First, welcome to LAB University of Applied Sciences! You have made the decision to join us, and we are sure you have many questions before you even start your studies at LAB. Hopefully most of your questions are answered here.

Guidelines for starting your studies can be found from Starting studies -page. This guide consists of other useful information to ensure a smooth start for your study path with us.

Greetings from Rector

We at the LAB University of Applied Sciences serve global business through world-class, practice-oriented higher education and research, development, and innovation (RDI).

We are a university of applied sciences focusing on innovation, industry and commerce. Everything we do at LAB generates added value for businesses. We love to solve problems. The trickier the problem, the more we push ourselves. We’re known for getting things done – and we are proud of it.

If you have a vision, we will do whatever we can to help you achieve it. If you are ready to go to extremes, so are we. Let ’s conquer the world together!

Turo Kilpeläinen
President, LAB University of Applied Sciences

Check out also greetings from the chair of the board of Student Union KOE.

First days

Your studies at LAB will start with orientation.

Your tutor will support you with starting your studies. Your tutor is a senior student. The aim of tutoring is to help new students starting their studies at LAB, i.e. freshmen, get off to a good start and integrate into the UAS community.

LAB campuses

You can find information about restaurants, cafes, electronic key card, safety and reservation of facilities etc. by clicking the city names below.

Information about study accessibility.

Lahti Campus

Lappeenranta Campus

Studies at LAB

Information about practicalities of studying, such as planning your studies, exams, practical training, exchange studies and individual arrangements can be found from Completing studies page. 

Guidance and support

LAB University of Applied Sciences offers a wide range of support and guidance services for you. Study ability plays an important role in student life. To help you maintain it, we offer support to taking good care of it. 

Lectures

• Be on time. This is necessary to ensure fluency of lectures and to let your classmates to study in peace.
• Return assignments latest by deadlines.
• Plagiarism, cheating or copying the work from others is strictly forbidden. Misconduct will be punished. 

Lectures at campus

Please, let fellow students and the teaching staff listen and work in peace. Chatting with friends can be done outside of the lecture hall and magazines can be read in a library or a coffee house. Keep your phone in silent during the lectures.

Online lectures

Online lectures are held via Zoom, Microsoft Teams or Echo360, which either streams or provides a recording of the lecture. Lectures might or might not be recorded. This may vary between courses.

Hobbies

Sports and taking care of your own wellbeing is part of every student’s life along studies. In both Lahti and Lappeenranta, we have MOVEO sport and wellbeing services. MOVEO provides sports facilities, services, and experiences for LUT and LAB students.

You can read more about other hobby possibilities.

Useful sources of information for a student

The Student Union KOE

KOE is the student union of LAB University of Applied Sciences. They want to make your student life the best time of your life. Their job is to make sure that your studies go as smoothly as possible.

KOE promote the interests of all the students of LAB and the quality of education. One of their most important missions is to make the student’ voice heard in the decisions that concern students. Their tutors will help you to get a smooth start to your studies. Thye also organize events and free time activities to counterbalance the busy student life.

The student union has also gathered information for the newcomers on their website. Check the information and greetings video. 

LAB UAS Student associations

Student associations are associations within the student body of a higher education institution whose purpose is to bring together students from the same subject, promote their interests and organize activities.

Fresher's survival app kit

• Slice.fi – A student card in an electronic form  
• Discord – A meeting place for new students 
• Kide.app – Tickets for events  
• Resq – Cheap food  
• Wolt – Food directly to your house, yay!  
• Foodora – More food directly to your house!  
• eParking – Reservation for paid parking spots on campus  
• Easypark – Most of the town centers parking spots are paid parking spots 
• Break Pro – A break exercise program designed for students  

Schools social medias

LAB University of Applied Sciences 
IG: @labfinland, TikTok: @lab.fi 

Student Union KOE 
IG: @ koe_opku, Facebook: Opiskelijakunta KOE, TikTok: @ koeopku 

Exchange studies IG: @labstudyabroad  

Student events that are open for all students:

• Lahti – IG: @lahoevents
• Lappeenranta  – IG: @skinnarilastudentevents, Facebook: Student events in Skinnarila and  
• ESN Lappeenranta IG: @esnlappeenranta  

Make sure you follow your own student associations social media so you can get 
for example, information about events or news regarding your own field of study.  

MOVEO social medias 

• Lahti – IG: @moveolahti FB: MOVEO Lahti  
• Lappeenranta – IG: @moveolpr FB: MOVEO Lappeenranta   

The Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS) IG: @yths_fshs  

Student cafeterias at Lahti Campus

• Lamkooma IG: @lamkooma
• KOEtus IG: @ koetus_cafe 

Student culture

Student culture includes things like overalls, sitz parties, appros and lots of other things! The best way to learn about it is to go to events and experience it first-hand. Read more about finnish student culture.

Meet a local friend (LAB & LUT)

The programme brings together international students with Finnish students or local families. The aim is to help foreign students to learn more about the Finnish culture and everyday life. In return, international students give the host families a greater understanding and appreciation of other cultures.

Meet a local friend program runs in Lahti and in Lappeenranta. 

Study cities

You can find information of Lahti and Lappeenranta from the student cities pages.

Public transportation 

Lahti

• LSL Lahden Seudun Liikenne – Bus application that is used in Lahti (tickets, schedules and maps) 
• Mankeli – City bikes  
• TIER and Voi Scooters – City Scooters  

Lappeenranta

• Jouko Paikallisliikenne Lappeenranta – Bus application that is used in Lappeenranta (schedules and maps)  
• Donkey Republic – City bikes  
• JOE, Bird and TIER – City Scooters