Cross-Institutional Studies
As a Humak student, you can also take courses at other Finnish universities of applied sciences that Humak has a cross-institutional study agreement with. In Finnish, this is called RIPA (ristiinopiskelu). You can browse the available courses in Peppi, where more than 20 universities of applied sciences offer courses through the shared service.
What are Cross-Institutional Studies?
Cross-institutional studies (in Finnish RIPA) mean that you study at another Finnish higher education institution which has agreed with Humak on collaboration involving certain courses and student groups. These cross-institutional courses are free of charge for Humak’s degree students (Bachelor’s and Master’s), open UAS path students, and exchange students. You can include completed courses in your own degree, for example as elective studies. Always discuss the suitability of a cross-institutional course for your own study plan with your PSP coach.
Peppi
You can find RIPA’s course offerings in Pepi via HOPS. Log in to your student dashboard and go to the “Course Selection” tab in HOPS. Click on the magnifying glass icon on the right-hand side to add cross-disciplinary courses to your HOPS.
List below
You can see from the list below RIPA networks in which Humak participates are listed below. Click the “+” button to learn more about the network and to access a link to its courses and any related websites.
You register for cross-institutional courses directly in your own Peppi the same way you register for Humak’s own courses. Completed courses transfer automatically to your PSP, so no eRPL procedure or separate study path links are needed.
Familiarise yourself with the course offering well in advance so you have time to register before the enrolment period closes.
Find cross-institutional courses in Peppi
If you are entitled to take cross-institutional studies, the cross-study functions appear automatically in your student’s desktop.
- In the study search, tick Cross-study to filter cross-institutional courses.
- Log in to Peppi student’s desktop.
- Go to your PSP and open the Selecting Studies tab.
- Click the magnifying glass symbol on the right side of your PSP.
- In the study search, tick Cross-study to filter cross-institutional courses.
- You can search by course name or organisation. You can also narrow the results using the filters on the left.
2. Add a course to your PSP
When you have found a course you want to take:
- Click Add to basket on the right side of the page.
- Click Add selected to PSP to move the courses from the basket to your PSP.
3. Enrol on the course
Enrolment happens on the Enrolments tab of your PSP, the same way as with Humak’s own courses.
- Open the Enrolments tab. Courses you have added to your PSP appear automatically under Enrolment ongoing.
- Click Enrol on the right side of the course row.
- A new window opens asking you to confirm the transfer of your enrolment and study data to the other institution. Accept the transfer and click Continue to save your enrolment.
4. After enrolling
You can follow the status of your enrolment in your student’s desktop: Enrolment waiting for approval / Enrolment approved / Enrolment rejected.
Once your enrolment has been approved, you receive a study right at the other institution and a message with instructions on how to start your studies there. Courses offered by the other institution are marked with a symbol on the different tabs of your PSP.
When the studies have been completed, the credits will be automatically transferred to your Peppi student’s desktop and to your PSP without the eRPL procedure or sharing the link of the study path.
Humak’s cross-institutional networks
The cross-institutional (RIPA) networks in which Humak participates are listed below. Click the “+” button to learn more about the network and to access a link to its courses and any related websites.
- Humak degree students can enroll in the “ABC of Junior Mentoring” course offered by Turku University of Applied Sciences
- A wide range of language learning paths designed in accordance with digital pedagogy, from level A1 to level C1.
- The Kumu-Humak network comprises the University of Jyväskylä and the Humak University of Applied Sciences. Eligibility to study is granted to degree students in the University of Jyväskylä’s Cultures and Communities in a Changing World (KUMU) bachelor’s and master’s programs, as well as to students in HUMAK’s Cultural Producer (Bachelor of Arts) and Community Educator (Bachelor of Arts) programs.
- HUMAK degree students may apply for a temporary right to study in the 25-credit “Cultures and Communities in the World” module offered by KUMU (at the bachelor’s level).
- The network consists of the University of Turku and the HUMAK University of Applied Sciences. The network agreement covers the degree program in Digital Culture, Landscape Studies, and Cultural Heritage at the University of Turku’s Pori campus, as well as the Cultural Production program at the University of Applied Sciences for the Humanities.
- The educational cooperation network between HUMAK and Lapland University of Applied Sciences. Students in the physical education instructor and hospitality management programs at Lapland University of Applied Sciences can enroll in HUMAK’s courses. Students in Humak’s English-language community education program (Degree Programme in Outdoor and Adventure Education, Community Educator) can enroll in courses at Lapland University of Applied Sciences.
- The Creative Entrepreneur studies are organised collaboratively by various higher education institutions. The versatile selection of courses covers a broad range of topics and areas of expertise. The institutions involved are Open Campus at Uniarts Helsinki (coordinator), Faculty of Art and Design at the University of Lapland, Cultural Management Programme at Humak University of Applied Sciences, LAB Institute of Design and Fine Arts and Hanken School of Economics.
- Cooperation between Diak and Humak in the delivery of advanced bachelor’s degrees and the enrichment of course offerings.
- Cross-Institutional studies between Diak and Humak in delivering interpreting training programs and enhancing the range of courses offered.
- Humak, the Jamk Business Unit, and the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Jyväskylä. The network’s target groups include all degree students, exchange students, and open university students at Jamk, the University of Jyväskylä, and Humak.
- YUNET offers students at its member institutions the opportunity to take courses in youth studies regardless of their location. YUNET is a collaborative network for youth studies comprising the Universities of Helsinki, Oulu, Tampere, and Turku; the South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (XAMK); the Humak University of Applied Sciences; and the Finnish Society for Youth Studies. YUNET’s purpose is to promote high-quality education, research, and knowledge dissemination focused on youth.
- Humak degree students can freely select courses from YUNET’s course offerings for their elective studies. These courses are particularly suitable for youth work students at Humak who are pursuing Community Pedagogy studies.
- You can view the course offerings on the YUNET website under Courses | YUNET – University Network for Youth Research. Each course has its own application period. Application periods are listed in the course descriptions on the Courses page. For more information about the courses, contact the university offering the course.
- Please note that as a degree student at Humak, you apply for courses offered by the YUNET network—which are organized by other higher education institutions—through the YUNET portal. You apply for and register for Humak’s own courses in the same way as for other Humak studies, using Humak’s own registration system, Peppi.
- Humak, Xamk, and Centria form a joint cross-campus study network for community pedagogy studies. The universities in the network offer their community pedagogy students the opportunity to take community pedagogy courses not only at their own university but also at other universities in the network. Explore the community pedagogy (Bachelor’s) courses offered by other institutions and select the ones that interest you to include in your own degree program. Some courses have a limited quota for students from institutions other than their own.