Registration for the open university studies

When registering for the open university studies at the University of Turku, you agree to the following terms of enrolment and payment. University reserves the right to make changes to the information given in the study syllabus.

The personal data, study rights and study attainment records of students at the open oniversity studies are stored in the student information system of the University of Turku, see the privacy notice.

Registration always applies to one study module, study unit or course. Thus, the right to study applies to that study module, unit or course to which the student has enrolled and of which the tuition has been paid.

• The right to study is of limited duration and varies according to the scope of studies and the course schedule. The duration of the right to study is stated in the course schedule.
• Students are required to have the possibility to access a network connection during the studies. The students of the open university studies will be granted an access to certain network services of the University of Turku.
• Registration is binding after the payment of the tuition fee and cannot be cancelled. Paid tuition fees are not refunded, with exception of cancelation of the studies due to an insufficient number of participants or for another reason connected to the functions of the University of Turku. Cancellations due to an illness of the student preventing their studying, in which case an informal written appeal, together with a doctor's or nurse's certificate, must be provided to the course secretary.
• The right to study cannot be transferred to another study module or unit except in the case that the University of Turku has to cancel the open univiersity studies to which the student has enrolled due to an insufficient number of participants. The right to study cannot be transferred to another person either.

Tuition fee and grounds for payment

Tuition fee of the open university studies covers one study module, study unit or course. In case the study module includes optional study units/courses, the tuition fee covers the number of courses included within the scope of the study module.

• In case the student registers for the complete study module after having received a study right to a single unit or course included in the same study module, the student can be refunded the already paid tuition fee of a maximum of two study units. Registration to the paid study units must be from the current or previous academic year (registrations older than that are not refunded). The refund is based on the paid fees.
• The tuition fees of the open university studies are based on the Finnish laws and regulations on university education, according to which the tuition fees must not exceed 45 euros per study credit (referred laws and regulations, in Finnish only:  Yliopistolaki 24.7.2009/558, Valtioneuvoston asetus yliopistojen toiminnassa perittävistä maksuista 1082/2009, Muutos asetukseen 1436/2014,  Muutos asetukseen (OKM/2024/27)). Tuition fees are not subject to VAT. The co-operation institutions organising the open university studies may charge the students additional fees according to their practices.
• The tuition fee of the open university studies is a performance subject to public law and thus distrainable directly without separate measures. (Law on the execution of the taxes and payments 706/2007).

The tuition fee is paid at the time of registration to the online bank or by credit card via the Paytrail website. In case an online net bank payment is not possible, the student must contact the course secretary in advance before registration. We charge 15 euros extra for paper invoice. In studies arranged in co-operation with other educational institutions the tuition fee of the University of Turku can be invoiced through the organizing institution. Please contact the co-operation institution in question for more information.

The services connected to online payments and financing are carried out by the Paytrail PLC (business ID 2122839-7, address: Lutakonaukio 7, 40100 Jyväskylä) in co-operation with Finnish banks and credit institutions.

Online payments are possible through: Nordea, Osuuspankki, Danske Bank, Tapiola, Aktia, Nooa, POP Bank, Savings Banks, Handelsbanken, S-Pankki, Ålandsbanken as well as by the following credit cards: Visa, Visa Debit, Visa Electron, MasterCard and Debit MasterCard.

Paytrail PLC purchases the payment and renders it to the account of the University of Turku.  Nordea and Danske Bank have an agreement with the University of Turku and the receiver of the payment is directly the University of Turku.

Information about paying | Paytrail

If the tuition fee is paid by someone other than the registered person, discuss the payment procedure in advance with the payer, for example, your employer.

• You can register for studies and pay the fee yourself, then invoice your employer. If you have access to your employer’s credit card, you can use it to pay the fees. If this is not possible, the fee can be billed to the employer under certain conditions – please contact the student services secretary before registering for studies. The University of Turku charges a 15-euro surcharge for invoices of less than 100 euros.
• If the employer provides the studies as staff training for a group, registration will be arranged with the employer and you will receive separate instructions. The University of Turku will charge the employer a 15 euro surcharge for invoices of less than 100 euros.