We welcome you to start studying at UEF’s Open University! On this page, you will find instructions on how to get you started with your studies. Please read the instructions carefully.
Here’s how you start your studies:
- Activate your new UEF user account or change the password of your existing account.
- Log in to your study’s online learning environment using the dropdown menu below.
- Activate your UEF student email, where communication regarding your studies will be directed.
- Log in to the student register Peppi, where you can find course registrations and grades.
If you have any questions, please contact Open University avoinyliopisto@uef.fi. We are here to help you!
The first step in getting started is to activate your UEF user name at University of Eastern Finland (UEF). Your UEF user name enables you to log in to all the university’s online services, such as student email, online learning environments, study register Peppi and library services.
You can activate your new UEF username by the following day after the study right has been recorded in the student register Peppi and you have received a message regarding your study right.
Please see the website How to get a UEF username? - UEF Kamu.
With your UEF username, you will get access to the university’s Microsoft 365 services, including a student email. Your email address will be formed of your username: username@student.uef.fi. When logging in, you need to use it in the form of username@uef.fi. Please remember to check your UEF email regularly because notifications about your studies will be sent only there. See here for more information.
Peppi is the student and study register used at UEF. Via Peppi you will get access to your personal information, personal study plan (PSP), the duration of your study right, study transcript and course schedules. You can log with you UEF username (username@uef.fi). Instructions on how to use Peppi can be found in a separate Peppi Handbook for students.
We recommend you to familiarise yourself with the Digistartti introduction before commencing your studies. The purpose of Digistartti is to familiarize you with the digital tools and online learning envi-ronments used at UEF well before you need to use them in your studies.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact your study subject’s coordinator or training secretary – we are here to help you.
You can also contact us through:
- sending an e-mail to jok-ohjaus@uef.fi, and we'll figure out who can help you or
- reserving a meeting online.
All of these are free, and you can freely use them even before starting your studies.
Online learning environments
You may find the study instructions and/or course keys for the online learning environments below. If you have any questions, please contact to Open University avoinyliopisto@uef.fi.
Log in to the online learning environment as soon as your UEF account is available. Please read the course’s or study module’s instructions carefully. There are two types of online learning environments: eLearn Moodle and Digicampus. More information on logging into online learning environments can be found in KAMU.
All courses do not have an online learning environment. If your studies do not have an online learning environment, the study instructions will be sent to your UEF student email, or you may find the study instructions in the Peppi Study Guide.
Study instructions can be found in a shared eLearn Moodle learning environment for Business studies. All those enrolled in Open University's Business and Tourism Business Studies courses must first log in to this eLearn Moodle, where you will find the course-specific instructions.
Kauppatieteiden opinnot, Itä-Suomen yliopisto | eLearn, enrolment key: JOK23kauppa
Available studies in English (academic year 2023-2024)
Tourism Business (25 ECTS):
Introduction to Tourism Studies 5 ECTS
Consumer Behavior in Tourism 5 ECTS
Digital Tourism Business 5 ECTS
Marketing and Managing Tourism Destination 5 ECTS
Sustainable and Responsible Tourism Business 5 ECTS
Invidual courses:
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
Sales and buyer behavior in retailing 6 ECTS
Strategic Management 6 ECTS
Supply Chain Management 6 ECTS
Sustainable co-operative business model 6 ECTS
Study instructions can be found in a shared eLearn Moodle learning environment. All those enrolled in Basic studies in Lifelong Learning and Sustainable Development courses must first log in to this eLearn Moodle, where you will find the course-specific instructions.
Basic Studies in Lifelong Learning and Sustainable Development | eLearn, enrolment key LLLSUS23
Individual courses:
Principles of Digital Pedagogy in Instruction and Teaching MOOC 2 ECTS | DigiCampus, course key: UEF_open23
Individual courses:
Introduction to International Business in German-speaking countries 3 ECTS:
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.
Societal Perspectives on Translation 3-5 ECTS:
The student studies research literature and writes essays according to the 3 or 5 ECTS requirements. The reading material and essay topics are agreed upon with the teacher. Learn more in the Peppi study guide.
Language and Communication studies organized by the university's Language Centre do not have a shared eLearn Moodle environment for Open university students. However, most courses do have a course-specific eLearn 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).
Individual courses:
Biodiversity.now A (2 ECTS):
Our training secretary will send you the course instructions and the course key to access the course material.
Introduction to Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics | DigiCampus
Login with your UEF username and password using the HAKA login. The course doesn’t have a course key, but you need to enroll to the course at DigiCampus to save your progress during the course.
European Forest-bioeconomy (5 ECTS):
The teacher will send you the course instructions and the course key to your student email. The instructions will be sent to new students once a week, mainly on Wednesdays.
Polymers, Part I (2-5 ECTS):
The teacher will send you the course instructions and the course key before the course starts at the beginning of the course at the latest.
Our training secretary will register you for the exam at the end of the course automatically. If you need to retake the exam, you need to register for that in Peppi 10 days before the exam at the latest.
Climate Change -eLearning (2 ECTS):
Our training secretary will send you the course instructions and the course key to access the course material.
Molecular biology (5 ECTS):
The teacher will send you the course instructions and the course key before the course starts at the beginning of the course at the latest.
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).
Basic Studies in Social Sciences | eLearn, enrollment key OUBSSOCIAL
Individual courses:
Landscape geography and collaborative knowledge creation, MOOC (2 ECTS)
Our training secretary will send you the course instructions and the course key to access the course material.
Critical Geography of the EU (5 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.
Circular economy as a societal change, MOOC (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. Please note, that you need to login to the course platform right at the beginning of the course to be able to get access to the material.
Circular economy as a societal change, essay (2 ECTS)
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 out training secretary for further information.
Mining, Society and Sustainability I (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. Please note, that you need to login to the course platform right at the beginning of the course to be able to get access to the material.
Please note, we have eLearn Moodle platform for Geography and Environmental Policy studies in the Open University: Maantieteiden ja ympäristöpolitiikan opinnot. This general eLearn Moodle is in Finnish. You are welcome to join the eLearn Moodle using the course key maaymp23.
Introduction to Finnish Health and Social Services System (5 ECTS)
Study instructions will be sent by email to your student email.