Getting started with your studies

You use your UEF user account to log in to all university digital services, such as your student email, online learning environments, the Peppi student and study information system, and library services.
You can activate your account the day after you receive the message confirming that your study right has been created. Your UEF access rights begin on the start date of your study right (from 1 August for the autumn semester and from 1 January for the spring semester).
Activate your account using Suomi.fi e-Identification. You can find detailed instructions on the UEF Digital Services page (opens in a new tab).

As an Open University student, you have access to the Microsoft 365 Copilot service, which includes email. All study-related communication is sent via your UEF email, so check your email regularly.

• Your email address is in the format [email protected].
• You log in to the Microsoft 365 Copilot service and your email using your credentials in the format [email protected].

When you log in to the Microsoft 365 Copilot service for the first time, the service will guide you through setting up multi-factor authentication (MFA).

Also explore the Digistart guide – it introduces you to the university’s digital services and helps you get off to a smooth start with your studies.

Do you have multiple Microsoft 365 accounts? Login credentials from another account (e.g. your workplace or another educational institution) stored in your browser cache may prevent you from logging in. If this happens, try using a different browser or open a browser window in InPrivate/Incognito/Private mode.

You can find links to the online learning environments and login instructions in the dropdown menus below, organised by academic subject. Log in to the online learning environment as soon as your UEF account is active. The subject-specific online environments contain information about individual courses.

Unable to log in to Moodle after changing your password? Your account has most likely been locked due to a long period of inactivity. Request that the lock be removed by contacting [email protected] or [email protected].

If you have any other questions, contact the Open University – see contact details.

Study instructions can be found in a shared eLearn Moodle learning environment for Business studies. All those enrolled in Open University’s Business courses must first log in to this eLearn Moodle, where you will find the course-specific instructions.

Avoimen yliopiston kauppatieteiden opintoyhteisö 2026-27 | UEF Moodle

Invidual courses:

Accounting Information Systems 3 ECTS
Commercializing One’s Knowhow 2 ECTS
Data-analytics for accounting and audit 6 ECTS
Digital Transformation in Business 6 ECTS
Financial statement analysis and valuation 6 ECTS
International Business 6 ECTS
Nature-Baced Economy 1 ECTS
Sales and buyer behavior in retailing 6 ECTS
SAP Intensive Course 3 ECTS
Strategic Management 6 ECTS
Supply Chain Management 6 ECTS
Sustainable co-operative business model 6 ECTS
Sustainable and Responsible Tourism 5 ECTS

Study instructions can be found in a shared UEF Moodle learning environment. All those enrolled in the Basic studies in Lifelong Learning and Sustainable Development or Basic studies in Special Education must first log in to the study subject’s UEF Moodle, where you will find the course-specific instructions.

Lifelong Learning and Sustainable Development
Basic Studies in Lifelong Learning and Sustainable Development | UEF Moodle, enrolment key LLLSUS26

Special Education
Basic studies in Special Education | UEF Moodle, enrolment key BSSpecial26

How to log in to eLearn Moodle

• Click “UEF Login”
• You will be redirected to Microsoft 365 authentication
• Enter your username as: [email protected]
• Enter your password

Individual courses:

Adult Education Promoting Sustainable Development
The Principles of Digital Pedagogy in Instruction and Teaching, MOOC 3 ECTS

How to log in to DigiCampus

• Click “Login with HAKA account”
• Select University of Eastern Finland from the list
• You will be redirected to Microsoft 365 authentication
• Enter your username as: [email protected]
• Enter your password

Individual courses:

The Principles of Digital Pedagogy in Instruction and Teaching, MOOC 3 ECTS

Introduction to Global Health MOOC 3 ECTS

Essay for History Minor
Instructions for completing the course can be found in Peppi’s study guide, and the learning material can be found electronically in our library, UEF Primo. Log in to the library with your UEF credentials! Instructions for using the library can be found in the library guide for new customers. Return the essay to the teacher from your UEF student email by the due dates mentioned in the study guide. Please note that participation in the feedback lecture is a mandatory part of completing the course.

Language and communication studies:

Language and Communication studies organized by the university’s Language Centre do not have a shared Moodle environment for Open university students. However, most courses do have a course-specific Moodle learning environment. You will get instructions concerning the course from the course teacher when the registration period has ended. The messages will be sent to your UEF student email so please read your email regularly.

Please activate your UEF username and student email without delay as the messages sent by the teachers will only be sent to your student email. The links on the name of the course will take you to Peppi study-guide, from where you may find the course timeline and lecture timeline (if applicable).   

Biodiversity.now A (2 ECTS)
Beginning instructions will be updated here by the time the course begins. 

Biodiversity.now B (3 ECTS) 
The teacher will send you the course instructions and the course key before the course starts at the beginning of the course the latest.   

Closer-​to-nature forest management in the boreal forests (4 ECTS)
Instructions will be added before the course begins in January, 2027. NOTE! This course is 4 ECTS for open university students. Field trip mentioned in the Peppi study guide is only for degree students.  

Nature-Based Economy (1 ECTS)
Beginning instructions will be updated here by the time the course begins. 

Nature-Based Solutions (2 ECTS):
Beginning instructions will be updated here by the time the course begins. 

European Forest-bioeconomy (5 ECTS)
Beginning instructions will be updated here by the time the course begins. 

Introduction to remote sensing and geoinformatics, MOOC (3 ECTS):
UEF/MOOC: Introduction to Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics | DigiCampus
NOTE! All coursework during autumn 2026 must be completed in DigiCampus by the end of November 2026. After this, the course will be transferred to UEF Moodle (your progress will not be transferred between systems). 
Log into DigiCampus with HAKA login as a student at the University of Eastern Finland and give your UEF-username in the form [email protected]. The course doesn’t have a course key, but you need to enroll yourself to the course platform to save your progress.  

Climate Change -eLearning
You will get the instructions for starting the course by contacting the teacher: jorma.joutsensaari(at)uef.fi.  

Fundamentals of Medical Device Approval Process and Quality Control
The teacher will send you the course instructions to your UEF student email at the beginning of the course.  

Data and Error Analysis in Natural Sciences
Our training secretary will send you the course instructions and the course key to access the course material.  

Statistical Data Analysis for Technical Physics
A link and a passcode for the course platform on Digicampus will be provided at the beginning of the course. Log in using Haka identification with your UEF credentials. 

Photonics and Optics Fundamentals
Please join the course platform at https://digicampus.fi/course/view.php?id=6561. Log in using Haka identification with your UEF credentials, and then use the passcode Pofss_2025 for the course. 

Please note that we have a few different Moodle platforms for open university studies in Natural sciences, forestry and technology. These Moodle platforms are in Finnish only, and are used to share non-course-specific news and advice. You are welcome to join them. The links and keys can be found by changing the language of this page to Finnish and going to the section “Luonnontieteet, metsätieteet ja tekniikka”. 

Basic Studies in Social Sciences | UEF Moodle
Study instructions can be found in a shared Moodle learning environment

Individual courses

Please activate your UEF username and student email without delay as the messages sent by the teachers will only be sent to your student email. The links on the name of the course will take you to Peppi study-guide, from where you may find the course timeline and lecture timeline (if applicable).

Circular economy as a societal change, MOOC
You can find the online platform from DigiCampus. Log into DigiCampus with HAKA login as a student at the University of Eastern Finland and give your UEF-username in the form [email protected]. Seach for the platform with the name “UEF/MOOC Circular Economy as a Societal Change”. The platform will be opened at the beginning of the course, Sep 28th. NOTE! You must register to the DigiCampus course platform in the first week of the course at the latest. 

Circular economy as a societal change, essay
The essay is written after completing the MOOC course. Instructions for the essay will be added to the online platform of the MOOC course in its final phase. If you have completed the MOOC course previously and you have a grade from it in the student register Peppi, in the University of Eastern Finland, please contact our student affairs secretary, Krista Reiman ([email protected]), for further information.    

Development Crisis and Globalisation
The teacher will send you the course instructions and the course key before the course starts at the beginning of the course the latest.  

Environment, groups and well-being (5 ETCS)
The teacher will send you the course instructions and the course key before the course starts at the beginning of the course the latest to your UEF student email.

Introduction to Finnish Health and Social Services System (5 ECTS)
Study instructions will be sent by email to your UEF student email.

Landscape geography and collaborative knowledge creation, MOOC
UEF/MOOC: Landscape Geography and Collaborative Knowledge Creation | DigiCampus
Log into DigiCampus with HAKA login as a student at the University of Eastern Finland and give your UEF-username in the form [email protected]. NOTE! The course doesn’t have a course key, but you need to enroll yourself to the course platform to save your progress.   

Processing of UAV remote sensing data with open-source software
UEF/MOOC: Processing of UAV remote sensing data with open-source software | DigiCampus
Log into DigiCampus with HAKA login as a student at the University of Eastern Finland and give your UEF-username in the form [email protected]. NOTE! The course doesn’t have a course key, but you need to enroll yourself to the course platform to save your progress. 

Sustainable.now
UEF YH00EM16: Sustainable.now | DigiCampus, course key YH00EM16
Log into DigiCampus with HAKA login as a student at the University of Eastern Finland and give your UEF-username in the form [email protected]. 

SHARE-MOOC I: Statistical methods in ageing research with comparative cross-​sectional data 2 ECTS
Study instructions will be sent by email to your student email.