About Electronic degree certificate
The Electronic degree certificate is the only official degree certificate for the student.
The degree certificate is signed using an electronic confirmation. Because of that the authencity of the degree certification can be checked on oulu.fi -page Verifying electronic documents. N.B.! If you try to edit the electronic degree certificate, the electronic confirmation is destroyed and the certification is no longer authentic.
The Electronic degree certificate is signed and sent to students on Peppi's Atomi-service. Students download the official degree certificate by themselves in the Atomi-service.
In addition to the degree certificate students will receive automatically transcript of records and Diploma Supplement.
All graduating students receive one free paper copy of the degree certificate. Students receive the copy by attending to the Faculty's Graduation Ceremony, getting it from the Academic Affairs Service Team's service point yourself or receiving it by post.
How to download the official degree certificate
- Download the official degree certificate as soon as you get information about completed certification from your Faculty. The certificate is usually ready to be downloaded in about two weeks after graduation. Your University account will close after four weeks after your study right ends. After that you can not download the official degree certification.
- Academic Affairs Service Team can send you your degree certificate afterwards. You will be charged 50 euros for that.