First-year students, also known as freshers, are especially important to Blanko and therefore the subject of our constant care. We have trained student tutors who will help freshers get through their studies and everyday student life. Fresher, do not stay alone – be brave and come and experience the joys of studying with all of us!
Events for freshers
Information about every event will come through email list, but here are the most important events for freshers. More information can be found on Blanko’s website, Telegram and Discord.
- Fresher BBQ 2.9.2025 at 16:00 Guild room backyard
- Organised by Blanko, welcome event for freshers. Blanko offers free sausages.
- End of the orientation week 5.9.2025 at 18:00 Oulun Tetra (Mäkelininkatu 31)
- Hanging out event after first week. Bring your own bottle.
- Hurmos 11.-12.9.2025
- Starting event of the semester by OYY and OSAKO. Thursday is for guild and organisations to present their activies in Linnanmaa. Lots of overall patches to buy. On Friday there are bands performing at a festival at Kuusisaari.
- OLuT Battle of the Freshmen (fresher games) 17.9.2025
- Collect your own team of freshers and compete against other OLuT guild’s fresher teams in different (not serious) races!
- Fresher sauna 18.9.2025 at 17:00 Teekkaritalo (Kalervontie 7)
- Fresher sauna with official part of the event. After official part there are sauna and just hanging out with other Blanko’s members. Bring your own bottle and towel
- Syysreivit 24.9.2025 at 22:00-03:00 at Ilona night club (Torikatu 21-23)
- At the beginning of autumn, Blanko, Humanistinen kilta, OLuT, OLK, and OHLK join forces on Wednesday evening 24.9. for a rave night! Grab your friends and head into the night for some techno, hard, and drum n’ bass in great company!
- OLuT fresher orientation 25.9.2025
- Collect your own team for fun little orientation by OLuT. Wander around the campus to complete different challenges at checkpoints hosted by OLuT guilds’ board members.
- Blanko’s fresher sitsit 30.9.2025 at 18:00 Teekkaritalo (Kalervontie 7)
- Sitsit are an academic table party where you drink, sing, and eat. It’s not as serious as it may sound. Blanko organises one for our own freshers.
- OLuT fresher sitsit 9.10.2025 at 18:00 Teekkaritalo (Kalervontie 7)
- Sitsit are an academic table party, and OLuT organises one for freshers.
Checklist for new students
To help your studies, you should do the following things.
- Join as a member of Blanko, follow Blanko’s Instagram, and join Blanko’s Telegram channels (linked on the front page)
- Download the following apps on your phone
- Tuudo – Student card, library card, restaurant menus and your schedule all in one app
- MazeMap – Helps you find even the rarest lecture rooms at the University. You can also reserve some spaces on campus for group work
- Kide.app – Buy tickets for various events
- Add Blanko’s event calendar to your own calendar Google Calendar, iCal
- Ask student tutors or members of the board on Telegram or on Discord if you have any questions
- Start collecting fresher points. Tutors will instruct you on how to use the digital fresher point pass, more about that on Fresher points
- Feel free to join Blanko’s activities as an active member. More on that below.
Join Blanko’s actives
There can never be too many Blanko actives. Feel free to attend the board meetings and share your ideas on improving our guild. Guild activities are for having fun and spending time together and are based on voluntary work. We have a friendly and open atmosphere, and it is easy to join us. If you have even the slightest interest in attending our meetings, please don’t hesitate to come! We announce the time and place of our board meetings through email and the event calendar.