Accreditation of studies – over 30 ECTS credits

If you have previously completed over 30 ECTS credits of studies included in your degree, have a guidance discussion with your study counsellor or the head of the degree programme (depending on the field).

Create a table of your prior studies in Excel, for example, and place them in their correct places in the Jamk degree structure. The Excel file must indicate which parts of prior studies are accredited for a degree completed at Jamk and to what extent as well as which courses referred to in the Jamk curriculum will be excluded from the your PLP. Accreditation is always done by inclusion.

After the guidance discussion, submit an accreditation application in Peppi (prior studies, inclusion). Mark them as first-year studies, for example.

Fill in the guidance discussion details (see the separate instructions).

Fill in the Place of performance details (Figure 1).

Place of performance details

If you have completed studies in several different higher education institutions and apply for accreditation for these studies, you must separately add each place of performance to the application. This ensures that all studies can be processed appropriately and placed in their correct places in the PLP.

• Start filling out the application from the section Places of performance.
  • Click Add place of performance.
  • In the Place of performance window, enter where you have completed the studies for which you are applying accreditation.
• Select “Educational institution” as the type.
• Select the type of institution where you completed your studies as the type of place of performance.
  • Usually, you would select either universities of applied sciences or universities here.
• Select the correct educational institution as the place of performance.
• In the Name of the study field, enter “first-year studies”, for example.
• In the Description field, enter a brief description of the studies you have completed, e.g., “the studies included common studies to all and a few professional courses”.
• In the competences acquired compared to the competence goals field, you may provide more detailed information on the prior learning you have acquired.
• Attach a transcript of records issued by your previous educational institution that indicates the studies you have completed. Also add the Excel file you filled in with the head of the degree programme or a study counsellor as an attachment.

Adding studies to the application

After this, add information on the studies to the application by clicking Add previously completed study.

• Select “inclusion” as the type of accreditation to be applied.
• Select the head of the degree programme or the person in charge of the degree programme as the handler. You can find these persons in your curriculum.

To add previously completed studies to the application, select Add course (Figure 3). Do not use the Add study module button in any case!

• Leave the ID field blank.
• In the Name field, enter “First year studies”, for example.
• In the Credits field, add the sum of the ECTS credits from all studies you have completed.
• Select “ECTS credit” as the Type of scale.
• As the Language, select the language in which you completed the studies. If you have completed studies in several languages, select the language of your degree programme.
• In the Grade field, enter H (pass).
• In the Places of performance field, select the place of performance that you added to the application in the previous step
• As the Assessment date, enter the date on which you received an evaluation of the course you last completed according to the transcript of records.
• If you wish, justify why you are applying for recognition. In the Justifications field, you can also enter additional information about the completed studies.
• Click Add.

You do not need to place your studies in the PLP.

Once all the necessary information has been filled in, check the information you have provided in the application and submit the application by clicking Submit application at the top right of the front page of the application. After this, you will no longer be able to edit your application.