Registration with the University for Postgraduate Education

Accept the offered study place

• Accept the offered study place at Studyinfo service.

Registration as an attending student for the first academic year is automatically recorded

• Having accepted the study right on Studyinfo.fi, you will be redirected to the Oili registration service. 
  • However, you will not be able to register via the Oili registration service, as all new doctoral students are registered as attending for the first academic year of their studies. 
• If you do not begin your studies and want to register as non-attending please notice that you'll need to have a special reason:
  • According to the Universities Act/Polytechnics Act, a first-year student may register as absent (non-attending) for the academic year for special reasons only.
  • Required documents are mentioned in instructions for new Master's degree student.

When your registration is completed, you will receive an e-mail

• After your registration is completed and has been entrered into study register system, Peppi, you will receive information from the Student Centre Disco.
  • For system technical reasons, the study right is subject to a number of semesters for registration (attending LÄ=100 and non-attending PO=100). The study right is not limited to the number of semesters indicated, but is made in order to allow registration with the university in the Oili registration service.
• After that you can activate your UTU-account and order the student card (if you have joint the Student Union).

In the coming years you are to register according to the instructions for current licentiate and doctoral candidates.

All degree students need to register with the University of Turku annually.

• Registgration  takes placew in Oili registration service https://oili.csc.fi
  • In the Oili registration service, registration is made on a per-right basis, in which case you can register separately as attending for one study right and non-attending for another.
  • You can also register for different statuses for the autumn and spring semesters (ie attendance / absence can be selected on a semester-by-semester basis)
  • For system technical reasons, the study right is subject to a number of semesters for registration in Peppi system (attending LÄ=100 and non-attending PO=100). The study right is not limited to the number of semesters indicated, but is made in order to allow registration with the university in the Oili registration service.
• Alternatively you may register by contacting the Student Centre Disco by e-mail disco[at]utu.fi. Please remember to tell you study right number or Finnish ID code in your message to Disco. 
• The University of Turku does not offer registration services by phone.

Please check the general instructions for registration for the registration deadline.

If you haven't been registered at all during the previous semester or have missed the registration period, you will be subject to the re-registration policy and will not be able to register in Oili service.  

• In this case please contact the Student Centre Disco disco@utu.fi. 
• Please remember to tell you study right number or Finnish ID code in your message to Disco. 

Student Union membership is voluntary for those completing postgraduate degree

• The Student Union membership is voluntary for postgraduate PhD students (Universities Act 558/2009, 46§).
• PhD students are not entitled to use the services of the Finnish Student Health Service, FSHS (Ylioppilaiden terveydenhoitosäätiö, YTHS). 
• More information on student benefits and the Student card can be found from the Student Union and on their website.

How to join the Student Union

• New students: you will automatically receive the Student Union membership fee instructions by email after registering your study right
• Current students: the most convenient way to join the Student Union is to pay the Student Union membership fee in the Oili registration service when registering for with the University. 
• You can also make the payment using the following account details:
  • Recipient:     Turun yliopiston ylioppilaskunta TYY
    Account:      Osuuspankki
    IBAN:           FI48 5716 9020 0256 10
    BIC:              OKOYFIHH
    Amount:      36.00 euros (for the academic year 2025-2026)
    Message:     Write your last name, First name, Date of Birth
• Please note if you pay with the information above! 
  • Information about the fee will be sent from the Student Union to the university with a delay of about one week. 
  • If you want to act faster, please send a screenshot of the payment to Student Centre Disco: disco[at] utu.fi (the picture must show the account number of the payee, the amount paid, the message and the date of payment).

Student card

After paying the Student Union fee, you can order your student card.

• There are two options for digital student cards. You can download either one of them or both.  Tuudo or on Frank. Tuudo App and Frank App can be downloaded for Android and iOS phones.
• You can activate your digital student card starting 1 August 2025 when the new academic year starts and your new study right is valid.
• Sticker to an old card may be collected from the office of the Student Union office.