Information for New Master's Degree Students

The study place must be accepted and the enrolment for the academic spring semester 2024 completed by latest on Friday 1 December 2023 at 3 pm Finnish time in Studyinfo database. The study place is accepted by using the link you receive from Studyinfo or by using the strong identification (a Finnish bank account, mobile certificate, or an electronic ID card). If you do not have a possibility for strong identification or the link you received from Studyinfo does not work, please contact Oamk Admission Services, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

Acceptable reasons for absence

According to the Universities Act/Polytechnics Act (325/2015 § 29), a first-year student may enroll as absent for the academic year for the following reasons only:

1) Service under the Conscription Act (1438/2007), Non-Military Service Act (1446/2007), or Act on Women's Voluntary Military Service (194/1995);
2) parental leave to take care of their child (birth or adoption) (52/2022);
3) Student is prevented from beginning the studies due to personal illness or injury.

If one of the three mentioned reasons apply during the academic year, the student can enroll as absent for the whole academic year.

You must prove the legal grounds for your absence. Please note that student’s own notification is not sufficient. Documents proving the legal grounds for absence should be sent by email or by post, or to be presented to the Admissions Services. Documents must be received by the date of the acceptance of the study place at the latest. Documents sent by post must also arrive by this deadline. Oulu University of Applied Sciences does not archive the documents but all documents will be destroyed after the reasons for absence are checked. This is why it is important that you deliver official copies of the documents instead of the originals.

If you enroll, as absent in your first academic year and do not deliver enough proof of your absence, your enrolment will be changed as present. In this case, in order to keep your study right, you must deliver the original schooling documents to the Student Services in question by given deadline. The photocopies or scanned documents are not considered enough. If the original documents are not delivered, your study place will be cancelled.

Please note that only above-mentioned reasons are accepted for absence.

All applicants must give proof of the field specific work experience gained after finishing their Bachelor’s or Master’s degree. The proof can be given by delivering copies of the work certificates and copies of English translations of them if necessary. Copies should be uploaded to the online application in Studyinfo you have filled in earlier. If you have not uploaded the copies to your application, please upload them now. Section is open in Studyinfo. If you have any questions regarding the work certificates, please contact Oamk Admission Services, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

If you need to send the copies of your work certificates via email, please follow these instructions: 

• Register your email at https://securemail.oulu.fi/
• You will receive an email titled: ”Turvaposti Oulun Yliopisto”. The email includes a personal link to register to the service.
• In the "To" -field, please write This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and to the "Subject" -field, please write: The copies of Work Certificates.
• Attach your copies of Work Certificate(s) to your email.
• Send your confidential email in this service.

If the two-year work experience requirement has not yet been met during the application period, you must attach copies of your work certificates by 31 December 2023.

Military or non-military national service, women's voluntary military service or child-care leave will not be counted towards work experience.

Please note that the requirement of the work experience is stated in the Finnish law for Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences, which is why checking the work certificates is a mandatory part of the student selection process. When the need arises, the original documents might be requested. If you do not deliver the copies of required documents, your study place will be forfeited.

At Oamk the amount of the tuition fee for Master´s degree is 10 000 € for one academic year and 5 000 € for each additional semester to complete the program. 

Tuition fee is charged from the non-EU/EEA students (including UK citizens) studying in the English degree programmes who do not hold the Finnish residence permit that gives the exemption from the tuition fees. Document proving the right for exemption must be submitted before the tuition fee is charged.

If you confirm your study place and enroll as present within 7 days from receiving the information of acceptance, you are entitled for an early bird discount of 2 000 €. This means that the tuition fee for the first academic year is 8 000 €.

The tuition fee must be paid in full by the due date. If you fail to pay the tuition fee within the given due date, you will lose your right to study. 

If you graduate within your optimal study time, you will be refunded a scholarship of 2 500 € of the tuition fee of one academic year studies and 3 750 € of the tuition fee for 1,5 academic years studies. The optimal study time for a 60-credit degree is one academic year and 1,5 years for a 90-credit degree. 

The Finnish Language Scholarship of 2 000 € is awarded for students who take and pass the Finnish National Certificate of Language Proficiency in Finnish language on the level B1. This scholarship is available for tuition fee paying students only.

Please see more information from the Study Guide.

Modern Software and Computing Solutions
The first official program contact time for students will be on 4 January 2024 from 5 pm to 8 pm (EET) via video conference using Zoom by going to the following URL: https://oamk.zoom.us/my/teemu.leppanen. 

DPM_orientation_2024 (pdf)

A visa to visit Finland

In your studies you will need your student account to access Oamk's online services such as email, Peppi and Moodle. If you have a Finnish bank account, mobile certificate or an electronic ID card, please follow the instructions found here: Oamk username and password. If you do not have a Finnish bank account, please contact Academic Affairs This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You can get the username and password in the beginning of December. 

Remember to change your password immediately (Update Password) and test that your student account works before your studies begin and start working with the Digital Starter Package. For example sign in The Microsoft Office 365 cloud service and check out your student email (log in instructions)

For more IT-information and support check Oamk it-services. If you have problems with your user account, please contact IT-services This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / +358 294 483 124.

Devices

For your studies you need a laptop/computer, good internet connection and a browser (for example Google Chrome). In addition, you need to have a headset with a microphone for online teaching and guidance appointments and a web camera. As a student you will get a MS 365 services for free. This includes applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote etc. Register to MS 365 service with your student username.

Admin account for your device is highly recommended.

Master's studies take place mainly online. In your studies you will need your own computer, webcam, headphones and microphone (e.g. headset). You should notice that online studies require you to use (free) OpenVPN or FortiClient software to connect to the Oamk’s network from where you live. You will need it e.g. when you use the library's online services (NB. the VPN software might be replaced with another brand during your studies). Once your study place has been confirmed and you have received your student username and password, you will be able to log in to Moodle and other online environments. 

Moodle is an online learning environment, where you can find all Master studies (except Degree Programme in Education Entrepreneurship), instructions and schedules.

Log in with your student username and password: https://moodle.oulu.fi/enrol/index.php?id=13591

The course key is your study group ID, see below. 

Group IDs

• Data Analytics and Project Management (MBA): 
• Data Analytics and Project Management (MEng): 
• Education Entrepreneurship: 
• Modern Software and Computing Solutions (MBA): DPM24KYTIK
• Modern Software and Computing Solutions (MEng): DPM24KYTEKN

Please, look at the guidelines how to log in to Moodle and search Moodle courses if necessary to find the platform. 

Digital Starter Package 2023-2024
Studying at Oamk requires good digital learning skills and the management of digital services that benefit and enable your studies. Digital Start Package has been built to support your skills. It will help you learn how to use the digital programs and services necessary for learning. Please get familiar with the tasks included in the Digital Starter Package on your own schedule. 

Digital Starter Package is located in Moodle. Log in with your student username and password: http://oamk.fi/moodle. After logging in, register yourself in the course area Digital Starter Package 2023-2024. The course key is your study group ID, see above. Read more about Moodle.

The digital starter package is available to you from the beginning of August throughout the first academic year and you can return to the Moodle platform to review things during the first year, if necessary.

Peppi is a password protected student and course credit system, which you can access with your student username. You can check your progress, the current state of your studies, the credits you have accumulated, and you can order and print your study certificate and transcript of records in Peppi.

Oiva is our student intranet and your daily tool which allows you to keep up-to-date on current issues and take advantage of various tools and services in your studies.

Microsoft Office 365 includes your student email, which you can register by adding @students.oamk.fi after the username you have been provided. It is to this email where all the messages, information bulletins about your studies, notifications about expiring passwords and the messages sent from Moodle/Peppi will be sent. It is very important that you actively monitor this email address.

Microsoft Teams and Zoom are online meeting tools that are used for distance learning and student counselling, online meetings, and webinars.

During orientation days you will get familiar with the content of studies and course registration. It is recommended to take a closer look at the degree programme’s curriculum, competences and knowledge assessment in advance in the Study Guide

Master’s degree programme is outlined and defined by European Qualifications Framework. Master studies require students’ self-direction, responsibility, commitment and curiosity to face challenges. Master studies consist of advanced professional studies, free-choice studies and the Master’s Thesis. Studies are mostly implemented online including both individual and group work. Content of studies, curricula and knowledge assessment can be found in the Study Guide.

In our competence-based master’s degree programme you develop your competences towards the competence goals described in the curriculum and the competence you already have will be acknowledged as part of your studies. By assessing your own current competence, you build your personal study plan (PSP). In your PSP you document and describe your competence, your development areas and plan how to develop and demonstrate your competence. Your tutor will help and support you in this work.

You have freedom and responsibility to plan your own studies, but you also have the opportunity to study according to the course catalogue planned for your study group. You will become a part of a study group which will offer you support through your study path.

In competence-based learning you can…
• plan how you would like to develop and demonstrate your competence.
• demonstrate your competence on your own or in a group.
• work together and build your network with a variety of students across different degree programs.
• you can study where and when ever.

In competence-based learning you need to…
• take responsibility of your learning and development of competence.
• plan your studies.
• share your competence with your fellow students.
• be willing to try out new student-centered approach to competence development and demonstration.

All students who study for a Bachelor’s or a Master’s level degree at a university of applied sciences and enroll as attending must pay the healthcare fee to the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela).

The healthcare fee entitles you to use the services of the Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS). No bill will be sent on the healthcare fee, and thus you have to pay the fee on your own initiative. For the autumn term, the due date is November 15th and for the spring term, the due date is March 15th.

If you live outside Finland, you still have to pay the healthcare fee. FSHS offers also services online. 

If you have social security coverage in another EU/EEA country or in Switzerland or the United Kingdom, you do not have to pay the healthcare fee. 

You can find the instructions and account number for payment in Kela’s web site: How to pay the healthcare fee in higher education.

Oulu regional service points
More information: What is the healthcare fee in higher education?
Read more about services of FSHS

 

Meal discount 

As a degree student, you are eligible for discounted meals at student restaurants if you present a valid student card or Tuudo's Student ID. 

More information about the meal discount and student restaurants
More information about the Tuudo's Student ID 

 

Other Kela benefits for students

Kela grants student financial aid (opintotuki) and housing allowance (asumistuki) for Finnish students. These benefits are available to non-citizens of Finland only in some cases. 

Please see more information about Kela benefits to non-citizens of Finland. 

Apply for student financial aid after you have accepted the place of study and the information about your new place of study will appear in Kela's online application as basic information. Financial aid is granted upon application at the beginning of studies, usually for the entire target completion period. The annual support period is from September to May. Note! Student financial aid is granted at the earliest from the beginning of the application month and cannot be applied for retrospectively.

As a Master student please notify the income limits and the study progress requirements if you apply for student financial aid.

More information about Kela’s financial aid for students

General housing allowance is available throughout the year depending on the income of the household. You can apply for general housing allowance when you know your housing costs and living conditions. You can receive housing allowance retrospectively for the month preceding the month of application.

More information about Kela’s housing benefits

Student Union of Oulu University of Applied Sciences – OSAKO is a service and support organization for all students of Oamk. OSAKO operates by students, for students, with the help of a couple of employees.

Academic Affairs support you on and off campus throughout your study time. You can reach Academic Affairs team at Linnanmaa and Kontinkangas service points or you can contact us by email or phone. You are offered support and guidance in matters concerning study right, academic year enrollment, study documents, outgoing student exchange/ingoing student exchange, insurances and graduation. 

Linnanmaa campus service point Luotsi
Yliopistonkatu 9, 7C, 1st floor
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tel: (+358) 029 448 9210

Kontinkangas service point
Kiviharjuntie 4, Louhi building, 1st floor, Louhi 1194
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tel: (+358) 029 448 9210

Find more about Academic Affairs, service hours and team staff

Oulu Campus Navigator

Oulu Campus Navigator is a mobile application which provides indoor navigation on the Linnanmaa campus. It can be downloaded from Google Play and App Store. You do not need to sign in to application, and it does not track the location of individual users. Its operations are based on Bluetooth transmitters on the campus.