International Staff Services

International Staff Services at the University of Helsinki is welcoming international researchers, teachers and other staff to the University of Helsinki.
First and most important step for new international employees coming to the University of Helsinki is to fill in the Background Information Form. By completing the form you enable yourself to stay informed about all important steps you need to take in order to orientate yourself to succesful working life in Helsinki.
Take a look at few examples of succesful international careers at the University of Helsinki:
Working at the university of Helsinki

Researcher improving air safety
Researcher Valentin Polishchuk is paving the airways. More precisely, he develops software that could substantially improve air safety.

Research on bacterium, which causes food poisoning
Camelia Apetroaie Constantin, a microbiologist from Romania, made her way to Finland through Slovakia and a happy coincidence in 1999.

A group leader in the Research Program in Structural Biology and Biophysics
Docent Sarah Butcher visited Finland for the first time in 1987. She found her favourite spot in Helsinki on her first trip: the food department at Stockmann’s department store.
Helsinki @ ease

Researchers sharing their favorite places in the metropolitan area
Helsinki and the Cold War – fact and fiction
Situated between the East and the West, Helsinki was a good training ground for spies of the Cold War era. Read more » »
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