Student Facilities

Tutor Students
All degree and exchange students will get their own personal tutor student. The tutor students will be in contact with the exchange students before their arrival in Finland, pick them up at the bus station / railway station when they arrive in Lahti, show them around at Lahti University of Applied Sciences and Lahti city. Tutor students will also help and support exchange students during their whole stay in Lahti.
The tutors students are second year and older degree students at LUAS. Tutoring is mostly stressed in the beginning of the year when the autumn semester is full of activities. You can ask the tutors anything, the answer is not always known, but at least they know where to get help. Besides helping you, the tutors will also take care that you enjoy your student life by arranging different kinds of events during the academic year. Remember though, that the best thing of being in a foreign country is to find things out by your own and to notice that you really are able to survive in new surroundings, although it may not always be easy. This gives you the best memories and experiences.

Libraries

In order to borrow books or other material, you need to get yourself a personal library card from the library you wish to use. There are three different cards needed for different libraries. The libraries of Lahti University of Applied Sciences have their own card. This is recommended to take, as most of the course literature is available here. The Lahti Library for Higher Education has its own card and more material for studying is found here. The third card is needed for the Lahti City Library, which provides all kind of literature from novels to science.

You need to fill in a form and and show some proof of identification (eg. passport) to get the library card.

In addition to printed material the libraries also offer PCs with modern applications for information search, quiet study places for independent studying as well as rooms for group work.

The following libraries are available for the students of Lahti University of Applied Sciences:

Libraries of Lahti University of Applied Sciences
»www.phkk.fi/engl/library/
Campus Library, Paasikivenkatu 7, tel. 828 3457. Specialised in literature of business, design, music and technology.
Library of the Faculty of Social and Health Care, Hoitajankatu 3, tel. 828 2778. Specialised in literature of social and health care.
Library of Kannaksenkatu 22, tel. 828 2851. Specialised in literature of art and design.
Library of Fellmanni, Vapaudenkatu 22 tel. 828 3889. Specialised in literature of tourism and sports.
Additionally there is a small faculty library at the Institute of Fine Arts.
»Lahti Library for Higher Education
Vapaudenkatu 23, tel. 812 5420. Course literature, information on the European Union.
»Lahti City Library
Kirkkokatu 31 (with eight branch libraries), tel. 812 511. Provides general literature, newspapers and periodicals, and music to all residents of Lahti, including exchange students, free of charge.

Computing facilities

With your own password given by the school, computing facilities are available at the Faculties for free of charge for the foreign exchange students of Lahti University of Applied Sciences. This includes an Internet connection, and an email address issued upon arrival. There are plenty of computers in the computer labs, and students have free access to the labs until early evening. Students have to pay for the printing paper themselves.

Student meals

The students of Lahti University of Applied Sciences are entitled to a reduction of 1.27 euros of the regular meal prices at the specified student cafeterias. The reduction is restricted to the students studying for a full degree, certified further education students, and registered exchange students. The reduction is available by producing a student card or a certificate written for this purpose by the student affairs office.

The price to be paid by the student at the specified student cafeterias is between 2.00 and 4.50 euro.

In Lahti the following the student cafeterias are available:

Koo-kuppila Kampus 1, Ståhlberginkatu 2-6, Lahti
Koo-kuppila Kampus 2, Ståhlberginkatu 10, Lahti
Koo-kuppila Kannas, Kannaksenkatu 22, Lahti
Koo-kuppila Kanttiini, Hoitajankatu 3, Lahti
Koo-kuppila Kasikulma, Sammonkatu 8, Lahti
Fellmannia , Kirkkokatu 27, Lahti

Sport and leisure facilities

Close to the city centre there is a modern sports centre for winter sports. This is renowned world-wide among the skiing enthusiasts. Cross-country skiing and ice-hockey are the favourite interests of Finns in winter.

There are also many indoor sports to choose from in Lahti: bowling, dance, martial arts, squash, tennis, swimming, shooting and gym. Every student is likely to find his/her own favourite. If you are not fond of sports, there is always plenty of fresh air and peaceful unspoilt countryside to stroll and relax in.

Should you prefer cultural pursuits, you are most welcome to the concerts of the internationally awarded Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Theatre-goers have a lot to see on the stages of Lahti City Theatre and of theatres in the neighbouring cities.

For more detailed information about these and much more, please
»Check out Lahti Tourist Office

Student Union

LAMKO is the student union of Lahti University of Applied Sciences (LUAS).
The student union is a legally operating community and its job is to promote the interests of the students of LUAS. Part of promoting the interests of the students is to monitor the quality of education, acquiring member benefits and promoting social policy interests.
LAMKO's task among others is to choose student representatives to the LUAS's board of directors and to various different working groups. LAMKO can also function on a national level through its umbrella organization, the Union of Students in Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences (SAMOK ry).
Every student of Lahti University of Applied Sciences can join as a member to LAMKO. Members get many discounts and benefits in the Lahti area and also nationwide. For example you can get 50 % discount of tickets in trains or long-distance buses. You can also get discount in some shops, cafés, restaurants, hotels etc. To get more information about the student union go to www.lamko.fi or contact the Student Union of Lahti University of Applied Sciences, LAMKO.

»Join in Lamko online and apply Student card

»More about joining the student union and Lamko member benefits

Student Union of Lahti University of Applied Sciences (LAMKO)
Fellmannia, Kirkkokatu 27, 4th floor
PL 214
FI-15101 LAHTI
FINLAND
tel. + 358 50 502 0656
email lamko(at)lamko.fi
international(at)lamko.fi

»Student Union of Lahti University of Applied Sciences (LAMKO)