Studies are measured in credits. Courses yield credits according to the workload required. One credit corresponds to approximately 27 hours of work. The average input of 1,600 hours needed to complete one year of studies corresponds to 60 credits.
The scope of first-cycle (bachelor’s) degrees is 180 credits, and that of second-cycle (master’s) degrees is 120 credits. The University of Helsinki has limited the number of credits that can be incorporated into degrees. You can incorporate up to 200 credits into a 180-credit bachelor’s degree and up to 135 credits into a 120-credit master’s degree.
Exceptions:
- Master of Arts (Psychology) degree: 150 cr
- Completed after a bachelor’s degree
- Your degree can incorporate up to 170 cr, but
- If your degree includes pedagogical studies for teachers required for a subject teacher qualification, you can exceed the maximum scope of the degree.
- Licentiate of Veterinary Medicine degree: 180 cr
- Completed after a bachelor’s degree
- You can incorporate up to 200 cr into your degree.
- Licentiate of Medicine degree: 360 cr
- Completed as a single-cycle degree
- You can incorporate up to 400 cr into your degree.
- Licentiate of Dentistry degree: 330 cr
- Completed as a single-cycle degree
- You can incorporate up to 365 cr into your degree.
The above credit limits apply to students whose right to study commenced on or after 1 July 2017. If your right to study commenced before 1 July 2017, the number of credits to be incorporated into degrees may have been limited on a faculty-specific basis. Your right to study is considered to have commenced before 1 July 2017 if you were admitted through a transfer application procedure and your original right to study commenced before 1 August 2017.