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Forms and reporting for outgoing students

General information about forms and reporting

NB! On this page, you will find information for students who have already been selected for exchange studies or received a traineeship placement abroad. Instructions on how to apply for exchange and other information to read before you apply for exchange can be found on other pages, such as Applying for student exchange and traineeship abroad.

Studying abroad includes paperwork before the exchange and towards the end of it. International Mobility Services will send all outgoing students their specific instructions per exchange programme, which includes information about which forms are expected from students and when.

In general, before their exchange students are required to fill out the Learning Agreement, i.e. their study plan during their exchange, and the documents for accepting their mobility grant. Towards the end of the exchange, students must submit documents verifying their exchange and an exchange report (more information below).

Documents verifying your exchange

Towards the end of the exchange period, outgoing students are required to upload the following documents to the After Exchange tab of their SoleMOVE application:

  • Learning Agreement – if there have been changes to your study plan during your exchange, also fill out the Changes to Learning Agreement form
  • Letter of Confirmation to verify your exchange dates
  • Transcript of records from the host university

Forms

All outgoing exchange students (and trainees) receive the required documents and instructions via email well before the study abroad period begins.

Please note that the forms on this page are intended to be printed and filled in by hand. There are Webropol online forms available for non-Erasmus exchanges. Links to the forms will open in new tabs in your browser.

NB! If you use the Webropol forms for non-Erasmus Learning Agreement and Changes to Learning Agreement forms, please remember to print them for signatures and for safekeeping. It is not enough to submit the form in the Webropol system, you will also need to upload it to SoleMOVE as an enclosure.

Learning Agreement

Erasmus+ Exchange

Digital/Online Learning Agreement (=DLA/OLA) is used for Erasmus+ exchange. Please find instructions from the page Learning Agreement instructions for outgoing exchange students.

Other Exchange Programmes and Bilateral Exchange (not Erasmus)

Learning Agreement (pdf) // Webropol form for LA

Changes to Learning Agreement (pdf) // Webropol form for Changes to LA

Letter of Confirmation

All Exchange Programmes

Letter of Confirmation (pdf)

Erasmus+ Training

Learning Agreement for Traineeships (doc)

Reporting your exchange

The exchange report and the documents that verify the exchange are submitted via the online application system SoleMOVE. Please upload the required documents on the After exchange tab of your original exchange application and answer the questions regarding your student exchange on the Feedback tab. The Feedback tab will open after you have started filling in the information fields and started uploading documents in the After Exchange tab, it may also require logging out and logging back in.

Those who have attended Erasmus+ exchange or training must fill in the EU Survey form whose link is sent to the students via email.

The transcript of academic records of your exchange period must also be submitted to your department/school in order to get the studies credited to the UEF degree. Inclusion of studies is not an automatic process!

University of Eastern Finland

UEF Information Sheet (Pdf opens in a new tab.)

JOO – flexible study right studies

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 as of 1.1.2026.

The flexible study rights (JOO) already granted to students are valid until the end of their duration. Students may also be granted new study rights under the current flexible study right agreement during the spring semester 2025. These study rights are also valid until the end of their duration.

According to the agreement, the undergraduate and postgraduate students of all the Finnish universities have the opportunity to include in their degree minor subject studies from the offering of other Finnish universities regardless of the university in which they have the right to complete their degrees.

General instructions

On this page, you can find instructions for students of the University of Eastern Finland who are applying for a flexible study right (JOO) in another Finnish university. Instructions for students of other universities applying for a flexible study right in the University of Eastern Finland can be found on the Hae yliopistoon website (in Finnish).

Contact information of the approval processors by faculty

Philosophical Faculty: Tuula Nissinen, Joo.filo@uef.fi

Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology: Maarit Merimaa-Piirainen, Joo.lumet@uef.fi

Faculty of Health Sciences: Noora Hanhineva, Joo.TT@uef.fi

Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies: Anni Pietarinen, Joo.yhka@uef.fi

Applying for a flexible study right

Your application is processed in both your home university and target university. You should reserve a sufficient amount of time for the JOO application process (around one-and-a-half to two months). First submit your application to your home university for approval. The application periods of the University of Eastern Finland for support processing end on 31 March (for studies beginning in the following autumn) and 30 September (for studies beginning in the following spring), and for admittance processing on 30 April (for studies beginning in the following autumn) and 31 October (for studies beginning in the following spring).

The stages of the application process:

  1. Prepare a study plan according to the instructions of your home university and include the JOO studies as part of your personal study plan.
  2. Examine the JOO study offering of the target university and include the schedule of the JOO studies you chose in your study plan.
  3. Examine the JOO instructions of the target university and check the application periods of the JOO studies or, in case of admissions open throughout the year, the time the studies begin.
  4. Submit the paper application form to your home university for approval.
  5. Without approval, your application will not be processed by your target university. When your home university supports your application, it approves your planned JOO studies as part of your degree.
  6. If you receive the right to study in the target university, register for the studies according to the instructions of the target university. You must also be an attending student in the University of Eastern Finland during your JOO studies. After completing your studies, deliver a transcript of records to your home university so that your studies can be entered in its study register.

Application form for a flexible study right JOO

University of Eastern Finland as the home university

Application for a flexible study right and its processing

University of Eastern Finland no longer accepts electronic application. As of 1 January 2015, applications are submitted on paper forms. The application periods of the University of Eastern Finland for support processing end on 31 March (for studies beginning in the following autumn) and 30 September (for studies beginning in the following spring), and for admittance processing on 30 April (for studies beginning in the following autumn) and 31 October (for studies beginning in the following spring). The student must find out the application periods of the target university, as they may vary.

Approval processing

You must submit the paper application to your own faculty’s processor (see below for the contact information). You must attach an approved personal study plan and transcript of records to the application electronically.

Criteria for approval

  • The JOO studies or equivalent studies applied for must not be offered by the University of Eastern Finland.
  • The JOO studies applied for must not exceed the minimum number of credits required for the student’s degree together with the student’s other studies, and they must be included in an approved personal study plan.
  • Students may not apply for JOO studies during their first year of studying at the Bachelor’s stage.
  • The student must have completed a minimum of 50 ECTS credits that are from studies that are a part of his or her degree, and the credits must include the basic studies of the major subject.
  • At least 25 ECTS credits of the studies must have been completed during the calendar year before the application date.
  • The student may apply for a flexible study right for studies not exceeding one basic study module, or around 25 ECTS credits. This number may be exceeded only for an extremely well justified reason.
  • The faculty will support only one study module at a time, even if the student had applied for several study modules. In exceptional cases, individual courses may be supported.
  • When approvals are being considered, students completing a bachelor’s degree have priority. An application by a student completing a postgraduate degree is supported only in exceptional cases.
  • When considering its approval, the faculty may also use the employment effect of the degree as a consideration, i.e., assess how purposeful the JOO studies applied for are with regard to the degree as a whole from the perspective of the student’s employment prospects.
  • The faculty may also use, for example, financial criteria as grounds for its support decision.
  • The faculties of the University of Eastern Finland may have separate agreements concerning the exchange of studies with other universities outside the JOO system. These agreements are mentioned in the study guides of the faculties in question.

Duration of the approved right to study

The approval of the JOO application remains valid for no more than two (2) years from the date of approval.

Application delivery address

A paper application is delivered to your faculty’s processor.

Delivery of an approved application to the target university

The University of Eastern Finland delivers the approved paper applications to the target university and returns unapproved applications back to the applicants. The approval decision may not be appealed.

Inclusion of completed JOO studies in the degree

The student must deliver a transcript of records of the target university for the completed JOO studies to his or her own faculty in his or her home university in order to have the studies entered in the study register.

Extension to study right – how to apply for an extension

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 right to study located at the bottom of this page. Please read the decision before you apply for an extension.

Applying for an extension to the right to study

Apply for an extension to your right to study when your right to study is about to expire.

If your right to study is about to end on 31 July, apply for the extension by 31 May. If your right to study is about to end on 31 December, apply for the extension by 31 October. This is so that the faculty has time to make a decision on the application before the study right ends. This ensures that there will be no gap in your right to study, and your UEF user account will stay in use.

Only apply for the extension to your right to study when you truly have the ability and intention to study and complete your degree. In some situations it is not necessary to apply for the extension to your right to study when it is about to expire. If you apply for the extension after your right to study has already expired or the extension is granted to you after the registration period has already ended, you must also apply for your study right to be reinstated.

Applying for an extension to the right to study is subject to a fee, and the fee is 50 euros (VNA 1082/2009 4.1 §). The handling fee is collected for applications arriving on 1 January 2025 or thereafter. Paying the fee is a prerequisite for handling the application and making a decision on the application. The fee applies to applications relating to rights to study leading to a degree (bachelor’s, master’s, licentiate of medicine, licentiate of dentistry). The fee does not apply to other applications for an extension to a right to study (e.g., specialist training, separate teacher training competency studies). When collecting the fee, for students who have a right to study to both a first-cycle degree and a second-cycle degree, the combination of the two degree rights to study are viewed as one. If a student applies to have their right to study reinstated at the same time as they apply for an extension to their right to study, only one handling fee will be collected (50 euros). If you apply for an extension to your right to study on 1 January 2025 or thereafter, pay the fee (50 euros) through the payment service (opens in a new tab), and attach the receipt you receive from the payment service by email to the application.

If your UEF account works, apply for the extension to your right to study with an electronic application form in the UEF E-services (opens in a new tab) (requires logging in with a UEF user account). The application is transferred electronically to the faculty officer who, after having prepared the application, forwards it to the Dean who makes the decision on granting the extension. You can keep track of the progress of your application in the tracking service (opens in a new tab) (requires logging in with a UEF user account). You can receive the decision by email. The completed decisions are archived electronically.

If your UEF account does not work or you are unable to log into the E-services (for example, your study right has already ended), print out the form “Extension to the study right” from Kamu’s forms page. Download and fill out the form and return it to the person who handles extension applications in your faculty (listed below) either by mail or as an email attachment.

You can also apply for an extension to your right to study with a mobile device or outside the university campus.

Appendices

Attach to your application:

  1. Updated, scheduled and approved Personal Study Plan (PSP). The PSP must aim at completing the degree, be approved by the study coordinator and clearly indicate the courses to be completed and the intended schedule for completing them, i.e., what semester will the studies be completed.
  2. A short statement from the thesis supervisor on the topic and progress of the thesis, how much work remains and the estimated time of completing the thesis, provided that the student has started working on the thesis.
  3. An explanation on the reasons that have delayed the study progress (write these on the form). If necessary, you may attach a separate document. NOTE! Do not attach medical certificates as appendices. We will ask for them separately, if needed.
  4. If you have been granted an extension before, an account of your study progress with the previous extension.
  5. A receipt you receive from the payment service for the paid application handling fee. The application will not be handled without the receipt.

Reinstating study right after granting an extension

If your right to study has already expired before you are granted an extension, you must also apply for having your study right reinstated. Apply for an extension to your right to study first and for reinstating your study right only after you have been granted the extension. A handling fee will be collected when reinstating the study right. From 1 January 2025 onward, if the student applies to have their right to study reinstated and applies for an extension to the same right to study at the same time, they only need to pay the application handling fee (50 euros) once.

If your right to study was active during the semester preceding the extension, and you register for the coming semester within the registration period, you do not need to apply for reinstating your right to study. You do not need to apply for reinstating your study right, if, for example:

  • your right to study expired on 31 July, you had registered for the study right as being present or absent for the spring semester, and after you receive an extension to your right to study, you register for the autumn semester by 15 September, or
  • your right to study expired on 31 December, you had registered for the study right as being present or absent for the autumn semester, and after you receive an extension to your right to study, you register for the spring semester by 15 January.

Length of the extension

The extension will be granted in academic semesters. The extension will be granted for a minimum of one and a maximum of four academic semesters at a time. Should the approved graduation plan span more than four academic semesters, the extension will nevertheless be granted for a maximum of four academic semesters. The student will need to make a new extension application for the remaining semesters.

If the right to study has been extended, the duration of the right to study will continue to lapse even if the student registers as being absent. This includes statutory reasons for registering as being absent.

Guidance and support for studying

The university provides guidance and training to support your studies, e.g.:

The following people provide information on extending the right to study and handle the extension applications:

Philosophical Faculty 
Riikka Myllys, Academic Affairs Specialist
Joensuu campus, Futura

Starting 1 March 2025 Satu Kouki, Head of Academic Affairs
Joensuu campus, Borealis

Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology
Pauliina Karvinen, Academic Affairs Specialist
Joensuu campus, Metria

Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
Anne Korhonen, Academic Affairs Specialist
Joensuu campus, Aurora

Heli Kemppainen, Academic Affairs Specialist
Kuopio campus, Snellmania

Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy
Päivi Hartikainen, Academic Affairs Specialist
Kuopio campus, Canthia

Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Dentistry and Medicine
Timo Kemppainen, Head of Academic and Student Affairs
Kuopio campus, Medistudia

Faculty of Health Sciences, other programmes
Susanna Järvelin-Pasanen, Head of Academic Affairs
Kuopio campus, Medistudia

Contact information in UEF Connect.

Appeal

Appealing a decision concerning the forfeiture of the right to study is enacted under Section 82(2) of the Universities Act and Section 43 of the Education Regulations of the University of Eastern Finland.

Academic Rector’s decision 57/2024 Normative duration of studies and extension to the right to study

Recognition of prior learning (RPL)

Recognition of prior learning (RPL) refers to a set of practices and procedures that can be used to assess the prior learning of the student and to approve that learning as part of the student’s studies. Prior learning may be a result of the student’s earlier studies or it can have been acquired in some other manner.

The recognition of prior learning is based on the correspondence between the applicant’s competencies and the content and level of the pursued degree and its components, as defined in the learning outcomes.

Applying for recognition of prior learning

You must apply for RPL in the unit that is responsible for the teaching. The faculties and other teaching units have specifying guidelines for RPL. Therefore, contact your study coordinator or responsible teacher before submitting your application.

You can apply for recognition of prior learning in Peppi either through the ‘RPL applications’ tab of your PSP or through the ‘Studies’ drop-down menu on the menu bar at the top of the page. You can find the student’s instructions for applying for recognition of prior learning in the ‘Students’ section of the Peppi Handbook.

Send the application to

If you are not satisfied with the decision, you have the right to apply for rectification.

Terminology

  • Recognition of prior learning (RPL) refers to a set of practices and procedures than can be used to assess the prior learning of the student and to approve that learning as part of the student’s studies.
  • Identification refers to the assessment of prior learning in its different forms.
  • Recognition refers to the procedure by which a course, credit transfer or part of the above are entered in the student’s study register on the basis of his or her prior learning.
  • Credit transfer refers to the recognition of studies, training, work experience or other similar competence as part of the student’s pursued degree, study module or course. The forms of credit transfer are inclusion and substitution. Credit transfer is based on the learning outcomes defined in the curriculum.
  • Inclusion refers to the approval of a course or a study module completed in some other educational institution in the degree as such.
  • Substitution of studies means that a course or a study module included in the student’s curriculum is replaced with a course or a study module of a corresponding content and level, or on the basis of other competence.
  • RPL demonstration is a way for the student to demonstrate his or her prior learning in a manner than can be evaluated. An RPL demonstration is used when credit transfer by direct substitution is not possible, or when the recognition of the student’s prior learning otherwise calls for a separate evaluation, i.e. demonstration of prior learning.

Instructions and contact information

Further instructions are available in your Study Community.

UEF Library RPL process

Student and Learning Services

Studies at the University of Eastern Finland after graduation – alumni study right

Students that have completed their Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree or postgraduate degree at the University of Eastern Finland have the right to complement their studies after graduation with the alumni study right.

Students entitled to the alumni study right:

  • Students who have completed a Master’s degree on 1.8.2019 or thereafter.
  • Students who have completed a Bachelor’s degree that does not grant them the right to complete a Master’s degree on 1.8.2019 or thereafter. Students who graduate from one of the following degree programmes only complete a Bachelor’s degree and may activate the alumni study right when they complete the Bachelor’s degree:
    • Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Lifelong Learning and Sustainable Development
    • Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Social Sciences
    • Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Sustainable Forest Bioeconomy
    • Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Information Technology
    • Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Urban Sustainability Studies
    • Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy (farmaseutin koulutusohjelma, programme in Finnish)
    • Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Early Childhood Teacher Education (varhaiskasvatuksen opettajan kandidaattikoulutus, programme in Finnish)
  • Students who have completed a postgraduate degree i.e. their licentiate or doctoral degree on 1.1.2020 or thereafter.

The alumni study right is defined in the Education Regulations (15 §).

What can you study when you have an alumni study right?

Students who have activated their alumni study right may complete minor subject studies that are free to take or minor subject studies that are restricted but for which the student has received the right to study during their degree studies. Check the list of minor subjects at the university. Any restrictions on education participation are specified in the curricula.

A student with an alumni study right is entitled to get an official transcript of academic records on the studies they have completed.

What is the alumni study right?

The alumni study right is a non-degree study right.

The study right can be activated once the degree is completed and your graduation date has been saved in Peppi. The student has the right to complement their studies free of charge during the academic year of completing their degree and during the following two academic years by activating the alumni study right. The study right always terminates two years after the last day of the academic year on which you graduate. The alumni study right is thus valid for maximum of three years. For example, if a student graduates at any point during the 2024–2025 academic year (1 August 2024 – 31 July 2025), the alumni study right will be valid until 31 July 2027.

You cannot apply for an extension to the alumni study right.

How can I apply for the alumni study right?

You can apply for the alumni study right with an electronic application form after your graduation has been saved in Peppi.

If you are unable to fill the electronic form, please contact the Student and Learning Services’ customer services (contact information at the bottom of the page).

Annual registration

Students who have activated the alumni study right do not need to register annually. The attendance is marked automatically for the full duration of the alumni study right.

UEF account, access rights

Students who have activated the alumni study right have the same UEF account and access rights they had as a degree student. The access rights are valid for the full duration of the alumni study right.

Student union membership

Students who have activated the alumni study right may join the student union, the membership is voluntary. However, students whose only acitve study right is the alumni study right are not entitled to the services of Finnish Student Health Services (YTHS) and as thus need not pay the healthcare fee for students in higher education to KELA (the Social Insurance Institution of Finland). The alumni study right also does not entitle the student to student discounts on public transportation, student priced meals at the university campus restaurants or Sykettä sport services. More information on the benefits offered by the student union membership.

If you want to join the student union as a student with the alumni study right, please contact the Student and Learning Services’ Customer Service in order to receive payment innstructions. You can do this when you activate your alumni study right or later.

Frequently asked questions

Who is entitled to the alumni study right?

  • Students, that have completed their PhD or Master’s degree, or a Bachelor’s degree with no right to complete a Master’s degree at the University of Eastern Finland (Education regulations 15 §)
  • Students that are studying or have studied with a non-degree study right are not entitled to the alumni study right.

Can a student with an alumni study right apply for recognition of prior learning?

  • Depends on the studies and the nature of recognition of prior learning.
  • Inclusion? In most cases recognition of prior learning by inclusion is not possible.
  • Substitution? Depends on the content of studies.

Can a student studying with an alumni study right complete a traineeship abroad or study as an exchange student?

A student cannot complete a traineeship abroad or study abroad as an exchange student with the alumni study right. Exchange programmes, networks and bilateral agreements of the University of Eastern Finland are only for degree students who wish to complete a traineeship abroad or study as an exchange student.

Can a student with the alumni study right take courses that are available for degree students, but are organised by another higher education institution (cross-institutional studies)?

Often yes, but there might be restrictions in the curriculum or in the cross-institutional studies agreement. Consult your UEF coordinator or amanuensis.

Can a student have a degree right and an alumni study right at the same time?

As a rule, no, but there might be some exceptions.

A course’s number of participants is limited, and it has quotas for different student groups. Is a student with the alumni study right always accepted to the course?

Check the limitations in participation in the course curriculum.

Can a student take courses of their former main subject, optional or not optional?

If the number of participants on the course is limited, then no. If there are no limitations, then yes.

Can I study languages with the alumni study right?

You can take courses in the Language Centre with the alumni study right. You have to choose from optional courses. You cannot take courses that are a part of a degree, because they are not a part of any minor subject.

For further information:

For further information on studies, contact your study coordinator or:

Philosophical Faculty: Riikka Myllys
Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology: Maarit Merimaa-Piirainen
Faculty of Health Sciences: Susanna Järvelin-Pasanen
Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies: Annikki Honkanen and Anne Korhonen
Language Centre: Lauri Tolkki and Satu Karhapää-Puhakka

You can find the contact information in UEF Connect.

For further information on registration and applying for the study right contact the Student and Learning Services’ Customer Service:

Language and communication studies

UEF Language Centre offers language and communication studies for undergraduate, postgraduate, and international exchange students as well as staff members. In Language Centre courses, you will learn versatile skills and knowledge that you will need during your studies and in working life. You will also gain tools to develop your skills further in the future.

For degree students (Bachelor, Master, and PhD), we offer courses in English and Finnish. Degree students register for courses in Peppi through their personal study plan. For course catalogue and registration, see Peppi.

In addition to courses forming part of degrees, Language Centre arranges optional language courses. See further details in Peppi.

Furthermore, there are language courses taught in English available through KiVANET, a joint project of Finnish universities. For course catalogue and registration, see Language Centre study community.

Exchange students
Finnish 1A is open for exchange students. International exchange students can also participate in other Finnish courses if there is room in the group. In addition to Finnish courses, we also offer other courses for exchange students, for example Chinese courses. See further details in Peppi and in Language Centre study community.

Bachelor’s programmes
International students studying in Bachelor’s degree programmes taught in English study both Finnish and English courses according to their personal study plan. Please see Language Centre study community for further details.

Master’s programmes
In general, Finnish language studies are required for international Master’s degree programmes (new curriculum 2022–2025).
We also offer English academic communication courses that are specific to certain programmes or Schools and some of which are a mandatory part of the degree.
Our selection of optional courses also includes courses especially aimed at Master’s students.
Please see your personal study plan in Peppi, study guide or Language Centre study community for further details.

Doctoral School
In addition to Finnish studies, PhD students can take courses in English and communication. See further information in Language Centre study community.

Staff
In addition to Finnish courses, the Language Centre arranges language and communication courses for staff members. Course catalogue and registration for staff members in Kongressi.

More information in the Language Centre Study Community

Renouncement of right to study

You may give up your right to study by submitting the form Renouncement of right to study (docx) on Kamu’s page of Forms. Download, fill in, print and sign the form. Return the form personally, by post or as an attachment to email to Student and Learning Services (contact information in Support channels for Students).

NOTE! The form cannot be accepted unless it has been officially signed. You must print and sign the form.

The renouncement of the right to study is binding. After the renouncement, the student can no longer complete studies and the only way to regain the right to study is by applying for admission through the normal student admission procedure.

If you are an Open University student, contact avoinyliopisto@uef.fi about renouncing your right to study.

Reinstating study right

  • A degree student (Bachelor’s, Master’s or doctoral) has to apply for reinstating their study right, if they have lost it for one of the following reasons:
    • A student has failed to register as absent or present during the registration period
    • A first-year student has registered as absent, but has not submitted documents proving the legal grounds for absence by the deadline
    • a student who is required to pay a tuition fee fails to pay the fee by the deadline
  • If more than a year has passed since the student’s last registration as present or absent, the Student and Learning Services shall consult the faculty before reinstating the student’s study right. The student is required to update their study plan. The student updates their personal study plan with their study coordinator before applying for reinstating the study right. You can find the contact information in UEF Connect (opens in a new tab).
  • A student applies for reinstating their study right with an online form and pays the handling fee (50 euros). The payment information for the handling fee can be found on the form.
    • If a student applies to have their right to study reinstated at the same time as they apply for an extension to their right to study, only one handling fee will be collected (50 euros). You can find further instructions on the form.
  • A student must also register as present or absent when applying for having the study right reinstated.
    • If a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree student registers as present, they must also pay the student union membership fee. The payment information for the student union membership fee for a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree student can be found on the form.
    • For doctoral students the student union membership fee is optional. If you are a doctoral student and you want to pay the student union membership fee, please contact the Student and Learning Services (contact information on the bottom of the page.)
  • If your study right has already ended, you must apply for an extension to your study right first. Apply for having your study right reinstated only after you have been granted the extension.
    • NOTE! If your study right was still active in the previous semester, and you were registered as present or absent, you will only need to apply for having your study right reinstated, if you do not register for the following semester within the registration period.
      • If a student whose study right has ended on 31 July is granted an extension and registers for the autumn semester within the registration period by 15 September, they do not need to apply for having their study right reinstated.
      • If a student whose study right has ended on 31 December is granted an extension and registers for the spring semester within the registration period by 15 January, they do not need to apply for having their study right reinstated.
  • NOTE! If you are registered as absent and you want to change your registration to present, you do not need to apply for having your study right reinstated, but you can change your registration by contacting the Student and Learning Services.
  • Changing your registration from present to absent is only possible during the registration periods.
  • You cannot change the registration status of a semester that has already ended.

NOTE! You should register to all your active study rights as either present or absent in the Oili registration service during the registration period. If you register for all of your study rights, you will not lose your study right and will not need to apply for reinstating your study right.

With one application and one payment of the handling fee, you can have all of your study rights reinstated at once. If you apply for having several study rights reinstated with one application, you will not need to make a separate payment for each study right. State on the application form which study rights you wish to have reinstated and whether you wish to register as present and or absent for each one.

You can find the instructions for annual registration in Kamu.

Reinstating study right – application form

Apply for reinstating your study right with the online application form for reinstating your study right (opens in a new tab). The form does not require you to log in with your UEF account. The form does not import the information directly to Peppi. An employee of the Student and Learning Services’ will handle the application. You will receive a confirmation by email once your study right has been reinstated. Your UEF account will start working within a day of receiving the confirmation.

If you cannot use the online form, contact the Student and Learning Services’ customer service. If needed, the Student and Learning Services’ customer service will provide a paper form.

The amount of the handling fee for reinstating a study right is set in the Government Decree on Fees for University Services 1082/2009 (in Finnish) (opens in a new tab).

More information on reinstating your study right and registration in general:

Open university

All the Finnish universities organize open university courses. Open universities are a part of the Finnish adult education system and they offer every adult an opportunity to participate in education, which follows the curricula of the Universities. Each open university provides teaching on its own and in cooperation with such educational institutions as adult education centres, folk high schools, community colleges and summer universities. Every year, over 70,000 people studies at the Finnish open universities – almost 12,000 of them at the UEF Open University.

Open university education is part of the University of Eastern Finland’s continuous learning package.

Minor subject studies in the UEF

In our university, the main principle of minor subject studies is that the studies are offered to the student across faculty borders. However, there are restrictions to admittance, proficiency tests or entrance examinations in some subjects or study programmes that apply to students. These include studies in languages, psychology, medicine, pharmacy, teacher training (including the pedagogical studies for teachers), social work, nursing science and nutrition.

In addition to minor subjects, Study units in career planning, job seeking and the Finnish working life (5 ECTS) are open to all UEF Master’s and Bachelor’s degree students and those with the alumni study right. The self-study courses in English are also open to students in the UEF Open University.

The faculty-specific principles of minor subject studies and the offered minor subjects are collected in Study Guides (in Finnish). You can find detailed information on minor subjects in Peppi.

Minor subjects may also be studied in other Finnish universities as so-called JO​O-studies ​or as cross-institutional studies.

Minor subjects offered in the University of Eastern Finland

Career and Life in Finland (25 ECTS), UEF General Study Modules

Philosophical Faculty, School of Applied Educational Science and Teacher Education, Joensuu

Basic Studies in Gender Studies (25 ECTS), School of Humanities

Professional Intercultural Competence – Theory and Practice, 25 ECTS, School of Applied Educational Science and Teacher Education

Teaching Foreign Languages to Young Learners, 25 ECTS, School of Applied Educational Science and Teacher Education (see restrictions to admittance in Peppi)

Studies are included in Master’s Degree Programme in Early Language Education for Intercultural Communication. Application for Finnish teacher students. Exchange students can attend single courses without application if there are vacancies in the groups.

Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies:

Basic Studies in Food Law and Policy (25 ECTS), UEF Law School

Basic Studies in International Law (25 ECTS), UEF Law School

Basic and Subject Studies for Sustainable Future (25 + 35 ECTS), Department of Geographical and Historical Studies

Borders, Finland and Russia (BEAR) (25 ECTS), Department of Geographical and Historical Studies

International Business and Sales Management (25 ECTS), UEF Business School, (see restrictions to admittance in Peppi)

International Study Programme in Law (25 ECTS), UEF Law School

Sustainable Business and Society, Minor (25 ECTS), UEF Business School

Tourism Business, Minor (25 ECTS), UEF Business School

Entrepreneurship Studies, Minor (25 ECTS), UEF Business School

Other minor subjects available to all UEF students

There are also free minor subject studies provided by cooperation networks that are available to all UEF students. These studies are especially well suited to Bachelor level students. Before applying to any of them, please consult with your home programme.

YUFE Alliance: You can choose from several minor subjects (30 ECTS). Part of these studies must be done physically at the responsible university, so an exchange period is required. The teaching language is English.

UniPID: You can complete a full virtual minor in Sustainable Development (25 ECTS) by selecting at least 5 courses from the current course catalogue. The teaching language is English.

See the full list on the Finnish page