Enrolment for the academic year

Enrolment instructions for new students

Students accepted during spring 2024 are required to enroll as present or absent for the academic year 2024-2025 by Monday the 15th of July, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. Finnish time, or by the later date and time given to an applicant accepted from the waiting list.

You can accept the study place and enroll electronically. You can accept the study place electronically on My Studyinfo -service, if you have Finnish internet banking codes, Finnish electronic ID-card or mobile certificate. Enrolment has to be done by Monday the 15th of July, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. Finnish time. Please note that accepting a study place is a binding choice, and you cannot cancel or change your choice later. 

If you can’t accept the study place and enroll electronically, please contact Admissions Office by email: admissions@samk.fimail.

According to the Polytechnic act 1st year student can enroll as absent only, if he or she:

• is carrying out his military service or civilian service or her voluntary military service according to Finnish legislation,
• is on maternity, paternity or parental leave.
• is unable to start one’s studies because of sickness or injury.

If you are enrolling as absent in Satakunta University of Applied Sciences for the academic year 2024-2025, you are required to provide a document about the statutory reason of your absence. The document (e.g. a copy of draft letter, decision on paternal grant or medical certificate) should be delivered by email to the Admissions Office by Monday the 15th of July, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. Finnish time if no other date and time are given.

As present student you can carry out studies: enroll to and participate in study modules, get them evaluated, participate in practical training, complete thesis, apply for the Degree Certificate and graduate. Finnish students with a present enrolment status are also entitled to Finnish study grant.

As absent student you cannot carry out studies or receive study grant. An absent student can’t use Finnish Student Health Services.

If you don’t confirm the study place you have been offered and enroll for the academic year 2024-2025, you will lose your study place. Once non-confirmed and lost study place will not be returned.

In case your illness prevents you from starting your studies entirely, your tuition fee can be transferred to the next academic year. This is possible only during the first academic year of your studies. In such case, please contact the Admissions office to discuss your situation. Arrangements cannot be done afterwards, they must be done in the beginning of the semester.

Enrolment instructions for continuing students

Student who is from other than EU or EEA countries and are required to enroll as present by paying the tuition fee of the starting academic year. Student will receive tuition fee payment instructions to their email a few weeks before the payment deadline. The tuition fee must be paid before the semester starts.

If you have a document that exempts you from paying the tuition fee please provide a scanned copy of the document to the Admissions Office (admissions@samk.fimail) before the deadline of tuition fee payment.

A student who isn’t required to pay the tuition fee will either do the enrolment in Lokilaunch (LOKI-> Studies -> Semester Enrollment), or through an e-form that student will receive to their email.

If a student doesn’t pay the tuition fee or enroll as present or absent during the enrolment period, student will be considered to have resigned from SAMK and will lose his or her study right in SAMK from the start of semester.

As present student can carry out studies: enroll to and participate in study modules, get them evaluated, participate in practical training, complete one’s thesis, apply for the Degree Certificate and graduate. Academic terms with the present status wear down student’s maximum study time. Students are also entitled to use the services of FSHS (Finnish Student Health Services, YTHS in Finnish) and obliged to pay the health care fee. Academic terms with the present status wear down student’s maximum study time.

As absent student cannot carry out studies or use the services of FSHS. Student can enroll as absent at most for two (2) academic semesters without a specific reason without shortening the maximum study time.

Specific reasons to be absent after the first academic year are:

• the student is carrying out his/her military service or civilian service or his/her voluntary military service according to Finnish legislation,
• the student is on maternity, paternity or parental leave.

In such case, the student is required to present proof of the reason for absence (such as a medical certificate or a decision on paternal grant) while enrolling to admissions@samk.fimail.

Changing your enrollment status from present to absent after the enrollment period

Autumn semester: Changing your enrollment status from present to absent, and transferring your tuition fee to the next semester (after the enrollment period for that semester has already ended) is only possible if you inform the Admissions Office of SAMK by 31 August that you want to change your enrollment status.

Spring semester: Changing your enrollment status from present to absent, and transferring your tuition fee to the next semester (after the enrollment period for that semester has already ended) is only possible if you inform the Admissions Office of SAMK by 31 January that you want to change your enrollment status.

Changing your enrollment status from absent to present after the enrollment period

If you want to change your enrollment status from absent to present, that can be done at any time during the semester. Please note that changing your enrollment status mid-semester does not affect price of the semester. Thus, you are still required to pay the full fee for that semester even if you change your enrollment status from absent to present mid-semester.