Late registration and regaining the right to study

According to the degree regulations of the University of Jyväskylä, if you have study time left but your latest registration took place more than two years ago, you must submit a new personal study plan in order to regain the right to study. Send the updated study plan to the education coordinator of your degree programme by filling in the Returning to studies form on HelpJYU. You can also use the form to ask for help with updating the study plan. Once your study plan has been approved, please follow the instructions for late registration above.

From 1 January 2025, a fee of 50 € is charged for processing applications for extension of study time (see Applying for an extension of study time for more information). If you apply for an extension after 1.1.2025 and your study right has already expired, you will only pay the processing fee for applying for an extension, not the re-registration fee. After the extension to your study time has been granted, you must register for attendance by paying the student union membership fee according to the instructions above.

Please note that if you have registered as attending or non-attending for the current academic term and have been granted an extension for the following term, you can register in the OILI registration service during the registration period (by 31 July for the autumn term and 31 December for the spring term). In this case, you do not pay the re-registration fee. When registering for attendance, you must pay the student union membership fee.

If you are unable to register via OILI, the receipt of the student union membership fee must be submitted to the Student Service Desk for registration purposes either electronically through the HelpJYU service or by post to: Student Service Desk, P.O. Box 35 (T), FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland. During the registration period, the re-registration fee does not need to be paid.

According to the degree regulations of the University of Jyväskylä, if two years or more have passed since the student's previous registration, they must submit a new personal study plan in order to regain the right to study.

In the case of doctoral students, this means that they must submit a research plan and a timetable for their doctoral studies, which must be approved in writing. If the doctoral student so wishes, the supervisor can be asked to provide guidance in the preparation of the plan and timetable. Further guidance on the postgraduate study plan:

• Start by finding out how much and what kind of education you already have.
• Compare the studies you have completed with the current curriculum of the subjects. The curricula can be found on the Curricula of doctoral programmes page.
• Draw up a plan to complete any missing studies. A rough plan and timetable is sufficient.
• If necessary, you can seek advice from the faculty's doctoral studies coordinator via HelpJYU.

An updated research plan and a doctoral study plan with timetable must be sent to the supervisor-in-charge. If the doctoral student's supervisor-in-charge is no longer a member of the JYU staff, the doctoral student should contact the faculty's doctoral studies coordinator via HelpJYU service portal for advise on how to proceed.

If, in the opinion of the supervisor-in-charge, the plans submitted by the doctoral student are not acceptable, the supervisor-in-charge should advise the doctoral student to revise or complete the plan and submit it for re-evaluation.

Once the supervisor-in-charge has approved the plans and timetable submitted by the doctoral student, the supervisor-in-charge will propose that the student's study rights be restored:

• the supervisor-in-charge sends the proposal and its attachments to the faculty's doctoral studies coordinator via HelpJYU service portal
• the proposal is accompanied by the research plan and the doctoral study plan with timetable submitted by the doctoral student to the supervisor-in-charge

The faculty's doctoral studies coordinator prepares Dean's decision in accordance with the policies of the faculty and/or the doctoral programme. The Dean decides on the right of the doctoral student to enrol and continue their studies on the basis of the proposal of the supervisor-in-charge.

The faculty's doctoral studies coordinator informs the Dean's decision to the student and the supervisor-in-charge. The coordinator will also inform the decision to the Student Service Desk, which will send the student instructions for registration. Upon registration, the right to study is activated.