Useful expe­ri­ence in working in multi­cul­tural teams

Valerii Petrov, 21
Russia
Inter­na­tional Business

I’ve met new people from all over the world and created many connec­tions. I’ve partic­i­pated in inter­est­ing projects and gained excel­lent expe­ri­ence, both profes­sional and social. I acquired many useful skills, learned market­ing and manage­ment by creat­ing busi­ness plans and doing finan­cial calcu­la­tions. I also gained useful expe­ri­ence in working in multi­cul­tural teams.

I am from Russia, Saint-Peters­burg, and when the ques­tion of getting higher educa­tion arose in high school, I real­ized that I wanted to study my degree in Europe. Then I faced a rather diffi­cult choice of country and univer­sity. I decided to choose Finland, because here I have rela­tives who can help if needed. Also, Finland is conve­niently located and can be easily reached by car from Saint-Peters­burg. But choos­ing a univer­sity was more diffi­cult because there are a lot of excel­lent univer­si­ties in Finland. In the end, I chose Karelia, and here I am. I applied to the Degree Programme in Inter­na­tional Busi­ness because I consid­ered it a rather promis­ing. I was not mistaken. 

During the 4 years of study, a lot has happened. The study went quite well. I’ve met new people from all over the world and created many connec­tions. I’ve partic­i­pated in inter­est­ing projects and gained excel­lent expe­ri­ence, both profes­sional and social. I acquired many useful skills, learned market­ing and manage­ment by creat­ing busi­ness plans and doing finan­cial calcu­la­tions. I also gained useful expe­ri­ence working in multi­cul­tural teams. 

Life in Joensuu may seem quite measured and calm, but this is a decep­tive feeling. It is impor­tant to find good friends who can moti­vate you to do what you like. At first, I went to differ­ent events, but now I have become the person who orga­nizes parties myself and brings people together. So they get to know each other, commu­ni­cate and have fun. In this city, every day some­thing happens, you just need to take the initia­tive and not to be afraid to leave your comfort zone. 

I would recom­mend apply­ing to Karelia to every­one who wants to gain new expe­ri­ence and is open to commu­ni­ca­tion with inter­est­ing people. And every­one who wants to travel and get to know new cultures are also welcome to study at Karelia UAS because the univer­sity has an exchange program thanks to which you can go study at any of our partner univer­si­ties that are all spread over the world.