First-year Experience (FYE) is to help newcomers’ arrival, adaptation and integration to LUT, new city of living and Finland. In practice it means arranging services to newcomers to ease their first steps in their new environment.

Student integration to university and student life has been shown to affect learning, motivation, persistence, and finally graduation.

Integration should be done from the beginning of studies in a new university, new study program or new level of study. First experiences are critical in shaping the student’s opinion of the new environment and future academic development.

By providing students' support services, we are trying to help to improve students’ integration and sense of belonging.

Pre-Arrival

• Admissions (admission@lut.fi), Scholarships (scholarships@lut.fi), Exchange Students' Coordinator (incoming@lut.fi), Student Customer Service (opinto@lut.fi)
• Checklist for new student on eLUT
• Digital Orientation on Moodle
• Fresher's Guide
• Online info sessions for admitted degree students, Instagram live sessions for all interested etc.
• Newcomers groups (see Starting Studies page for joining links)
• eLUT
• LUT study blog (https://www.lut.fi/en/study-blog/arrival-services-newcomers)
• LUT University's webpages www.lut.fi/en
• LUT Universitys social media channels Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube
• LUT Students Union's and Guilds' information channels

Arrival

• Lappeenranta: opinto@lut.fi and Lahti: arrival.lahti@lut.fi and for exchange students incoming@lut.fi
• LUT Key Service with keys for student accommodations for newcomers coming outside of Finland and living in LOAS apartments (only Lappeenranta)
• Peer tutors with welcoming packages. Peer tutors organize also online chat group for each tutoring group before arrival.
• Student Customer Service (one-stop-shop on-campus or online: opinto@lut.fi)
• Welcome Team (incl. student services, student advisors, study counsellors, student community coordinators, experienced peer tutors, IT services, campus chaplains, academic library, student health services, career services, academic advisor, Student Union of LUT, student accommodation, Guilds)
• Orientation days on-campus, online and recordings (free time social programme organized by Student Union of LUT, Guilds and ESN) and Help the Earth Breathe - Plant a Tree event (the following week from orientation).
• eLUT
• LUT study blog (https://www.lut.fi/en/study-blog/tutoring-lut)

Starting studies, Adaptation and Integration

• Students’ peer tutoring (the first semester after arrival, weekly thematic meetings for the first 9 weeks)
• Personal study plans
• Student Customer Service
• Introductory courses
• Academic Advisor
• Student Advisors and Study Counsellors
• Finnish courses (LUT & LAB Language Centre)
• Meet a Local Family/Friend programme
• LUT & LAB Career Services
• Student Union of LUT (LTKY), MOVEO, ESN, guilds of LUT, campus chaplains
• Study psychologists and student community coordinators
• Cross-Cultural Encounters course
• eLUT
• LUT study blog

Getting Ready for Leaving LUT

• Student services
• Graduation ceremony for degree students (every month)

Contact information

• admission@lut.fi
• scholarships@lut.fi
• Exchange students: incoming@lut.fi
• Student Customer Service: opinto@lut.fi
• Student peer tutoring: tuutorointisihteeri@lut.fi