The key legislation related to the universities’ operations has been compiled on the website of the Ministry of Education and Culture (in Finnish). Legislation related to the university’s operations has been compiled more extensively on the intranet under Law, procurement and information management. Appeal instructions Appeal within the University Instructions for Appeal
Every member of the university community is responsible for managing the documents and other data they handle, maintaining information security and data protection, and complying with the university’s information security rules and guidelines. The information security rules can be found on the intra (login required). Please familiarize yourself with the rules and instructions for data […]
The self-study facilities are available for quiet studying and group work. The university’s guidelines relating to safety and hygiene must be followed in all facilities. Access badge Access to the 24/7 self study facilities is with an access badge only. You can apply the Access badge by using this online form. If you already have […]
Information skills courses and support can be found on the University library’s website: Information skills courses (opens in a new tab) Information retrieval skills guides and instructions (opens in a new tab) Open learning materials on information skills (opens in a new tab)
What is a campus pastor? Campus pastors are assigned by the Church on campuses for students and staff. They act in the university community as experts in communality and the growth, changes, and learning of personal life. Activities of the campus pastor The campus pastors offer individual guidance by offering verbal aid for personal growth […]
How to Start Your Studies? The orientation programme for the new students starting their studies with us in Autumn Semester 2025 will be organized at 12-17 (Finnish time) on 1-3 September, 2025. In addition to these general orientation session each programme/study field will offer their own orientation sessios. We wish you warmly welcome to join […]
Erasmus+ is the most extensive European student exchange programme funded by the EU. This page contains more information on the programme, along with a list of host universities by academic departments. University of Eastern Finland also has bilateral agreements with some European universities. In addition, the Nordic Countries are available through the Nordplus programme. You […]
The forms of teaching cooperation between universities are increasingly diverse, in addition, there are a number of cross-institutional study agreements between Finnish higher education institutions at present. These increase the possibilities to choose studies from other universities. As a result, the Finnish universities have jointly decided to withdraw from the JOO flexible study right agreement […]
ISYY, the Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (opens in a new tab), looks after the students’ rights and interests. ISYY operates on both the Joensuu and Kuopio campus. On this page you can find information on the following subjects: Bachelor’s and master’s degree students’ fees Under the student union act, all bachelor’s […]
Each student must register as being present or absent for each one of their active study rights in the Oili registration service annually within the registration period. NOTE! Remember to register as being present or absent for each one of your active study rights! You can find the registration instructions here: Registration instructions for new […]
