Registration for the Academic Year 2009-2010
All degree students are required to enroll at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts for each academic year in order to maintain their right to study.
The enrollment time for the academic year 2009-2010 is between 10.8. - 15.9.2009. In case you have enrolled only for the autumn term you have to enroll either present or non-present for the spring term by
15.1.2010.
Enrollment as an attending student
When enrolling as an attending student you have to pay the Student Union Fee and fill in the registration form. The first year students, the first year specific master students as well as the N-year students enroll at the
Study Affairs Office, Kaikukatu 4, 00530 Helsinki. All the other students enroll at the Info desk in the Kaikukatu lobby. The Postgraduate students fill the enrollment form, but for them the Student Union Fee is voluntary.
When enrolling, the student must show the receipt of the Student Union Fee payment (even when paid through the web bank). Enrollment forms and account transfer forms are available at the Study Affairs Office and the Info Desk. You can print
the enrollment form (pdf) with the
instructions (pdf).
The student union fee will be paid to the Student Union´s Account:
Payee: Student Union of the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Kaikukatu 4, 00530 Helsinki
Bank Account Number of Payee: 800017-1791619
Reference Number: 24837
IBAN number: FI2980001701791619
SWIFT Code: DABAFIHH
Academic Year 2009-2010:
- Finnish Student Health Care Service (YTHS) Fee EUR 40,00
- Fee of the National Union of Students in Finland (SYL) EUR 4,80
- Student Union Fee of the Academy EUR 35,20 - Development Co-operation Fee (Voluntary) EUR 5,00
TOGETHER (At least) EUR 80,00 (Only Autumn or Spring Term 40,00 EUR)
The enrollment form and the receipt of the payment of the Student Union Fee can also be sent by post to the Academy by the 15th of September, 2009. When enrolled as attending the student will get the Study Prospectus 2009-2010, as well as the sticker for the student card.
Enrollment as a non-attending student
When enrolling as non-attendant, you do not have to pay the student union fee. You will however have to fill the enrollment form and return it to the Academy by the 15 th of September. Those who enroll as non-attending maintain their right to study, but they are not allowed to receive credits and they are not entitled to the membership benefits of the student union, such as the services of the Finnish Student Health Care Foundation or discounts in student cafeterias.
The Student Union Fee includes the fee for the Finnish Student Health Care Services. If you enroll as a non-attending student you do not pay the Student Union Fee.
Losing of the right to study
You will lose your right to study if you do not enroll as attending or non-attending by 15.9.2009.
In that case you have to deliver a written request for the return of your right to study, addressed to the rector.
The student who will enroll after 15.9.2009, or who wants to change her/his enrollment status (attending/non-attending) during the academic year has to pay a processing charge of 20 EUR to the Academy´s account:
Payment from the Finnish account
Payee: Kuvataideakatemia
Bank: Nordea
Account Number: 166030-101645
When paid from the foreign account you also need:
IBAN-Number: FI68 1660 3000 1016 45
SWIFT-code: NDEAFIHH
Change of Enrollment
A student who has registered as attending or non-attending for the whole ongoing academic year, can change her/his status for the spring term until 15.01.2010 without processing charge. The student who has registered as non-attending may also register as attending during the ongoing semester with a written request from the Head of the Department. This change of enrollment status costs 20 EUR.
If you want to study during the academic year or graduate from the academy you have to be enrolled as an attending student.
If the student wants to interrupt her/his studies the minimum time for interruption is 12 months and can not be cancelled. During this time the student is not allowed to receive any credits.
N-year students (students who have started their studies more than 6 years ago) have to make a personal study plan before they can enroll. Please contact the Study Affairs Officer preferably by the end of August to do your PSP (Personal Study Plan).
Agreement on the right of use of student course and thesis works
All students fill the contract
Agreement on the right of use of student course and thesis works. The purpose of the agreement is to clarify the non-commercial use of the student´s praxis or graduation work completed in the Academy.
Passive Register
The Academy´s Study Register also includes the Passive Register. In case you have enrolled as an attending student during two years but have not completed any credits (credit points or weeks) you will be moved in to the Passive Register, which means that you cannot enroll as an attending student and cannot get a sticker in your student card. You will be able to get out from the register by making a detailed study plan together with the Head of the department and the Study Affairs Officer. The proceeding of studies and the right to enroll as an attending student (which means full time studies) will be checked every six months.
Before the student is moved to the Passive Register, she/he will receive a letter telling about this procedure. To avoid the move to the Passive register the student must make a study plan accepted by the Head of the department and the Study Affairs Officer.
The new Examination Decree
All students who start or continue their studies in the autumn term 2009 will complete their studies according to the new Decree, which came into force on the first of August 2005. The studies done before that are taken into consideration and included in the diploma completed according to the new university decree. Those students who have not transferred to the new degree system will be transferred in the autumn term 2009 and will complete their diploma according to the study requirements stated in the Study Prospectus 2009-2010.