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2.6 International Trainees and
Visiting Students
Students who arrive to Finland for an internship/
Erasmus placement period are considered
as employees of the host organization. The
host organisation can be any public or private
enterprise, also a university. Normally students
doing an internship, within a university or in
another organisation, will not be registered as
a university student and thus cannot join the
student union and will not get the student
benefits. However, trainees of a university can
get access to the university library and computer
services.
A visiting student must, as soon as he or she
is granted a study right, visit the Student
Office to register for the academic year. At the
time of registration, the student receives a
student number, but does not need to pay the
student union fee. The student should always
be registered as present at his or her home
university before enrolling at the host university.
Those who pursue free-standing studies at The
Faculty of Education and Welfare studies must
follow the directions for registration given in
the admission letter. The main rule is that you
should be registered as present in order to
attend courses. Supplementary studies after a
degree are conducted by the Centre for Lifelong
Learning at Åbo Akademi University (CLL), and
registration is done according to the instructions
given by CLL. This also applies to those who
study as extra students or as students within the
Open University (ÖPU) and within continuing
education.
A visiting student has the right to study only
in the programme to which he/she has been
accepted. However, if the programme includes
courses that are arranged by another university,
the visiting student has the right to participate
in these courses and needs to register with the
organising university.
2.7 General Information
Concerning Studies
Courses
The courses at Åbo Akademi University vary in
length and can therefore run for, for instance,
an entire term or just one period (half a term).
Students usually have to register for courses
before attending them. This is done through the
study tool MinPlan. More detailed information
about all courses (course requirements,
prerequisites etc.) can also be found in MinPlan
or in the teaching programme (in Swedish).
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Course Assessment and Examinations
Most courses are assessed by a written
examination and/or an essay at the end of the
course. Other assignments during the course
are usually part of the course assessment. The
lecturer should inform the course participants of
the course requirements at the beginning of the
course. As the courses vary in length, there are
exams throughout the term.
Sometimes students are required to sign up for
an exam (please check this with your lecturer).
If you need to do so, you should sign up via
MinPlan at least 8 days in advance
). Some exams are available as
electronic exams (
but the possibility of writing an exam
electronically needs to be checked with your
lecturer.
There are certain general regulations regarding
exams and essays, which can be found here:
. Please note
that departments and/or subjects may have
additional regulations and guidelines. At Åbo
Akademi University, cheating in an exam and
plagiarising in an exam or an essay are strictly
forbidden.
Academic freedom and academic responsibility
The university has rules that must be followed.
It is against the university regulations to cheat
or to plagiarise in an examination or an essay.
Plagiarism means that the work of someone