To join spring semester 2025 on-campus studies, you are required to be present at Haaga-Helia Campus on January 6th 2025 when orientation days begin. The final deadline for starting on-campus studies is January 27th 2025. After this, the next possibility to join classroom lessons is in autumn 2025.
If you are still waiting for your student residence permit application’s decision after January 27th 2025, you will start your studies online. Online studies will start in January 2025. You will receive further information about our comprehensive online courses in January via email.
Autumn semester 2025
If you are still waiting for your student residence permit application’s decision and cannot be present in Finland by September 1st 2025, your paid tuition fee for autumn semester 2025 will be transferred to spring semester 2026. You will be marked as an absent student in our register. Please note that you are not allowed to complete any study credits during autumn semester 2025 at Haaga-Helia. You can be absent for a total of two (2) semesters during your studies. You will continue your studies in January 2026 if you receive your residence permit by then. The deadline for notifying Study Services about being absent during the autumn semester 2025 is by August 11th 2025 when Orientation Days for new students begin.
If you don’t receive a residence permit by September 1st 2025, you can also choose to contact Study Services and fill in a resignation announcement and apply for a tuition fee refund for the autumn semester 2025 tuition fee. By doing this, you will lose your study right and we will inform Finnish Immigration Services about your decision. A sum of EUR 1,500 will be deducted from your paid tuition fee when processing the refund.
In case you receive a negative decision on your residence permit application, you can choose either to appeal for the Immigration Services decision or contact Study Services and fill in a resignation announcement and apply for a tuition fee refund for the autumn semester 2025 tuition fee. If you decide to apply for a tuition fee refund, you will lose your study right. A sum of EUR 1,500 will be deducted from your paid tuition fee when processing the refund. Please note that you are responsible for any additional service fees charged by the bank.