For Open University students

1. Get to know our course offering on our website.
2. Enroll for studies by using the registration link in the description of the course or study module. Note that some studies are organized by cooperative educational institutions, and in these cases, the enrollment takes place through their websites.
3. Pay the tuition fee online during registration. Some courses might be free of charge.
4. After the registration and payment, you will receive an automatic confirmation response to your email.

See also Tuition fees and Cancellation of enrollment

If you have any questions, please contact avoin.yliopisto@oulu.fi

• The study right will be automatically granted for you after registration.
• The study right begins before the start of studies.
• Study right lasts for three terms in study modules and two terms in individual courses. Study right begins in the term you register for the course/module. Note that your study right period may be longer than execution of the course.
• The University terms are
  • spring term 1.1.-31.7. and
  • autumn term 1.8.-31.12.
  • summer period 1.5.-31.8.
• You can check the duration of your study right in Peppi-system.
• If you have registered for more than one course, you may have several study rights. All your study rights have their own study right number which are shown individually in Peppi.
• If you have several study rights, make sure you are viewing the right one.

See also: Study right of degree students at the Open University

When enrolling for Open University studies of the University of Oulu for the first time:

• You will receive a University user account to your email address from the University ICT-services before the studies begin.
  • Please note that there may be a short delay in the formation of new user accounts
  • The University user account starts to work only after the study right has been validated.
• Set a password online via Self-service: https://account.oulu.fi/passw. In order to do that you need to have a personal Finnish online banking account, a mobile ID or Finland’s Digital and Population Data Services Agency’s certificate.
• If you don’t have access to any of these identification methods, contact ict@oulu.fi. Send the message with header: "Missing password".

If you have studied in the Open University of the University of Oulu previously:

• Your existing University user account and password will be activated automatically after the study right has been validated. You will not receive any separate notification regarding the activation.
  • You can check the status of your user account and set a new password in Self-service: https://account.oulu.fi/
• Log in to information systems by using the form: account(at)student.oulu.fi.
  

You have an access to following services by using University user account:

• O365 Education cloud service: Outlook email, calendar, Office programs, OneDrive and Teams collaboration tool. You may also install Office tools to your own computer.
  More info here: https://www.oulu.fi/ict/office365
• Peppi-system
• G Suite cloud service. More info here: https://www.oulu.fi/ict/gsuite
• Web-based learning environment Moodle
• Oulu University Library databases by remote
• ICT service’s laptop vendors and other workstations
• ICT service’s software distribution

More information of the University user account.

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• As a Open University student, your will get an university email address automatically.
• The email address is in form: firstname.lastname@student.oulu.fi.
• Please note that the university email address is your primary address in all study related matters. Check your email regularly.
• Log into the service with your university Microsoft account at: https://o365.oulu.fi.
• Forwarding mail to external addresses is not recommended, but it is nevertheless possible. Read the instruction: Email forwarding.

• Before the studies begin, you will receive more specific information regarding the learning environment.
• In the University of Oulu the most frequently used learning environment is Moodle but there may be also other learning environments in use.
• You will find all the specific information about the course (timetable, course material, assignments) in Moodle.
• Please log in to learning environment before studies begin to activate your Moodle account.
  • Log in using University of Oulu account here: https://moodle.oulu.fi/.
• In most cases you will be transferred to course platform automatically after activating your Moodle account.
  • You may need to log in and out for a few times and wait overnight between the log-ins.
• In some cases you will need an enrolment key to get in to the course platform.
  • You will get the key to your email. Use the key to self-enroll to the course platform.

Instructions for Moodle.

• University of Oulu uses Peppi student and study information system
• As a student you can use Peppi for
  • viewing your study rights and study records,
  • ordering transcript of records,
  • changing your contact information and
  • giving course feedback
• You have access to Peppi as long as your study right is active
  • Log in to Peppi with your University user account
• Peppi user instructions for students

• As a University student you get access to Office 365 Education services (shortly O365)
• The O365 service offers versatile tools for your use, such as:
  • Outlook
  • Word
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Teams
• The O365 service can be used
  • with a browser or
  • with desktop applications.
• You can log in to the service with your university Microsoft account at:https://o365.oulu.fi.
• The right of using University information systems ends and your email address is closed as your study right ends. The email folders and other files are automatically removed within 30 days.

• Zoom is an online meeting tool used for e.g. online lectures
• Log in to Zoom here: https://oulu.zoom.us/
• You can install a Zoom app to your computer or mobile device or use it with a browser
• Use your University account to log in to Zoom. Log in with your email address and related password.

Zoom instructions.

• In case of need for guidance, please contact us:
  • Registration, study rights, practices of Open University: avoin.yliopisto@oulu.fi
  • Student account: ict@oulu.fi
  • Study environment: moodle@oulu.fi
  • Course contents, course completion, timetable and practices of the course: the teacher of the course (firstname.lastname@oulu.fi)

• Libraries offer several services and literature sources for students: books, magazines, databases, study spaces and guidance.
• Log in to library services with your University user account: https://oula.finna.fi/
• If need for help with library services and information searching contact: avoin.kirjastopalvelut@oulu.fi

More information: https://www.oulu.fi/library/

• The purpose of evaluating study attainments is to monitor the progress of a student’s studies and to gather information on the student’s learning process and learning outcomes.
• The assessment of study attainments is based on the learning outcomes and assessment criteria defined in the curricula.
• A numerical scale from 0 to 5 (in integers), or a verbal assessment with the grades pass and fail is used in the assessment of study attainments.

You can view your completed credits on Transcript of study records -page in Peppi. This is official certificate for completing your studies.

If your study right is active

• You can view your completed credits on Transcript of study records -page in Peppi. If you can not find the right study records, change the study right that you are operating in Peppi.
• If you need an official, signed version of the transcript of records, you can download one free of charge in Peppi ATOMI-service.
• You can download it as long as your study right is active.

After your study right has ended

• You can browse your completed studies in The My study info-service maintained by the Finnish National Agency for Education.
• Please note that My Studyinfo service displays the status of Open University students’ study rights as incomplete. Nevertheless, the course completion is final.

• Open University students can give course feedback in Peppi.
  • In order to give course feedback, you have to make sure you are viewing the right study right number in Peppi.
  • If you have several study right numbers, you can switch the study right by moving the mouse pointer on the profile picture icon on the right corner of student's desktop. An window will open, where you can see all your study right numbers. Click the name of the study right, and all the information you see in your Peppi will be related to that study right.