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Students must actively attend teaching. The degree programme curriculum may specify that attending teaching is compulsory if it is pedagogically justified or necessitated by the teaching arrangements. Compulsory attendance can apply to a course or its component. When deciding on compulsory attendance, the amount of teaching students are required to attend must also be defined in the curriculum. 

The teacher may require students to make up for non-attendance by completing assignments to be agreed upon separately. Such assignments must be of a workload equal to what the student would have completed by attending the class.

Further information and links

Guidelines for degrees and studies at the University of Helsinki, Rector’s Decision HY/10212/00.00.06.00/2025, 13 June 2025 (requires login with university username)

University of Helsinki Rules of Conduct, Rector’s Decision HY/7952/00.00.06.00/2023, 15 June 2023 (requires login with university username)

See also the Instructions for Students

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