NOTE! Citizens outside the EU/EEA/Switzerland studying in bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes are required to pay tuition. If you are required to pay tuition, you must pay the next instalment of the fee before you can register as present for the next academic year. If you have questions regarding the tuition fee, contact your programme coordinator.
The instructions for annual registration at the university apply to students who are already enrolled at the university. This means students that are in their second, third, etc., year of studies. If you are a first-year student, see registration instructions for new students.
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Read all of the instructions on this page carefully. On this page you can find information on the following subjects:
Who is obligated to register
All students whose studies aim at a degree must register annually. Bachelor’s, master’s, licentiate and doctoral students are obligated to register for each academic year as being present or absent.
Registration period
The registration period for the academic year starts on 1 June and ends on 15 September.
The period for registering for the spring semester only is 1 November – 15 January.
Registration in the Oili registration service
You can register electronically through the Oili registration service (opens in a new tab). Log into Oili with [email protected], i.e., without the word “student” which is in your email address. The Oili registration information will show in Peppi. You can only register in the Oili registration service during the registration period.
Registration is study right specific. If you have more than one active study right, you can register as being present or absent for all of them or, e.g., as present for one and as absent for another.
Registration is also term-specific. This means that you can register as being absent for one semester and present for another. Remember to take the normative duration of studies into consideration.
Registration is study right specific
In Peppi, registration is study right specific.
If you have more than one active study right at UEF, register as present or absent for each one in Oili. If you register as present for more than one study right, you only pay the student union membership fee once.
If you receive a new study right
If you already have an active study right at UEF, and you receive another degree study right, only register for the new study right in Oili. After this, contact the Student and Learning Services’ customer service. In your message, state whether you want to register as being present or absent to your previous study right. Your registration for the previous study right will be saved by the Student and Learning Services’ customer service.
If you register for your previous study right first, contact the Student and Learning Services’ customer service. In your message, state whether you want to register as being present or absent to your previous study right. In this case, your registration for the new study right will be saved by the Student and Learning Services’ customer service.
You can find the Student and Learning Services’ customer service contact information at the bottom of this page.
Registration as being present
Students generally register as present. Only those who register as present can participate in teaching and training, take examinations and complete a degree. In addition, only present students are eligible for student financial aid. Registering as present is also mandatory for any periods spent studying abroad as an exchange student.
According to the Universities Act, all university students who have been admitted to a programme leading to a bachelor’s or master’s degree belong to the student union. Therefore, bachelor’s and master’s degree students must pay the student union membership fee when registering as present. The Student Union membership fee for the full academic year 2025–2026 is 73 €. For just the autumn semester the fee is 36 €, and for just the spring semester the fee is 37 €.
For licentiate and doctoral students, the Student Union membership is voluntary. For the 2025–2026 academic year, the Student Union membership fee for licentiate and doctoral students in 56 €. For just the autumn semester the fee is 27,50 €, and for just the spring semester the fee is 28,50 €.
In Kamu you can find further information on the Student Union membership fees. Here you can find information on the student card and student benefits.
Registration as being absent
You can register as being absent if you do not intend to attend any courses, complete any studies or complete your degree during the academic year. You can also register as absent if you have a statutory reason for absence, i.e., participation in military or non-military service or being on maternity, paternity or parental leave. The duration of studies can be extended on the basis of a statutory reason for absence if the student registers as absent at the university for such a period of absence. If you register as absent with a statutory reason, you must provide a document regarding the statutory reason to the Student and Learning Services’ customer service.
Those who register as absent must also do so within the registration period in the Oili registration service (opens in a new tab).
You can only change your registration from present to absent beforehand during the registration periods and only by contacting the Student and Learning Services’ customer service. Registration status cannot be changed from present to absent at all outside the registration period. You can change your registration from absent to present during the registration period in Oili. Outside of the registration periods you can change your registration from absent to present at any point during the academic year by contacting the Student and Learning Services’ customer service.
You can find the Student and Learning Services’ customer service contact information at the bottom of this page.
Here you can find detailed information on registering as absent and statutory absence.
Healthcare fee for students in higher education
All bachelor’s and master’s degree students who are registered as being present in a Finnish institute of higher learning are entitled to use the services of the Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS) (opens in a new tab) and must pay the healthcare fee for students in higher education (opens in a new tab) to Kela (the Social Insurance Institution of Finland) by the due date.
You will not be exempted from paying the fee even if you, e.g., do not use the services of the FSHS, do not receive student financial aid or are studying abroad. You must pay the fee even if you are studying remotely and are not based in Finland.
However, you do not have to pay the healthcare fee if you have social security coverage from another EU/EEA country, from Switzerland, or from Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In this case, you must still contact Kela. Despite not paying the fee, you can use the FSHS’s services.
Visit the Kela website for information on how to proceed if you have social security coverage in another EU/EEA country or in Great Britain and Northern Ireland (opens in a new tab).
Kela will not send you a bill for the student healthcare fee. You must pay the fee on your own initiative in the Kela e-service for each academic term. Find out how to pay the student healthcare fee (opens in a new tab) on the Kela website.
The due date for paying the student healthcare fee is determined based on the date on which you register as present, i.e., attending.
On the Kela website you can find information on the healthcare fee and the due dates as well as the payment instructions (opens in a new tab).
If you are unable to register in the Oili registration service
Registering through Oili is the primary means of registration. If you are unable to register through the Oili registration service, contact the Student and Learning Services’ customer service (contact information below).
If you are a bachelor’s or master’s degree student, and wish to register as present, you can ask for the payment details for the Student Union membership fee from the Student and Learning Services’ customer service and pay the fee at your bank or through mobile banking. Alternatively, you can pay the fee at the Student Union offices (opens in a new tab). If you register this way, you must present the receipt for the payment to the Student and Learning Services’ customer service either in person or by email/postal mail (contact information below).
If your UEF account password has expired, you cannot register through Oili. Make sure to change your password before it expires! Here you can find the instructions for changing your password (opens in a new tab).
Studying abroad and registration
Students who study abroad must register as present at UEF for the duration of their studies abroad. This is because the courses they will complete abroad are included in their degree studies at the University of Eastern Finland.
Double degree and joint degree students’ registration
Double degree and joint degree students are obligated to register annually just like other degree students. They too must register as present for the whole duration of their studies. The degree programme may apply for an exemption from paying the Student Union membership fee from the Student Union for the semesters the student is studying abroad in another partner university.
Students who are required to pay tuition
Students who are required to pay a tuition fee must do so before they can register as present for the academic year. A student’s annual registration can be revoked if they have not paid the tuition fee by the deadline. The tuition fee payment deadline is 31 August.
Here you can find further information on tuition fees.
If you forgot to register
Students who do not register as present or absent at the university during the registration period must apply for reinstating their right to study before they can continue their studies. Readmission is granted based on an application submitted to the Student and Learning Services’ customer service. In addition, a handling fee of 50 € is charged from students who register after the registration period has ended. The collection of the handling fee is stipulated in the Ministry of Education decree 1082/2009.
Read more about reinstating study right.
Student and Learning Services’ customer service contact information
The Student and Learning Services’ customer service desk offers general study counselling, information on term registration and study rights and maintains the student register. Changes to personal information are done at the Student and Learning Services’ customer service. The customer services desk also provides study certificates and transcripts of records.
Phone number: +358 29 445 8900
- phone service: Mon–Thu from 12 to 2 pm (12–14)
Opening/office hours:
Up-coming exceptions to opening hours of Student and Learning Services’ customer service are:
CLOSED week 52: Mon 22 – Fri 26 December
Open with extented open hours Mon 5 to Thu 15 January (expect CLOSED on Tue 6 January, national holiday) Monday to Friday from 10 am to 3 pm.
Before contacting us, please check if you can find the answer to your question in Kamu or in KamuBot!
Email address: [email protected]
- If your message contains confidential attachments, for example a document providing grounds for statutory absence, send it from your UEF email. All email exchange between UEF email addresses are encrypted. If your UEF account does not work and you want to send us encrypted email, please contact us and we will give you instructions on how to send your message encrypted.
Visiting address:
- Joensuu Campus, Aurora building, entrance A, ground floor (Yliopistokatu 2)
- Kuopio Campus, Canthia building, 2. floor, Oppari (Yliopistonrinne 3)
Postal address:
- Joensuu: University of Eastern Finland, Student and Learning Services, P.O. Box 111, FI-80101 Joensuu
- Kuopio: University of Eastern Finland, Student and Learning Services, P.O. Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio
