Registration with the university for exchange students
Your identification and registration with Tampere University happens online, before arrival and before Welcome Week. It is mandatory for all exchange students, regardless of arrival date. The purpose is to verify your identity before sending your personal activation instructions. You must wait until you are invited by email.
Important: If you do not complete the identification and registration process, you will be unable to start your exchange studies. Instructions are sent by International Mobility Services in mid‑June (autumn) and mid‑November (spring). Look for the automated email titled Tervetuloa Tampereen korkeakouluyhteisöön / Welcome to the Tampere Universities sent from noreply [at] tuni.fi
From start to finish in three steps
- 1
Complete ID check via online identification
After you’re invited by email either in June or November
- 2
Activate TUNI account, set password, accept terms
Right after successful identification process, follow email instructions
- 3
Update Finnish contact details in Sisu
Update your contact details either in August or December
What you need (before you start)
- Basic requirements (everyone)
- Stable internet and a smartphone
- Official ID (preferably a biometric passport) - driving licence is not valid
- Choose your identification method (depends on your nationality)
- EU/EEA citizens: use your national eIDAS login credentials (trusted eIDAS services) for identification
- Non‑EU citizens: a mobile app called Finnish Authenticator
- If you have Finnish e-identification (Finnish online banking IDs / Mobile ID)
- Use those - you don’t need the Finnish Authenticator app
- Final step - Microsoft Authenticator (everyone)
- For the final steps, all students need multi-factor authentication (MFA), which uses the Microsoft Authenticator app
Exceptions (Finnish banking ID's or excisting TUNI account)
- If you have Finnish online banking IDs (or other Finnish e‑identification), identify yourself by using Finnish identification tokens
- If you already have a TUNI account from previous studies, you don’t need a new registration - just activate your account again
Photo quality tips (to avoid rejection) - Finnish Authenticator mobile app
Take only the passport data page (not the full opening), avoid reflections/shadows, don’t cover any part with fingers, and take a clear selfie against a white background while looking straight into the camera and following app instructions.
Account activation (what happens in practice)
Activation is done at password.tuni.fi (also accessible via id.tuni.fi). You authenticate, accept terms, set a password, and then you’ll see your new account and @tuni.fi email address on the Ready! page. Read full instructions on: Tampere University IT Services - Username and password. You will not receive a separate confirmation email. Your activation is complete when the activation page shows your TUNI username and @tuni.fi address and you can sign in to TUNI services (e.g., intra.tuni.fi) with your TUNI email.
Mandatory security steps after activation
You must set up multifactor authentication (MFA) with Microsoft Authenticator as instructed. All TUNI account holders must also complete the self‑paced Moodle course on information security within the required timeframe after activating their account (otherwise the account can be locked).
If something doesn’t work
- Invitation email missing: Check spam/junk and search for the exact title Tervetuloa Tampereen korkeakouluyhteisöön / Welcome to the Tampere Universities. If it still doesn’t arrive, let us know at mobility.tau [at] tuni.fi
- Finnish Authenticator fails: use the official instructions and, if needed, contact IT Helpdesk
- Anything else: contact IT Helpdesk