Germany | Great Britain | Hungary | Finland

1. STUDYING IN FINLAND
2. EUROMOBIL-PROGRAMM

• Further information on the Finnish EUROMOBIL programme (Links for the CD DE)
  • Good to know (Links for the CD FI)
  • Quiz (Links for the CD FI)

3. CULTURE
4. OTHER E-PROGRAMMES SUPPORTING LANGUAGE LEARNING
5. EU-AGENCIES
6. EU PROJECTS

1. STUDYING IN FINLAND

• Ministry of Education
  • Universities
• CIMO (Centre for International Mobility)
  • Discover Finland
• National Board of Education
• National Union of Finnish Students

2. EUROMOBIL-PROGRAMM

• Further information on the Finnish EUROMOBIL programme (Links for the CD DE)
  • Good to know (Links for the CD FI)
  • Quiz (Links for the CD FI)

a) Study

• University of Jyväskylä
• Guide for international students

b) Libraries

• Public libraries
• Research libraries
• Finnish Virtual Library
• Jyväskylä University library
• Jyväskylä town library

c) Services

Accomodation

• Student Housing Assosiation
• KOAS (Central Finland Student Housing Foundation)
• International online platform for swapping homes

Search Engines

• Evreka.fi
• Fennica.net
• Keltaiset Sivut (Yellow Pages)

Travel

• Travelling in Finnland
• Region of Central Finland
• Matkahuolto (Bus)
• VR (Railway)
• Finnair
• Silja Line
• Viking Line

d) Leisure and Entertainment

• Lippupalvelu (Ticket service)
• Finnkino
• the Finnish Film Archive
• Cultural links

  Media

  • Helsingin Sanomat (international edition)
  • YLE (Finnish Broadcasting Company)
  • The Washington Post, Finnish section

  Museums, art

  • Museums in Finland
    • Ateneum (Finnish National Gallery)
    • The National Museum of Finland
  • Museum of Central Finland
  • Alvar Aalto Museum

  Music, dance

  • Symphony Orchestras
  • Opera
  • Savonlinna Opera Festivals
  • Kuopio Dance Festival
    
• Festivals in Finland
• Jyväskylä
  • Calendar of Events in Jyväskylä

3. CULTURE

Maps:

• Finland

Government:

• President of Finland
• Government
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Life and Culture:

• Finland links
  
• Virtual Finland
• Finland at a glance
• Factsheet Finland
• Finnish Meteorological Institute
• Weather Service
• Finnish customs and manners
• What makes a Finn happy?
• Way of life
• Finnish culture
• Information for Immigrants in Finland


• Are you a Finn?
• How to become a Finn
• Finnish sauna
• Sauna dictionary
• "Everyman's rights"

4. OTHER E-PROGRAMMES SUPPORTING LANGUAGE LEARNING

• DIALANG (diagnostic languagetest for 14 languages)

  Finnish:

  • Finnish for travellers
  • A chance to speak Finnish
  • Finnish names
  • Conjugation of Finnish verbs
  • Finnish for foreigners (Language course)
  • Ilmainensanakirja.fi
  • E-tasks for immigrants
  • Freedict.com

5. EU-AGENCIES

• SOCRATES-Koordinierung in Brüssel

National Agencies

• National Agencies: list by country
• SOCRATES/Lingua 2 Agencies in partner countries:
  • Germany, BIBB (Nationale Agentur beim Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung)
  • Finland
  • Great Britain (except Erasmus)
    • Erasmus
  • Hungary

6. EU PROJECTS

• EU's language actions
• Socrates programmes
  • Lingua
    • Lingua Catalogue
  • Erasmus
    • Erasmus Student Network
  • Comenius
• Tempus Public Foundation, Co-ordination of Education & Training Programmes