Finnish Society and Culture (SITRY001)

 The course will start 25 January 2012 at 18:00 at University of Tampere (UTA), Pinni B building, lecture room B1097. Most of the lectures will be held on Wednesdays at 18:15-19:45.

 "This course helped me a lot to understand Finns and the way things work in Finland!" Noriyuki, Japan

"I also learned many new words, and got to know several other subjects which are not available to me in my home university." Joanna, Poland

"I really liked the idea: A different topic and lecturer every week, and the big crowd of other international students." Miquel, Mexico 

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"Finnish Society and Culture (SITRY001)" - FIRST IN FINLAND

"Finnish Society and Culture (SITRY001)" is a joint course for the international students of all the universities in the Tampere Region. The course is specially designed for international students who wish to know more about the Finnish society and culture. In 2010, for example, 470 international students took part in this course.

The course "Finnish Society and Culture (SITRY001)" is the first joint course of its kind organised in Finland, and it has been supported by the Finnish Ministry of Education. The course has been organised twice a year already since 2005 by Studying in Tampere Region (SITR) university network. Now also many other cities in Finland have adopted the same idea. ;o)

If also your city or university organises this kind of a course, please inform us about it. We would be happy to share our experiences.

Best regards,

Ms. Maria Virtanen

The teacher in charge of the course "Finnish Society and Culture (SITRY001)" at UTA since 2005 until September 2011 and the manager of the Studying in Tampere Region (SITR) university network