Information for Path Students

At the beginning of your studies, you are granted a personal student account. It’s your key to systems and services of Oulu University of Applied Sciences (Oamk) during your studies.

• By receiving the personal account, you also approve Rules of IT Services Use. These rules are adhered to by the people of the University and Oamk.

New student user account

• You will receive an automatic email from ICT Services when your user account is available. You will find your username in the message and, among other things, instructions on how to set a password for your user account through the suomi.fi authentication service.
  
  However, if you do not have a Finnish personal identity code, you will receive a corresponding e-mail message and, in addition, a temporary password as a text message to the phone number you indicated.

More detailed information & instructions can be found on ICT’s webpage:
https://ict.oulu.fi/16483/?page&lang=en

If there are any problems with the user account, please contact ICT Services:
ict@oulu.fi / 0294 483 124

Microsoft Office 365 includes your student email, which you can register by adding @students.oamk.fi after the username you have been provided (for example c0vepi99@students.oamk.fi). 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.

Login to the service on your browser. With the links in the toolbar, you can access the other MS cloud services, such as your OneDrive. You must read your Oamk email regularly. Teachers use emails to inform the students. If you primarily use some other email address, you can forward your study emails to that address.

The schedules are available in Schedule Tool (Lukkarikone). Please note that possible changes in schedules are announced in Schedule Tool, so remember to check it regularly. From Schedule Tool you will find information about the time and place of your courses as well as possible links to an online connections (links can also be found from Moodle).

Schedules are published periodically in the Schedule Tool.

Oulu University of Applied Sciences uses the Tuudo mobile application to make your student life simpler. With Tuudo, you manage your studies and ease your daily life, both on and off the campus. You can download the Tuudo app for your mobile device. From Tuudo you will find e.g. your schedule, the grades you have received, Oamk news etc. For more information, see IT-services’ info on Tuudo.

Moodle is one of Oamk’s e-learning environments. Teachers use Moodle to share material and exercises for the course.Moodle requires you to log in with your student ID. Note! Do not write your student email to username. Use the short username (for example c0vepi99). Note! Login to Moodle as soon as you have gotten your Student ID. 

Open UAS current topics will be informed in Moodle. Login to the Open UAS Moodle course at the beginning of your studies. On the Moodle you will find important instructions and current news for Open UAS student.

Moodle-instructions can be found at Student’s guide (moodle.oulu.fi). (Access key: student)

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 print your transcript of records in Peppi (Atomi service) – instructions.  You can see your own enrolments and course implementation codes from Peppi on the “Enrolments” tab of the PSP section (Personal Study Plan).

You can log in to Peppi when your study right begins. If you start your studies during spring term, you can log into Peppi first week of January. 

Studying at a university of applied sciences requires good digital learning skills and the management of digital services that benefit and enable studies. Digital study skills refer to applying digitality to studying, learning and to utilizing support services. In student’s everyday life digitalization is seen in the planning and implementation of studies and in the use of premises, facilities and materials.

The aim of this Digital Starter Package is to:

•  learn how to use digital programs and services that are essential for learning.
•  you will get to know and use different programs, services and systems in practice.
•  you understand the purpose of different programs, services, and systems and know where to ask for more information or help.

You can complete the digital starter package at your own pace, at the right time for you. If necessary, you can return to this platform to review things throughout the first academic year.

The Digital Starter Package for students of the Open University of Applied Sciences is at Oamk’s Moodle: https://moodle.oulu.fi/course/view.php?id=10027

The enrolment key is: OpenUAS21

Path studies cost 300 euros per academic year (including two semesters). The enrolment for path studies is binding and cancelling without a fee is possible only before the start of the studies (orientation days). If you have to cancel your participation, notify us immediately to avoinamk@oulu.fi.

As a student of the Open UAS, you can eat at the student restaurants operated on the campuses. You are not entitled to student benefits such as subsidized meals. As an open student, you are entitled to a more affordable price on the basic lunch menu choices (check the price from the restaurants). You can verify your right to the discounted lunch price by presenting Tuudo’s Meal discount page on your mobile device. Paper meal cards are delivered only upon request to students (email us avoinamk@oulu.fi). When buying lunch, be prepared to show your ID in addition to the meal card.

Students of Open UAS are not entitled to the services of a study psychologist, membership of the student union and a national student card. As a student of the open UAS you are not entitled to student health care (YTHS), so you do not pay the university student health care fee.

As a general rule, open studies do not entitle Kela student financial aid (= study grant and student loan). There are different possibilities to fund the studies, both for unemployed and employed students. Read more about the options in the links below.

Studying with unemployment benefits (TE services)

General housing allowance (Kela)

Social assistance (Kela)

Upon request, the Open UAS contact person can write an attendance certificate and other official statements of studies, for example, to the TE services. You can request the certificate by email: avoinamk@oulu.fi. 

Parking in a parking space with or without a heating outlet on Linnanmaa campus requires for a permit via eParking service. Students can apply for a permit using Haka login. See the instructions for the eParking service. It is important to get the parking permit because cars without a parking permit may be fined.

The right to use a parking space with a heating outlet is chargeable and use of an unheated parking space is free. The use of either one requires a parking permit. More detailed information on short-term guest parking is available on the Linnanmaa campus website.

You will need a parking permit for the parking lot on the Kontinkangas campus. You can buy the parking permit from Taskuparkki app. Some of the parking spaces have been reserved for the staff. The adjacent parking lot of Rauhanyhdistys is also available during the day. There you do not need a parking permit. Additional space is available also on the Ouluhalli’s parking lot.

In Oulainen, the spaces with heating posts for cars are reserved for staff, other parking spaces are available for unlimited parking.

Students who have completed Open University of Applied Sciences studies can apply for degree student status on the basis of their studies without participating in the normal student selection.

The application period is twice a year. Students who started pathway studies in the autumn mainly apply in the spring pathway application from May 2-16. Students who started pathway studies in January, mainly apply in the autumn pathway application 1-15 November.

Admission criteria for students applying to a degree programme on the basis of Open UAS studies.

Study with us pages contains information about studies, guidance and services. The home page contains links to the most important electronic tools (Oiva, Peppi, Schedule Tool, exam, Moodle and Office 365 e-mail).

With issues relating to course contents and implementation, please contact course teacher. You can see the name of the teacher from Schedule Tool and Tuudo. Email-addresses: firstname.lastname@oamk.fi. You can check more detailed contact information with personnel search tool at Oiva.

With issues relating to enrolment, cancellation, invoicing and student services, please contact avoinamk@oulu.fi, 029 448 9213 (telephone service hours Tuesday and Thursday at 12–15 (mainly).

Wishing you successful studies!

As a student of Open UAS you will study in the same group as degree students. Your study group is DIN24SP. Studies begin according to the 1^st period´s schedule on Linnanmaa Campus. Schedules for 1^st period.

Mandatory Orientation Days will take place in Linnanmaa Campus/Information Technology on 21-23 August 2024. Orientation programme.

Contact information
Kaisa Orajärvi
Head of Studies, Senior Lecturer, Information technology
kaisa.orajarvi@oamk.fi

As a student of Open UAS you will study in the same group as degree students. Your study group is ENP24SP.  

Mandatory Orientation Days will take place in Kontinkangas Campus, Kiviharjuntie 4, 90220 Oulu on 19-21 August 2024. (Guidance in the main lobby).  ENP_Orientation Programme  
 
Path students should discuss practical training with the tutor. It´s possible for Open UAS path students to attend the clinical practicum courses if there are traineeship posts available. Please note that as an Open UAS student you are not entitled to student health care (YTHS). Should you need any vaccinations for practical training period, please contact a health care center.  

Study Path to Degree Programme in Modern Software and Computing Solutions

Studies will start on January 7th, 2025 via online meeting in Zoom.
Orientation Programme, link to Zoom & further info on studies can be found here.

Head of Studies
Jukka Jauhiainen
jukka.jauhiainen@oamk.fi
tel. +358 40 1415093