Flexible study right (universities JOO-studies)

The Flexible Study Rights JOO agreement expires on 1.1.2026. 

Based on the Flexible Study Rights JOO agreement, a student who has a study right to a degree (undergraduate or postgraduate) in a Finnish university could be admitted to another university. 

Students from Åbo Akademi University, Turku University of Applied Sciences or Yrkeshögskolan Novia can still be granted study rights at the University of Turku on the basis of an agreement between the universities in the Turku area.

Among with other universities, the University of Turku has withdrawn from the agreement on flexible study rights between universities (JOO agreement), with effect from 1 January 2026. The JOO study rights already granted to students will remain valid until their expiry.

For postgraduate studies, there are separate instructions and electronic forms, more information from the Graduate School's webpages.

Agreement between the Universities in the Turku area
>> Student Mobility Between Universities in the Turku Area
JOO study right at the University of Turku

The JOO agreement expires on 1.1.2026. See the top of the page for more information on the timetable.

After the faculty at the University of Turku has granted you a JOO study right, they will inform you about the decision. 

  • When a study right is granted, the Student Centre Disco will save the student's information to Peppi study system. The study right and attendance will be saved as marked in the decision.

The Student Centre Disco will inform you via email when you information is saved to Peppi.

  • We will also send you instructions on how to activate your UTU user account If needed). You need the user account to log into Peppi where eg. the course enrollments are done. Please notify that granting the JOO study right is not the same as the course enrollment. Student's must enroll to all courses in Peppi
  • For cross-study studies (RIPA), course registration has already been done in the home institution's Pepi/Sisu, and course registration in TY's Pepi is no longer required.
  • When necessary, the Faculty Offices for Academic and Student Affairs will help the student with practical matters concerning the studies. Please check contact information here.

Please note that if you graduate during your JOO study /cross-study right time, you can no longer continue with the studies, even if the study right period would have been granted for a longer period.

Transferring study credits between universities

Student of the University of Turku, who has completed studies at another higher education institution

  • For study rights applied for and granted through the cross-study service, the credits are automatically transferred to UTU Peppi system (with a delay of about 24 hours after the assessment has been recorded at the host institution). ​
    • The cross-study service will be introduced in phases from spring 2024, starting with mobility between universities in the Turku region.
  • Other courses completed in other universities are not transferred​ automatically into UTU Peppi system. For the transfer, you need to have transcript of records from the target university and apply for RPL with University of Turku's RPL form 

Student of a another university who has completed JOO studies at the University of Turku

  • Your studies at the University of Turku are recorded in the study register in Peppi.
  • In the case of study rights applied for and granted through the cross-study service, the credits are automatically transferred to the study register of the home university (with a delay of about 24 hours from the time the assessment is entered in UTU Peppi).
  • For other studies, the transfer of credits is not centralised between universities, but the student is responsible for the transfer of study credits for JOO studies to the home institution. Ask your home institution for instructions on how to transfer your credits!

Study guide