From arrival to belonging: What international students can do

Being an international student at the University of Turku has been the experience of a lifetime for me. The student culture in Turku is vibrant, and there is always some fun event happening at or around the university. As an international student, though, I cannot help but notice the glaring absence of other international students from most of these events.

From Spain to Finland: what two years in Turku taught me about myself

When I was choosing a master’s programme, my biggest fear was this: what if I study something for two years and it turns out to be purely theoretical? What if I graduate and still don’t really know what I’m capable of? I moved from Spain to Turku two years ago with that question in my head. I didn’t expect Finland to answer it, but it did, and in ways I never anticipated.