IT services for students

With your university user account, you will also gain access to a Microsoft account in the format account@student.oulu.fi. It is your login name to the most common information systems in the university.
Student account
A valid user account entitles you to use information systems, software, saving resources, IT devices and other services. N.B. Information also for new students!
What is a good password?
The password should be easily remembered, but difficult to guess. See what else is required of a proper password.
Link to Passwd service
Change your password in Passwd service of the university when needed. Identify through Suomi.fi e-Identification if you don't know your account or password.
Link to Accountinfo service
You can check the status of your user account if it doesn't work as you like. Identify yourself through Suomi.fi e-Identification.
The University of Oulu provides you with access to the Microsoft 365 Education suite, referred to as M365 or O365. The email address associated with the M365 service is your official contact address at the university. In addition to Outlook email service, M365 includes OneDrive storage, Teams, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and a wide range of other applications.
Use FileSender to send large files. Use Secured mail when sending confidential or sensitive information to an address outside of Oulu universities or from outside to the university.
We provide you with access to software licensed to the university, which you can use free of charge on students workstations, laptops of vendors and on remote desktops. You can also install some software on your personal device either for free or at a cost.
Campus ICT support and service addresses for the systems
- Service request for ICT Services are answered on weekdays at 8-15:45: ict@oulu.fi. Campus ICT Service Point is in room TH109. Contact details and possible service time exceptions are found on the page ict.oulu.fi.
- Peppi: peppi@oulu.fi
- EXAM: e-exam@oulu.fi
- Oula-Finna: kirjasto@oulu.fi