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Applying for additional time

You can apply for additional time to your Bachelor's or Master's Degree study right to complete the degree.

Additional Time for Study Right is applied from your Faculty

You may apply for additional time to your study right during the application period of the semester in which your study time is about to end. You can check your study time from Peppi. If your study right has already expired, you may follow these instructions. 

Deadlines for submitting the applications

  • The application time is 1 - 31 March if your study time is ending on 31 July
  • The application time is 1 - 31 October if your study time is ending on 31 December.
     
  1. Please read these instructions carefully.

    The instructions are intended for those students who are applying for additional time to their study right from their Faculty. If you have been registered as non-attending student for statutory reasons (compulsory or voluntary military service and time off studies in regard to the child’s birth or adoption) during your targeted study time, you should first apply for an extension to your study right from the Student Centre Disco.  

  2. Get the required attachments ready before filling in the application, because you can't save the application if it is not ready and you can't send it without required attachments. 

    Please check first instructions for all the students and also your Faculty's instructions for application attachments.

  1. Pay the application processing fee (50 €) in the UTUShop and save a copy of the receipt on your own device.

    NB! This, section 3, of the instructions concerns only applications that are submitted on or after 1 January 2025. If you send your application on 31 December 2024 at the latest, you must not pay the processing fee.

    The processing fee is paid via the University's online shop. Save a copy of the receipt of the fee on your own device, as the receipt must be attached to the application form. 

    On the basis of Government Decree 1082/2009, section 4, an application fee of 50 € will be charged for applications for additional time submitted on or after 1 January 2025. If you apply for additional time for several different study rights at the same time, you must pay the fee for each application separately. A pair of study rights consisting of a lower and an upper university degree is considered as one study right, i.e. even if you apply for additional time for a study right for which you have both a lower and an upper university degree in progress, you will pay the processing fee once.

    If you are applying for an extension to your study right for a statutory reason or if your study right is covered by the passive register, you do not have to pay this processing fee.

  2. Fill in the application form.

    The electronic application form can be found from UTUForms. Log in using your UTU user account. If your UTU user account is not active but you can use Suomi.fi -identification, please choose “Other users” from the Log in –page and create PIN code that will be attached to your other email address.

    The form opens in Finnish or English, depending on your browser settings. You can change the language at the top of the form.

    Please note that it is not possible to save a draft of the application in UTUForms and continue filling it in later. Only start filling in the form once you have all the necessary attachments in electronic format. Study plans, thesis supervisor's statement and other attachments are normally attached to the online application, only medical certificates and other similar documents containing health information should be sent by e-mail or submitted to the Head of Student and Academic Affairs of your Faculty by post or by taking them to the Faculty's office (see your Faculty's instructions in section 2). Do not write on or attach any attachments containing your health information or other sensitive information to your application. 

    You will get an e-mail notification after you have sent the form successfully.

    If you don’t have active UTU user account and access to Suomi.fi –identification, please use the paper application form (pdf form).

  3. If necessary, send the separate attachments.

    If you are supporting your application with reasons related to your life circumstances, you should also send documentation supporting the existence of the reason (e.g. a medical certificate stating the cause of the delay, not the diagnosis per se). These documents should not be attached to the electronic application, but must be submitted separately in accordance with the instructions on the form. You can submit the attachments containing medical information directly to the Head of Student and Academic Affairs (see your Faculty's instructions in section 2 above). These can be sent securely from one UTU e-mail to another.

  4. Follow your email for a possible request to complete your application with additional attachments.

    If you do not submit the requested application attachments by the deadline indicated in the request, your application will be rejected.

  5. Once your application has been processed, you will receive a notification of the decision by email.

    If additional time is granted, your new study time will be updated in Peppi study register system and you'll receive registration information from the Student Centre Disco, if necessary.