Information for Present and Former Students

Enrolment as present or absent, students who have started their studies on or after 1 August 2015

You have to enrol as present or absent every academic year. If you neglect the enrolment, you will forfeit your right to study and will have to apply for its reinstatement separately and the fee is 50 EUR. You need to enrol as present if you are going for an exchange period or practical training or you're working on your thesis.

The enrolment for the academic year must be made in Peppi system during 1 April - 10 August. You can add an enrolment for the spring term during 1 December - 10 January if you are completing a degree for which the standard study time ends at the end of December. If you have study time left, it is obligatory to enrol for the whole academic year but you can change the enrolment during 1 December - 10 January. If you cannot login to Peppi, you have to contact the Student Office on 10 August / 10 January at the latest to enrol.

Please note that a student who is required to pay tuition fees, cannot make the enrolment by him/herself but the enrolment is registered through the Student Office when the tuition fee for the academic year is paid. Read more about the tuition fees, scholarship programme and exemption from the fee on our website.

You can enrol as absent if

• you’re completing service according to the Conscription Act (1438/2007), Non-Military Service Act (1446/2007) or the Women’s Voluntary Military Service Act (194/1995);

• you're on maternity, paternity or parental leave 
  - in terms of the two abovementioned, always submit a certificate to the student office.

• other absence max. two semesters in length

The abovementioned absences do not consume your study time.

Students in multiform degree programmes leading to a Bachelor’s degree as well as Master’s degree students shall discuss the effect of an absence on the study arrangements with their tutor teacher.

Enrolment as present or absent, studies have been started in a degree programme which has started before 1 August 2015

You have to enrol as present or absent every academic year. You can enrol as absent for two academic years in total. You don’t have to submit a certificate for the absence. Enrolment as absent is done in Peppi between 1 April - 10 August and 1 December - 10 January.

In the autumn you have to enrol for the entire academic year, unless your study time ends before the spring semester starts. Example: the studies have started in August 2013, and last 3.5 years. The standard study time ends on 31 December 2016. The student can enrol only for the autumn semester 2016. If the studies continue in the spring semester 2017, enrolment for the spring term is done between 1 December 2016 – 10 January 2017.

Students in multiform degree programmes leading to a Bachelor's degree as well as Master's degree students shall discuss the effect of an absence on the study arrangements with their tutor teacher.

Students on an extension time

Students on an extension cannot enrol as absent.

If you have been absent for the first year, you must enrol as absent or present for the next academic year through the Student Office not through Peppi. Once you have enrolled, the Student Office will transfer you to a new starting group and inform you of the group.

The Student Office will automatically send you an enquiry about the start of your studies by 30 April / 30 November. Answer the enquiry and indicate your attendance or absence for the coming semester. You can also contact The Student Office yourself. If you do not enrol by 10 August / 10 January you will be suspended.

After the Student Office has informed you in which group you will start your studies, you can read the instructions for starting your studies and the group-specific information letter on the same page.

Students have to enrol as present or absent each academic year, during the enrolment period announced by the university of applied sciences. If you have forgotten to enrol or have resigned, you have lost your right to study in the degree education. In order to be able to continue your studies, you have to apply for a reinstatement of the right to study. The reinstatement of the right to study can be applied for the same or equivalent degree programme you have studied in.

If your term of right to study is still ongoing, the right to study is reinstated always upon an application. If you have used all of your term of right to study and a possible extension time and have been unable to complete your studies, please see “Your right to study has ended or you have resigned and wish to complete your studies”. You can check from the Student Office if your term of the right to study is still ongoing.

How to apply for reinstatement of the right to study:

• Fill the electronic application for reinstatement of the right to study (please find the link on the right side of the page). 
• The fee for processing the application 50 EUR (decree 1440/2014) is paid as netbank payment while filling the application. Make sure you fill in the correct form, the processing fee is not refunded. If necessary, you can ask for advice from the Student Office.
• If you cannot use netbank payment, please ask paper form and payment instructions from the Student Office.

A student, whose right to study has started after 1 August 2015 and there are no more than 35 ECTS of missing studies 

If you have not completed your studies during the term of right to study or the extension time, you can apply for the reinstatement of the right to study to the degree programme you have studied in or an equivalent one. The right to study can be reinstated if the amount of studies missing from the Bachelor’s or Master’s degree does not exceed 35 cr. A student whose right to study has been restored cannot enrol as absent but is present throughout the entire period of the right to study. For more information, please contact the Student Office or Study Counsellor.

When the applicant for the right to study to be granted anew is not a citizen of an EU/EEA country, the Study Guidance Counsellor preparing the decision investigates the student’s obligation to pay the tuition fee with the study administration prior to the decision-making.

How to apply for the reinstatement of the right to study, when right to study has started after 1 August 2015 and there are no more than 35 ECTS of missing studies?

• Contact the Student Office of Study Counsellor to confirm that you can apply for reinstatement of the right to study,
• Fill the electronic application for reinstatement of the right to study (please find the link on the right side of the page).
• The fee for processing the application 50 EUR (decree 1440/2014) is paid as netbank payment while filling the application. Make sure you fill in the correct form, the processing fee is not refunded. If necessary, you can ask for advice from the Student Office.
• If you cannot use netbank payment, please ask paper form and payment instructions from the Student Office.

A student, whose right to study has started before 1 August 2015 and there are no more than 35 ECTS of missing studies 

If your studies have started before 1 August 2015 and you have forfeited your right to study due to negligence of enrolment or the end of the term of right to study or resigned and there are no more than 35 ECTS of missing studies, apply for a right to study through the separate application for those complementing their degree.

A student with more than 35 credits missing from their degree 

If more than 35 cr of studies are missing from your degree, you can apply for a separate right to study to complete the missing studies until you meet the above-mentioned condition for reinstating the right to study. The separate right to study is limited in terms of time and extent and it cannot be used to complete a degree. Granting the separate right to study is at the UAS’ discretion and requires the degree programme’s ability to accept a student. Please read further information on separate right to study in the next section.

A former student of another Finnish university of applied sciences

A student who has studied at another Finnish higher education institution and who has not finished his/her studies, can apply through a separate application for a right to study at Turku University of Applied Sciences to complete his/her studies.

A separate right to study to complete parts of studies in the degree education at Turku University of Applied Sciences can be granted to someone who has lost their right to study at a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programme at TUAS, and who doesn’t meet the criteria for reinstating the right to study (max. 35 cr of studies can be missing from the degree). The separate right to study is limited in terms of time and extent and it cannot be used to complete a degree.

Granting the separate right to study is at the UAS' discretion and requires the ability to accept a student. The study administration fee does not apply to studies completed with a separate right to study.

Studying with the separate right to study is chargeable. The fee is the same as for those studying with Open UAS right to study, 15 euros per credit. Invoicing is done according to the individual study plan prepared with the study counsellor. 

You can apply for a separate right to study by filling the application form on the right column of this site. Please contact a study counsellor before sending the application. An individual study plan (ISP), created with the study counsellor or other instructor, is to be attached to the application for a separate right to study.

A student whose right to study has been restored cannot enrol as absent but is present throughout the entire period of the right to study.

Students who intend to discontinue their studies at Turku UAS must fill in a resignation form.

Once the resignation announcement has been processed, the student office sends the student a study certificate and a transcript of records in Finnish and English to the personal email address listed for the student in Peppi register.

If student resigned from Open UAS studies, student need to contact Open UAS at avoinamk@turkuamk.fi for an electronic certification of resignation or transcript of records. The documents are provided by e-mail upon request.

The Finnish Student Health Service (YTHS) healthcare fee must be paid to KELA by all degree students who have been registered as attending for at least one day a semester. If you resign in the middle of the semester, you are entitled to use The Finnish Student Health Service services until the end of the semester.

If you need additional information that requires processing by Turku University of Applied Sciences, please note that this is subject to a charge. Contact the Student Office by email at studentoffice@turkuamk.fi if you need additional information. The Student Office estimates the amount of work required for the additional information and provides a cost estimate. After this, the order must be confirmed and paid.

The typical delivery time is 2–6 weeks depending on the amount of work and whether your request takes place during holiday seasons or peak times (beginnings and ends of academic and calendar years).

Price list

1. Requests requiring only a small amount of work (a mere signature or equivalent) 
   Price: EUR 40 (incl. VAT)
2. Requests requiring a moderate amount of work (such as searching an archived curriculum related to a class of graduates) 
   Price: EUR 70 (incl. VAT)
3. Demanding requests (detailed reports on the content of individual study modules and courses, calculation of study hours)
   Price: EUR 120 (incl. VAT)

Order and payment

First, please ask for a cost estimate from the Student Office by email, studentoffice(a)turkuamk.fi. After this, the order must be confirmed and paid. Payment shall be made to Turku University of Applied Sciences’ account FI31 5717 2020 0063 17 and the receipt of the payment shall be sent to the Student Office.

Limitations

Curricula are archived in faculties according to the need. Therefore, if your request concerns a curriculum older than 5 years, please check whether additional information on the curriculum is available. The same time limit of 5 years also applies to individual study modules and the detailed contents of courses.

TUAS provides copies of degree certificates and transcripts of records only granted by Turku University of Applied Sciences Ltd after 1 January 2014. Eelctronic copies of original electronic documents (e.g. electronic degree certificates granted after 2 May 2022) as well as electronic transcripts of record can be ordered by email from studentoffice@turkuamk.fi. Documents provided by other parties are separately listed below. Copies of certificates of specialization studies are not provided at all.

Price list

A copy of a degree certificate granted by Turku University of Applied Sciences Ltd (only paper degree certificates granted between 1 January 2014 and 1 May 2022)

• signature by Study Adviser
• includes the degree certificate, Diploma Supplement and transcript of records
• price EUR 30 (incl. VAT and possible postage as an unregistered letter)
• delivery by mail or collection by agreement
• sufficient for e.g. university applications
• To order an electronic copy of an electronic degree certificate, please see Free-of-charge documents listed below

Transcript of records (only documents given after 1 January 2014)

• You can order an electronic transcript of records free of charge by email from studentoffice@turkuamk.fi
• A paper copy of an archived transcript of records is subject to charge for those who do not have a valid right to study (those who have completed their degree and others whose studies have ended)
• Price for a paper copy EUR 20 (incl. VAT and possible postage as an unregistered letter)
• Delivery by mail or collection by agreement
• For those who have completed a degree, the price includes a copy of the Diploma Supplement

Descriptions of studies included in the curriculum (paper copies, printed and scanned documents)

• price EUR 2.00 (incl. VAT and possible postage as an unregistered letter) / study unit
• delivery by mail or collection by agreement
• the student must contact the Student Office before ordering documents to ensure the availability of the material
• please note that you can print the descriptions often by yourself from the Study guide .
• please note that the ordering and payment instructions are different when ordering descriptions of studies. You will receive the intructions from the Student Office after they have ensured the availability of the material.

Order and payment of certificate copies

If you need a certificate copy from a paper certificate, please fill in the electronic order form . You need to pay the order as netbank payment while filling the application. The only payment method is bank transfer, unfortunately we do not accept cash! Please note that the ordering and payment instructions are different when ordering descriptions of studies. You will receive the intructions from the Student Office after they have ensured the availability of the material.

NOTE! Turku UAS cannot provide a copy of documents given before 2014. Please see the documents to be requested elsewhere below. You can contact the Student Office by email studentoffice@turkuamk.fi before ordering if further information is needed.

The copy will be ready within 2 – 4 weeks from the arrival of the receipt. When picking up the copy of a certificate, please bring your ID card with you.

Free-of-charge documents

According to the Act on the Openness of Government Activities (495/2005, Section 34 (2)), a document is free of charge when: 1) information regarding the document is provided orally; 2) the document is provided for reading and copying at the office of the authority; 3) a public, electronically recorded document is sent by email to the person requesting information; 4) an electronically recorded document is sent to a party by email; or 5) providing access to the requested document belongs within the ambit of the obligation of the authority to provide advice, to hear persons or to give notice.

The documents granted to the Turku University of Applied Sciences degree students, students at the Open University of Applied Sciences, students with a separate right to study and students who carry out their studies at Turku University of Applied Sciences on the basis of a mobility agreement between higher education institutions (transcript of records, registration certificate) are free of charge.

Limitations

Turku UAS cannot provide a copy of documents given before 2014. Documents to be requested from other parties are listed separately. Turku University of Applied Sciences does not translate the ordered documents to other languages, instead the customer can turn to an authorized translator for their services. Turku University of Applied Sciences does not notarize or authenticate customer’s own copies of documents or originals. In terms of such documents, the customer may turn to the notary public working in a local register office.

Documents to be requested elsewhere