Event
Back to Campus festival
Join us for a fun-filled festival with togetherness, exciting activities and TUULI as the main performer! The opening of the 2024-2025 academic year will once again be celebrated in Back to Campus festival style! The event will take place on Thursday, August 29th, from 1 PM to 4 PM in the courtyard of Jamk's main campus. This year's theme is wellbeing and active life.
The event is open to all our students and staff.
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Rajakatu 35
40200 Jyväskylä
Finland
Join us to celebrate the start of the academic year, enjoy the festival atmosphere, and have a pleasant time together. You can also explore the offerings of our partners, gather inspiration for your well-being, and get ready for the new academic year.
The event is organized in close cooperation with the student union JAMKO. The entire Jamk community has been challenged to JAMKO's KAJ rally and the students' evening continues at JAMKO's Kick Off event.
The event is alcohol-free. Rumor has it that it’s a great opportunity to collect the first overall patches of the autumn!
For all students and staff
The event is aimed at all Jamk staff and all students who have a Jamk student ID, i.e. both new and old students. The event area will be fenced off and protected from outsiders. Access to the event is through a few entrances.
How do I get in?
The event is free of charge and there is no need to register.
Programme
- 12.30 The festival area opens
- 13 Welcome to the Back to Campus festival!
Welcoming words by Jamk's Vice Rector Minna-Maaria Hiekkataipale
DJ Vompatti entertains
Enjoy all the activities: play, take part in the quizzes and games, relax and have fun
- 14 Main artist TUULI on stage
- 15 KAJ-rally
- 16 the event ends
The programme may be subject to change by the organizer.
Festival site
Loads of activities
The campus yard will be full of fun activities to explore with your friends and colleagues.
Dare to Care - taking care of you
These people really do have your well-being in their heart: meet Jamk's Student Services, International Services, Study Psychologist, Study Counsellors and the School Priest. And also representatives of Finnish Student Health Services FSHS. You're welcome to chat and enjoy magic tricks, relax and spin the wheel of fortune.
Jamk Well-being - get active!
Get Active!
- Grip strength measurement, a labyrinth game, and well-being assessment with Likes experts.
- A feel-good message exchange point and break-time exercises, courtesy of Liikkuva opiskelu and Mieli liikkeelle projects.
- Cornhole and Ladder Golf – play with a partner or a group. Aktiivinen ja hyvinvoiva korkeakoulu
- An active wheel of fortune and Spikeball – uMove team
KAJ-Rally - may the fastest win
KAJ-Rally is a race where study fields, JAMKO and staff members compete with their self-made vehicles in the following categories: fastest, best and coolest vehicle. Main trophy is for the fastest vehicle.
JAMKO and friends - get to know Student Union activities and housing
- Student Union of Jamk University of Applied Sciences JAMKO
- Student benefit service Slice
- Student housing KOAS
- Studen housing Soihtu
- Study field student associations
Esport area invites you to play
GamePit Pro houses an impressive 18 neatly equipped PC stations, suitable for both casual gaming and more serious tournaments. Jamk's very own gaming space also features PlayStations and VR glasses, which are free to try throughout the event.
Interested in e-sports? You could represent Jamk in university leagues across Europe - come learn about our activities and enter the GamePit gift card raffle!
The RedBull Gaming Sphere container is like a mobile gaming arcade. This setup takes gaming to a whole new level. Come and challenge your friends on games like NHL24!
Juvenes Terrace, enjoy the delicacies
Juvenes' festival terrace offers affordably priced pancakes, paella, Keitele vendace, coffee, fresh buns, refreshments and candy. Plus, product giveaways!
Sport Area
Join the JYP hockey frenzy! You'll get to test your own skills in shooting the puck and challenge yourself in the Storm Throw. You can also test your hockey knowledge in the JYP quiz. Go for it!
JBA (Jyväskylä Basketball Academy) players Miro Koskela and Johannes Rainto, reinforced by Jamk's own student Luka Rauhala, will take on 3 vs 3 challenges. The game is played to five points, and the referee is Ilkka Hyppönen from JBA. If the challenger team wins, the prize is stylish hoodies. All participants will also receive match tickets for next season's games.
City of Jyväskylä
Come and meet the people of Mobile Youth Work and maybe challenge your friend in a match of sumo wrestling.
Jyväskylä is known for its rich variety of culture; museums, art exhibitions, concerts, events and theatre performances. And of course of architect Alvar Aalto. Find out more!
Sensatory Room by Aistisiimes
Relax in nature, indoors.
AistiSiimes is a calming nature experience surrounded by unique art fabrics. It offers space for relaxation and inspiring meetings. Siimes can be adapted to indoor spaces of any size, and it brings the wellbeing effects of art and nature seamlessly into your everyday life.
Liikenneturva, road safety tips for all
Are you familiar with the traffic rules when riding a bike or using an electric scooter in Finland? Is your bike missing the bell? Come and have chat and more.
Skydive Jyväskylä for the adrenaline junkies
Get to know skydiving and win a gift card!
Rave Cave by Yritystehdas
Come and experience an unforgettable party atmosphere in a unique rave cave built inside a shipping container.
It's awesome to have you with us in the Jamk community!
Festival etiquette
Back to Campus is a festival where everyone is accepted and appreciated as they are. Let's create a positive atmosphere and an inclusive festival by following Jamk's principals for safer space:
- Don't bully, discriminate, act disruptively or treat others with disrispect.
- Intervene and speak up.
- Respect others' personal space and self-determination and immunity.
- Acknowledge your own presumptions.
- Use understandable language.
- Listen and be heard.
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