Medical, dental or pharmacy student trained in an EU or EEA Member State
The Finnish Supervisory Agency registers student rights in medicine, dentistry and pharmacy for students studying in Finland and abroad.
This guideline concerns applying for student rights in medicine and dentistry. If you wish to apply for student rights in pharmacy, please contact the advisory service for the right to practise (below) for information on how to apply for student rights in pharmacy.
You cannot take up temporary employment until you have been registered. This right is granted on a fixed-term basis, beyond which it can be extended if your studies continue, simply by notifying the Finnish Supervisory Agency.
Application for registration
Fill in the student registration application form (pdf). Send the application and the documents listed below to the Finnish Supervisory Agency as e-mail attachments or by mail. The processing period is calculated from the date when the Finnish Supervisory Agency receives all the required documents.
Send your completed application and appendices by e-mail to: kirjaamo(at)lvv.fi.
Please note that e-mail is not recommended for sending confidential information. You can send a secure e-mail via the Finnish Supervisory Agency secure message service. See our website for further information on how to deliver material to the Finnish Supervisory Agency by e-mail.
The processing of an application in the Finnish Supervisory Agency is subject to a fee. By submitting an application, you agree to the fees. Please check the prices at the bottom of the page under Fees.
Or send your completed application with attachments by post to:
Finnish Supervisory Agency
P.O. BOX 20
13035 LVV
Courier mail (e.g. DHL or Fedex) is to be sent to:
Finnish Supervisory Agency
Wähäjärvenkatu 6
FI-13100 Hämeenlinna, Finland
Append copies of the following documents to your application
1. Document verifying your identity and nationality
- passport or
- ID card issued in an EU/EEA Member State or
- alien's passport or
- refugee travel document
2. Academic transcript of studies completed
3. If you do not use the Finnish Supervisory Agency application form
Please append an official statement from your university confirming that the studies you have completed are equivalent to 4th-year or 5th-year studies.
This statement must include:
a) details on when you began you studies and the date on which your studies will be acceptably completed in full
b) your estimated date of graduation
c) contact details of the university
The Finnish Supervisory Agency recommends that the university send its statement or the filled-in application form directly to the Finnish Supervisory Agency by e-mail. In other cases, the Finnish Supervisory Agency will verify your right to study from the above-mentioned contact details; therefore, you may give several contact details to ensure that this verification can be performed even during holidays. This will significantly slow down the processing of your application.
4. Translations of the documents listed in points 2-3
- If the original documents are not in Finnish, Swedish or English, please also provide official translations.
- The translations must have been produced by an official or authorised translator in Finland or in another EU/EEA Member State. Authorised translators in Finland can be found through the online service of the Finnish National Agency for Education.
- The translations must be accompanied by the document in the original language certified by the translator.
- An official translator outside the EU/EEA may be acceptable if the translator’s status is confirmed in the translation with an Apostille or Grand Legalisation.
The Finnish Supervisory Agency may request additional clarifications if necessary. Please do not attach any original documents that you may need later to your application. The application documents will remain in the Finnish Supervisory Agency and it is not possible to get them back after a decision has been made. If you request for documents to be returned to you before a decision is made, we can return them. In this case, you must provide corresponding copies of the documents. However, this will slow down the processing of your application.
Jos haluat hakea jatkoa sinulle aiemmin myönnettyyn opiskelijaoikeuteen (lääketiede 4 tai 5 vuotta / hammaslääketiede), ilmoita asiasta sähköpostilla Lupa- ja valvontavirastoon osoitteella kirjaamo(at)lvv.fi. (Jos sinulla on 4. vuoden oikeus ja haluat hakea 5. vuoden oikeutta, sinun pitää tehdä uusi hakemus. Katso ohje yläpuolella.)
- The subject of your e-mail message should be: “Notification of extension of study right [your last name] [your first name]”
- Give your full name and date of birth in the e-mail.
- You must attach to your e-mail a statement from the university confirming that your studies are ongoing and what your estimated date of graduation is. The statement from the university must be signed by an authorised representative of the university, or the university may send the statement directly to the Finnish Supervisory Agency by e-mail. The statement from the university must show your full name and date of birth for purposes of identification.
- Attach to your e-mail a translation into Finnish, Swedish or English of the aforementioned document if it is not originally in Finnish, Swedish or English. The translation must have been produced by an authorised translator in Finland or in another EU/EEA Member State. Authorised translators in Finland can be found through the online service of the Finnish National Agency for Education.
Your study right may be extended by no more than 30 days beyond your graduation or estimated graduation.
Please note that your study rights will expire 30 days after graduation, even if the JulkiTerhikki service shows your status as an active student. The Finnish Supervisory Agency does not receive information on the graduation of students studying abroad, which is why JulkiTerhikki may erroneously show an active student status beyond the aforementioned 30-day limit. If an institution issues a temporary degree certificate, then the date indicated on the temporary certificate will be considered your graduation date.
If you are denied an extension to your study right, you will receive a decision to that effect that can be appealed.
The basic minimum processing time for an application is 30 working days from the date on which all the required documents are received. In other words, sending only the application form or only a passport copy will not speed up the processing of your application. To ensure equal treatment of all applicants, applications are processed in the order of arrival. Contacting us will significantly slow down the processing of your application.
A fee is charged for every decision concerning licences to practise a profession, including when an application is denied. Half the processing fee is payable if you withdraw your application.
- There is no fee for granting an extension to registration.
- Entering a foreign student into the register costs 165 euros.
Once the registration is completed, the registration certificate will be mailed to the address you gave on the application form. The registration includes a unique ID and registration number. The registration certificate is issued in Finnish or Swedish. The invoice will be sent separately by post after the decision.
Although the Finnish Supervisory Agency does not verify your language proficiency when you register, you must have the oral and written skills in Finnish or Swedish that are required for your job.
Employers hiring students must ensure that the students have sufficient language proficiency for carrying out their duties.
Rights to practise granted may be viewed in the public information services for social welfare and health care professionals (JulkiSuosikki and JulkiTerhikki, respectively) after the decision is issued or the registration is made. The register data is updated once a day.
A right to practise granted for a fixed term will be visible in the public information service only while it is valid.
The Finnish Supervisory Agency may send you any requests for further information, certificates, decisions and invoices electronically as a Suomi.fi message if you have registered in that service. Suomi.fi messages may only be used for matters that are currently pending. You may register for Suomi.fi messages at the suomi.fi website or by downloading the Suomi.fi mobile app.
In application matters, we will only deal with the applicants themselves. However, an applicant may authorise an agent or attorney to act on their behalf in the matter of their application. In this case, the agent or attorney must present a power of attorney authorising them to act for the applicant. The power of attorney may be an e-mail or physical document sent by the applicant, stating that the applicant authorises the person in question to act for them in the matter of the application. Attorneys-at-law and public legal aid attorneys do not need to present a power of attorney unless specifically requested.
Contact information
E-mail: [email protected]
Telephone: +358 295 256 932 (Monday–Friday 9:00–15:00)
Application documents to the address: [email protected]