NOTE! Citizens outside the EU/EEA/Switzerland studying in bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes are required to pay tuition fees. If you are required to pay tuition fee, you should pay the fee before you register as present for the next academic year. If you have questions regarding the tuition fee, contact your programme coordinator. These instructions […]
Teaching schedule The university offers education during the autumn and spring semesters. Each academic year is divided into four teaching periods. The official academic year starts on 1 August and ends on 31 July. Courses may extend over more than one teaching period. Teaching may also take place outside the defined periods but never during […]
Health insurance for incoming international students UEF requires that all incoming international students must have a valid personal health insurance and a travel insurance from an internationally recognized insurance agency for the whole duration of their stay in Finland. Insurance should cover all costs related to a treatment of sudden illness, accidents and accidental death. […]
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 […]
UEF organizes an orientation programme for all new international students, including degree-seeking Bachelor’s and Master’s students and incoming exchange students. The orientation supports your transition to studying at UEF and living in Finland. The semester always begins with the orientation programme. Webinars before arrival for the degree seeking students Webinar for UEF Offer Holders 24 […]
Why would you need to apply for reinstating your study right? You need to apply to reinstating your study right (Bachelor’s, Master’s or doctoral student) if you have lost it for one of the following reasons: If more than a year has passed since your last registration If more than a year has passed since […]
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 campuses. On this page you can find information on the following subjects: Bachelor’s and master’s degree students’ membership fee If you are a bachelor’s or […]
Register for each of your active study rights every academic year — either as present or absent. You do this in the Oili registration service during the registration period. From OILI your registration status will transfer to Peppi, where you can always check your registration status under “attendance data”. Make sure you register for all […]
On this page you can find information on applying for an extension to your right to study. You can find further information on the grounds for granting an extension to the right to study as well as the duration of the extension in the Academic Rector’s decision Normative duration of studies and extension to the […]
This page explains how the duration of your studies is determined and what affects it. The time limits described below apply to you if you are studying a Bachelor’s of a Master’s degree and your study right started on or after 1 August 2005. If your study right was granted before 1 August 2005, your […]
