These documents prove your right to extra absence in addition to the two terms all students have the right to:

  • Service under the Conscription Act (1438/2007), Non-Military Service Act (1446/2007), or Act on Women's Voluntary Military Service (194/1995)
    • Call-up order, or a separate certificate issued by the Finnish Defence Forces
  • Parental leave
    • Kela's certificate regarding parental allowance period or, if the certificate has not yet been received, a medical certificate regarding the pregnancy
    • Corresponding certificates from the authorities of other countries regarding statutory parental leave

Illness or disability does not qualify you for extra absence, even though they give you the right to be absent during your first academic year. See arcada.fi for more information on first-year absence.