STUDIES AND CREDITS
Study Credits
Studies are quantified using the concept of credit points (ECTS), with one point corresponding to an estimated 26.7 hours of study by the student.
Registration of Credits
Information about ECTS credits earned for completed courses is submitted to the credit register by the lecturer in question. The subject departments issue their own directions about how credits are awarded for studio work.
It is recommended that students check their study transcripts at the end of each term to ensure that all completed studies are registered properly. Register transcripts are available from the Study Affairs Office.
Substitute Studies
Upon request, students are allowed to include as credits theoretical and language studies as well as studio work completed at other institutes of higher education, provided they meet the criteria for studies at the Academy. Other studies can, for special reasons, also be accepted. Studies completed elsewhere are always accepted by the relevant lecturer on a case-by-case basis. As more info from the study affairs office.
Credit Transfer for First-Year Basic Studies and Entering Directly into the Second Year
Transfer of credits for basic studies is decided by the teachers of the Department of General Studies and the head of the department,
Riikka Stewen. Decision to accept all basic studies (40 credits) by substitution through credit transfer, and thereby to admit the student directly to the second-year level, is made by the head of the Department of General Studies and the head of the degree programme the student is entering.
STUDY GUIDANCE AND COUNCELLING
Guidance for New Students
An orientation course for new students is organised at the start of studies. The course includes counselling, guidance, and tutoring in small groups. It aims at assisting students in all difficulties they may have beginning their studies, and to help them to get to know their new study environment and the Academy's various degree programmes, departments and administration. The orientation period also familiarises students with first-year studies and the structure of degrees.
General Study Counselling
Study Affairs Officer
Maria-Liisa Saastamoinen: study counselling, personal study programmes, course requirements for degree programmes, student financial aid, JOO studies, internships, student registers, credit transcripts, physical exercise for students, study certificates, degree certificates, student statistics, registration.
Planning Officer
Anne Ahtiainen: planning of instruction, matters relating to theses and graduation, applications for MFA studies, maturity tests, course catalogue.