Electronic Study Certificates
University of Turku issues electronic study certificates and transcript of records. The signature is made with UTUSign service or, from 15 January 2024 onwards, with Atomi service. Starting from the academic year 2024–2025, all the official degree diplomas at the University of Turku will be electronical.
Electronic study certificates are signed with a certificate found from the EUTL list (European Union Trusted Lists). The documents are in PDF form and they are official only in electronic form. If the document has been modified, the changes invalidate the electronic signature and the document is not official anymore. If printed on paper, the electronically signed study document is considered as a copy of the official document.
If you are a student at the University of Turku, you can download your official, electronically signed transcript of records and study certificate from Peppi (Student's Desktop > Certificates) from 22 January 2024 onwards.
Instructions on validating the electonic signature
You may check the validation of the electronic signature of the University of Turku in several ways:
- Check the validity of an electronically signed document in Atomi Validator service
- Check the validity of an electronically signed document in Digital and Population Data Service Agency's validation service
Check the validation in Adobe Acrobat Reader:
a) Open Acrobat Reader
b) Choose Edit > Preferences
c) Choose Signatures > Verification >More
d) Tick both options under the Windows Integration and press OK
e) Close Adobe Reader and open it again.
Now the valid signatures are shown in the Adobe Reader.
Electronic study documents issued by the University of Turku were signed with the UTUSign service before January 15 2024 and in some cases, UTUSign signature can be used also after January 15th. Signatures made with the UTUsign are advanced electronic signatures as defined in the eIDAS Regulation (EU) No 910/2014. It verifies the information content of an electronic document and the identity of the signatory. You may validate any electronic signature in Finnish Digital and Population Data Service Agency's verification service. You may also validate the signature in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Do you need a study document on paper?
If you are a student at the University of Turku and you need a signed and stamped paper version of your transcript of records or your study certificate, you can get the document from your Faculty's Office for Academic and Student Affairs or from the Student Centre Disco during opening hours. If you are not able to visit these services or you are no longer a student, please contact us via email and ask for the study document you need. If you need a study document from the Open University of the University of Turku, please contact avoin@utu.fi. In your message please mention
- your name
- Finnish ID number, date of birth or study right number
- which document you need and in which language (Finnish or English)
- do you need the study document in electronic or in paper form. If on paper, please write down also the address where you want the document to be sent.
You can request a certified copy of your degree cartificate (diploma) from the Central Archives of the University of Turku. A fee of the copy will be charged. For more information and instructions on ordering a certified copy of your degree certificate, please visit the webpage of the Records Management and Central Archives > Certified copy of diploma.