Courses for Exchange Students at the Meilahti Campus

Please see here a list of all courses and book examinations available for exchange students in the Degree Programme in Medicine (Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki) in the academic year 2024 - 2025. Please note that you can also take other courses from the university during your exchange studies, such as language courses. 

In addition to these courses, medicine students from outside of the University of Helsinki can also complete clinical and/or research internships/electives/rotations in the University of Helsinki and/or Helsinki University Hospital (see the page How to apply for internship/thesis work/research for more). Please note that if you have been accepted as an exchange student, you need to complete your courses before starting an internship. 

Please note that the Degree programme in Medicine requires three (3) years of prior studies in medicine, two years of pre-clinical and one year of clinical studies, before the exchange. Otherwise you will not be allowed to take part to the courses offered by the degree programme. Most courses offered for exchange students are from years 4 and above. Medicine is also highly restricted and access to courses is only for those accepted to the degree programme as exchange students.

Please note that if there are not enough students enrolled to the courses, they may not be realised. The minimum amount of students per course is 4. Please note that you will need to participate to all the courses offered during the semester.

On optional book exams: some courses can be taken either as 5 ECTS or 10 ECTS, depending on how much course literature the student wants to include. The students makes the decision on the scope of the course. 

At the Faculty of Medicine, teaching is mainly arranged on campus. In general, it is not possible to participate remotely in teaching events arranged on campus.

Please see the University hospital requirements regarding vaccinations here: https://www.hus.fi/en/research-and-education/teaching/student-hus#guidelines-for-communicable-di

PRELIMINARY COURSE OFFER FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2025-2026
 

Please find below your degree programme's preliminary teaching programme (pdf) for the coming academic year. Please note that changes may occur. The final teaching programme will be published in Sisu and on the course pages. This table will no longer be updated after the publication of the final teaching programme. 

Please note that courses are only available to the degree program's own exchange students. The prerequisite for Psychology is two full years of university-level studies in Psychology. Psychology is also highly restricted and access to them cannot be guaranteed to exchange students.

When choosing courses, please pay attention to the teaching language and prerequisites for the given course. 

The language of instruction for all courses listed below is English, and they are all suitable for exchange students. Some courses may have prerequisites, which will be given when you sign up for the course.

This is the complete list of study units provided in English in psychology. If you wish to see the whole syllabus, please switch the language of the page o Finnish. If you are an incoming exchange student in psychology, please also look at the offerings of other degree programmes.

At the faculty of medicine, teaching is mainly arranged either remotely or on campus. In general, it is not possible to participate remotely in teaching events arranged on campus.

Bachelor's and Master's Programme in Psychology, preliminary teaching programme 2023-2024 (pdf)

Bachelor's and Master's Programme in Psychology, preliminary teaching programme 2024-2025 (pdf)

Master's Programme in Translational Medicine offers courses for its own exchange students, and for those studying medicine or psychology. Please find the course selection here.