Enrolment and fees in Jamk Open UAS

• Study places are filled based on the order of enrolment (if no other information given)
• If you got through the online payment successfully, you get a study place.
• If you are waitlisted, the payment will not be invoiced until open positions become available. We will contact those on the waiting list by email of telephone. If we cannot reach a person within a reasonable time, the study place will be offered to the next one on the list.
• If the online registration is already closed, you can still ask for free study places by email: avoinamk(at)jamk.fi. However, please note the cancellation terms if you enrol late.

Check the required prior knowledge and skills from the description of each course or module. There are no specific requirements for prior education in Jamk Open University of Applied Sciences as such, but please consider the following:

• The courses may have requirements for prior knowledge and skills, obtained by way of education or otherwise.
• Master’s degree studies should be based on a bachelor’s degree or similar competence.
• You will need to possess the necessary abilities for studies at a university of applied sciences.

Degree students who have enrolled for attendance in Jamk are not eligible to enrol as Jamk Open UAS students. If you are interested in a particular education and it is not possible to enrol in it in Peppi, discuss your participation as a degree student with the education officer. Students who have enrolled for non-attendance may also enrol in the Open UAS.

Courses in Jamk Open UAS are free for unemployed job seekers and asylum seekers in Finland until 31 July 2025.

Instructions:

1. Get acquainted with the open studies.
2. Discuss your study plans and their possible effects on unemployment security with the TE Office.
3. Enrol: On the electronic form, check the box next to ‘unemployed’ or ‘other’ and write ‘asylum seeker’ in the additional information field. Bypass online payment (you can close the page in the online payment section)
4. Verify your eligibility for free-of-charge studies within a  week of your registration by using secure email (link below).  Address the message to avoinamk(at)jamk.fi. Write “Certificate for free-of-charge studies” as the subject and in the message section the studies / study module for which you have enrolled. Verification is done with the following documents:
   • Unemployed jobseeker: Proof of your jobseeker status. The certificate must indicate the group of unemployment which are: 02 unemployed, 03 temporarily laid off, 07 covered by a service promoting employment, 08 in training. You can request a certificate from the TE Office or Työllisyyden kuntakokeilut (municipal employment trial). Note! The notification of job search currently available from Job Market Finland is not sufficient.
   • Asylum seekers: A picture ID issued by the Finnish reception centre – as an image or scanned document.

NOTE! Always submit an up-to-date certificate when registering for a new course!

Jamk offers studies for Jamk alumni free-of-charge via Jamk Open UAS, until 31 June 2025:

• Master-level Route Studies for Bachelor's Degree graduates (for a time period of two years after graduation)
• Future Factory studies for all Jamk alumni for one year after graduation

On the electronic enrollment form, write “Alumni” in additional information field and bypass online payment (you can close the page in the online payment section). Your graduation date will be checked from Peppi study information system. 

In case of illness, in addition to the cancellation form, please send a medical certificate as a security email:

• To: avoinamk(at)jamk.fi
• Subject: Medical certificate
• Message: your name and the studies you are enrolled in.

Medical certificates are destroyed after verification.