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Inclusion refers to the inclusion of studies completed at another Finnish or foreign university as an integral part of a degree programme, in which case equivalence of contents is not required but the studies must be at a level¹ that complies with the curriculum and they must correspond to the learning competencies required in the degree programme. A course or study module completed elsewhere is accepted into the degree programme as it is. 

¹The level of studies refers to the requirement level of university studies, such as basic, subject or advanced studies as per the requirement level of the qualification structure.

The process of inclusion

1. Student applies for inclusion for pre-recognition, exchange studies, a whole previous degree, or a study module (that has been graded and locked, or there is a certificate). Application is done in Peppi. Student sends the application to own Degree Programme Director. Please check the name of your Degree Programme Director from Patio: https://patio.oulu.fi/fi/palvelut-ja-ohjeet/koulutuksen-palvelut/koulutuksen-suunnittelu/tutkinto-ohjelmaportfolio (login with your O365 account). The process runs faster if the application is sent to the correct person.
2. Student's own Programme's Director makes a decision, and forwards the application to Academic Affairs secretaryEducation Assistant.  
3. Secretary registers Education Assistant the decision to Peppi.
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Exemption[1] applies to certain language studies. A student may be exempted from the language proficiency requirement of the second national language if they have completed their schooling in a language other than Finnish or Swedish, completed their schooling abroad or if the student has been exempted from studying the second national language at lower levels of education (certificate of exemption). In addition, a student, for whom Finnish or Swedish is defined as the schooling language, may be exempted from the demonstration of skills in the second national language if they have, in view of the starting level requirement, a clearly insufficient number of successfully completed general upper secondary school studies in the second national language. 

In such a case, the student is exempted from completing the studies in the second national language altogether, and the curriculum defines what studies the student needs to complete instead of these studies in order to achieve the degree requirement. The student must be informed that a person who lacks the course attainment on the knowledge of languages required of personnel in public bodies[2] is not qualified for governmental/municipal posts in Finland.

In addition, exemption from the completion of the language studies included in the degree can be recommended for special reasons and organised through individual study arrangements. Such recommendations are based on the opinions of health care experts and an assessment by the study psychologist. The curriculum defines what studies the student needs to complete instead of these studies in order to achieve the degree requirement. The exemption is granted by Languages and Communication.

[1] Government Decree on University Degrees (794/2004, Section 6).

[2] Act on the Knowledge of Languages Required of Personnel in Public Bodies (424/2003).

The process of exemption

1. Student applies for exemption of language studies in Peppi. Exemption applies to certain language studies (read more from below). 
2. Student sends the application to the Responsible Person of the course (application handler), who makes a proposal. Please check the name of the Responsible Person of a course from Peppi or from the study guide: https://opas.peppi.oulu.fi/  Sending the application to the correct person makes the process run faster.
3. Service manager of languages & communication Director of the Centre for Languages and Communication makes a decision.
4. Secretary registers Education Assistant the decision to Peppi.
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