Applying for an exemption

At Jamk, you can apply for an exemption for either language studies or the maturity test. See the instructions for exemption from language studies on the Elmo intra (login required). This instruction focuses on applying for an exemption from the maturity test. For other studies, you must apply either for replacement or inclusion.

You can be granted an exemption from the maturity test if you have completed school education in a language other than Finnish or Swedish. Read more on the Degree regulations (For Students pages).

Apply for an exemption in Peppi > eRPL Accreditation.

1. Start making an application under New application.
2. Fill in the details of the guidance discussion. See instruction on How to fill in an eRPL application page.
3. The exemption application is filled out from the section Apply for an exemption from studies (Figure 1).
4. Fill in the details of the Studies for which you are applying for an exemption by selecting the Maturity Test from the menu and selecting ‘special reason’ as the Reason for exemption (Figure 2).
5. Write a justification for the school education language for the application.
6. Choose your principal thesis tutor as the handler.
7. Attach copies of your comprehensive school or upper secondary school equivalent certificates with your application. The documents you submit will only be used for decision making.
8. Save the information.
9. Submit the application for processing (Figure 3).