Separate continued right to study

What is the continued right to study?

The continued right to study allows our alumni to complete studies free of charge through courses organised by their own academy, through joint studies or at the Open University (studies arranged by Open University partner institutions are subject to a course fee).

You can be granted a continued right to study if you have completed one of the following degrees at Uniarts Helsinki: a doctoral degree, a master’s degree or a bachelor’s degree that does not grant the right to complete a master’s degree.

The continued right to study is a separate right to study, which can be granted for four academic terms after graduation. It does not entitle students to complete a degree, but rather enables them to complete individual courses.

Validity of the right to study

The continued right to study is valid for the academic term during which the student has graduated and for four academic terms thereafter. The duration of the right to study cannot be extended, for example, on the basis of illness or parental leave.

How to activate your right

Using the degree certificate request form, notify your academy that you wish to activate your continued right to study. A student with a continued right to study does not need to register at the university each year, because their registration is recorded at once for their entire study period.

The continued right to study will allow you to complete any courses that you are taking and have not completed at the time of your graduation. Continuing students do not need to pay tuition fees, which means they are also not entitled to receive grants or waivers related to tuition fees.

The continued right to study cannot be postponed or suspended after it has been granted. If you renounce your continued right to study in writing, you will not be able to apply for it again.

Applying to courses

A Uniarts Helsinki graduate can apply for courses organised by the Open University and by their own academy or for Uniarts Helsinki’s joint studies.

Each academy and Open Campus processes applications on a case-by-case basis.

Open University courses

You can apply for Open University courses during the Open University’s registration period in Peppi. There are three application periods per year.

The selection criteria of each course determine which students will be selected as participants. The selection criteria (previous studies, cover letter, proficiency test, order of registration) are listed in the course descriptions.

Academy of Fine Arts courses

You can apply for courses by registering to the courses in Peppi. The teacher responsible for the course will handle your registration (either by approving or rejecting it). You can follow the status of your registration in Peppi.

Sibelius Academy courses

You can apply for courses by registering to the courses in Peppi. The department responsible for the course will handle your registration (either by approving or rejecting it). You can follow the status of your registration in Peppi. The decision can be made in advance before you graduate, but the right to complete a course or a study module cannot be granted until you have graduated with a master’s degree.

Instrument/vocal studies or other instruction that includes only individual instruction is not allowed for students studying with a continued right to study.

Students who have graduated within the target time have a right to do artistic level performance examinations with a continued right to study. See the detailed instructions.

It is possible to complete pedagogy studies based on a continued right to study under certain conditions. See the detailed instructions.

Theatre Academy courses

You can apply for courses by registering for the courses in Peppi. You can only register for the Theatre Academy’s courses that are included in the continuous learners’ selection for that term.

The unit responsible for the course will handle your registration (either by approving or rejecting it). You can follow the status of your registration in Peppi.

Uniarts Helsinki’s joint studies

As a general rule, you can apply for joint studies in Peppi. Joint studies include, for example, language studies, communication studies, working life skills and SAMA (Sound Art & Sonic Arts).

Possible selection criteria (for example previous studies or a cover letter) can be found in the course descriptions.

Uniarts credentials and printing

User accounts at Uniarts Helsinki remain valid until the end of the continuous learner’s right to study. With these credentials, you can log in to your uniarts email and the Peppi study information system. Messages related to your studies will only be sent to your uniarts address.

For students with a continued right to study don’t have a right to copy or print documents (or have printing quotas).

Access permits and rights to use premises

Academy of Fine Arts

• Continuing students do not have the right to reserve rooms.
• Continuing students do not have the right to use premises. Access permits can be granted where necessary (for example, if the student is participating in a course that lasts for a long time).

Sibelius Academy

• Continuing students do not have the right to reserve rooms.
• Practice rooms with a queue system can be used.
• Access permits and rights to use premises during continued studies remain otherwise unchanged from what they were during the student’s degree studies.
• A student studying with continued right to study has the right to use equipment intended for self-recording in the Sibelius Academy’s halls, if the recording is related to a course that the student completes with the continued right to study and the student has completed orientation related to self-recording.

Theatre Academy

• As alumni, continuing students have a separate right to book facilities. You can apply for the right to book facilities by using the degree certificate request form.
  Theatre Academy alumni’s right to book facilities
• Access permits can be granted where necessary (for example, if the student is participating in a course that lasts for a long time).
• Continuing students do not have the right to use a locker in dressing rooms.

Benefits

The continued right to study does not entitle students to discounts received by degree students, which include discounts for public transport, student lunch and Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS).

The continued right to study does not allow student exchange or completing studies offered by another higher education institution, that is, so‑called cross‑institutional studies. Studies or skills completed elsewhere cannot be entered in your Uniarts Helsinki study record as completed studies.

Accreditation of prior learning for study units that are part of more extensive study modules (for example, the 60‑credit teacher’s pedagogical studies) is considered on a case‑by‑case basis.