{"id":3670,"date":"2026-09-09T12:19:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T09:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biodiversityeducation.fi\/?page_id=3670"},"modified":"2026-11-03T11:28:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T09:28:45","slug":"studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.biodiversityeducation.fi\/en\/studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The courses offered by the Biodiversity Education Network are available only to students in the eligible degree programmes of the network&#8217;s partner universities. You can find information about the partner universities and eligible degree programmes on the Study Instructions page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The course offering includes online courses, field courses and practical courses. Participation in the courses is free of charge for the students. 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Registration for courses offered by another higher education institution follows the same process as registration for courses at your home university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Detailed instructions for registering for cross-institutional studies are available in your university&#8217;s Peppi or Sisu guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>University of Eastern Finland: <a href=\"https:\/\/opas.peppi.uef.fi\/en\/cross-institutional-studies\/224367?period=2026-2027\">Cross-institutional Studies<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Helsinki:<a href=\"https:\/\/studies.helsinki.fi\/instructions\/article\/cross-institutional-studies-between-higher-education-institutions\">Cross-institutional Studies<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Oulu: <a href=\"https:\/\/opas.peppi.oulu.fi\/en\/programme\/54187?period=2026-2027\">Biodiversity Education Network Studies<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jyu.fi\/en\/for-students\/instructions-for-bachelors-and-masters-students\/completing-studies\/course-enrolments\">Course enrolments<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Turku: <a href=\"https:\/\/opas.peppi.utu.fi\/en\/cross-institutional-studies\/353563?period=2024-2027\">Cross-institutional Studies<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00c5bo Akademi: <a href=\"https:\/\/studiehandboken.abo.fi\/en\/starting-page\/64087?period=2024-2027\">Study Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The courses offered by the Biodiversity Education Network are available only to students in the eligible degree programmes of the network&#8217;s partner universities. 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