Fees put on all applications for return of study right; handling fee to rise in 2025
The fee for applying for a return of a study right (i.e. for readmission or reinstatement of a right to study) will be higher beginning on 1 January 2025. The handling fee will rise to 50 euros (from 35 euros previously). The fee will apply to all applications submitted, and it is payable regardless of whether the application is approved. The change stems from a legislative amendment that will enter force on 1 January 2025, Valtioneuvoston asetus yliopistojen toiminnassa perittävistä maksuista [Government decree on fees charged for university operations (1082/2009), section 4].
If you apply for a return of study right and your application is approved, you must enrol as attending or non-attending for the academic year and pay the Aalto student union (AYY) membership fee.
The change to the payment procedures will become part of Aalto’s new electronic application form for returning the right to study. In the future, the handling fee will be automatically charged when sending in an application. The application form will be out of service for about one week in January (est. 1–7 January, but could last a few days more) while the new version is being installed.
You can apply using the old procedures in the normal way and pay at the old fee rate until 31 December 2024. Beginning on 1 January, however, that model will no longer be a valid way to pay the processing fee or to enrol for the academic year. After 31 December, if you have an electronic application form pending in the old system (either in the processing stage or in the payment stage), your application will be marked as cancelled and the processing will continue outside of the system. In that case, you will receive instructions by email about paying the fee and enrolling for the academic year.
If your application for returning the right to study has been approved and is awaiting your payment of the handling fee and enrolment for the academic year, please do both of these tasks by 31 December 2024, but preferably as soon as possible before that. The sooner you do so, the sooner your matter can be processed.
More information about the e-form for return of the right to study is available in the Student Guide.
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