Uniarts Helsinki’s new curricula as of 1 August 2024: Transitional rules for students who have begun their studies before 1 August 2024
2024 has the chance to complete their unfinished degree in accordance with the old degree requirements until 31 January 2026.
Uniarts Helsinki’s new curricula for bachelor’s and master’s education will enter into force on 1 August 2024. Teaching will be organised for all students in accordance with the new curricula, and even students who have begun their studies before 1 August 2024 will switch over to pursuing their degrees in accordance with the new curricula on 1 February 2026. If they so choose, students can switch over to pursuing a degree in accordance with the new curriculum already earlier. The titles and scopes of the degrees will not change.
Continuing with the old curriculum
A bachelor’s or master’s student who has begun their studies at Uniarts Helsinki before 1 August 2024 has the chance to complete their unfinished degree in accordance with the old degree requirements until 31 January 2026. However, study units that follow the old degree requirements will no longer be offered, and they are replaced with study units that follow the new curricula in accordance with programme-specific correspondence tables for studies.
Transition to the new curriculum
A bachelor’s or master’s student who has begun their studies before 1 August 2024 can switch over to pursuing a degree in accordance with the new curriculum by announcing it in connection with updating their personal study plan (PSP) during the 2024-2025 academic year at the latest. The information will be stored in the student’s agreements in the Peppi system. All bachelor’s and master’s students who have begun their studies before 1 August 2024 will switch over to pursuing their degrees in accordance with the new curricula starting from 1 February 2026.
All studies that have been completed before 1 August 2024 will be fully included in degrees that follow the new curricula in accordance with the programme-specific correspondence tables for studies.
The original scopes of studies are sufficient from the perspective of content to substitute for the new scopes of corresponding studies, even if their scopes are less or more extensive than the new scopes. If a student who is switching over to the new curriculum is missing credits from the minimum scope of their degree due to changes in the scopes of study units, the student must earn the remaining credits by completing optional studies or individual studies or through credit transfers, for example.
The scopes of individual study modules do not need to be equivalent if the lower number of credits is due to changes in the scopes of study units. The intention is not to have the overall scope of the degree be exceeded due to changes in the scopes of study units. If a study unit in the previous curriculum had a bigger scope than a corresponding study unit in the new curriculum, the number of credits exceeding the scope of the new study unit will decrease the number of credits for optional studies. Agreements on the completion of remaining credits needed for a degree are made in connection with the updating of the student’s personal study plan.
The academies may issue more detailed guidelines, and the degree programmes define programme-specific correspondence tables.