Concerns mainly Erasmus students!
A departure certificate is a document given to you by your home university (mainly for Erasmus exchange students). If your home university does not require it, you do not need to get a signature.
We will sign the departure certificates (i.e. "end of stay" or "confirmation of stay" documents) within three days before your study right ends.
If you leave earlier than three days before your study right ends, you can ask for a signature by visiting us on different campuses during our office hours (Drop-In services). We will be closed on Thursday, May 26th due to a national holiday, thus we are organizing a
Pop-up signature event on
Date: Wednesday, May 25th
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 hrs
Place: Main Library Kaisa, 3rd-floor lobby, Fabianinkatu 30 (City Center campus).
You can also ask for signatures on
Date: Monday, May 30th
Time: 12:00 - 13:00 hrs
Place: Main Library Kaisa, 3rd-floor lobby, Fabianinkatu 30 (City Center campus).
These signature sessions are especially for those of you if your home institution insists on having a hand-signed document.
If it is not possible for you to attend the signature sessions, please send us the departure certificate (remember to fill in your own name) and a copy of your travel tickets by e-mail to studentexchange@helsinki.fi
It is very important that you send us a copy of your departure ticket as we can not sign the form without the ticket. You can send the documents as soon as you have your travel tickets, but please mention the departure date also in your email or the subject field of your email. We will send the signed pdf version to you earliest on the departure date or after your departure. The latest possible departure day on the document is the last day of your study right (May 31st for Erasmus students).
If you leave later, we will sign the document accordingly, but the end date of your study right will remain as it is in your SISU student certificate.