Student card

NOTE! 
ROTKOs mobile student card is now in kide.app, and with this, the use of PIVO student card has ended!

Instructions for getting the kide.app student card for new and old members can be found at the bottom of this page.

Guidance for new members →

Old member, activation of kide.app →

Student union members are those who have paid the membership for ROTKO. For this they have either mobile student card or physical student card with a valid sticker.

The membership has to be renewed each semester or year depending for how long you buy the membership for. People who already have the student card or want to use their mobile card can just buy a new sticker/membership from ROTKO office to make the card valid again. With physical student card or with mobile student card in Kide.app you'll receive all benefits including discounts from "VR" trains in Finland and "Matkahuolto" bus rides for long distances. Also one of the most important benefits is that you get your student meal discount with this card.

By paying for the student card, you support the student’s rights and benefits since the money goes straight to supporting the student union. The student unions main task in all university of applies sciences is to keep an eye out for student rights and benefits in Finland. If you own a student card you have the right to vote for the student representatives that are chosen each year from the members of the student union.

Stickers for the student cards can be retrieved from ROTKO offices in all campuses. If asked, please show your certificate of studies.

If for some reason you run into problems regarding the membership, student card or stickers, please don’t hesitate to contact us at rotko(at)lapinamk.fi.

Student benefits

Students get discounts from almost everywhere they go! Whether you are going to a dinner, theatre or having a fun night at the bar, student card is your friend! Your best bet is to ask if a student discount is provided.

If you are degree or exchange student and have either a physical card or Kide.app mobile student card, you can also get discounts from VR (the Finnish railways) and Matkahuolto (long distance bus rides) tickets.

KELA's financial aid in student restaurants

As a degree or exchange student with the physical student card or with mobile student card, you can prove you are eligible for KELA's financial aid in student restaurants in Finland.

ROTKO membership benefits

As a member of ROTKO, you get multiple different kind of benefits. For example, a discount from items sold in the ROTKO-store and you get a nice discount to all the events hosted by ROTKO.

Validity of the membership

The validity of the membership period depends on when you order the membership, as the membership periods are seasonal according to the normal semester schedule.

Autumn membership: Starts when you are registered in the school's system as a student (but no earlier than August 1) and ends on January 31.

Spring membership: Starts when you are registered in the school's system as a student (however, on January 1 at the earliest) and ends on September 30.

Membership for the entire academic year is valid either from 1st of August to 30 of September or 1.1.-31.1. (until the end of January of the following year) depending on when you buy the membership. The principle also works for multi-year memberships. Note! Membership and the possibility to use the card is only valid when you are a student in attendance, so when you graduate, or if you drop out etc. the membership benefits also end at the same time.

For physical card users: Please note that the physical autumn semester stickers will not be available until the beginning of autumn. So if you buy a membership for the whole year in the spring and want to use a physical student card, you will initially receive a spring sticker on your card, and in the fall you can pick up the autumn sticker from the office.

Membership of the student union can be purchased for an academic year, for just one semester or several years. For this price, you will get a mobile student card. The mobile student card works both in Kide.app and in slice.fi.

If you are a degree or exchange student, you can also order a physical card for yourself, which costs +€15 in addition to the membership. This expense covers the printing and processing costs of the card. You can order a physical student card by searching #rotkonkortti in kide.app. Note that you must have a valid ROTKO membership before ordering the physical card.

Become a member here: https://kide.app/memberships/0a6bd2a6-7ff4-4b25-88b7-b037a126b56b

ROTKO's membership register has changed during the summer of 2023. With this, we have also switched to using kide.app's mobile student card. So, if you have been a PIVO or Slice.fi card user, first go to activate your membership via the link below, and then you will get a kide.app student card. After this, you can also pay for the new membership directly via kide.app, in which case the membership will be automatically updated on your card.

Activating member information in Kide.app:
https://kide.app/community/cb16095a-f527-4ae3-8681-6b444f2c4d87?action=activate-membership&membershipId=71e086f7-a65d-4cf8-aa4e-8b12010135a7

Activation instructions for old members
(pictorial instructions can be found below)

  1. Create an account on kide.app or log in if you have already used kide.app before, e.g. to buy event tickets or overall badges, etc.
  2. Once you are logged in, you can activate your membership: You can either go through the link above or follow the instructions below.
  3. Go to wallet. You can find it by clicking on the character icon on the top right.
  4. In your wallet, go to "memberships" in the top menu and select "activate membership".
  5. Enter "rotko" in the search field and choose the ROTKO option with our logo from the selection.
  6. You get to the form where you can activate your old membership in kide.app.

    Fill in the information as it was when you joined ROTKO.
    First name/First names
    Last name
    Email address
    Date of birth (d.d.yyyy without leading zeros, i.e. e.g. 2.5.2001, not 02.05.2001!)

  7. After compliting your membership activation, you can go and activate the kide.app card.

activate your old membership in kide.app pictorial guidance

STUDENT CARD OPTIONS

Kide.app mobile student card

The mobile student card is included in the ROTKO membership price. The card always goes where you are, because you usually don't leave your phone at home when you go to town.

With the mobile student card, you can use VR and Matkahuolto's student-price tickets, get Kela's subsidized food in student restaurants, and other student benefits from all over Finland.

Note! If you are not a degree student or an exchange student, you cannot get VR and Matkahuolto student-priced tickets or subsidized food from student restaurants. However, you can get all the other student benefits with a student card.

Slice.fi  "green" mobile student card

NEW! In addition to Kide.app's mobile student card, you can also use the mobile student card offered by slice.fi. With the card, you can get various coupons and one-time benefits that Slice.fi has collected from all over Finland. When you have joined ROTKO as a member, you will receive a link in your email through which you can activate the student card at slice.fi. Note! The link does not come automatically, but the information for slice is updated approx. once a week. Note that this card is for the time being a so called "green student card" which means that it does not allow you to get the VR and Matkahuolto student tickets nor KELAs student subsidy from school restausrants. All the other benefits are available including slice's various coupon offers etc.

Physical student card

If you are a degree or  exchange student you can also order a physical student card. With it you can get VR and Matkahuolto student price tickets, Kela subsidized food in student restaurants and other benefits granted to students that do not require a mobile coupon. Ordering a physical card costs +15€.

Those who have ordered a physical student card can also activate kide.app's mobile student card.

You can order a physical student card by searching in kide.app #rotkonkortti. Please note that you must have a valid ROTKO membership before ordering.