Music Education orientation period 2025

Orientation period programme for new exchange students in Music Education.

Monday 18.8.2025

9:30–16 First orientation day for all new Uniarts students, R-building concert hall

  • Presentation about the university’s values
  • Orientation period as a whole and its learning outcomes
  • Presentations about Uniarts Helsinki and its academies
  • Uniarts Helsinki’s Code of Conduct
  • The Student Union introduces itself
  • Student tutors introduce themselves and talk about what tutoring is
  • Programme organised by the tutors/Student Union

After 16:00, students can join an optional picnic organised by the Student Union.

Tuesday 19.8.2025

Wednesday 20.8.2025

10–12 Exchange students’ orientation session, Camerata (Music Centre)
Target group: exchange students

11–13 Study services’ drop-in hours, SibA info desk (Music Centre)
Assistance in questions regarding attendance, paper certificates, HSL forms etc. 

13–17 Orientation afternoon 1 for all new Sibelius-Academy students, Black Box (Music Centre)
Getting to know the Sibelius Academy and the new students, community building, first rehearsal of the freshers’ choir, information about facilities, music

Thursday 21.8.2025

11:30–13:30 Freshers’ choir: second rehearsal and performance, R-building chamber music hall & concert hall
Rehearsal in the chamber music hall and a performance in the concert hall at the academy’s staff day

16–18 Info session for new international students of the Sibelius Academy, Black Box (Music Centre)

  • Practical information
  • Cultural orientation

Target group: new international students and exchange students

Friday 22.8.2025

11–13 Study services’ drop-in hours, SibA info desk (Music Centre)
Assistance in questions regarding attendance, paper certificates, HSL forms etc.   

13–15:30 Orientation afternoon 2 for all new Sibelius Academy students, Black Box (Music Centre)
Wellbeing lecture, getting to know the new students, community building, music

Time

18.8.2025 – 29.8.2025