Thesis and graduation deadlines at the faculty of educational sciences: spring 2024
Are you planning to submit your thesis in spring term 2024?
If yes, kindly check the timetable for the submission and examination of Master`s theses already when writing your thesis.
If you are planning to graduate by the end of the academic year (by July 31, 2024), please submit your thesis by May 14, 2024.
Credits for Master’s theses are registered in Sisu as soon as possible (within a couple of days) after the faculty council has approved the theses. The date of completion for a Master’s thesis is the date of the faculty council meeting in which the thesis is approved.
Timetable for submission and examination of Bachelor’s theses (available only in Finnish and Swedish).
Scheduling your graduation, summer 2024
If you wish to graduate by the end of the academic year (July 31, 2024), you must submit your graduation request in Sisu by July 31, 2024.
Your date of graduation is the date on which you submit a graduation request in Sisu or the following weekday.
Kindly note that due to the high number of graduation requests and July being a vacation month at the university, some of the graduation requests submitted during June and July might be processed in August.
- Please note! Please familiarize yourself with the detailed instructions for handing in your graduation request.
All credits, including Master’s thesis, must be registered in Sisu before submitting the graduation request. In exceptional cases, you can apply for graduation in Sisu through the relevant degree programme code when you have completed all of your studies, but the final credits have not yet been registered. Please note! If your last missing course is the Master’s thesis, you can only submit your graduation request once the thesis has been approved by the faculty council and registered in Sisu.
- Please notice the following: If you apply for graduation before all credits have been registered, you can only submit the application once you have completed all the courses and they are in the process of being assessed (for example, you have participated in the exam or turned in an essay). A graduation request submitted before all credits have been registered can only be processed once the missing credits have been registered. When the course has been registered in Sisu, send an email to siltavuori-student@helsinki.fi with, for example “Graduation request submitted, last studies registered to Sisu” as the subject.
Please note when submitting your graduation request
- In the field “Other information”, you need to enter the following information:
- Whether you wish to receive your degree certificate in Finnish or Swedish. (Students in the Changing Education program get two certificates, one in English + one in one of the national languages of Finland)
- Whether the language of your secondary education was Finnish, Swedish or another language.
- Whether you have completed pedagogical studies for teachers (60 cr) as part of your degree. Also list your teaching subjects if you have completed any as part of your degree.
Graduation ceremony
Save the date! The graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Educational Sciences for all students graduating during Spring term, 2024 will be held on Thursday, June 6 from 16.00 to 18.00. More information on the ceremony will be updated on the Instructions for Students: Graduation website during the spring.
Problems with Sisu? Questions about graduating?
Please contact the Siltavuori Student Services well before the peak graduation season at the end of May, and we can help you with your study plan via email or during a booked appointment. You can contact us directly at siltavuori-student@helsinki.fi or you can book an appointment for one-on-one study counseling using this booking calendar.
You can also use the Sisu-guidance (Zoom) for more technical Sisu questions.
You can find all contact information for the different units of the student services at Instructions for Students: Student Services.