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Ge t t i ng s t a r t ed a t t he c ampu s
Degree and visiting students can get transcripts
when needed from the faculty or student office.
If a student needs an additional transcript after
having finished the exchange/degree at Åbo
Akademi University, a new transcript can be
issued but is subject to an additional fee - 35
euros per transcript. Former exchange students
who need additional transcripts can contact the
International Office to ask for a transcript.
Credits
All coursework are measured in credits
(
studiepoäng
). The recommended amount
of credits for one academic year is 60. The
Bachelor 's Degree (
kandidatexamen
) consists
of 180 credits and the Master 's Degree
(
magistersexamen
) of 120 credits. The credit
system is compatible with the European Credits
Transfer System (ECTS) where a year of full-time
studies correspons to 60 ECTS.
Grades
Most courses are graded. The grading system
runs from A to E or 5 to 1 with A/5 being the
highest score and E/1 the lowest passing grade.
Some courses are given on a
pass/fail
basis
without further grading.
JOO -studies
All Finnish universities are part of a flexible
study rights or JOO ( joustava opinto-oikeus)
agreement which offers degree and PhD
students the possibility to study at other
universities in Finland. A student at Åbo Akademi
University can complete studies for their degree
at another Finnish university and vice versa. JOO-
studies are free of charge for students.
Detailed information on flexible study rights
is available on the JOOPAS webpages (
along with instructions and the
application form. In order to log in, you need to
have a current user ID and password of a Finnish
university.
2.8 Libraries
Library cards to the university libraries are issued
by the university libraries themselves. You can
get a library card from the library by proving
your identity and giving your contact information
to the register. You can fill in the library card
application online (
and then visit the library to pick up
your card. Remember to bring ID.
Most of the university library services are free of
charge, except interlibrary loans, certain book
orders and information retrieval. Also, if you do
not return books by the due date, you will have
to pay a fine accordingly. Your borrowing rights
may also be suspended if you leave the fines
unpaid and for certain other reasons. Check the
terms and conditions for loans of each library you
borrow books from.
The books that are prescribed for any course
at Åbo Akademi University in Åbo should be
available at the ASA library ('ASA-biblioteket'). For
those studying at the Vasa Campus, course books
can be found at the university library Tritonia
in Vasa. For courses given at the University of
Turku, please consult their course book library
('kurssikirjasto'). There should be several copies
of each book, but please note that there are not
enough copies for all course participants.
In the university libraries, most items are listed
in the library catalogue. There are separate library
catalogues for the Åbo and Vasa campuses at
Åbo Akademi University. For libraries on the
Åbo Campus, you use Alma and for books at
Tritonia you use their database Tria. For books in
the libraries of the University of Turku, use Volter.
You will find the information about the library
catalogue and how to use it on the library's web
pages.
You may also want to use the database of all
Finnish university libraries, Melinda (http://
linda.linneanet.fi) as well as other special
databases. Information about the catalogues
and the databases is available at the library web
pages. Online searches in the university network's
catalogues and databases are free of charge and
can be done in Swedish, Finnish and English. You
can ask the library staff for help to get you started.
