21.12.2021

Student life at UEF: how is it living and studying in Joensuu?

Arrived at the beginning of August, completely a new chapter of life started in Finland. If you ask me in short, how is it studying and living in Finland, my answer is very balanced and nature-based. Studying outside of home country is not only about the difference of educational approaches, but also experiencing the very […]

14.12.2021

What’s a Three-Week Learning Block?

What’s the Difference? In South Africa the university semesters run in much the same manner as those in Finland, where you choose your set of semester modules; and complete them all simultaneously over the course of the semester period. At the University of Freiburg, this is not the case. Here we do modules that run […]