Annual registration

To study at the university, you are required to register as an attending student for those study rights, in which you are planning to complete studies. The registration period is 1 April – 31 August 2023. As a bachelor’s or master’s degree student, you are required to pay the Student Union membership fee and in order to get FSHS healthcare services the healthcare fee to Kela.

The Student Union membership fee is not study right specific. Even if you have several study rights, you need to pay the membership fee only once.

The Student Union membership fee is voluntary for doctoral researchers. Read instructions for doctoral researchers.

Automatic registration in Oili

During the registration period from 1 April to 31 August 2023, you can register automatically through Oili if you have a University of Helsinki user account. In this case, both your transaction and registration are completed in real-time. Proceed to Oili. If you registered as non-attending for the previous academic year, your user account will be automatically activated to enable the annual registration. Your user account is valid until 31 August. If you do not have a university user account yet, you can activate it with instructions from IT-Helpdesk.

If you register as an attending student only for the autumn term (1 August–31 December), you will automatically be registered as non-attending for the spring term (1 January–31 July).

You can pay the Student Union membership fee and register automatically through Oili only during the regular registration period. At other times you need to register in person.

If for any reason you are unable to register automatically through Oili, you can register in person, see instructions below.

Registration in person

If you you do not have a valid user account (e.g. you have registered as non-attending for your first academic year due to a statutory reason) or you cannot register automatically for some other reason, you can also pay the Student Union fee by using the general reference number and send the receipt as an email attachment to studentinfo@helsinki.fi A printout from your online bank is accepted as a receipt if it includes the Archive ID. Please mention which study rights you will be registering for and your student number or date of birth in the email. Emails that arrive no later than 11:59 p.m. on 31 August will be accepted. You will be notified when your email has been processed. You can also bring the receipt to any of the Student Service points during their opening hours.

When to register for attendance

You should register as an attending for those study rights in which you intend to complete studies during the academic year. Remember to register as a non-attending student for those terms for which you have a statutory reason for your non-attendance and to submit a certificate of the reasons for your non-attendance to Student Services. By doing so, you ensure that your non-attendance will not reduce the duration of your degree studies. Read more about statutory reasons for non-attendance. You can also register as a non-attending student for a reason other than those defined as statutory reasons, but your non-attendance may reduce the duration of your degree studies.

If you have exceeded the normative duration of your study, you need to apply for an extension from your faculty before registration.

If you want to register as attending for your master's studies when you are about to graduate from your bachelor's degree program but your application for a degree diploma has not yet been processed, you can register using your bachelor's study right. Registering for attendance this way is valid for your master's studies, because your master's study right is activated once you are awarded your bachelor's degree.

Register as attending also for the term during which you will be graduating, and for the study right from which you will be graduating.

If you go out as an exchange student or take courses at a different Finnish university under the JOO agreement governing flexible study rights, you must register as an attending student at the University of Helsinki.

If you are a student of medicine, dentistry or pharmacy and you temporarily practice as a licensed or authorised professional within the aforementioned fields in Finland, you have to be registered as attending at the University. The National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health (Valvira) registers all healthcare professionals in a central register (Terhikki). If you register as non-attending, you will be removed from the Terhikki register and you will be unable to practice healthcare.

If you are a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree student, you can update your status as attending or non-attending and pay the Student Union fee through Oili. Oili is open from 1 November 2022 to 15 January 2023.

Alternatively, you can pay the Student Union fee by using the general reference number and bring the receipt to Student Services for registration. You can find payment instructions under Student Union fee. You can also send the receipt as an email attachment to studentinfo@helsinki.fi.

Spring term 2023

Bachelor’s and master’s degree students: EUR 21.00

Account numbers and reference number for paying the Student Union fee

If you register in person, you can pay the Student Union fee to either Nordea's or Danske Bank's account:

Payee: Helsingin yliopiston ylioppilaskunta
Nordea account number: FI80 1573 3000 0324 57
Danske Bank account number: FI80 8000 1500 0668 82
Reference number: 28 04990

You can pick up the spring term tag for your student card at the pick-up points for year tags from the beginning of January.

If you change yours status from attending to non-attending, you can claim a refund of the Student Union fee from the Student Union member services as soon as possible.

If you have a statutory reason for registering as non-attending, remember to submit a certificate verifying the reasons for your non-attendance to Student Services when you return to your studies. By doing so, you ensure that your non-attendance will not reduce the duration of your studies. Further information on statutory reasons for non-attendance.

The healthcare fee for higher education students for spring term 2023 should be paid directly to Kela. Read more about the healthcare fee for students in higher education.

Academic year 2023-2024

Bachelor’s and master’s degree students: EUR 52.00

Autumn term 2023

Bachelor’s and master’s degree students: EUR 28.00

Spring term 2024

Bachelor’s and master’s degree students: EUR 24.00

Account numbers and reference number for paying the Student Union fee

If you register in person, you can pay the Student Union fee to either Nordea's or Danske Bank's account:

Payee: Helsingin yliopiston ylioppilaskunta
Nordea account number: FI80 1573 3000 0324 57
Danske Bank account number: FI80 8000 1500 0668 82
Reference number: 28 04990

Send or bring a receipt of your payment to Student Services no later than 31 August to have your registration activated. NB! The deadline for sending the receipt for the spring term 2023 is 31 July 2023.

Payment by international money transfer

Payee: Helsingin yliopiston ylioppilaskunta
Account number (Nordea Bank Ltd.): FI80 1573 3000 0324 57
BIC (SWIFT): NDEAFIHH
Address: Nordea Bank Finland, Aleksanterinkatu 36 B, Helsinki, FIN-00020 Nordea

You need to submit a receipt of your payment to Student Services no later than 31 August to have your registration activated. NB! The deadline for sending the receipt for the spring term 2023 is 31 July 2023.

The student healthcare fee must be paid by all students who are completing a Master's or Bachelor's degree at a Finnish institution of higher education and have registered as attending for the term.

• No bill will be sent on the healthcare fee: Kela expects you to pay the fee on your own initiative.
• The fee must be paid once per term (spring and autumn).

Please note that several exceptions apply. Visit the Kela website for more information on how to pay the fee and the conditions that apply.

Registering as a non-attending student must be made within the same registration period, 1 April – 31 August. You can register for non-attendance through Oili if you are a bachelor’s or master’s degree student and you have access to the university system. Register as non-attending for the study rights, in which you are not planning to complete any studies during the academic year.

You can also register for non-attendance by contacting Student Services by emailing studentinfo@helsinki.fi or in person. Please remember to specify which study rights you will be registering for and your student number or date of birth in your message. Emails that arrive no later than 11:59 p.m. on 31 August will be accepted. You will be notified when your email has been processed.

Remember to register as a non-attending student for those terms for which you have a statutory reason for your non-attendance and to submit a certificate verifying the reasons for your non-attendance to Student Services. By doing so, you ensure that your non-attendance will not reduce the duration of your degree studies. Further information on statutory reasons for non-attendance.

You can change your status from non-attendance to attendance at any time during the academic year. However, if your non-attendance has lasted several years, you should first contact Student Services to verify the status of your study right.

If you have been granted extension to your study right to finish your degree, you can do the annual registration during the registration period in Oili (“Automatic registration in Oili”), the same way as during the validity of your original study right. If you cannot access Oili, if, for example, your user account is not valid anymore, you can do the annual registration in person ( “Registration in person”). Register in person also if the extension has been granted outside the annual registration period.

You need to register within the annual registration period if

• you have been granted extension for a period that covers two different academic years, you have already registered for the first academic year of the extension, and you are now registering for the second academic year.
  • Example 1: You have been granted extension for the academic years 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 and you have already earlier registered for the academic year 2022-2023 and you are now registering for the academic year 2023-2024
  • Example 2:  You have been granted extension for spring term 2023 and autumn term 2023, you have already earlier registered for spring term 2023 and you are now registering for autumn term 2023.

You do not need to register within the annual registration period if

• you have been granted extension to a study right you have not yet registered for earlier or
• you have been granted a new extension, even if you have been registered already for a previous extension.

For a new extension, you can do the annual registration any time during the validity of the extension. However, you cannot complete any courses before you have registered as attending.

Please notice that you might be required to pay a re-enrollment fee in connection with the annual registration for the extension if

• you have been granted extension for two different academic years at a time and you have not registered during the annual registration period for the second academic year, even if you were registered as attending or non-attending for the first academic year or
• it is the first extension granted to you in this degree program and you had neglected the annual registration for the degree program already during the end of the validity of the original study right.

Please do not pay the re-enrollment fee before you receive the decision of the extension and you have received instructions to pay the fee.

You can cancel your registration by contacting Student Services. To cancel your registration for the autumn term or the entire academic year, contact Student Services by 31 August. Registrations for the spring term must be cancelled by 15 January. You can then claim a refund of the Student Union fee from the Student Union member services. More information on the refund of the healthcare fee (FSHS) on Kela's website.

If you do not register for attendance or non-attendance during the registration period (1 June – 31 August), you will lose your study right at the University of Helsinki. The process for reactivating your study right depends on the timing of your application for readmission. Please note that if you fail to register as either attending or non-attending, the elapsed time is included in your target study time.

Returning during the academic year in which you forgot to register

If, after having failed to register as an attending or non-attending student, you wish to do so during the same academic year (i.e., by 31 July), you need not apply to your faculty for the reinstatement of your right to study. You need only pay the re-enrolment fee and, as Bachelor's or Master's degree student, when registering for attendance, the Student Union membership fee, and submit the receipts of payment to Student Services studentinfo@helsinki.fi. Please remember to specify which study rights you will be registering for and your student number or date of birth in your message.

NB! When registering during the spring term, pay the Student Union fee covering only the spring term.

Re-enrolment fee

The re-enrolment fee is EUR 35 per study right. The fee must be paid to the University of Helsinki account:

Recipient: University of Helsinki
IBAN: FI58 5000 0120 3778 32
SWIFT (BIC): OKOYFIHH
Reference: 99113034
Bank: OP pankki, Gebhardinaukio 1, FI-00510 Helsinki, Finland

The re-enrolment fee applies to those bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree students who have not completed their annual registration during the registration period. If you are not a degree student but have a right to pursue non-degree studies (e.g. specialist training) you do not have to pay the re-enrolment fee. If you have questions regarding this, please contact studentinfo@helsinki.fi.

Returning later

If you do not pay the re-enrolment fee and register during the same academic year by 31 July, and instead register during the following academic year, you must first apply to your faculty for the reinstatement of your study right.

Once the faculty has reactivated your study right, you have to pay both the re-enrolment fee and the Student Union fee, and send the receipts of the payments to Student Services. A printout from your online bank is accepted as a receipt if it includes the Archive ID. If you have a readmission decision from your faculty, remember to include it as well. 

Students who are liable to pay for tuition are automatically registered as attending once they have paid their tuition fee. The tuition fee and scholarships covering the tuition fee contain the compulsory Student Union (HYY) membership fee. Please read the tuition fee instructions.

Starting from the autumn term 2023, the healthcare fee is no longer included in the tuition fee or scholarships covering the tuition fee. Students need to pay the healthcare fee themselves to Kela (link to Kela website).

Year tag pick-up points