Copies and translations of the degree certificate

You can request an official copy of your degree certificate in its original language. The copy is printed on regular copy paper.

You can order this copy, subject to a fee, from your faculty’s Student Services. Please allow about two weeks for delivery, or longer during holidays.  

Fees per official copy: 

• €40 if collected
• €50 by post to an address in Finland
• €90 by courier to an address outside Finland

Fees must be paid in advance. 

Your order must indicate the following:

• Full name (including name on certificate if different)
• University of Helsinki student number (or date of birth)
• Graduation date
• Degree title
• Whether you will collect the copy or receive it by post or courier, providing a delivery address as necessary.

Please note that you must collect your degree certificate copy within 30 days. 
For requests to send the copy to an address outside Finland, note that it will be delivered by courier. 
 

Payment details:

Recipient: University of Helsinki
IBAN: FI58 5000 0120 3778 32
Reference: 99113034

Details for payments made via a bank outside Finland:

Recipient: University of Helsinki
Bank: OP pankki, Gebhardinaukio 1, FI-00510 Helsinki, Finland
IBAN: FI58 5000 0120 3778 32
Swift: OKOYFIHH

All faculties other than Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Theology

Please send your order together with a copy of the receipt to your faculty’s Student Services.

Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Theology

Please submit this application form accompanied by the receipt. 

Degree certificates are issued in Finnish or Swedish as well as in English (as of 1 April 2025). The University does not provide translations of degree certificates. Your degree certificate comes with a Diploma Supplement for international use, including a detailed explanation of your degree in English.

Please note, however, that if you need a translation of your degree certificate, you must have it translated yourself. The University of Helsinki recommends using an authorised translator.

The official names of degree programmes, study tracks, study modules and courses are listed in the transcript of studies in its given language. Please submit the relevant language version of the transcript to the translator. Read more about transcripts of studies and how to order them.

If an international education institution or accreditor requires that the University of Helsinki directly sends it your degree certificate:

• Have your certificate translated by an authorised translator and deliver it to your faculty’s Student Services.
• The faculty will send a University-approved verification of the translation, alongside the translation itself, to the requester abroad.

The price for a paper copy of certificates other than degree diplomas (such as a certificate of separate studies) is 10 euros.

Fees must be paid in advance. 

Your order must indicate the following:

• Full name (including name on certificate if different)
• University of Helsinki student number (or date of birth)
• Date of completion and which certificate is in question
• Whether you will collect the copy or receive it by post or courier, providing a delivery address as necessary.

Payment details:

Recipient: University of Helsinki
IBAN: FI58 5000 0120 3778 32
Reference: 99113034

Details for payments made via a bank outside Finland:

Recipient: University of Helsinki
Bank: OP pankki, Gebhardinaukio 1, FI-00510 Helsinki, Finland
IBAN: FI58 5000 0120 3778 32
Swift: OKOYFIHH

Please send your order together with a copy of the receipt to your faculty’s Student Services.