Available to everyone
Open Studies are open to everyone, irrespective of age or educational background. Open Studies at Karelia UAS (University of Applied Sciences) offer you an opportunity to study courses that are part of Karelia UAS degrees.
Open Studies give you an opportunity to:
- develop your expertise or the knowledge and skills needed in working life
- find a field/profession of your interest
- take courses before applying for a degree programme
- learn about studying at Karelia UAS
- study as a hobby
Open Studies offer you the possibility to complete degree courses, even if you cannot complete the whole degree through them. In order to complete a degree you have to be a degree student at Karelia UAS. If you have completed Open Studies and you are later chosen as a degree student at Karelia UAS, the credits of all successfully completed Open Studies courses can be transferred to your Karelia UAS degree.
Course Offerings and Enrollment
The education on offer is mainly in Finnish, but there are also courses in English.
The enrollment for studies at the Karelia Open UAS is done online with the application form in the course description.
Use always the online registration form even if you have already enrolled on some courses before. Student are selected on the first-come-first-serve bases. Information of acceptance or placement on the waiting list is sent to the student right after the registration.
Enrolment for studies at the Open UAS is always binding. A student of the Open UAS is granted the right to study limited in time and content. The right to study cannot be exchanged for other studies or transferred to the next academic year.
If you cancel or interrupt your studies, the fee will not be refunded. The fee will only be refunded if Karelia UAS cancels the education or your medical condition prevents you from attending the studies (medical certificate must be presented). The registrant accepts the cancellation and payment terms when enrolling.
Fees
Open studies are conducted during two semesters during the Academic Year: autumn semester (August – December) and spring semester (January – July) Study fee depends on the amount of the courses (and study points) taken:
1 study points 15 euro
2 study points 30 euro
3 study points 45 euro
:
12 study points or more 150 euro.
The fee is payable upon enrolment.
Student benefits and services
Studies at an open UAS are non-degree studies, so they do not entitle you to financial aid for students or other social benefits for students, such as student housing, or meal subsidies or school transport subsidies provided by Social Insurance Institution Kela.
Open UAS students, who are studying individual courses are entitled to the following Karelia student services:
- library
- Student Affairs Office
- Karelia Servicedesk (IT support)
- university chaplain
Information for international students
Open Studies are part of the Finnish adult education system. They are basically available for all, although they are mainly targeted to those already living in Finland. This is because Open UAS students are not entitled to a student visa. However, if you are visiting Finland on a temporary short-term visa or if you do not need a residence permit to enter Finland (EU students), it is possible for you to take Open Studies courses.
Further information
For further information, please, contact [email protected]