Study information
Introduction to Academic Culture and Degree Studies was held on 8 September. The PowerPoint slides can be viewed here.
On these pages you'll find the teaching schedules, curricula, faculty examination dates, information on study practices and much more.
The Finnish system of academic education gives students a lot of freedom to plan and schedule their studies. This means that planning the schedule for an academic year, i.e. choosing the subjects and course units and keeping the schedule intensive throughout the studies, requires a lot of activity and responsibility on the part of the student. New degree students will be given information on how to schedule their studies by the appropriate faculty.
The extent of a degree is given in credits (in Finnish "opintopiste", short form "op"). The average input of 1600 working hours needed for studies of one academic year corresponds to 60 credits. One credit corresponds to one ECTS credit.
Recommended year of completion for a course unit is usually given in the curricula guides in order to facilitate students in planning their studies. Students are moreover recommended to consult the guidelines in their own departments regarding the order in which studies are to be taken.
Studying entails listening to lectures, taking examinations, doing written assignments, at times possibly voluntary work, doing salaried work, on-the-job training or doing a year on exchange abroad. There are hardly two identical study paths.
NettiOpsu can be used to monitor how studies are progressing. Students can browse their academic records there, find their examination results and enrol for examinations and courses.
Evaluation of studies is regulated by Regulations for Evaluation of Studies.
