• Helsinki
• Porvoo
• Vierumäki

Other actors

Multiple organizations also offer help, support and instructions for coping. Listed here are a couple tips for some of those organizations:

Nyyti ry

Nyyti ry is an organization that has focused on students’ mental health and the promotion of their ability to study. Nyyti has, for example, podcasts and chat discussions on topics related to students and coping, as well as an extensive material bank, where you can find materials related to life management, for example.

Sekasin-chat

Sekasin-chat is a chat service for 12-29 year olds where you can chat with trained professionals and volunteers in confidence about issues that concern you. You can access the Sekasin-chat here.

MIELI Suomen Mielenterveys ry (Mental health Finland)

The mission of MIELI ry is to promote everyone’s mental health and prevent issues.MIELI ry for example maintains a crisis phone (open 24/7, phone number: 09 2525 0111) and various different peer support groups. More about the actions of MIELI ry here.

Haaga-Helia’s substance abuse programme

The goal of Haaga-Helia’s substance abuse program is, for example, to promote learning abilities and prevent substance abuse problems. The program also provides ways for students to address the substance abuse problem as well as improve treatment guidance. You can find the substance abuse program here. Haaga-Helia does not officially have its own substance abuse staff, but you can contact a study psychologist or psychiatric nurse in connection with the substance abuse program. FSHS is primarily responsible for students’ substance abuse treatment.

Student’s substance abuse treatment

Student health care, i.e. YTHS, is primarily responsible for students’ substance abuse treatment. You can also get help from, for example, various peer support groups. If the use of substances makes you think or worry, read more here.
You can also apply to the substance abuse services in the area:

• Helsinki
• Porvoo
• Vierumäki

SORA-legislation

SORA-legislation (‘Inapplicability solutions’) applies in Haaga-Helia to students in physical education training, if necessary. The purpose of the legislation is to improve, for example, customer and patient safety. The legislation applies to e.g. student enrollment, revocation and return of the right to study, and substance abuse testing. You can read about the use of SORA legislation in Haaga-Helia in the substance abuse program.

Ehyt ry ja KUPLA-project

Preventive substance abuse work, EHYT ry, does substance abuse work related to alcohol, cigarettes, drugs and gambling. Ehyt ry offers support for different addictions (Available in Finnish and Swedish)

Student health care, ie FSHS, is primarily responsible for student contraception and sexual counseling. You can read more about FSHS’s services here. Students also have the right to use the health care services in the area. You can find their contact information in the section Helsinki and wellbeing services counties above

In a crisis situation, you can contact the health center or local emergency room in your area, or call 112. Below is a list of organizations that can help in crisis situations:

• MIELI ry’s Crisis Hotline 09 2525 0116. Opening hours:
  • Mondays and Tuesdays 11 am-3 pm,
  • Wednesdays 1 pm-4 pm and 5 pm-9 pm
  • Thursdays 10 am-3 pm
  • Fridays 9 am – 1 pm

• City of Helsinki’s emergency hotline 09 310 44222 (On call 24 hours a day, every day. Crisis emergency workers will come to the scene of an accident if necessary.)