New Open University Student

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.

To ensure a smooth start to your studies, please explore Digistartti, which offers you an introduction to the university's digital services.

You may find the study instructions and/or course keys for the online learning environments below. For any questions, please refer to the Open University’s Contact Information page.

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 2025-26 | eLearn (uef.fi)

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 eLearn 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 eLearn Moodle, where you will find the course-specific instructions.

Lifelong Learning and Sustainable Development
Basic Studies in Lifelong Learning and Sustainable Development | eLearn, enrolment key LLLSUS25

Special Education
Basic studies in Special Education | eLearn, enrolment key BSSpecial25

Individual courses:

Adult Education Promoting Sustainable Development
You can find the course online learning environment in Digicampus: Course: Adult Education Promoting Sustainable Development 2025-2026 | DigiCampus. Please also follow you UEF email regularly for more instructions from the course teacher.

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 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.

General studies:

The courses

• Basics of Finnish Working Life,
• Career planning self-study course, and
• Job seeking self-study course

Each have their own eLearn Moodle environment. After registering and activating your UEF username, log in to eLearn Moodle and the course environment will appear on your dashboard.

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)
The instructions will be updated here in August. 

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. 

Nature-Based Economy (1 ECTS): 

UEF: Nature-Based Economy 1 ECTS, 2025-2026 | DigiCampus, course key NatureBased25#26
Log into DigiCampus with HAKA login as a student at the University of Eastern Finland and give your UEF-username in the form username@uef.fi. 

Nature-Based Solutions (2 ECTS):
The instructions will be updated here in August. 

European Forest-bioeconomy (5 ECTS):
UEF: Forest-bioeconomy in Europe, 2025-2026 | DigiCampus, course key Abbee2025!
Log into DigiCampus with HAKA login as a student at the University of Eastern Finland and give your UEF-username in the form username@uef.fi. 

Introduction to remote sensing and geoinformatics, MOOC (3 ECTS):
The instructions will be updated here in August. 

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
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. 

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 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”.