Master info letter, April 2025

Graduation 

You can apply for graduation when all the required credits and your thesis are registered. If you intend to graduate in June, apply for graduation on 4th of June at 23.59 at the latest. Your thesis must be submitted for evaluation on Monday 21 May 2025 at the latest. Please note that it is not possible to graduate in July. The application for graduation opens again in August 2025. Everyone who applied for graduation during the spring can attend the graduation ceremony on 16 June. 

Updating the Personal Study Plan (PSP) & enrolment for autumn studies 

The guidance counsellors will approve PSPs by 7th of May. The specific timetables for autumn 2025 will be published on 8.5. in Timetable tool (Lukkarikone). The enrolment for autumn 2025 begins on 14 May at 8.00 and ends on 22 May at 16.00. The second enrolment begins on 2 June at 8.00 and ends at 16.00 on the Friday of the week before the implementation begins. 

Enrolment for attendance/non-attendance 2025-2026 and right to study 

Students have to enrol for attendance/non-attendance each academic year. Enroll as present or absent for the following academic (2025-2026) year in Peppi during 1 April – 13 June 2025.  Master student’s right to study is 6 semesters = 3 years. At the beginning of studies the statutory study time of 2 years is entered in the personal study plan (PSP). If the student's statutory study time has been fulfilled and the student is still attending the fourth semester, a one year's extension to complete student’s studies is automatically added to PSP. In this case, the study time in PSP is also updated from two years to three years. 

Library’s trainings 

Library will arrange training sessions during spring on the following topics: Master's Thesis, Reference management with Mendeley and Data management in thesis. Check the detailed schedules and participation instructions. 

Ulysseus online course: Academic Integrity: A Framework for Responsible Research and Education

Course Dates: 14.4.-15.6.2025 
Course type: self-paced learning 
ECTS: 2 
 
Key Learning Outcomes: 

• Understand the core principles of academic integrity 

• Recognize and address academic misconduct, including plagiarism 

• Develop competencies in ethical decision-making and responsible research 

• Promote a culture of integrity within your academic environment 

• Navigate the ethical use of AI in academic work 

Register here by April 13! 

Master thesis 

The thesis should be started at the beginning of the third semester i.e. second study year the latest. You can find support and information from Master thesis web page and on the Applied Design Research course. If you don’t have a thesis topic yet, remember to participate in the Master seminar of your specialisation where you can get support for ideation. The last Master seminar in the spring semester will be organised on 28th of April in English on Teams or Zoom. Please follow your spelialisation’s Teams channel for more information.