Skip to content
UEF Kamu
  • Frontpage
  • Tools
  • Databank
  • Contact
SuomiEnglish
Campus restaurants
Email
Yammer
Peppi
WebOodi (read only)
UEF Moodle
eLearn Moodle
DigiCampus
Electronic exam: instructions for students
Lukari
Electronic exam: instructions for students
Library
MOT dictionaries
Sykettä Sports
ISYY
UEF Connect
uef.fi
Student2Student -peer counselling
Peppi
uef.fi
Heimo
Weboodi
  • Frontpage
  • Tools
  • Databank
  • Contact
News
New students
Doctoral studies
Study communities
Support Channels for Students
Minor studies and other study opportunities
Study guides
Introduction to international studies
Recognition of prior learning
Study Coordinators
Academic calendar
Campuses, Faculties
  1. Frontpage
  2. Databank
  3. During studies
  4. Planning and completing studies
  5. Recognition of prior learning (RPL)
print topbar logo

ITÄ-SUOMEN YLIOPISTO

JOENSUU, KUOPIO

Student Doctoral student Continuous studies student

Recognition of prior learning (RPL)

Print

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

Open university

Business and Law : Laura Al-Azzawi, Riitta Laasonen and Aija Turunen

Education: Iina Airaksinen

Health Sciences, Pharmacy: Laura Al-Azzawi, Jonna Issakainen, Helena Karisto-Lautanen, Pia Koponen, Helka Pukarinen and Tuula Tanskanen

Humanities, Theology: Iina Airaksinen, Satu Maarit Huuskonen and Kati Hietava

Language and Communication Studies: Helka Pukarinen

Sciences: Krista Reiman and Helka Pukarinen

Forest Sciences: Krista Reiman and Helka Pukarinen

Computer Sciences: Krista Reiman and Helka Pukarinen

Social Sciences, Psychology: Iina Airaksinen, Kati Hietava, Maarit Kankaanpää, Sanna Nissinen, Pia Koponen, Helka Pukarinen, Krista Reiman and Sari Ryynänen

Philosophical Faculty

International degree programmes: Clinical Linguistics, English Language and Culture, Linguistic Data Sciences, Early Language Education for Intercultural Communication, Pedagogy and Teaching for Sustainablity, Lifelong Learning and Sustainability: Juuso Loikkanen

Faculty of Health Sciences

Master Degree Programme in Biomedicine Marjut Nenonen, Henna Jääskeläinen
Master Degree Programme in Public Health (MPH) Mari Aalto
Master Degree Programme in Toxicology Maiju Laitinen

Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies

Master's Degree Programme in Environmental Policy and Law: Tuula Joro
Master's Degree Programme in International Business and Sales Management: Silja Tuomala
Joint Nordic Master Programme in Environmental Law: Tuula Joro
Master's Degree Programme in Tourism Marketing and Management: Silja Tuomala
Bachelor's Degree Programme in Social Sciences: Jarmo Romppanen
Master's Degree Programme in International Business and Sales Management: Silja Tuomala

Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology

Master’s Degree Programme in Biology of Environmental Change, Timo Kumlin
Master’s Degree Programme Computational Colour and Spectral Imaging, Laura Hurmalainen
Master’s Degree Programme in Environmental Health and Technology, Timo Kumlin
Master’s Degree Programme in European Forestry, Marjoriitta Möttönen
Master’s Degree Programme in Forestry, Marjoriitta Möttönen
Master’s Degree Programme Imaging and Light in Extended Reality, Laura Hurmalainen
Master’s Degree Programme in Information Technology, Oili Kohonen
Master’s degree programme in Medical Physics, Hannu Korhonen
Master's Degree Programme in Photonics, Noora Heikkilä
Master’s Degree Programme in Photonics for Security Reliability and Safety, Noora Heikkilä
Master’s Degree Programme for Research Chemists, Mari Heiskanen
Master’s Degree Programme in Wood Materials Science, Pauliina Karvinen

Doctoral Schools and Programmes
  • Doctoral School: University Lecturer Merja Lyytikäinen
  • Doctoral Programme in Educational Studies (KASVA): Amanuensis Kaisu Kortelainen
  • Doctoral Programme in Social and Cultural Encounters (SCE): Amanuensis Salli Anttonen
  • Welfare, Health and Management (WELMA) Doctoral Programme: Amanuensis Salla Lappalainen
  • Past, Space and Environment in Society Doctoral Programme: Amanuensis Ville Hamunen
  • Doctoral Programme in Business Studies: Amanuensis Jarmo Romppanen
  • Doctoral Programme in Law: University Teacher Hanna Partinen

If you use the Puro service to transfer a study attainment you want to have credited through the RPL process, note that the study attainment will be handled in accordance with the home university’s process. At the University of Eastern Finland, applying for recognition of prior learning is done in Peppi, unless your unit has instructed otherwise. The Puro service will be discontinued on 31 December 2022.

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

Further information

  • General principles on the recognition of prior learning
  • Study regulations, see section 39
recognition AHOT RPL recognition of prior learning credit transfer substitution of studies inclusion substitution
University of Eastern Finland Joensuu, Kuopio © University of Eastern Finland
Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube LinkedIn Snapchat SoundCloud
  • Accessibility Statement
  • Data protection and processing of personal data in UEF
Manage consent
We use cookies to optimize our website and our service.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Asetukset
Tekninen tallennus tai pääsy on tarpeen laillisessa tarkoituksessa sellaisten asetusten tallentamiseen, joita tilaaja tai käyttäjä ei ole pyytänyt.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you. Tekninen tallennus tai pääsy, jota käytetään yksinomaan anonyymeihin tilastollisiin tarkoituksiin. Ilman haastetta, Internet-palveluntarjoajasi vapaaehtoista suostumusta tai kolmannen osapuolen lisätietueita pelkästään tähän tarkoitukseen tallennettuja tai haettuja tietoja ei yleensä voida käyttää tunnistamaan sinua.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage vendors Read more about these purposes
Show preferences
{title} {title} {title}