Music Business orientation period 2025
Orientation period programme for new Music Business students.
Please take note that in addition to the events of these weeks, the “Uniarts Helsinki as a learning environment” study unit includes the completion of the online course on Moodle as well as the second orientation day for all new Uniarts students, held on 6 October 2025.
The orientation period and the Moodle online course are mandatory for new bachelor’s students and recommended for new master’s students. The Moodle online course section ”Copyright and the Agreement on the right to use works related to studies” is mandatory for all new students.
Monday 18.8.2025
9:30–16 First orientation day for all new Uniarts students, R-building concert hall*
- Presentation about the university’s values
- Orientation period as a whole and its learning outcomes
- Presentations about Uniarts Helsinki and its academies
- Uniarts Helsinki’s Code of Conduct
- The Student Union introduces itself
- Student tutors introduce themselves and talk about what tutoring is
- Programme organised by the tutors/Student Union
After 16:00, students can join an optional picnic organised by the Student Union.
Tuesday 19.8.2025
Personal study plan sessions with Music Business Planning officer: time will be booked later (TBA)
Wednesday 20.8.2025
11–13 Study services’ drop-in hours, SibA info desk (Music Centre)
Assistance in questions regarding attendance, paper certificates, HSL forms etc.
13–17 Orientation afternoon 1 for all new Sibelius-Academy students, Black Box (Music Centre)
Getting to know the Sibelius Academy and the new students, community building, first rehearsal of the freshers’ choir, information about facilities, music
Thursday 21.8.2025
11:30–13:30 Freshers’ choir: second rehearsal and performance, R-building chamber music hall & concert hall
Rehearsal in the chamber music hall and a performance in the concert hall at the academy’s staff day
Personal study plan sessions with Music Business Planning officer: time will be booked later (TBA)
16–18 Info session for new international students of the Sibelius Academy, Black Box (Music Centre)
- Practical information
- Cultural orientation
Target group: new international students and exchange students
Friday 22.8.2025
11–13 Study services’ drop-in hours, SibA info desk (Music Centre)
Assistance in questions regarding attendance, paper certificates, HSL forms etc.
13–15:30 Orientation afternoon 2 for all new Sibelius Academy students, Black Box (Music Centre)
Wellbeing lecture, getting to know the new students, community building, music
Monday 25.8.2025
Personal study plan sessions with Music Business Planning officer: time will be booked later (TBA)
Tuesday 26.8.2025
11.00–11.45 Library tour, Töölö campus library (Agora, in front of the library’s entrance, Music Centre)
Personal study plan sessions with Music Business Planning officer: time will be booked later (TBA)
Wednesday 3.9.2025
11.00–15.00 Music Business: Introduction event for new students, R-building classroom R-510
Monday 8.9.2025
10:30 onwards: Kick-off event for the Music Business degree programme, Black Box (Music Centre) TBA
Please take note that in addition to the events of these weeks, the “Uniarts Helsinki as a learning environment” study unit includes the completion of the online course on Moodle as well as the second orientation day for all new Uniarts students, held on 6 October 2025.
The orientation period and the Moodle online course are mandatory for new bachelor’s students and recommended for new master’s students. The Moodle online course section ”Copyright and the Agreement on the right to use works related to studies” is mandatory for all new students.
Monday 18.8.2025
9:30–16 First orientation day for all new Uniarts students, R-building concert hall*
- Presentation about the university’s values
- Orientation period as a whole and its learning outcomes
- Presentations about Uniarts Helsinki and its academies
- Uniarts Helsinki’s Code of Conduct
- The Student Union introduces itself
- Student tutors introduce themselves and talk about what tutoring is
- Programme organised by the tutors/Student Union
After 16:00, students can join an optional picnic organised by the Student Union.
Tuesday 19.8.2025
Personal study plan sessions with Music Business Planning officer: time will be booked later (TBA)
Wednesday 20.8.2025
11–13 Study services’ drop-in hours, SibA info desk (Music Centre)
Assistance in questions regarding attendance, paper certificates, HSL forms etc.
13–17 Orientation afternoon 1 for all new Sibelius-Academy students, Black Box (Music Centre)
Getting to know the Sibelius Academy and the new students, community building, first rehearsal of the freshers’ choir, information about facilities, music
Thursday 21.8.2025
11:30–13:30 Freshers’ choir: second rehearsal and performance, R-building chamber music hall & concert hall
Rehearsal in the chamber music hall and a performance in the concert hall at the academy’s staff day
Personal study plan sessions with Music Business Planning officer: time will be booked later (TBA)
16–18 Info session for new international students of the Sibelius Academy, Black Box (Music Centre)
- Practical information
- Cultural orientation
Target group: new international students and exchange students
Friday 22.8.2025
11–13 Study services’ drop-in hours, SibA info desk (Music Centre)
Assistance in questions regarding attendance, paper certificates, HSL forms etc.
13–15:30 Orientation afternoon 2 for all new Sibelius Academy students, Black Box (Music Centre)
Wellbeing lecture, getting to know the new students, community building, music
Monday 25.8.2025
Personal study plan sessions with Music Business Planning officer: time will be booked later (TBA)
Tuesday 26.8.2025
11.00–11.45 Library tour, Töölö campus library (Agora, in front of the library’s entrance, Music Centre)
Personal study plan sessions with Music Business Planning officer: time will be booked later (TBA)
Wednesday 3.9.2025
11.00–15.00 Music Business: Introduction event for new students, R-building classroom R-510
Monday 8.9.2025
10:30 onwards: Kick-off event for the Music Business degree programme, Black Box (Music Centre) TBA