If you wish to extend your stay from autumn semester to spring semester, please contact first your home university or your exchange programme coordinator to start the process. If your home university approves the extension of your exchange study period, the deadline for an extension 31 October. After everything is confirmed and agreed with your home university or exchange programme, please contact us at mobility.tau [at] tuni.fi before the deadline. You can include an email from your home university as a confirmation of their approval.

You will be able to download a new Letter of Acceptance after you have been admitted to the spring semester. Also you will have take care on your own on possible extension of the residence permit or other registrations, please see below. Please also note that it is not possible to extend your studies from spring semester to autumn semester.

After both your home university and Tampere University have accepted you, you should also take care of the following:

<ul>
	<li>Extend your student housing tenancy agreement</li>
	<li>Make sure you have a valid <a href="https://www.tuni.fi/en/students-guide/handbook/uni/exchange-studies/pre-arrival-information-exchange-students/student-health-insurance-exchange-students" rel="noopener" target="_blank">health insurance</a> that covers your full stay in Finland</li>
	<li>You won’t be assigned a new <a href="https://www.tuni.fi/en/students-guide/handbook/uni/exchange-studies/pre-arrival-information-exchange-students/international-student-tutoring-exchange-students" rel="noopener" target="_blank">student tutor</a>, please stay in touch with your current tutor or tutor group</li>
	<li><a href="https://www.tuni.fi/en/students-guide/handbook/uni/exchange-studies/information-exchange-students-university/registration-authorities-new-exchange-students" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Register with the DVV in January on campus</a> (more information will be sent by email)</li>
	<li>Pay the <a href="https://www.tuni.fi/en/students-guide/handbook/uni/exchange-studies/pre-arrival-information-exchange-students/exchange-students-student-union-membership-and-student-card">student union membership fee</a> for the spring semester (and get a new sticker to your student card)</li>
	<li>Make a new <a href="https://www.tuni.fi/en/students-guide/handbook/uni/exchange-studies/information-exchange-students-university/registration-courses-and-study-practices-exchange-students" rel="noopener" target="_blank">personal study plan in Sisu</a> and <a href="https://www.tuni.fi/en/students-guide/handbook/uni/exchange-studies/information-exchange-students-university/registration-courses-and-study-practices-exchange-students" rel="noopener" target="_blank">register for courses in Sisu</a> (teaching period III) in November-December</li>
	<li>After you have been admitted to courses, get your <a href="https://www.tuni.fi/en/students-guide/handbook/uni/exchange-studies/information-exchange-students-leaving-tampere/learning-agreement-exchange-students" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Erasmus+ Learning Agreement</a> signed for the spring semester</li>
	<li>Remember to extend your residence permit for studies (if applicable, more details below)</li>
	<li>Take a bigger role in helping new exchange students together with <a href="https://www.esnfint.org/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">ESN FINT</a> or <a href="https://into-tampere.org/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">INTO Tampere</a></li>
</ul>

A checklist to remember (after your extension has been approved)

If you have a residence permit card, the period of validity of your right of residence is printed on the <a href="https://migri.fi/en/residence-permit-card" rel="noopener" target="_blank">residence permit card</a>. Apply for an <a href="https://migri.fi/en/extended-permit-for-studies" rel="noopener" target="_blank">extended permit for studies</a> before your residence permit expires.

<ul>
	<li>
	<a href="https://migri.fi/en/instructions-for-students-applying-for-an-extended-permit" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Instructions for students applying for an extended permit</a>
	</li>
</ul>

You can renew your residence permit card only in Finland. After you have filled in the online application, you will probably need to visit a <a href="https://migri.fi/service-points" rel="noopener" target="_blank">service point</a> of the Finnish Immigration Service. You can use the <a href="https://migri.fi/en/check-the-processing-time-of-your-application" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Processing Time Checker</a> to check the expected processing time of your application.

You will need at least the following documents for your extended permit for studies application:

<ul>
	<li>A new Letter of Acceptance (from the International Mobility Services)</li>
	<li>A new Tampere University's Certificate of Student Status (from Sisu)</li>
	<li>A renewed health insurance policy</li>
	<li>The latest Tampere University Transcript of Records (from the Student Affairs Office)</li>
	<li>A possible scholarship or grant certificate (if applicable) or/and other means of support</li>
</ul>

After you have left your application, you will get a <a href="https://migri.fi/en/certificate-of-a-pending-application" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Certificate of a pending application</a> from the Finnish Immigration Service.

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Citizens of non-EU/EEA/EFTA countries

EU and EEA nationals and non-EU nationals with a comparable status (EFTA countries) must <a href="https://www.tuni.fi/en/students-guide/handbook/uni/exchange-studies/pre-arrival-information-exchange-students/registration-right-residence-exchange-students" rel="noopener" target="_blank">register the right of residence</a>, if not done already. The registration should be done with the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri), however, citizens of a Nordic country register their right of residence at the Digital and Population Data Services Agency.

<ul>
	<li><a href="https://migri.fi/en/registration-of-right-of-residence" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Registration of the right of residence of a citizen of the European Union</a></li>
</ul>

Citizens of EU/EEA/EFTA countries

Tampere University Student's Handbook

Extending your exchange period

Tampere University Student's Handbook

Extending your exchange period

OpenA checklist to remember (after your extension has been approved)

OpenCitizens of non-EU/EEA/EFTA countries

OpenCitizens of EU/EEA/EFTA countries