Passive Register

• A student who has no active study right at the University of Turku can not get marks of credits, study modules or degree.
• A student who has no active study right at the University of Turku can neither register at the University nor become a member of the Student Union.
• Thus, the student is unable to receive study grants or take advantage of other student benefits.
• Student Foundation of Turku (TYS) does not provide housing for students who are in the passive register.
• Furthermore, the student’s username expires, which means s/he is no longer able to use his/her university email address or sign in to Nettiopsu or to other electronic services.
• Students who have registered for the spring semester will have their user accounts valid until 1 October.

If you want to re-active your study right, submit a personal study plan to the Faculty.

• Specific instructions on how to write and submit the personal study plan are provided by each Faculty below.
• If the personal study plan is approved, you may continue studying for the next two academic years maximum.

Faculty will make the decision of re-activation

The passive study right applies to those Master's degree students who have been accepted to the University of Turku in spring 2005 or earlier (Turun yliopiston opintojohtosääntö).

Students accepted autumn 2005 or later are studying their Master's degree within regulations of demarcation of study time.

You will receive information in spring semester if your study right is about to expire

• If you do not submit a personal study plan according to your faculty’s instructions on 31 March at latest, your study right will be declared as passive from 1 August onwards.
• After this, you will not receive further reminders.

It is possible to apply for additional time for the study right. Additional time is applied from your faculty.

The most important prerequisite for granting additional time is the personal study plan (HOPS).

• Submit a personal study plan to your Faculty with required documents. 
• The studies yet to be taken and the estimated date of their completion must be stated in the plan.
• In addition, the reasonableness of the granting will be judged: additional time is granted if the student is able to complete his/her degree in a reasonable time.
• Special instructions on how to write and submit the personal study plan are provided by each Faculty.
• Required documents must be enclosed with the form.

Time table

• The application period is 1.-31.3. if the study right will expire on 31 July.

If you apply for the additional time by due date, your application can be processed with no break to the time of your study right.

Decision

• The Faculty will inform you of the decision
• Additional time is granted as semesters. Possible additional time granted earlier may affect the decision. If the personal study plan is approved, you may continue studying for the next two academic years maximum. The academic year ends on 31 July.
• Your study new time will be updated in Nettiopsu and you'll receive registration information if necessary.

Use the electronic application form for applying additional time. If you don’t have an active utu-ID or access to Suomi.fi identification, use the paper form instead.

NB! Make sure you have all required attachments before the deadline to be able to submit the application in time. For applying you need the transcript of records (pdf-transcript from Nettiopsu), personal study plan (in the electronic personal study plan system or as a separate document), if your thesis is unfinished, also a statement from your thesis supervisor on the situation of your thesis. 

The electronic application form is used for applying additional study time (See the link at the bottom of the page).

Before submitting the application form, please consider the following points:

The personal study plan is done in the electronic system Peppi. If your study right has already expired, and you don’t have an active utu-ID, add the personal study plan as a separate file to your application.

• Health related appendices should be sent by email to the Head of Academic and Student Affairs or by mail to address Faculty of Education, Head of Academic and Student Affairs, 20014 University of Turku. You can also bring the certificate to Educarium, 4th floor (rooms 443-450) or leave the envelope to Student Affairs mailbox on the 4th floor. The envelope should be marked with "Head of Academic and Student Affairs". In Rauma the envelope can be delivered to Student Affairs, Library building, 2nd floor.

• If you have started your thesis, the statement from your supervisor is to be enclosed with the application. The statement should include:

  • The state of the thesis at the moment

  • Has the thesis progressed during a possible previously granted additional time

  • Estimated completion time of the thesis

• If the thesis is the only study attainment lacking from the degree, but you haven't started it yet, the scheduled plan approved by the supervisor is to be enclosed with the application.

More information from the Faculty study advisors. You can also book an appointment, if you need help with filling in the form or study plan.

• Turku: opoedu@utu.fi
• Rauma: opoedu-rauma@utu.fi

Together with the form to keep passive study right active (which is also the form for re-activating a study right) the student needs to fill in a personal study plan (docx) including courses and a schedule on how the degree is going to be completed.

The basis for the personal study plan is that the remaining studies continue with a pace of at least 30 ECTS per academic year. If the student wishes to compile a study plan with a slower pace of study, he/she needs to attach an explanation regarding the underlying reasons.

In case the student's master's thesis is not complete, the student must attach the thesis instructor's statement to the application. The statement can be an email from the thesis instructor, where the instructor states that the proposed schedule of thesis completion is feasible.

The student can fill in the Personal Study Plan independently. If the student needs help with filling in the form, he/she can book an appointment with a study advisor by emailing opolaw@utu.fi.

When the personal study plan and application are approved, the student may continue studying for the next two academic years maximum. The academic year ends on 31 July.

Use the electronic application form for applying additional time. If you don’t have an active utu-ID or access to Suomi.fi identification, use the paper form instead. The form to keep passive study right active and personal study plan can be returned to the Faculty of Law either by email oik-opintopaallikko@utu.fi or by mail: Faculty of Law, Head of Student Affairs Katja Arola, 20014 Turun yliopisto.

Together with the form to keep passive study right active (which is also the form for re-activating a study right) the student needs to fill in a personal study plan including courses and a schedule on how the degree is going to be completed.

The basis for the personal study plan is that the remaining studies continue with a pace of at least 30 ECTS per academic year. If the student wishes to compile a study plan with a slower pace of study, he/she needs to attach an explanation regarding the underlying reasons.

In case the student's master's thesis is not complete, the student must attach the thesis instructor's statement to the application. The statement can be an email from the thesis instructor, where the instructor states that the proposed schedule of thesis completion is feasible.

The student can fill in the Personal Study Plan independently. If the student needs help with filling in the form, he/she can contact the programme coordinator.

Use the electronic application form for applying additional time. If you don’t have an active utu-ID or access to Suomi.fi identification, use the paper form instead. The form to keep passive study right active and personal study plan should be returned to the Faculty of Medicine: Faculty of Medicine, Head of Student and Academic Affairs Henriikka Salminen, 20014 Turun yliopisto.

The electronic application form is used for applying additional study time. If you don’t have an active utu-ID or access to Suomi.fi identification, please use the pdf application form instead.

The pdf application form along with the enclosures will be sent by e-mail to oposci(a)utu.fi. You may also deliver the application personally to the Faculty Office for Academic and Student Affairs (Natura 1.floor) during the opening hours Mon - Wed 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. or by post to the address: Faculty of Science, Office for Academic and Student Affairs, 20014 Turun yliopisto. 

NB! The medical certificate will be sent by e-mail to Education Coordinator Päivi Rastas (pairit(a)utu.fi).

Personal study plan (PSP)

• The personal study plan is done in the electronic system Peppi. You can use the paper form as well if you are unable to use the system. 
• The personal study plan has to be approved and signed by the teacher tutor.
• The personal study plan can be attached to the application as a document or if your PSP has been accepted in Peppi, please mention that in your application. 
• The personal study plan should include the study attainments missing from your degree and the schedule how the degree is going to be completed.

Statement from the thesis’ supervisor

If you have started your thesis, the statement from your supervisor is to be enclosed with the application.
The statement should include:

• The state of the thesis at the moment
• Estimated completion time of the thesis
• If the thesis is the only study attainment lacking from the degree, but you haven't started it yet, the scheduled plan approved by the supervisor is to be enclosed with the application.

More information from the Faculty study advisors: oposci(a)utu.fi.

• Information coming soon

The electronic application form is used for applying additional study time. If you don’t have an active utu-ID or access to Suomi.fi identification, please use the pdf application form instead.

The pdf application form along with the enclosures will be sent by e-mail to opotech(a)utu.fi. You may also deliver the application personally to the Faculty Office for Academic and Student Affairs (Natura 1.floor) during the opening hours Mon - Wed 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. or by post to the address: Faculty of Technology, Office for Academic and Student Affairs, 20014 Turun yliopisto. 

NB! The medical certificate will be sent by e-mail to Education Coordinator Päivi Rastas (pairit(a)utu.fi).

Personal study plan (PSP)

• The personal study plan is done in the electronic system Peppi. You can use the paper form as well if you are unable to use the system. 
• The personal study plan has to be approved and signed by the teacher tutor.
• The personal study plan can be attached to the application as a document or if your PSP has been accepted in Peppi, please mention that in your application.
• The personal study plan should include the study attainments missing from your degree and the schedule how the degree is going to be completed.

Statement from the thesis’ supervisor

If you have started your thesis, the statement from your supervisor is to be enclosed with the application.
The statement should include:

• The state of the thesis at the moment
• Estimated completion time of the thesis

If the thesis is the only study attainment lacking from the degree, but you haven't started it yet, the scheduled plan approved by the supervisor is to be enclosed with the application.

More information from the Faculty study advisors: opotech(a)utu.fi.

Use the electronic application form for applying additional time. If you don’t have an active utu-ID or access to Suomi.fi identification, use the paper form instead.

NB! Make sure you have all required attachments before the deadline to be able to submit the application in time. For applying you need the transcript of records (pdf-transcript from Nettiopsu), personal study plan (in the electronic personal study plan system or as a separate document), if your thesis is unfinished, also a statement from your thesis supervisor and a report on the situation of your thesis.

Students at Turku School of Economics must enclose the following documents to the application:

1. Personal study plan

• The study plan is done in the electronic personal study plan system (see the intranet for user instructions)
• If your study right has already expired, and you don’t have an active utu-ID, add the personal study plan as a separate file to your application
• The study plan must include the studies included in the degree as modules (major, minor, language studies, other studies) and also detailed information on the schedule for completing the remaining courses
• See the degree requirements from the electronic study guide

More information on the personal study plan: opotse@utu.fi.

2. Statement from your thesis supervisor

If your thesis is unfinished, you are required to provide a statement from your thesis supervisor. The statement can be for example an email from the supervisor.

It must include the following information:

1. situation of your thesis
2. has the thesis progressed during a possible previous additional time
3. estimate from the supervisor: is it possible to complete the thesis within the applied period of additional time

Return the statement to tseopintotoimisto@utu.fi

3. Report on the situation of your Master’s thesis

• name of your thesis supervisor/s
• information on participating in or completing the thesis seminar (group meetings)
• stage of your thesis and a schedule for completing the thesis (a short research plan, including the schedule)

A doctoral researcher should report progress each year according to the instructions of your doctoral programme to avoid passive register.  

More information here: The activeness of a doctoral researcher and passive register instructions for postgraduate students.