Late arrival for exchange students

We strongly encourage you to arrive in time for the semester start and get involved with all mandatory Welcome Week activities to help you settle into university life, make friends and prepare for your studies!

Arriving after the Welcome Week might mean that you might not be able to register for courses on time, attend the first lectures for on-campus courses and/or meet the required deadlines. Arriving late also means that it might be more challenging to make friends. Please note that you can register for courses only after you have completed your registration with the University and that will take place already before the Welcome Week and the start of the semester.

Missing the identification and registration process will result in not being able to start your exchange studies at Tampere University at all

Also you will need to be independent in taking care of the practical arrangements. However, your international student tutor might help you with some practical issues as well. Please make sure that the International Mobility Services are aware of your late arrival.

Welcome Week slides, videos etc.

We will publish some slides, videos and other relevant information on the Welcome Week's Moodle page from our online events. However, you will not be able to access Moodle before you complete your registration with the University and you activate your TUNI account.

Registration for courses

In most cases, there is no guarantee that a late course registration will be approved. If the deadline for the online course registration has passed, it is recommended before the course starts to contact a responsible teacher by email or by visiting him/her, or, if you have not received any further instructions and the course is about to start very soon, by attending the first possible lecture. However, there is no guarantee that your request will be approved by the responsible teacher.

One option is to complete some independent (self-study) studies or online studies or look for courses in the following teaching period. Read more: Registration for courses and study practices for exchange students.