Thesis and graduation deadlines at the faculty of educational sciences: spring 2025
Are you planning to submit your thesis in spring term 2025?
If yes, kindly check the schedule for submitting, assessing, and approving of master’s theses already when writing your thesis.
The completion date for the master's thesis is the date the thesis was submitted, or the following weekday. The assessment follows the schedule for submission and assessment, and the grade is registered in Sisu after the dean has approved the thesis.
You can hand in your graduation request through the degree programme code the same day that you submit your thesis, if the master’s thesis is your last uncompleted study credit.
Timetable for submission and examination of Bachelor’s theses (available only in Finnish and Swedish).
Scheduling your graduation, summer 2025
If you wish to graduate by the end of the academic year (July 31, 2025), you must submit your graduation request in Sisu by July 31, 2025. 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.
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 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.
Digital degree certificates
As of the 18th of March, 2025, University of Helsinki rewards only digital degree certificates. Students who submit graduation requests from the 18th of March 2025 forward, as well as graduation requests where study credits are registered after the 17th of March 2025, will receive a digital certificate.
Learn more about digital degree certificates.
Graduation ceremony
Save the date! The graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Educational Sciences for all students graduating during Spring term, 2025 will be held on Tuesday, June 3rd from 13.00 to 15.00. 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 in Vihta.
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.