Open studies

The enrolment will be open from 08:00 to 23:59.

• 1.-11.8.2023, autumn period open studies
• 2.-13.10.2023, autumn period open studies
• 4.-15.12.2023, spring period open studies

1. As a student of open studies you are not entitled to student financial aid or student discounts, unless you are entitled to them because of your other studies.
2. Before enrolling please notice that some courses may have prerequisites. It is on your own responsibility to consider whether your knowledge and skills meet the prerequisites of the course. Master’s degree open studies require sometimes previous Bachelor’s degree.
3. An Open UAS student cannot receive a certificate of completion of the official language even if they pass the Swedish course. It can only be given to a degree student
4. Students are required to bring their own personal laptops. More details from Bring your own device – BYOD and HAMK’s IT-services. Learning at HAMK is not dependent of the time and classrooms.
5. Open university students are treated equally with degree students and they have the same insurance coverage as HAMK’s degree students.
6. The open UAS student receives the right to study for the duration of the implementation in question for a semester or academic year. A student completing summer studies has the right to study until 30.9.

See our study provision for spring 2023 here. 

See the course selection of Open University of Applied Sciences and find current studies that interest you in our study provision. You can search for courses by level, field of study or degree program and organize the search results by clicking on the column heading in the list. Select the course to find out more detailed information in the implementation plan. Please note that enrollment period of the courses for the Open University of Applied Sciences can be different from the registration time of the implementation plan. A HAMK degree student registers for studies organized by HAMK in Pakki.

If you do not find the kind of studies you are looking for, please contact the contact person of the degree programme and ask for the possibility to get guidance for creating your own personal study plan.

1. Choose the course and start enrolment – Search for studies in the study offer in advance.
2. Authenticate – You can authenticate through the Suomi.fi service by using online banking codes, a mobile certificate, or a certificate card.
   • Please, be prepared to provide your authentication method to speed up the enrolment.
   • Only in exceptional cases, i.e. if you don’t have any authentication method suitable for the Suomi.fi service of you have technical problems with the authentication, you can choose an alternative registration form and not to use the authentication.
3. Fill in the enrolment form
4. Pay the study fee (15€/credit) – Study fees are paid online by the Paytrail service. Payment methods include online payments to Finnish banks, card payment, MobilePay and Walley bank as an invoice and installment service.
5. Confirmation – After payment, you will receive an automatic confirmation email about your enrolment.

Authentication takes place through the Suomi.fi service. You can authenticate using online banking IDs, a mobile certificate, or a certificate card. Only in exceptional cases, ie if you do not have any authentication method suitable for the Suomi.fi service, you can choose an alternative registration form and skip the authentication. You will receive an automatic confirmation message once you have registered and paid the study fee. Before the start of the course, you will receive a welcome message with more detailed information related to your studies. If you have not received any contact, send a message to avoinamk@hamk.fi. Registration is binding and must be canceled in writing by e-mail, avoinamk@hamk.fi (Terms of cancellation). The completed registration form data is sent in encrypted form. Appropriate personal data processing is important for HAMK. At HAMK personal data is processed according to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) and Finnish laws. Privacy policy

HAMK’s own open UAS study provision is free of charge for our degree students, if the course can be included in the degree to be completed. You can register for the studies organized by HAMK in Pakki. HAMK’s AOKK (Humanities and Education) studies at the Open University of Applied Sciences are subject to a fee, and you can register for them using the current enrolment link during the open university’s registration periods.