Read­mis­sion to studies



CASE A) The student has started studies before 1st August 2015

If you have started your studies at Karelia Univer­sity of Applied Sciences or another univer­sity of applied sciences before 1st August 2015 and have lost your right to study for the follow­ing reasons
• you have not completed the degree during the set dura­tion of studies or the discre­tionary exten­sion period, or
• you have neglected your oblig­a­tion to enroll as a student, or
• you have resigned from the univer­sity of applied sciences
you can reapply for the right to study to complete your degree.

The right to study can be regranted if you need to complete less than 60 credits for a Bachelor’s degree or less than 30 credits for a Master’s degree. If you need more than 60 credits to complete your Bachelor’s degree or more than 30 credits to complete your Master’s degree, you will be directed to complete the missing studies via Open UAS, and to reapply for the right to study once you have the neces­sary amount of credits or more.

The right to study can only be granted for the same or equiv­a­lent degree educa­tion as the previ­ous right to study. The right to study will be regranted for a maximum of two semes­ters, start­ing from the next semes­ter. Students with a regranted right to study cannot enrol as absent and they are not enti­tled to discre­tionary exten­sion.
You can apply for the regranted right to study either in joint appli­ca­tion or in a sepa­rate Karelia UAS appli­ca­tion in the studyinfo.fi.

The sepa­rate appli­ca­tion periods are 1.11. – 30.4. (student starts studies until 31.7.) and 1.5. – 31.10. (student starts studies after 1.8.).

When apply­ing in a sepa­rate appli­ca­tion, please note that the regranted right to study is covered by the One study place per term provi­sion. If you are regranted the right to study for a degree, you will no longer be able to accept another degree-award­ing study place during the same semes­ter.

Attach­ments of the appli­ca­tion
• an offi­cial tran­script of records of the previ­ously completed studies in pdf-format
a plan for complet­ing the remain­ing studies signed by the study counsellor

In addi­tion, students who are liable to pay the tuition fee in English-medi­ated educa­tion and have started their studies after 1st August 2017, should pay half of the acad­e­mic year’s tuition fee. Receipt of the payment should be attached with the appli­ca­tion. Tuition fees of Karelia UAS

Student coun­sel­lors:
Degree Programme in Inter­na­tional Busi­ness: riikka.kaasinen at karelia.fi, tel. 050 441 2229.
Degree Programme in Indus­trial Manage­ment: jukka.tulonen at karelia.fi, tel. 050 367 5166.

More infor­ma­tion: Admis­sion Services ([email protected])

CASE B) The student has started studies after 1st August 2015

If you have started your studies at Karelia Univer­sity of Applied Sciences or another univer­sity of applied sciences after 1st August 2015 and have lost your right to study for the follow­ing reasons:
• you have not completed the degree during the set dura­tion of studies or the discre­tionary exten­sion period, or
• you have neglected your oblig­a­tion to enroll as a student, or
• you have resigned from the univer­sity of applied sciences
you can reapply for the right to study to complete your degree.

The right to study can be regranted if you need to complete less than 60 credits for a Bachelor’s degree or less than 30 credits for a Master’s degree. If you need more than 60 credits to complete your Bachelor’s degree or more than 30 credits to complete your Master’s degree, you will be directed to complete the missing studies via Open UAS, and to reapply for the right to study once you have the neces­sary amount of credits or more.

The right to study can only be granted for the same or equiv­a­lent degree educa­tion as the previ­ous right to study. The right to study will be regranted for a maximum of two semes­ters, start­ing from the next semes­ter. Students with a regranted right to study cannot enrol as absent and they are not enti­tled to discre­tionary exten­sion.

You can apply for the regranted right to study using a sepa­rate appli­ca­tion form.

The sepa­rate appli­ca­tion periods are 1.11. – 30.4. (student starts studies until 31.7.) and 1.5. – 31.10. (student starts studies until 31.12.).

Use a secured email (https://secure.karelia.fi) to send the appli­ca­tion in pdf-format and the neces­sary attach­ments to the Student Services. Please note that you cannot scan or photo­graph your appli­ca­tion and attach it to your email, because cannot process the appli­ca­tion elec­tron­i­cally then. Sign your appli­ca­tion by typing your name on the signa­ture line in the appli­ca­tion.

Attach­ments of the appli­ca­tion
• an offi­cial tran­script of records of the previ­ously completed studies in pdf-format
a plan for complet­ing the remain­ing studies signed by the study counsellor

In addi­tion, students who are liable to pay the tuition fee in English-medi­ated educa­tion and have started their studies after 1st August 2017, should pay half of the acad­e­mic year’s tuition fee and an appli­ca­tion process­ing fee of 50 €.
Pay the process­ing fee at the Karelia shop.

Receipts of the payments should be attached with the appli­ca­tion. Tuition fees of Karelia UAS

Student coun­sel­lors:
Degree Programme in Inter­na­tional Busi­ness: riikka.kaasinen at karelia.fi, tel. 050 441 2229
Degree Programme in Indus­trial Manage­ment: jukka.tulonen at karelia.fi, tel. 050 367 5166

Student health­care fee

Students attend­ing a univer­sity of applied sciences who are enti­tled to use the services of the Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS) have been required since January 2021 to pay a health­care fee to Kela for each acad­e­mic term. All students who are regis­tered as attend­ing for the current term and are study­ing for a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree are enti­tled to FSHS services.

If you are enti­tled to FSHS services, you must pay the student health­care fee. You cannot get an exemp­tion for example for using occu­pa­tional health services instead of FSHS, or for not receiv­ing any finan­cial aid for students.

You are not billed for the student health­care fee but must make sure to pay it in OmaKela for each acad­e­mic term. How to pay the student health­care fee.

The due date for paying the student health­care fee is deter­mined based on the date on which you regis­ter as attending.

  • For the autumn term, the due date is 30 Septem­ber provided you have regis­tered as attend­ing by then. If you regis­ter as attend­ing for the autumn term on or after 1 October, the due date is 31 December.
  • For the spring term, the due date is 31 January provided you have regis­tered as attend­ing by then. If you regis­ter as attend­ing for the spring term on or after 1 Febru­ary, the due date is 31 July.


More infor­ma­tion: Student Services ([email protected])