The credits are entered by the teacher or the Student Services into the student register Peppi within three weeks after the end of the course or study module.
While enrolled at the UAS a student can get a certified transcript of the study records over completed studies at the Student Services. Students can also check their progress in Peppi. After the exchange a Transcript of Records will be sent to the exchange/visiting student or trainee and/or to his/her home institution.
Credits
All coursework is measured in credits (studiepoäng). The recommended amount of credits for one academic year is 60. The extent of a Bachelor’s Degree vary from 210 (3,5 years of study) to 270 (4,5 years of study) credits. The credit system is compatible with the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) where a year of full-time studies corresponds to 60 ECTS.
On special grounds stated in the realization plan, certain modules and courses can be assessed on a pass/fail scale.
JOO-studies
Thanks to the flexible study rights agreement, called JOO agreement, students in Åbo and Vasa can choose courses offered by the other universities and UAS in respective town. Students in Åbo can choose courses offered by Åbo Akademi University, Turku University, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Diaconia UAS and HUMAK UAS. Students in Vasa can choose courses offered by Novia University Applied Sciences, Åbo Akademi University in Vaasa, University of Vaasa, Vamk UAS and Hanken School of Economics in Vaasa. The courses are free of charge for students but have to be approved by the Head of the Degree Program in which the exchange/visiting student is registered.
Keys
ÅboAt Henriksgatan 7 and Tavastgatan 13 (Gripen) there is an electronic access control system, which means that students must get a HID-key to get into the building. Even some internal doors are equipped with electronic locks. Please observe that it is mandatory for students to have their own HID-key while studying on campus. The entrance door at the inner yard is open from 7.45 am to 4 pm on weekdays. With a HID-key you can get in to the building at 6 am and stay till midnight every day.
Novia University of Applied Sciences uses the same electronic access control system as Åbo Akademi and the system is run by the staff at Åbo Akademi:
Fastighetsservice, Gripen 1st Floor Tavastgatan 13, Phone: 02-2153286 Email: tekserv@abo.fi
Open Monday-Friday 9:00-12:00 and 13:00-15:00
Students buy their key for 25€ (no deposit) through the Åbo Akademi webshop:
https://shop.abo.fi. Choose NOVIA FEES under products. Students can get their key the next day (Monday-Friday) at the address above by showing ID.
The key works at Henriksgatan 7, Arken, ASA Library and the Library in Axelia. The key has to be returned with the receipt to Åbo Akademi Fastighetsservice when you have completed your studies or when no longer needed. You can also contact Åbo Akademi Fastighetsservice if your key doesn’t work, is broken or you have lost your key.
Note that the HID-key is personal and should never be lent to someone else.
Every time a door is opened with a HID-key, the key holder’s name is registered into the access control system.
At Aboa Mare students can collect a keycard from the janitor’s office. There is a 30 € deposit that can be paid in cash to the janitor. When returning the key a refund of 20 € is paid. With the keycard you can access Aboa Mare when the doors of the Auriga building are closed. The doors are open Monday to Friday between 08.00 and 16.00. After 21.00 the building must be empty.
Please note that the key is personal and you should immediately let the Student Services know if it is lost or stolen.
VasaStudents don’t need a key to enter the building on Wolffskavägen 33. The front door to the main building is open 7.45 - 16.30 (exceptions occur during holidays and weekends).
At the building Alere, Wolffskavägen 31, the doors are open Monday-Friday 7.45-17.30 (except on public holidays, when the doors are closed).
For more information about the key and opening hours, go to the Student Affairs office on the first floor at the building W33 at Wolffskavägen 33.
3.8 Libraries
The library at Campus Åbo/Henriksgatan is situated on the first floor in the ASA building at Fänriksgatan 3 A. The opening hours are Monday-Thursday 12-20 and Friday 12-16. On weekdays from 9 to 12 you can access the library with your HID key. From the Book tower (main library) at Domkyrkogatan 2-4 you can pick up books (other than course books) that you have reserved.
At Campus Åbo/Hertig Johans parkgata there is a reference library with a librarian available from 13.00-16.00 on Wednesdays.
In Vasa the Novia library is a part of Tritonia, that is a joint library and learning centre for Novia University of Applied Sciences in Vaasa, Åbo Akademi University in Vaasa, University of Vaasa, Vamk UAS, and Hanken School of Economics in Vaasa.
For more information about library catalogue search and electronic information resources please visit https://www.novia.fi/services/student-services/library/start. In connection to the libraries there are computers, photocopiers, reading rooms, desks and smaller rooms for groups. You can
also read newspapers at the library.