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For a new student
Welcome to Diak, new student! On this page, you will find instructions for starting your studies. Please make sure to review the information for your own degree programme before accepting your study place.
Congratulations for being accepted to study at Diak!
You will find information on starting your studies in our Bachelor’s degree programmes on this page and the subpages. Please read them through carefully.
Checklist for new students
1. Confirm your study place
In order for you to confirm your admission, please complete the following steps:
1. Confirm offered study place 2. Submit your original certificates 3. Register for the academic year 2026–2027
1. Confirm the offered study place by 9.7.2026
Accept your study place by using the link in your confirmation email or by logging in to the Oma Opintopolku / My Studyinfo service（https://opintopolku.fi/oma-opintopolku/）. You need to accept your study place by 9 July 2026, 3pm (Finnish time) or you will lose it. If you are accepted from the waiting list, you will have a personal deadline for accepting the offer.
If you are unable to accept your study place online, please contact the Admission Services（https://www.diak.fi/en/education-and-learning/how-to-apply/）.
Before accepting your study place, be aware of the one study place per term provision.（https://opintopolku.fi/konfo/en/sivu/provisions-and-restrictions-regarding-student-admissions-to-higher-education）
Please note that if you have to pay the tuition fee（https://www.diak.fi/en/student-guide/study-path/study-related-rules-and-regulations/tuition-fees-and-scholarships/）, you will be notified of this separately. The tuition fees for students starting their studies at Diak in 2026 are:
Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Social Services, €9500 per academic year
Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Health Care, Nursing, €9500 per academic year
2. Submit original degree documents by 15.6.2026
If you applied with a qualification completed outside Finland and are offered admission to Diak, your admission is conditional until we have verified the qualification you applied with. If your admission is conditional, you will be notified of the condition via email and you will also see the condition at Studyinfo. If you are accepted from the waiting list, you will have a personal deadline for submitting your degree documents. You will get an email from us about it.
Please read our separate page for information on how to submit your documents（https://www.diak.fi/en/education-and-learning/how-to-apply/#submitting-documents）.
If you do not present your original certificates for verification or if you have provided false information and would not have been eligible for admission on the basis of correct information, your study place will be cancelled.
3. Register for the academic year 2026–2027
After accepting your study place and after your study place is no longer conditonal, you have to register as attending or non-attending for the academic year 2026–2027. Register as attending or non-attending at the Oma Opintopolku/My Studyinfo service（https://studyinfo.fi/oma-opintopolku/）.
If you are unable to register using the service, please contact the Admission Services（https://www.diak.fi/en/education-and-learning/how-to-apply/#Contact-information）.
You have to register by 12 August 2026, 3pm. You cannot, however, activate your Diak account and complete Digistart before you have registered, which is why we recommend that you register in early August, at the latest. (More information on activating your Diak account and completing Digistart can be found below.)
Registering for the academic year is a statutory obligation. If you fail to register by the deadline, you will lose your study entitlement (right to study), and if you apply to have it reinstated, you will be required to pay a processing fee of 50 euros.
Please note that you can only register as non-attending for your first academic year on certain legal grounds:
If you are unable to begin your studies due to illness or disability and will be non-attending for one semester or the whole academic year.
If you need time off your studies to take care of a child in regard to the child’s birth or adoption.
If you need to complete military service, civilian service or voluntary military service for women in Finland.
Please note that if you have to pay the tuition fee, you cannot register for the academic year before you have paid the fee.
2. Starting your studies at Diak
Starting your studies in the autumn 2026
You will find detailed information on starting your studies on the pages of your degree programme:
Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Social Services (DSS)（https://www.diak.fi/en/student-guide/study-path/for-a-new-student/ba-of-social-services-new-students/）
Please note that if you are moving to Finland and your residence permit takes time, you are able to attend lectures remotely via Zoom during the first semester. Please arrive to Finland immediately after receiving your residence permit, to join the studies on campus. After the first semester (autumn 2026) attending and completing studies requires attendance on campus.
Please see our tuition fee refund policy（https://www.diak.fi/en/student-guide/study-path/study-related-rules-and-regulations/tuition-fees-and-scholarships/#refunds-2026）.
Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Health Care, Nursing (NUR)（https://www.diak.fi/en/student-guide/study-path/for-a-new-student/ba-of-health-care-nursing-new-students/）
Starting your studies later than autumn 2026
Absence in the first academic year
According to the Universities of Applied Sciences Act（https://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2014/20140932） (see English translation（https://www.finlex.fi/en/legislation/translations/2014/eng/932）), section 29, you can register as non-attending in your first academic year for the following grounds:
service under the Conscription Act (1438/2007), Non-Military Service Act (1446/2007), or Act on Women’s Voluntary Military Service (194/1995)
maternity, paternity or parental leave
incapacitation by personal illness or injury
To prove the legal grounds for your absence, please submit one of the following documents to the Admission Services（https://www.diak.fi/en/education-and-learning/how-to-apply/#Contact-information） by 9 July 2026, 3pm (Finnish time). We do not recommend that you send messages including sensitive data via unprotected email. Please use Secure Mail instead（https://secmail.com/send/pmkxmVVB）.
A call-up order
Kela’s certificate regarding parental allowance period or, if the certificate has not yet been received, a medical certificate regarding the pregnancy
Sickness allowance decision or, if no decision exists, a medical certificate. The medical certificate must state which illness or injury the student suffers from, and that this condition prevents the student from beginning their studies on 1 August 2026. Obstacles caused by the practical arrangements required by the illness or injury: an adequate clarification, e.g. a certificate from the student housing foundation that the student is on the waiting list for an apartment required by his or her injury. Student’s own notification is not an adequate clarification.
If you register as non-attending and do not submit your document by the deadline given above, you will be registered as attending for the academic year.
If you do not register
If you have accepted your study place and your admission is not conditional, but you don’t register as an attending or non-attending student by the deadline, you will lose your study entitlement and will have to apply to have it reinstated by completing the form on the Forms page（https://www.diak.fi/en/student-guide/study-tools/forms/）. The application is subject to a €50 administrative fee.
For further information, see Study entitlement（https://www.diak.fi/en/student-guide/study-path/study-related-rules-and-regulations/study-entitlement/）.
Remember: students who fail to register by the deadline cannot be guaranteed a place in the year’s study modules.
3. Preorientation webinars
Diak integration services will host a series of preorientation webinars for new students. You can choose to attend all of them or just the ones related to your situation. Here are the webinar times and links (click the topic to access the webinar):
Welcome to Finland and Diak 14.4.2026 at 14:00-15:00 (Finnish time)（https://diak-fi.zoom.us/j/64303561445?pwd=a1tFbwzOwtyCQmFfKCsH4TRwZnrxOa.1）
Studying and study culture at Diak 28.4.2026 at 14:00-15:00 (Finnish time)（https://diak-fi.zoom.us/j/69440623005?pwd=XOJW5VhfnHAXLzhETkdO8ghXFBH3bb.1）
Welcome to Finland and Diak 13.5.2026 at 14:00-15:00 (Finnish time)（https://diak-fi.zoom.us/j/62839318862?pwd=WGO0EB003UXTBKGxpPyN4sF1yDT6mi.1）
Learning Finnish: Why, when and how 25.5.2026 at 14:00-15:00 (Finnish time)（https://diak-fi.zoom.us/j/69374268569?pwd=UuM8nxLsEeTnjFnoJah4HO7GRlnarm.1）
Moving to Finland Q&A 2.6.2026 at 14:00-15:00 (Finnish time)（https://diak-fi.zoom.us/j/66889249606?pwd=6Rtdx33ae9GlFFJWrIemnAc9KUCq1M.1）
Moving to Finland and arrival 7.8.2026 at 14:00-15:00 (Finnish time)（https://diak-fi.zoom.us/j/63699930013?pwd=PYjbThqHDWWz7yOo79a1nnpjx4Dpyp.1）
Arriving to Finland and Diak + Moving to Finland with a family (suggested only for students arriving with families) 20.8.2026 at 14:00-15:00 (Finnish time)（https://diak-fi.zoom.us/j/68370205871?pwd=7xcOdLJwPibN1Eiundfd11VexYzhbi.1）
4. Apply for residence permit if needed
Non-EU/EEA students need a student residence permit（https://migri.fi/en/residence-permit-application-for-studies）. Please start this process as soon as possible, as the process takes several months. You can begin the student residence permit application online at Enterfinland.fi（https://enterfinland.fi/eServices/info/studypermit）. Please note that you must personally visit a Finnish embassy or consulate（https://finlandabroad.fi/frontpage） for identification as part of this process.
Given the increased demand for residence permit applications for studies in Finland, some countries have exceeded the usual processing time for residence permit applications. In worst case, this may lead to a situation where a student is not granted a residence permit in time to start the studies in autumn 2026. Therefore, we recommend that you start the residence permit application process immediately.
Carefully follow the immigration authorities’ instructions and regulations. Important things to note:
You can supplement your application, so you do not need to have all the documents ready when you begin the process.
You will need the official Acceptance Letter from Diak to attach to the application. You will receive this after you have paid the tuition fee and submitted your original degree documents.
You are required to prove to have sufficient independent funding for living in Finland（https://migri.fi/en/income-requirement-for-students）.
You must havesufficient insurance coverage for immigration（https://migri.fi/en/insurance）.
Always be truthful in giving information to avoid a negative decision
In case you receive a negative decision, please contact Diak Admissions.
You can find detailed information and advice on the residence permit requirements and procedures on the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) website（https://migri.fi/en/residence-permit-application-for-studies）.
Step-by-step guide for starting your immigration process:
Prepare for the application by checking you have all the necessary attachments and information（https://enterfinland.fi/eServices/info/studypermit）
Create your user account in Enter Finland（https://enterfinland.fi/eServices/account/register?Area=） online service
Fill in the application form for student residence permit carefully and accurately. Also attach all the required documents.
Book a time for identification. You can find a list of Finland’s embassies and other missions（https://finlandabroad.fi/frontpage） online.
Pay and submit your application
Visit the selected authority to identify yourself.
Follow the processing of your application.
5. Activate your Diak account
All students at Diak need to acquire their personal Diak user account. Your user account was created automatically when you were granted a right to study. As a degree programme student at Diak you can activate your account at the start of your first attending semester (from 1 August onwards). Please activate your Diak account before the start of your studies.
The instructions for activating your account can be found at the Diak IT services website（https://diak.screenstepslive.com/s/11159/m/112574/l/1588197-diak-identity-service）.
If you do not have Finnish banking credentials, you cannot activate your Diak account yourself. You will receive an email from in early August 2026 with instructions on how to obtain your credentials.
After activation the account, which includes f. ex. access to your personal email and cloud storage, will remain available for as long as your right to study is valid.
Diak accounts use multi-factor authentication. After activation of the account, when logging in to one of the Diak services (f. ex. email, Diakle) for the first time, multi-factor authentication will ask you for more info and the preferred authentication method. This info is required to be filled in, that you can continue to use the account and login with your Diak account.