To have an absence approved, you must submit the necessary certificates for the reason for your absence to Laurea. Submit the documents preferably via the e-form at the end of this page. Documents may be in Finnish, Swedish or English.
Please note that if you register as absent but do not provide the required certificates by the deadline, you will be registered as a present student and any requirements for tuition fees apply.
If the reason for the absence concerns only one semester, for example Finnish military service beginning in the spring or parental leave, you may choose to register as absent for either that semester or for the entire academic year. A spring semester present registration can also later be changed to an absence registration within the enrolment period.
Those who received a study place in the autumn joint application register for the spring semester only when accepting the study place. In that case, the first-year right to be absent applies only to the spring semester.
If you decide to postpone the start of your studies due to absence, please note that the same programme or mode of study (full-time daytime studies or multi-modal studies) may not necessarily begin again in the same way as when you were originally admitted as a student.
Laurea’s Student services send a questionnaire regarding registration for the next academic year twice a year to those registered as absent (in April and November).
Can I be absent in the first year?
You may register as absent in the first year of studies for up to one academic year if
- You are performing military or civilian service under the Conscription Act (1438/2007), the Act on Civilian Service (1446/2007) or the Act on voluntary military service for women (194/1995).
- Submit as proof the Call up order for service.
- You need time off from studies to care for your child in connection with its birth or adoption (or 14.1.2022/53). Note that childcare leave is not a reason that entitles to absence.
- Submit a Kela certificate of parental allowance; pregnancy allowance, special pregnancy allowance or parental allowance. If the certificate is not yet available, a medical certificate of pregnancy.
- You are unable to begin studies due to illness or injury.
- Submit as proof a sickness allowance decision or a medical certificate stating the illness or injury and that it prevents the start of studies.
- If the start of studies is delayed due to practical arrangements required by the illness or injury, you may also submit another sufficient explanation. Such an explanation could be, for example, a certificate from the student housing foundation regarding an application for an accessible apartment. A student’s own notification is not sufficient.
Submit the documents within the deadline
- Submit the documents proving your absence by the deadline given for accepting your study place.
- If you are selected from the waiting list, the above documents must be submitted within 7 days of receiving notification of the selection.
- Send a copy as an attachment to the e-form
Remember to register as absent
Submitting the documents for absence alone is not sufficient. You must also register as absent in the StudyInfo service.
Complete your registration of attendance in the same place where you accepted your study place. Log in to the My Study info -service–>Applications and accepting an offer of admission –> Proceed to registration.