Before the exchange

1. Start planning your exchange well in advance. Familiarize to the exchange destination, study program and costs.

2. Contact to International Services if you need help with the exchange process, forms and time table.

3. Check the exchange university’s courses with the Study councellor. Write a Learning Agreement (LA). LA will be signed by the Study councellor and the international services. 

4.  Make your SoleMOVE application 

5. Download the transcript of records in English from Peppi.

6. International Services will nominate you to the BISU.

7. BISU will contact to you and send you the Letter of Acceptance.

8. Fill the application forms of the exchange university and have all required appendices (for example passport copy, passport photos, motivation letter, CV).

9. Fill the forms electronically, ask the required signatures and deliver the forms and documents to the international services for review.

10. Send copy of Letter of Acceptance to the international services and apply for the Lapland UAS Grants in SoleGRANT programme.

11. Familiarize yourself with the Exchange Student’s Check List and the exchange destination and prepare yourself well for the trip! 

During Erasmus+ Exchange

• Usually students make small changes to their studies. Always discuss with the study councellor about the possible changes to make sure that they are applicable for your studies.

• Changing your study plans requires ALWAYS a document Changes to the original learning agreement. For this document remember to have the signatures from the exchange university and scan it to International Services (international@lapinamk.fi).

• Read your Lapland UAS email! All communication from home university takes place through Lapland UAS’ email!

• Contact the International Services if you face problematic situations during your exchange.

• Exchange must not be discontinued or terminated earlier without discussing the matter with the International Services. 

After Erasmus+ Exchange

1. Before leaving ask the host institution for a signed Letter of Confirmation (Recognition Outcomes - The Receiving Institution form page 1) and return it to SoleMOVE immediately after the exchange. 

2. In SoleMOVE fill out the After exchange interleaf and Feedback interleaf.

3. Host university sends the Transcript of Records to Lapland UAS’ International Services. International Services informs when you can pick up the transcript of records and start the credit transfer process. If you receive it personally, you must download the Transcript to SoleMOVE.

4. Start the credit transfer process: 
   
   1. Contact your study councellor and start the credit transfer process electronically in Peppi.
   2. After international studies has been accepted in Peppi and you can see your credits done abroad in there, download your Transcript of Records through Peppi.    
   3. Upload your Transcript of Records -form to After exchange interleaf in SoleMOVE. 

Degree in Business Administration students, who has Finnish citizenship or permanent residence permit, can apply to the program.

Shanghai University offers Chinese studies (language, culture, society, economy).

More information from Centria UAS web page.

Students must be prepared to finance themselves their exchange period.

Centria UAS charge 310€ arrangement fee for every exchange. Lapland UAS pays this fee behalf of the students.

For autumn semester 15.2 - 1.4

For spring semester before 15.10

Before the exchange

1. Start planning your exchange well in advance. Familiarize to the exchange destination, study program and costs.

2. Contact to International Services if you need help with the exchange process, forms and time table.

3. Check the exchange university’s courses with the Study councellor. Write a Learning Agreement (LA). LA will be signed by the Study councellor and the international services.  

4.  Make your SoleMOVE application 

5. Fill the application forms of the exchange university and have all required appendices (for example passport copy, passport photos, motivation letter, CV).

6. Download the transcript of records in English from Peppi.

7. Fill the forms electronically, ask the required signatures and deliver the forms and documents to the international services for review.

8. Centria UAS will contact you and send you the Letter of Acceptance.

9. Send copy of Letter of Acceptance to the international services and apply for the Lapland UAS Grants in SoleGRANT programme.

10. Familiarize yourself with the Exchange Student’s Check List and the exchange destination and prepare yourself well for the trip! 

During Erasmus+ Exchange

• Usually students make small changes to their studies. Always discuss with the study councellor about the possible changes to make sure that they are applicable for your studies.

• Changing your study plans requires ALWAYS a document Changes to the original learning agreement. For this document remember to have the signatures from the exchange university and scan it to International Services (international@lapinamk.fi).

• Read your Lapland UAS email! All communication from home university takes place through Lapland UAS’ email!

• Contact the International Services if you face problematic situations during your exchange.

• Exchange must not be discontinued or terminated earlier without discussing the matter with the International Services. 

After Erasmus+ Exchange

1. Before leaving ask the host institution for a signed Letter of Confirmation (Recognition Outcomes - The Receiving Institution form page 1) and return it to SoleMOVE immediately after the exchange. 

2. In SoleMOVE fill out the After exchange interleaf and Feedback interleaf.

3. Host university sends the Transcript of Records to Lapland UAS’ International Services. International Services informs when you can pick up the transcript of records and start the credit transfer process. If you receive it personally, you must download the Transcript to SoleMOVE.

4. Start the credit transfer process: 
   
   1. Contact your study councellor and start the credit transfer process electronically in Peppi.
   2. After international studies has been accepted in Peppi and you can see your credits done abroad in there, donwload your Transcript of Records through Peppi.    
   3. Upload your Transcript of Records -form to After exchange interleaf in SoleMOVE. 

Forms for the study program you can find from Centria UAS web page.

Lapland UAS' own forms you can find here. Before filling in, save the form(s) to your computer.