As a member of the Student Union, you have the opportunity to influence and participate in student advocacy work that is carried out within Lapland University of Applied Sciences, within the University Consortium, and even at the national level!

As a member, you support student activities at all levels and benefit from the results of these activities.

You can also run for the Student Union representatives or board, and you have the right to vote in the Student Union council elections. Read more about the representatives and the board.

As a member, you also get access to a mobile student card. The mobile student card is an easy way to prove that you are a student. With a valid card, you have access to nearly all the benefits available to students throughout Finland, such as discounts on theater, movie, and museum tickets, discounts at restaurants and cafes, public transportation, sports facilities, and much more.

Additionally, if you are a degree student, you get student-priced tickets from VR and Matkahuolto, as well as Kela-subsidized meals in student restaurants.

For the mobile student card, you only need to pay for the membership. You can choose whether to take a semester or full academic year membership, or you can opt to purchase a membership for the entire duration of your studies.

Kide.app verifies the student status and the right to use the student card at the end of each month. During this verification, the card becomes greyed out, and it needs to be reactivated before the next use. Please reserve a few minutes for the verification process before, for example, queuing at the school cafeteria or boarding a train!

If HAKA authentication fails in Kide.app and you receive an error message about authentication with a different user account, your HAKA credentials are already linked to another user account. Kide.app customer service can reset the HAKA information, allowing you to authenticate again. Kide.app customer service: +358 40 511 6600, asiakaspalvelu[at]kide.app

If the error message pertains to another issue, please contact us at rotko[at]lapinamk.fi.

To prevent misuse, the validity period of the student card may not necessarily match the duration of the membership. If you have purchased a multi-year membership, the validity period of the student card will automatically update as long as you continue to be an enrolled student. You can always check the duration of your membership on the 'Memberships' page.

The membership displayed in the 'Memberships' section of Kide.app Wallet shows the validity period of your ROTKO membership. You can check until when your membership is valid there. On the other hand, the card displayed on the 'Student Card' page is the official student card, which you can use to prove your ROTKO membership and your eligibility for student discounts.

Unfortunately, the student card cannot be activated until your studies have officially begun and you are registered as a student. The mobile student card requires HAKA authentication, meaning the card verifies from the school's system that you are an enrolled student before activation.

So, during the summer, you can become a member, but you will only receive your student card in the fall.

It's also worth noting that orders for physical cards are processed only during office hours, so cards ordered in June or July will be available for pickup or delivery at the earliest in August.

The membership you should choose depends on how long you want it to cover considering the duration of your studies.

The semester membership is valid for approximately six months at a time, either from January to the end of September OR from September to the end of January.

The academic year membership is valid either from August to the end of the following September OR from January to the end of the following January.

NOTE!
Membership is tied to the school's attendance records. Membership and card usage are valid only when you are an enrolled student. The right to use the card begins no earlier than the start date of your studies. If you graduate or discontinue your studies during the membership period, your right for the membership and student discounts will also end.

Yes, they can. The student card is issued to all degree students at Lapland University of Applied Sciences who join the Student Union.

If you are another type of student at Lapland UAS, you can obtain a so-called 'green card,' which is also a mobile student card available through kide.app. This card provides student benefits excluding Kela meal subsidy and student-priced tickets for VR and Matkahuolto.

Yes! ROTKO offers a so-called 'green student card' so that not only degree students but also others can access benefits.

The green card entitles you to other student benefits, but it does not provide Kela-subsidized meals or student-priced tickets for VR or Matkahuolto.

This card is a mobile card and it operates through the kide.app. Kide.app determines the color of the student card based on the university's information during HAKA authentication.

Kide.app determines the color of the student card based on the school's information. If you have studied through Open University of Applied Sciences and have transitioned to degree studies, the card should change from green to blue. If the card color does not update automatically, the issue is most likely with the school's records. You can contact the school's IT services to ensure that your status as a degree student has been updated. Student helpdesk: +358 40 484 4488, servicedesk[at]luc.fi

You can no longer obtain an academic year membership, as using the student card after not meeting all the conditions for issuance would be considered fraud. Therefore, you can only purchase a semester membership, and the student card will be available to you until you graduate.

The YTHS fee, or the healthcare fee for university students, is a legally defined fee that university students pay annually to KELA (the Social Insurance Institution of Finland). In return for the fee, university and university of applied sciences students have access to healthcare services provided by FSHS.

For more information on eligibility to use FSHS services: https://www.yths.fi/asiointi/palveluiden-kayttooikeus/

For more information from KELA: https://www.kela.fi/korkeakouluopiskelijan-terveydenhoitomaksu

Most student associations order overalls for students in their field. However, the procedures may vary slightly depending on the field, so check with your association regarding the procurement of overalls.

You can find the associations and their contact information HERE.

Don't worry! We have compiled a list of student associations operating at Lapland University of Applied Sciences to make this easier for you. The associations have office spaces near the ROTKO offices, and you can drop by the offices during their opening hours.

You can find the associations and their contact information HERE.

The quickest way to bind your thesis is to visit the ROTKO office during opening hours. If there's no queue and the binding can be done immediately, it usually takes about five minutes to bind one thesis.

If you're unable to visit the office in person to bind your thesis, it can also be done remotely. Please note that remote binding is only available from the Rovaniemi office, and we're unable to offer printing services remotely.
You can read more about remote binding here.

What should you consider when binding your thesis?

You can decide whether you want your work to be single-sided or double-sided. However, please consider the following:

• The Lapland UAS thesis template is designed to be printed single-sided. This means that the margin on the spine of the book is wider than the outer margin. If you print your work directly without modification as double-sided, the text on one side will be closer to the spine of the cover.
• If your work is very long (over 100 pages), it may be easier to read a bound work if the pages are double-sided.

The sizes of the thesis covers are determined by standard printing paper. If you prefer, you can print your work on "better" or thicker paper, and we'll choose the most suitable binding size for your work.