Which university should I select Oulu or Turku ?

yuva New member

4POSTS

15 years ago

Hi Frnds,

I'm a student from India. I got selected for Ms programme in University of Oulu and Turku. Kindly suggest me to select between the two universities. And also tell me which city is better. I dont know Finnish at all is it possible to get a part time job.

Regards,

Yuva

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Monstarcookie Active member

37POSTS

15 years ago

I would suggest Turku. It is much closer to Helsinki and it has great connections to Sweden (through cruises). Turku is also a lot older than Oulu (it is in fact the oldest city in Finland) so it has a lot of culture. Turku is concidered a student city because of the many students living there.

Finding work with no finnish knowledge at all might be hard. As Turku IS a student town however, there could be job oppotunities I don't know about. Learning basinc finnish should be your top priority.

All in all...I'd recommend Turku for your studies. I hope you have a great time and congratulations on being accepted to 2 schools.

jimmyguang Member

15POSTS

15 years ago

Turku does have a better geographic location, so the weather is better than Oulu. What major are you in?

yuva New member

4POSTS

15 years ago

@ Monstarcookie: Thank you very much for the post. Yes right now learning basic Finnish is my priority.

@Jimmyguang: In university of Turku its Information Technology Management and in University of Oulu its Software, Systems
and Services Development in the Global Environment.

pradeepsekar Member

2POSTS

14 years ago

Hi,

聽 I got admit in University of Turku this year and I ll be arriving in Finland this august. So did you make your decision on which university you ll be going to?

yuva New member

4POSTS

14 years ago

Hi Pradeep,

Yes I have made my decision. I will be going to Turku University as well. Its nice to hear from someone going to the same college

. What course have you selected ? I have taken Ms Global IT Management.

pradeepsekar Member

2POSTS

14 years ago

Hi Yuva,
聽聽 I am admitted for Information Security.... so did you apply for accommodation and start your visa process? anyway sekar.pradeep@ymail.com is my email... contact me using facebook.....

shahan_nazim New member

5POSTS

12 years ago

After a lot of research, I guess University of Oulu is a much better option. It is ranked second in Finland, next to University of Helsinki. The living costs are pretty manageable. The only drawback I can see is that you may have a hardtime finding a job, but that is not even a problem if you are familiar to basic Finnish language.

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22735POSTS

12 years ago

Hello shahan_nazim and welcome to 大咖福利影院!

To note that this thread is dated 2011.

Thank you,
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shahan_nazim New member

5POSTS

12 years ago

#10

Thankyou 础耻谤茅濒颈别
I only replied to this topic because people may use it as a reference while making decisions between universities

muhammad ramzan Member

2POSTS

12 years ago

#11

dear shahan_nazim i also got admission in uni of turku...is that true that for visa puprose we hve to apply from abudhbi, uae,, coz in islamabad their embassy not working anymore.