Members of the Student Union JYY are entitled to a wide range of benefits.
Student card
Members of the Student Union JYY are eligible for holding a student card. A student card is in the same time a membership card of the student union and an official way to prove your student status. With a valid student card you are eligible for student-priced meals, student discounts in public transportation and for the services of the Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS).
As a member of JYY, you are entitled to a digital Slice student card, which you can use to redeem thousands of valuable student benefits across Finland by Finland’s largest student benefit service.
After becoming a member of JYY, you can go to slice.fi/jyy to register as a user! After registration you will get your credentials to your email address and can download the digital student card!
Long-distance travels
With the Slice student card you can get 30-55% discount on trains and long-distance coaches.
Student discounted lunch
The student card entitles you to affordable meals in the restaurants around campus and in other student restaurants within the meal subsidy programme (search for subsidized restaurants on the Social Insurance Institution (Kela) website).
Housing & Living
Members of the Student Union are prioritized for housing from Soihtu. Kortepohja Student village offers a lot of services for tenants and other members, for example sport and other recreational facilities, common rooms and various kinds of communal activities. The recently renovated Rentukka‘s services include a restaurant (open in the evenings and weekends as well), gym and rooms to study and hang-out.
JYY also manages an online apartment forum if you prefer to find an apartment from the private market or if you would like to sublet your own apartment.
Counselling services
As a Student Union member, you can also take advantage of JYY’s specialists’ counselling services. JYY’s specialists are here to advise students with questions about e.g. the university, livelihood and housing. You can contact specialists confidentially. See contact info for more information.
Other benefits and services
- JYY student calendar that you can pick up when you visit the Central Office in the Student Union building Ilokivi or when you visit the Student Services in T-building.
- Weekly Student Union News including information on movies, parties, meetings, sport events, etc. for the following week.
- Jylkkäri, the Student Union newspaper both in online and printed form.
- Rental spaces
- Tools and Equipment to Rent and Borrow
- Grants for organizing events