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PSP- instructions on how to add personal study unit and get it approved

• Field -specific studies are planned in advance together with the principal supervisor as personal study units in the personal study plan (PSP) (instruction, please see below).
• Field specific course completed elsewhere, scientific meeting, research visit or teaching task are added to PSP as personal study units.

Instructions to add a personal study unit

• Go to interleaf Move to the PSP and open tab Selecting studies. (Picture 1)
• To plan or add study attainment of course completed elsewhere, scientific meeting, research visit or teaching task, click the plus-sign in the blue bar of Optional field-specific studies.
• Window Personal course opens. Fill in
  1. the name both in Finnish and English boxes (e.g. Tieteellinen kokous: EMBO conference 2020 / Scientific meeting: EMBO conference 2020)
  2. the number of credits ( for example 2 credits)
  3. the description details of the study attainment in both boxes Finnish and English. For example: “Tieteellinen kokous: EMBO conference 2020, Lontoo, UK ,16.-18.2020, posteri- ja suullinen esitys / Scientific meeting: EMBO conference 2020, London, UK, 16-17.8.2020, poster presentation and oral presentation.”
  Add name of the course in English and in Finnish. If you do not have Finnish translation available, add information in English in both language boxes. Please note, that the study unit's name that you have entered will be directly included in your official transcript of records. Do not use course codes. Click
  1. Add name of the course in English and in Finnish. If you do not have Finnish translation available, add information in English in both language boxes. Please note, that the study unit's name that you have entered will be directly included in your official transcript of records. Do not use course codes.
     1. Scientific meeting: XXX conference 2024, Stockholm, Sweden, 1-3.2.2024. Poster presentation.
     2. Qualitative methods course, University of Turku, 1.-7.5.2023
     3. Research visit: Lund University, Sweden, 1.9.-2.10.2023
     4. Teaching task: supervision of master’s thesis/ lecturing in the course XXX, 1.1.-31.3.2024
  2. See recommendations of credits for different activities.
  3. Add number of credits ( for example 2 credits).
  4. Information written in the description box is not displayed in the transcript of records. If you wish, you can fill in the section to help you with your study planning.
  5. Click 
  1. Save.

• Ask your principal supervisor to report his/her acceptance and confirm the number of ECTS to Academic Services which will approve the planned study unitinformation and credits given to the Graduate School (uniogs(at)oulu.fi).
• The study unit will be registered after the principal supervisor's confirmation.