Changing the registration status

You can change your attendance registration and change it to absence (non-attendance) by contacting your own Faculty's Study Services. The attendance registration for the Autumn semester or for the Academic year needs to be done by September 4th and for the Spring semester, registration must be changed no later than January 15th. The change can only be done if you have not completed studies or a completed a degree in that semester.

Absence can be changed to attendance at any time during the Academic year. While the registration period is in progress, you can make the change in the OILI-service, at other times you can contact your Faculty's Study Services.

Attendance to non-attendance

Attendance to non-attendance can only be done during the registration period: If you have already registered as present for Autumn term but wish to change it to absent, you may do so by contacting your Faculty's Study Services by 4th of September. The change regarding the Spring term must be done by January 15th.

This change cannot be done electronically in the OILI-service, you have to inform your Faculty's Study Services for the attendance to non-attendance. After this, you can apply for the Student Union membership fee refund by contacting the member services of the Student Union as soon as possible.

In the case of a new student, there must be a statutory reason for the absence registration. If you are a first-year student, submit the registration form and a certificate of the statutory reason for the absence to your Faculty's Study Services.

Read more about student healthcare fee (FSHS) refund.

Non-attendance to attendance

Registration change from non-attendance to attendance can be done any time during Academic semster. If you have already registered for non-attendance but wish to change it to attendance, you may change the status to attendance at any point during the ongoing academic semester. During open registration period you can make the change in the OILI registration service and after that period, or if you are liable to pay tuition fees, please contact your Faculty's Study Services.

The change of registration for the Autumn semester must be done by 31st December and for the Spring semester by 31st May.

The Student Union membership fee must be paid primarily when registering at OILI. If you don't have the University's username, online banking credentials or both, you can pay the student union membership fee by bank transfer, in which case a receipt for the payment must be submitted to Faculty Study services for registration. If necessary, contact toimisto@oyy.fi if you are not sure how to proceed.