FAQ: after being admitted to master's programme

Each student pursuing a master’s degree must formally register for attendance or non-attendance for each academic year.

The registration for the academic year of 2025–2026 must be completed by 15 August 2025 at 3:00 p.m. (EEST). Master’s degree students registering for attendance must join the Student Union and pay the Student Union membership fee. 

It is possible to postpone the start of your studies by one academic year by registering for non-attendance for the academic year of 2025–2026. However, according to the Universities Act, there are only certain pressing reasons for which a student can register for non-attendance during their first academic year. 

For further information on registration, please see:

Confirm your study place and register

• If you have Finnish online banking credentials (with the identification feature), a MobilePay account, or one of the accepted credit cards, you can register and pay the Student Union membership fee payment in the OILI system (accessed through Studyinfo). 

• If you cannot use OILI, you can pay the Student Union membership fee payment as a bank transfer. In this case, you are required to send the payment receipt to us as an email attachment by 15 August 2025 at 3 p.m. (EEST). We will then complete the registration process for you.

First, please make sure that you have registered as an attending student, which you will be able to do after accepting your study place and, if applicable, paying the tuition fee. If you are a conditionally admitted student, you can only register after your admission is no longer conditional. 

After registering, you should have received an automatic email containing a link to the identification service. If you have Finnish online banking credentials with the identification feature, you will be able to identify yourself by using those. However, if you don’t have these credentials, you will be directed to the Signicat system. If the identification fails for any reason, please contact identification@jyu.fi to begin the manual identification process.

First, you need register for attendance (i.e. pay the Student Union membership fee).

If you paid with OILI: you will receive an automated email with instructions on how to get you JYU user account within a week after registering for attendance. 

If you made a bank transfer: we will send you a confirmation email once we have received the payment. After this you will receive an automated email with the instructions within a week.

When you create a JYU user account, you will also get a JYU student email address.

If it's been more than a week since you paid/ got a confirmation that we have received your payment and you haven't received the email, please contact identification@jyu.fi and they will help you.