For new bachelor’s degree student
Congratulations to our new students!
You can check your current student selection status by logging in to My Studyinfo. The Finnish National Agency for Education has sent all applicants an email showing the result information regarding all study programmes they have applied to. Selected students will be informed about the orientation days in their acceptance letter.
To start your studies
- Accept the study place and enroll for the academic year 2025–2026.
- Start the residence permit application process immediately, if necessary.
- Pay the tuition fee by the due date.
- Get your student username and password in August.
- Bring your original school documents to the Academic Affairs at the beginning of your studies.
- Get familiar with your degree programme’s materials.
- Get familiar with the Digital Starter Package and start working with it in August.
- Connect with your future classmates in Goin´connect app.
Accepting the study place and enrolment
The study place must be accepted and the enrolment for academic year 2025–2026 completed by latest on Thursday 10 July 2025 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 Admission Services admissions@oamk.fi.
Residence permit
Apply for a residence permit immediately after receiving your acceptance letter. The entire process may take several months.
Please note that orientation programme is obligatory to participate. Choose the option to come to Finland prior your studies starting when applying for residence permit. Otherwise, your residence permit will be valid from the first day of the orientation. In this case, you need to apply for a D-visa, which will allow you to enter Finland before your residence permit becomes valid.
You can find information about all the mandatory appendices that you need for applying a residence permit from the website of the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri).
Your application will be processed only after you have visited a Finnish embassy. Also, the estimated processing time of your application starts from the day you visit the embassy.
Please note that the Finnish Immigration Service makes decisions about residence permits independently and Oulu University of Applied Sciences cannot influence on any decision-making or speed up the process.
The studies start on campus in August. Orientation programme is mandatory for all new students. Your physical presence is required.
In case of problems
If you are unable to start your studies in Oulu in August, please get in contact with the Head of Studies and admissions@oamk.fi about your situation and the reason for your absence. You also must present a document that proves your ongoing residence permit application process.
The paid tuition fee will not be refunded for a semester during which the student has enrolled on a course/courses or/and completed a course/courses as an Oulu University of Applied Sciences student. If the studies require attendance, the paid tuition fee can be refunded if the student submits a negative decision of the residence permit, a decision of an entry ban given by the Finnish Border Guard, or certificate of cancelling the residence permit application. In addition, it is required that the student resigns from Oulu University of Applied Sciences before the tuition fee is refunded.
Please note that the paid tuition fee covers only the academic year in question. The payment cannot be transferred to cover the next academic year in case your residence permit process is delayed for some reason.
Tuition fees and scholarships
At Oamk the amount of the tuition fee for Bachelor’s degree is 10 000 € per academic year. 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.
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.
Student username, password and devices
New students need student-id (username). Please, read more about student user account.
Devices
For your studies you need to have a laptop/computer, good internet connection and a working 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 service for free. This includes applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote etc. Register to MS 365 service with your student username.
Digital Starter Package
Studying at Oamk requires good digital learning skills and the management of digital services that benefit and enable study. To support these skills a Moodle Digital Starter Package has been built. This will help you learn how to use the digital programs and services necessary for learning.
You can get started with the Digital Starter Package after you have received your student username and password. You can get familiar with the tasks included in this Digital Starter Package independently on your own schedule. We recommend that you complete the Digital Starter Package before the start of your studies or during the orientation week / first period of studies. At the beginning of your studies, the degree programme can provide more detailed instructions about the tasks in the Digital Starter Package.
Digital Starter Package will open in Moodle in the beginning of August. Log in to Moodle with your student username and password.
After logging, register yourself in the course area Digital Starter Package 2024-2025. As a course key for the Digital Starter Package, you use an enrolment key, which you can find on the home page of the course area.
The digital starter package is available to you throughout the first school year. You can return to the Moodle platform to review things during the first school year, if necessary.
Starting dates, orientation programmes and contact details
Orientation programme is mandatory for all new students. If you are unable to start your studies in Oulu in August, please get in contact with the Head of Studies and admissions@oamk.fi about your situation and the reason for your absence. You also must present a document that proves your ongoing residence permit application process.
Mandatory Orientation Days for new students will take place on Linnanmaa Campus 20th – 22nd August 2025. Orientation programme will be updated on this website later on.
Contact information
Kaisa Orajärvi
Head of Studies, Senior Lecturer, Information technology
kaisa.orajarvi@oamk.fi
Mandatory Orientation Days for new students will take place on Linnanmaa Campus 20th – 22nd August 2025. Orientation programme will be updated on this website later on.
Contact information
Timo Väyrynen
Head of Studies, Lecturer, Engineering
timo.vayrynen@oamk.fi
Starting dates and the orientation programme will be updated on this website later on.
Contact information
Eija Rajakangas
Head of Studies, Senior Lecturer, Business
eija.rajakangas@oamk.fi
Starting dates and the orientation programme will be updated on this website later on.
Contact information
Floro Cubelo
Head of Studies, Senior Lecturer, School of Health and Social Care
floro.cubelo@oamk.fi
OSAKO (student union) also organizes annual pre-picnics, where new students get to know each other in a relaxed, alcohol-free way.
More information regarding the pre-picnic in august 2025 will get updated to his website later on.
Delivering your original school documents
Delivering your original school documents to the Academic Affairs
Selected students must bring their original school documents to be verified by the Academic Affairs at the beginning of their studies. These are the original paper versions of the school documents you have delivered/uploaded as copies during the application period. Official translation is also needed if the original documents are not in English, Finnish or Swedish.
Please notice that the student selection is not final until the original diplomas have been verified.
Connect with your future classmates today!
Eager to discover who else is heading to Oamk this year? Through Goin’, you can meet fellow incoming students even before setting foot on campus.
Goin’ offers you a unique opportunity to connect with your future classmates within an exclusive online student community. Here’s your chance to:
- Discover students with shared interests, like sports or music
- Meet peers from your home country
- Connect with others enrolled in the same study program
- Look for housing or find your future roommates
- Help each other practically prepare to start
- Plan the study life with friends way in advance
Ready to start building connections? Register here to join our fun Oamk community
