Our services

OSAKO offers several services for its members, in addition to student card and lobbying the student interests. As an OSAKO member, you can borrow equipment for different sports (we have summer and winter equipment) from our office in Kotkantie or apply for a grant to your studies or intern abroad. The range of our services is wide, and we strive to help you in everything you need.

Services in a nutshell

Grant for abroad studying or intern

OSAKO grants financial support for studies or practical training abroad. There are two application periods annually. In return for grant, you will vlog or blog your experiences and help us in exchange marketing.

Borrowing equipment

Want to go camping and don’t own a sleeping bag? Play tennis? Borrow equipment from our storage for free!

Going abroad grant

Student Union OSAKO grants financial support for studies or practical training abroad. There are two application periods: April and November. Please check the exact dates in news. The next application period is in the Autumn of 2021: the application period starts on the 1st of Noember and ends on the 15th of November.

The receiver must

be a member of OSAKO
not get financial support from organizations other than Oamk (NB! Erasmus grant does not rule out applying)
assist OSAKO in promoting exchange opportunities, either before, during or after the exchange period

You can apply with an informal application. The application should include the following information:

Name, contact information and degree programme
Information on where you are going, when you are leaving and what you’ll be doing during your exchange
What are you expecting to get out of your exchange period? What are your goals?
How could you help OSAKO promote exchange opportunities? Will you produce some kind of material that we could use?
Please link your existing blog, Instagram-account or other social media profile (considering marketing purposes of going exchange it would be good to have a public profile)

Please email the application to the Specialist in Communications and International Affairs Venla (venlajun(at)oamk.fi). Please name your email “Going Abroad application. The application period of the Autumn will last from 1.11. until 15.11.

for loan

OSAKO has camping and sports equipment which our members can borrow for free. There is no reservation system; first come, first served.

In our storage there are e.g.

sleeping bags and mattresses
cross-country skis, boots and sticks
downhill skis, boots and sticks
ice skates
ice hockey and rinkball sticks
sledding gear
frisbees (ultimate & disc golf)

If you have some useful equipment you don’t need anymore, OSAKO would be happy to have them!
For more information, please send us a message on Instagram/FB or contact OSAKO’s Specialist in Communications and International Affairs Venla.

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