Restoration of right to study

A student must enrol for attendance or non-attendance every academic year.  A student who has lost the right to study after failed enrolment, can apply for a restoration of right to study, provided that the time of right to study has not yet ended.

Also a student who has an obligation to pay tuition fees and who has lost the right to study after not paying the fee and not enrolling for non-attendance, or after having the tuition fee refunded to him/her, can apply for the restoration. However, in this case some limitations apply.

The decision on the restoration is made by the Director of Education. As a rule the restoration can take effect as from the beginning of the next semester.

The semesters that a student has neglected to enrol as attendant or non-attendant are counted together as a non-attendance time. If the maximum amount of semesters for non-attendance has already been used, the time of absence caused by failed enrolment shortens the right to study time.

Study time is based on the extent of the degree you are completing:

• 210 cr – 3,5 years
• 240 cr – 4 years
• 270 cr – 4,5 years
• 60 cr – 2 years
• 90 cr – 3 years

Right to study time is your study time + 1 extra year.

The maximum time for non-attendance depends on the time when the student was admitted to the studies. If s/he was admitted

• before summer 2015, the maximum amount of semesters for non-attendance is 4 (2 academic years).
• during or after summer 2015, the maximum amount of semesters for non-attendance is 2 (1 academic year), except for statutory reasons (completion of military service, civilian service or voluntary military service for women in Finland; or maternity, paternity or parental leave).