Cross-institutional studying
Cross-institutional studies enable students to complete courses offered by other educational institutions free of charge. This is based on collaboration between educational institutions. For example, EduJyväskylä and the national CampusOnline are such cooperation. On this page, you will find information about the cross-institutional study service (RIPA), network agreements, and educational cooperation networks in which Jamk participates.
Instructions for Jamk students regarding cross-institutional studies can be found in the Jamk student Help. Instructions for visiting students participating in cross-institutional studies organized by Jamk are available on the Visiting Student page.
Teaching co-operation networks
CampusOnline
CampusOnline is a teaching co-operation network of Finnish universities of applied sciences, offering free online studies from almost all 24 universities of applied sciences in Finland.
CampusOnline studies can be done by those registered as attending:
- Jamk’s degree students
- School of Professional Teacher Education students and
- Open University of Applied Sciences route students (Note! Students of “Route studies for secondary education students” cannot complete CampusOnline studies.)
EduJyväskylä
EduJyväskylä is a learning, developing and research competence cluster comprising Jamk University of Applied Sciences, the University of Jyväskylä and the Jyväskylä Educational Consortium Gradia.
- Jamk’s degree students
- International exchange students and
- School of Professional Teacher Education students
Other educational co-operation networks
At the unit level, Jamk is also involved in other teaching co-operation networks, e.g. Kuntoutusalan ristiinopiskelu-verkosto (Hyvi), sekä Talous ja johtaminen julkishallinnossa (Like). For more information about the networks connected to RIPA, please contact Jamk’s network contact person (Katja Räsänen, substitute Anitta Huovinen).
The cross-institutional study service (RIPA)
The Cross-Institutional Study Service (RIPA) automatically transfers study offerings, registrations, and study attainments between different higher education institutions. RIPA is not a separate study offering platform; instead, studies are allocated in Peppi according to network agreements.
For students, RIPA means that they can find cross-institutional studies in Peppi using the search function. Registration takes place in Peppi and the assessments are transferred directly to student’s transcript of records.
Contract of the teaching co-operation network
RIPA can be used in teaching co-operation networks where a student acquires the right to study at another higher education institution – the transfer of enrolments and attainments is essential.
A contract is always made on teaching co-operation network. The contract is drawn up and signed in Jamk’s contract management (Cloudia Agreement). Before drawing up a contract, read Cloudia’s instructions. Confirm in advance the details of the partner university and signatories.
- Type of contract: Co-operation agreements -> Higher education institutions
- Agreement template: Teaching Cooperation Network Agreement (RIPA). This agreement template is used when Jamk is the coordinating higher education institution in the network.
- Come up with an abbreviation for the network (max. 20 characters).
- The network abbreviation is not visible to students, but is visible to administrative users in Peppi. Do not use unusual characters or the letters ä, ö and å. Use a hyphen – instead of a space. The abbreviation shall be added to the name of the cooperation agreement.
- The administrator of the cross-institutional study service may slightly modify the desired abbreviation when creating the network, if the abbreviation is already in use.
- Name of the network contract: Agreement on the teaching cooperation network, abbreviation (Jamk/unit). The unit abbreviation is in the form: Jamk/AOKK, Jamk/Hyvi, Jamk/LIKE, Jamk/Teknologia or Jamk/KOPA. For example: Agreement on the rehabilitation cooperation network, Oskuri (Jamk/Hyvi)
- Persons responsible for the contract: The unit’s network contact person acts as the person in charge of the agreement and the deputy responsible person head of department.
If the teaching co-operation network agreement has been concluded in another higher education institution, Jamk’s copy of the agreement is always also exported to Jamk’s contract management (Cloudia Agreement).
If Jamk is not the coordinating higher education institution of the network, the contact person appointed by the Jamk’s of the network in question is responsible for updating the changed contract information in contract management (e.g. under Other attachments in the original agreement).
Read the contract management instructions (Cloudia Agreement)
Announcement of the teaching co-operation information by E-form
When RIPA is wanted to be implemented within a teaching collaboration network, the contact person for that network in the unit must submit the network’s details using the E-form. The network contact person of Jamk forwards the information collected with the E-form to the RIPA administrator (CSC). The submitter receives an acknowledgement when the network is connected to RIPA. Changes to the agreement will also be notified using the same E-form.
How do Jamk’s studies end up in cross-institutional studies?
Cross-institutional studying is part of the Ministry of Education and Culture’s funding model, and the offering at Jamk is decided within the units. The units provide the studies at their own expense, and they also receive the credits earned through cross-institutional studies.
In planning the offering, the key role is played by the educational planners of the units, who, in collaboration with managers, teachers, and other experts, decide which studies will be offered. The studies must be parts of existing degree programmes and follow the curriculum for degree students. EduJyväskylä aims to focus particularly on broader study modules, allowing students to choose one or more courses around a specific theme. In such cases, individual courses may be implemented by different institutions.
The offering of cross-institutional studies at Jamk is decided in the units. A key role is played by the education planners of the units, who, in co-operation with managers, teachers and other experts, decide which studies will be offered. However, the studies must be part of existing degrees and follow the curriculum of degree students. The aim of EduFutura is to focus especially on larger modules, allowing students to choose either one or more courses around a specific topic. In this case, individual courses may be implemented by different educational institutions.
Peppi-related instructions
A planner’s instructions
Adding study elements to the cross-institutional study network
Manually adding a network and its duration to a study element
Inheritance of cross-institutional study networks
Adding and removing a course from the network
Adding and removing a separate study module from the network
Adding and removing a study module from the network
Network information and quota groups for implementation
Creating a new implementation, adding and removing an implementation from the network
Searching based on a cross-institutional study network
A teacher’s instructions
Network information on implementation