Courses for Exchange Students at the Viikki Campus

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Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Pharmacy
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry

You can find the preliminary teaching programmes of all degree programmes at the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry below. Courses offered by the Atmospheric Sciences programme can be found by choosing the relevant study programme below. Notice that only courses offered in periods 1 & 2 are available during autumn semester and courses offered in periods 3 & 4 during spring semester. 

At the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry there are only very few BSc level courses available in English. Exchanges at this faculty are mainly suitable for advanced (primarily 3rd and 4th year) BSc, MSc and PhD level students. Advanced Bachelor's level students are allowed to take Master's level courses provided if they have the required prerequisites for the selected courses. 

Some courses (especially practical courses and laboratory courses) have a limited number of places and in these cases the degree students of the faculty have the priority. You may also look for suitable courses for your Learning Agreement from other Faculties (except the ones with restrictions). Especially the Faculty of Biological and Environmetal Sciences  may have courses suitable for you. However, please note that you should choose the majority (min 50 %) of your courses from the faculty that has the exchange agreement with your home institution.

Course descriptions for courses can be found through the Courses search using the course code or name when searching (unless the course is taught for the first time). Remember to choose the right Faculty/degree programme and English as the language for the course when searching. 

Preliminary teaching programmes

You find all except for Atmospheric Sciences courses available for exchange students at the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry in this file (available in excel and pdf formats):

Preliminary teaching programme 2025 - 2026, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry (excel)

Preliminary teaching programme 2025 - 2026, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry (pdf)

Below you find the teaching programmes of each degree programmes. The lists may include also courses that are are taught in Finnish or are otherwise not suitable for exchange students. You can choose only courses that are marked "yes" in the column "open for exchange students".

Bachelor's programmes
Master's programmes
Joint programmes with other faculties

Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences

You can find the preliminary teaching programmes of the whole Faculty both in excel and pdf formats below. Notice that only courses offered in periods 1 & 2 are available during autumn semester and courses offered in periods 3 & 4 during spring semester. 

At the Faculty of Biological and Environmetal Sciences there are only very few BSc level courses available in English. Exchanges at this faculty are mainly suitable for advanced (primarily 3rd and 4th year) BSc and MSc level students. Advanced Bachelor's level students are allowed to take Master's level courses provided they have the required prerequisites for the selected courses. You are responsible for checking the prerequisites before choosing courses for your Learning Agreement.

Some courses have a limited number of places and in these cases the degree students of the faculty have the priority. You may also look for suitable courses for your Learning Agreement from other Faculties (except the ones with restrictions). Especially the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry may have courses suitable for you. However, please note that you should choose the majority (min 50 %) of your courses from the faculty that has the exchange agreement with your home institution.

Course descriptions for courses can be found through the Courses search using the course code or name when searching (unless the course is taught for the first time). 

Preliminary teaching programmes

You find all courses available for exchange students at the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences in this file (available in excel and pdf formats):

Preliminary teaching programme 2025 - 2026, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences (excel)

Preliminary teaching programme 2025 - 2026, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences (pdf)

Below you find the teaching programmes of each degree programmes. The lists may include also courses that are are taught in Finnish or are otherwise not suitable for exchange studets. You can choose only courses that are marked "yes" in the column "open for exchange students".

Bachelor's programmes
Master's programmes
Joint programmes with other faculties

Faculty of Pharmacy

At the Faculty of Pharmacy there are only very few BSc level courses available in English. Exchanges at this faculty are mainly suitable for advanced (primarily 3rd and 4th year) BSc, MSc and PhD level students. Advanced Bachelor's level students are usually allowed to take Master's level courses provided that they have the required prerequisites for the selected courses. Courses with a code FARM means BSc level and courses with a code PROV or MPHARM indicates MSc level.

Notice that only courses offered in periods I & II are available during autumn semester and courses offered in periods III & IV during spring semester. 

Course descriptions for courses can be found through the Courses search using the course code or name when searching (unless the course is taught for the first time). Remember to choose the right Faculty/degree programme and English as the language for the course when searching. 

Please note that for some courses there are more specific prerequisites or restrictions in the maximum number of participants and exchange students are accepted if there is space (see the specific course descriptions).

Courses for exchange students 2025-2026 at the Faculty of Pharmacy

Bio­phar­ma­ceut­ics and Phar­ma­cokin­et­ics

PROV-209         Introduction to nanosciences 5 cr (Spring term)

PROV-217         Transporters in drug development, 2 cr (Autumn term)

PROV-302         Advanced course in pharmacokinetics I 5 cr (Spring term)

PROV-305         Advanced Pharmacokinetics II 5 cr (Spring term)

PROV-307         Book exam/review in biopharmaceutics 3-5 cr

PROV-308         Cells – biomaterial interactions, pharmaceutical and medical applications 3 cr (Spring term)

Phar­ma­ceut­ical Bio­logy

PROV-204         Biological drugs II 5 cr (Spring term)

PROV-402         Bioactivity screening and assay development, 5 cr (Spring term)
Offered for exchange students if space. The teaching language is Finnish or English depending on participants.

PROV-403         Natural Products as Medicines 5 cr (Spring term)

PROV-407         Advanced immunobiology 5 cr (Autumn term)

PROV-405         Book exam or literature review in pharmaceutical biology 1-10 cr

PROV-409         Recombinant DNA technology in therapeutic protein engineering - lecture course, 1 cr (Spring term)

PROV-410         Recombinant DNA technology in therapeutic protein engineering - exercise and wetlab course, 4 cr  (Spring term), Offered for exchange students if space.

Phar­ma­co­logy

FARM-421        Essentials of Toxicology, 3-5 cr (Book exam)

PROV-502        Neuropharmacology, 5 cr (Spring term)

PROV-503        Selected topics on clinical pharmacology, 5 cr (Spring term)

Phar­ma­ceut­ical Chem­istry

PROV-601         Organic chemistry in molecular biosciences and pharmacy B (5 cr) (Spring term)
Based on FARM-302 meaning PROV-601 is NOT the first course in organic chemistry for those attending

PROV-602         Medicinal Chemistry 5 cr (Spring term)

PROV-603         Drug Metabolism 5 cr (Spring term)

PROV-605         Computational methods in drug discovery (CMDD) 5 cr (Spring term)

PROV-606         Mass spectrometry in bioanalysis 5 cr (Spring term)

PROV-608         Literature exam in pharmaceutical chemistry 5 cr

Phar­ma­ceut­ical Tech­no­logy

PROV-704         Book Exam in Pharmaceutical Technology 5 cr

PROV-705         Controlled Release Drug Delivery 5 cr (Autumn term)

PROV-708        Solid state analysis of pharmaceutics 5 cr (Autumn term)

So­cial and Clin­ical Phar­macy

PROV-804         Literature review in clinical pharmacy 5 cr (Autumn and spring terms)

PROV-815         Interprofessional Care in Geriatrics, 1-5 cr (Autumn term)

In­dus­trial Phar­macy

PROV-214         Basics of Clinical Trial Research, 3 cr (Independent work)

PROV-902a       Pharmaceutical development, part I 5 cr (Independent work)

PROV-902b       Pharmaceutical development, part II 5 cr (Independent work)

PROV-907         Pharmaceutical marketing, book exam 5 cr

PROV-909         Book exam in industrial pharmacy, 2-5 cr

PROV-910         Marketing authorisation for medicinal product and pharmacovigilance, 5 cr (Independent work)

PROV-911         GMP/GDP course in industrial pharmacy, 5 cr (Spring term)

PROV-912         Pharmaceutical Business 5 cr (Independent work)

Other Stud­ies and Research Practice

PROV-211        Molecular modelling, 5 cr (Spring term)

PROV-004         Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology Methods, 5 cr (Spring term)
Offered for exchange students if space.

PROV-000         Research Practice for Exchange Students in the Faculty of Pharmacy 3-40 cr

The following Master's Programme in Pharmaceutical Research, Development and Safety courses are available upon availability

MPHARM-002A Discovery and preclinical evaluation of drug candidates, 11 cr (Autumn term)

MPHARM-002B Pharmaceutical product development and rational use of medicines, 11 cr (Autumn term)

MPHARM-002C Statistical methods and reasoning in pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical health services research, 3 cr (Autumn term)

MPHARM-004 Research ethics, 1 cr (Autumn and spring terms)

MPHARM-008 Quantitative methods for pharmaceutical research, 5 cr (Spring term, prerequisite: statistics course)

MPHARM-009 Introduction to research methods in drug discovery and development -  theory, 5 cr (Spring term)

MPHARM-010 Introduction to Medication Safety and Effectiveness Research Methods, 10 cr (Spring term, if you are interested, ask anna-riia.holmstrom[at]helsinki.fi)

MPHARM-011 Physical Pharmacy, 5 cr (Autumn term)

MPHARM-013 Research seminars in medication safety and effectiveness, 5 cr (Independent work, contact the responsible teacher)

MPHARM-014 Literature Review in medication safety and effectiveness, 5-10 cr (Spring term)

MPHARM-018 Selected chapters of biochemistry, 3 cr (Autumn term)

SUST-002-PHARM Sustainable Health, 2 cr (Autumn term)

SUST-001 Sustainability course, 3 cr (online, autumn term)

 

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine