Teekkari
Teekkari is a slang term for engineering students at Finnish universities . This designation probably goes back to a derivation of tekniikan opiskelija (German "engineering student ").
Study and study locations
The Degree of most Teekkari students is an engineer , but also architecture students are called Teekkari. Teekkari students are trained at seven Finnish universities: Aalto University , Tampere University of Technology , Lappeenranta University of Technology , University of Vaasa , University of Turku , University of Oulu , and Åbo Akademi . Only Teekkari students are trained only at Tampere University of Technology. Students from other subjects and departments also study at the other universities.
Culture of the Teekkari students
dress
The typical clothing of the Teekkari students at student events is the student overalls and the Teekkari hat. The hat is similar to the Finnish student hat , white with a black peak. But it also has a black band with a black tassel. The ribbon and tassel are made of black silk. The hat is a summer hat. It can be worn from May 1st to autumn. However , it may only be worn outside of this period with the permission of the Studentenwerk .
The student overall is a student party wear that is particularly popular with Teekkari students. Students from the various departments of the universities can be recognized by the color of their overalls. The overalls usually have the logo of the university or the student council, sponsor prints and other, often humorous, patches.
Events and festivals
Sitsit is an academic festival where people eat, drink and sing. These festivals have a host who takes care of the festivities. Since there is a lot of singing together, song books are often available. Student unions and student councils often have their own song books. It is common to toast after each song.
The right clothing for Sitsit varies from festive clothes to student overalls. Often there is a special topic that you dress accordingly. The student unions and student councils organize annual festivals, which are also called Sitsit . At an annual festival, evening wear is worn, usually there is a festive three-course dinner.
The main annual celebration of the Teekkari students is Vappu . Vappu is a traditional holiday for workers and students in Finland and is celebrated on May 1st or the evening before. For the Teekkari students, the celebrations and festivities typically begin one to two weeks beforehand, with various events taking place every day until May 1st. In Turku , partying starts on March 31st. In Tampere , the festival reaches its climax on the night of May 1st, shortly after midnight, when a large teekkari hat is put on the head of the Suomen neito (Finnish Virgin), a statue on the Hämeensilta Bridge - accordingly in Lappeenranta the Kurkipatsas bemützt. In Helsinki , the Havis Amanda statue will get a hat on April 30th at 6pm, but this is a common tradition of all universities in the Helsinki region . The celebrations also mark the moment from which the foxes are allowed to wear the hat. With the Teekkari christening, which takes place in Lappeenranta on April 30th and in Tampere on May 1st, the foxes in these cities officially become Teekkari students. In Tampere the foxes are baptized in the Tammerkoski rapids, in Lappeenranta in Lake Saimaa .
Vappu newspapers are also part of the Vappu tradition. They come out a few weeks before Vappu and involve jokes, many of which are unconventional or obscene. In Tampere the annual newspaper is called Tamppi , in Lappeenranta Hässi . In Helsinki, Äpy and Julkku appear every year . In Turku appear Tarvliga Avsikter in Vaasa Wapina and in Oulu Ööpinen , all of them once a year. With the profit from the Vappu newspapers, the Teekkari students finance their events, e.g. B. Excursions .
The various Teekkari associations organize regular excursions. These can be short day trips or trips lasting several days, the excursion destinations can be in other cities or abroad. An excursion usually includes visits to companies where students can get to know potential future employers. Other universities are also typical excursion destinations, where certain institutes or departments can be visited, but guests and Teekkari hosts often organize joint activities.
There is a lively singing culture as well as a strong sauna culture among Teekkari students , often the two are combined. Since student songs can also be sung in the sauna, z. E.g. the pages of Rasputin , the songbook of the Teekkari students in Tampere, made of a material that can withstand the humid heat of the sauna.
Organizations
The highest levels of the Teekkari community are the student unions of the respective universities. You maintain regulations z. B. about the acceptable wearing of the Teekkari hat and medals of the student union. Within the Studentenwerk there are departments at Tampere University of Technology and Aalto University with specific areas of responsibility, such as social policy or the environment. A separate Teekkari department is responsible for the culture of the Teekkari students.
Smaller organizations are student councils ( Finnish kilta "guild"), associations for students on the same course. The student councils are primarily responsible for ensuring that the foxes are integrated into the Teekkari community as smoothly as possible. That is why they organize many events for newcomers , especially in early autumn, at the beginning of the new academic years . In addition to the student councils, there are also clubs where students with common interests, such as a sport or a style of music, meet.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://teekkari.fi/fi (Finnish)
- ↑ Student cap
- ↑ http://www.ttyy.fi/teekkarikulttuuri (Finnish)
- ↑ Student overalls
- ↑ a b http://teekkari.fi/fi/vapaalla/tapahtumat/sitsit (Finnish)
- ↑ http://www.ttyy.fi/teekkarikulttuuri/vuosijuhlat-ja-sitsit (Finnish)
- ↑ a b http://teekkari.fi/fi/vapaalla/tapahtumat/wappu (Finnish)
- ↑ http://www.ttyy.fi/teekkarikulttuuri/teekkarilakki (Finnish)
- ↑ a b http://ayy.fi/jasenille/kulttuuri/vuosittaiset-tapahtumat/ (Finnish)
- ↑ http://www.ttyy.fi/ylioppilaskunta/saannosto/merkki-ja-lippuohjesaanto (Finnish)
- ↑ a b http://www.ltky.fi/content/merkkiohjesääntö (Finnish)
- ↑ http://www.ttyy.fi/teekkarikulttuuri/fuksitoiminta (Finnish)
- ↑ http://www.tamppi.fi/ (Finnish)
- ↑ a b http://teekkari.fi/fi/vapaalla/perinteet/wappulehdet (Finnish)
- ↑ http://teekkari.fi/fi/vapaalla/tapahtumat/excursiot (Finnish)
- ↑ http://teekkari.fi/fi/vapaalla/perinteet/laulukulttuuri (Finnish)
- ↑ http://teekkari.fi/fi/vapaalla/perinteet/saunominen (Finnish)
- ↑ http://www.ttyy.fi/vaikuttaminen/jaostot (Finnish)
- ↑ http://ayy.fi/ylioppilaskunta/yhteystiedot/jaostot/ (Finnish)
- ↑ http://www.ttyy.fi/vaikuttaminen/jaostot/teekkarijaosto (Finnish)
- ↑ http://ayy.fi/jasenille/kulttuuri/teekkarijaosto/ (Finnish)
- ↑ http://www.ttyy.fi/ylioppilaskunta/alayhdistykset/killat (Finnish)
- ↑ http://www.ltky.fi/content/6-luku-killat-ja-kerhot (Finnish)
- ↑ http://www.ttyy.fi/ylioppilaskunta/alayhdistykset/kerhot (Finnish)