Students and staff of Karelia UAS will return to campuses in autumn semes­ter 2020 with special atten­tion to restric­tions caused by coronavirus

Teach­ing at Karelia Univer­sity of Applied Sciences will start in autumn semes­ter 2020 accord­ing to the sched­ules announced previ­ously. New students begin their autumn semes­ter in the last week of August. Students contin­u­ing their studies begin their studies at the begin­ning of Septem­ber. The aim is to return to as normal activ­i­ties as possi­ble, but we are prepared for the contin­u­a­tion of restric­tions that may be caused by the coro­n­avirus pandemic still in the autumn semester.

The aim for both students and the staff is to return to campuses at the begin­ning of the acad­e­mic year as normally as possi­ble. However, we are prepared for the contin­u­a­tion of restric­tions that may be caused by the coro­n­avirus pandemic still in the autumn semes­ter. These restric­tions may include, for example, limit­ing the size of student groups in class­rooms, divid­ing bigger student groups into smaller groups, imple­ment­ing some parts of contact teach­ing as online studies, and having contact lectures between 8am and 6pm.

Due to the coro­n­avirus pandemic, inter­na­tional mobil­ity has been widely restricted. As a result, incom­ing students in English-medi­ated degree programmes (Inter­na­tional Busi­ness and Indus­trial Manage­ment) start their studies as distance learn­ing. Inter­na­tional student exchanges (includ­ing both incom­ing and outgo­ing students) have also been cancelled during the autumn semester.

Karelia UAS actively moni­tors the situ­a­tion with the coro­n­avirus and the related instruc­tions from the author­i­ties and acts accord­ingly. Any other possi­ble restric­tions caused by the coro­n­avirus pandemic will be defined accord­ing to national guide­lines during the summer.