At the beginning of your studies: student account

After registration, you do not need to activate your user account except in case you have forgotten the user name or the password, or the account has been locked. In these cases you can check your user name and can set a new password in the self-service Password, read more about Self-services and authentication.

If your user account has been created before 1st August 2019 and if the O365 service in not yet in your use, read more about it and activate the service into your use on the page Office 365 Education -service.

Student account for new exchange students will be activated automatically approximately two weeks before the start of the exchange period provided that

• Exchange application has been confirmed
• Enrolment and registration form has been returned.

You will receive the user account information through e-mail. The password will be sent to you as a SMS, or you will set it yourself:

• If you have got the Finnish Personal Identity Code and a personal Finnish online banking account, then set your password in the Password service according to phase 2 of advices above.
• If you do not have the Finnish Personal Identity Code, but your mobile number is in the University's systems, you will get your password as a SMS. You can also visit IT Helpdesk and set your password using the self-service terminal.

N.B. All international students must obtain a real Finnish Personal Identity Code from the Local Register Office and inform it to Faculty Study Affairs as soon as possible. Information on how to obtain the code is available at www.maistraatti.fi.

After that, please follow the phase 3 of advices below.

New International Master’s degree programme students will receive their student account information after having arrived in Oulu and paid the student union fee.

• Students attending the orientation: pay the student union fee first.
• Students arriving outside the orientation: you must present the student union fee payment receipt at Faculty Study Affairs.

After payment, you will receive the user account information through e-mail. You have to set the password yourself:

• If you have got the Finnish Personal Identity Code and a personal Finnish online banking account, then set your password in self-service Password according to phase 2 of advices above.
• If you do not have the Finnish social security code, please visit Campus ICT service point and set your password using the self-service terminal.

N.B. All international students must obtain a real Finnish Personal Identity Code from the Local Register Office and inform it to Faculty Study Affairs as soon as possible. Information on how to obtain the code is available at www.maistraatti.fi.

After that, please follow the phase 3 of advices below.

The new student's user account is automatically created only when you have registered to the University and have paid the Student Union membership fee.

Instructions and additional information: Study Place Confirmation and Enrolment and Registration

If you do not know your user account and the password yet, visit the web service where you can authenticate only with with your Finnish Personal Identity Code and a personal Finnish online banking account of some of these banks:

Aktia | Danske Bank | Handelsbanken | Nordea | Osuuspankki | POP Pankki | S-Pankki | Säästöpankki | Oma Säästöpankki

This activation of the user account will be possible August 1st since.

The link to the online activation: Password

• Read more, including the guide: Self-services and authentication

During the online activation procedure:

• If you get the message that your account has not been created, try again after 2 - 3 days
• The system will show your student account; please write it down
• Set your password by following tips for a strong password

If you can not activate your account online, then come to visit Campus ICT service point to receive your student account and password. Please, prepare yourself for queueing!

Please, verify and update if needed, your own personal data.

• Link to WebOodi: https://weboodi.oulu.fi/oodi/
  • Log in with your university user account
  • Choose Personal data from the top menu below your name
  • To update your contact information, click Edit below the contact information lines
  • Click Save to save the updated information
• If you are unable to access WebOodi with your new account, please try again the following day. The updating of information from one system to another can take for a day.