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Open university studies for Ukrainians

The courses of the open university of the University of Eastern Finland are open to everyone, regardless of their background or basic education. In addition, all of our English-taught courses are free of charge until 31.7.2024 if you have the status of temporary protection from the Finnish Immigration Service. (With the exception of those few courses that have a fixed admissions quota, listed separately below.)

This applies to everybody who wants in, but we originally made this choice to help the victims of the war in Ukraine by offering them what we could: study opportunities, most of them online. We are happy to extend this offer as wide as we can.

To register for a course, please fill in our Webropol form and attach a proof of your status of temporary protection.

If you need more guidance, please send a message to our general study guidance e-mail at jok-ohjaus@uef.fi, and we will get back to you.

Free courses for those with the status of temporary protection

This list has now been updated for courses starting in the academic year 2023-2024. As there are many courses, please see their individual pages for more information. The size of each course is measured in ECTS credits; one credit corresponds to 27 hours of work.

Finnish Language Courses:

Business and economics:

Education:

Environmental and natural sciences:

Health sciences:

Social sciences:

Other courses:

If you need guidance in making your decision, you can write to jok-ohjaus@uef.fi to arrange a consultation by video call (Teams, Zoom), e-mail, telephone or on-campus meeting in Kuopio or Joensuu. You can also contact the course’s coordinator, as given on each course’s page.

We know your situation right now can be difficult, and starting studies in a different place can be intimidating. If you have questions, please contact us to work out what we can do to help you.

Non-free courses

The following courses are taught in English but have admissions quotas, and thus are not free; they cost our usual price of 15 e/credit.