Tutoring
LUT University welcomes hundreds of international exchange students, international degree students and domestic degree students each year – and all of them need a peer tutor.
The tasks of the international peer tutor include introducing and familiarising new students to the everyday life in new surroundings and in new study environment.
All new LUT students are assigned a peer tutor, and the tutor will contact the newcomers before orientation.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact the student services. Contact persons of each city is listed below.
- Lappeenranta: LUT tutoring secretary Roosa Broman (tuutorointisihteeri@lut.fi) or LUT Welcome Team leader Tanja Karppinen (tanja.karppinen@lut.fi).
- Lahti: coordinator Meerimaria Ketokulta (meerimaria.ketokulta@lut.fi) or Student Advisor Liam Hallanoro (liam.hallanoro@lut.fi).
- Kouvola: Anna-Maija Wörlin (anna-maija.worlin@lut.fi).
- Mikkeli: Tiina Rissanen (tiina.rissanen@lut.fi).
Checklist for tutoring, Lappeenranta
Who needs a peer tutor?
Students arriving to LUT can be divided in to two groups: exchange students who stay for few months and degree students who complete a master's degree or bachelor's degree.
Exchange students come mainly from partner universities, and they stay for a semester or an academic year (4-9 months). During their stay the exchange students complete individual courses. New exchange students arrive in August and in January.
International degree students study in master's degree programmes or in bachelor's degree programmes and most of them will stay for at least two years. New degree students arrive each year mostly in August.
How to apply for to become a peer tutor?
We are looking for tutors for incoming international exchange and degree students and for Finnish students for each academic year. Apply to become tutor by filling in Webropol questionnaire in January/February. Application period will be opened in early January 2026.
Link to the application: TBA
Degree student tutors will be interviewed and selected by the faculties/degree programmes in February/March. Exchange student tutors will be interviewed and selected by LUT First-Year Experience team in February/March. The results will be sent to all the applicants by e-mail in March.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact the student services. Contact persons of each city is listed below.
- Lappeenranta: tutoring secretary Roosa Broman (tuutorointisihteeri@lut.fi) or LUT Welcome Team leader Tanja Karppinen (tanja.karppinen@lut.fi).
- Lahti: Meerimaria Ketokulta (meerimaria.ketokulta@lut.fi) or Liam Hallanoro (liam.hallanoro@lut.fi).
- Kouvola: Anna-Maija Wörlin (anna-maija.worlin@lut.fi(external site, link opens a new tab)).
- Mikkeli: Tiina Rissanen (tiina.rissanen@lut.fi).
Tutor training/International Student's Peer Tutoring course
Students chosen to be peer tutors need to take part in tutor training. International Student's Peer Tutoring course is held in spring, in the fourth period. The training is compulsory for all tutors, and students who do not take part in the training will not be able to tutor in the coming academic year, starting in late August. If the tutor has taken part to the training previous years the training is not needed.
In the training the tutor will get tools for leading an international group of students, learn the tasks of the international tutor and get familiar with the services for international students. In addition to this the training includes lectures on themes like cross-cultural communication, motivation, and time-management.
In the end of the autumn semester, in November/September, tutors will return a tutoring report and feedback questionnaire and receive tutoring payment in the end of the year. When the course requirements are all fulfilled, tutor will also receive 3 ECTS for elective studies in subsequent January.