• If applying for RPL on the basis of prior higher education studies, please note that the prior learning must correspond to the contents, learning outcomes and scope of the modules in question and be up to date. You can also apply for credit transfer towards elective or complementary professional studies.
• Follow the instructions provided in MyDiak to submit your RPL application. Enter the name of your study guidance counsellor as the decision-maker. You can check your study guidance counsellor on MyDiak. Choose settings and student information (upper right-hand corner).
• Combine scanned certificates of your previous formal learning into one file and attach according to the instructions.
• You will receive the decision by email.
• If your RPL application is rejected, you will complete the module as per normal procedure.
• If you are required to supplement your prior learning, the study guidance counsellor or RPL coordinator of the module in question will specify the method of supplementary or alternative demonstration of competence. These include e.g. learning diaries, learning maps, essays, reflective writing, work tests, written or oral exams, sharing of expertise, interviews, group discussions, videos, or feedback from colleagues, supervisors or subordinates.
• The study guidance counsellor or course coordinator may specify the date by which you have to complete the demonstration.
• It is your responsibility to keep a copy of the decision on the supplementary/alternative demonstration until you have successfully completed the course.
• Fill in the application carefully and make sure that you attach all the required documents. RPL applications cannot be supplemented by email after you have received the decision.

The thesis cannot be substituted by RPL. 

RES1 and RES2 studies can be partially accredited if you have completed research methods or thesis in your previous higher education studies.

However, you may be able to utilise your previous thesis project in some cases according to Diak guidelines.

• If you would like to use your prior informal learning towards your degree, make sure that you read the module delivery plans first and familiarise yourself with the module aims and contents. Assess whether your knowledge and skills are up to date.  
• Follow the instructions provided on MyDiak to submit your RPL application. Enter the name of the RPL coordinator for the module in question as the decision-maker. The names of RPL coordinators can be found on Diak’s website.
• Under “Summary of prior learning”, give a concise description of your relevant knowledge and skills. Please note that it is not enough to state that you have a vocational qualification and that you have five years’ work experience in the social field. Specifically, you should describe the exact knowledge and skills you have that are relevant to the module contents. Please note, that you alone are responsible for describing your prior learning sufficiently in the application. The lecturer in charge of RPL will make the decision solely based on the information available in the application and no additional or supplementary information will be requested. You cannot supplement an RPL application by email after you have received a decision.
• Combine scanned copies of your previous formal learning into one file and attach to the application according to the instructions. Do not attach image files.
• If your RPL application is approved, the module will be entered in the register and marked as a PASS (HYV) with the abbreviation RPL and the decision statement in the notes.
• If your RPL application is rejected, you will complete the module as per normal procedure.
• You can also apply for partial credit transfer, in which case you can be exempt from half of the practical training periods, or requested to give a supplementary demonstration of competence. The lecturer in charge of RPL will specify the supplementary or alternative method. These include e.g. partial practical training periods, learning diaries, learning maps, essays, reflective writing, work tests, written or oral exams, sharing of expertise, interviews, group discussions, videos, or feedback from colleagues, supervisors or subordinates.
• The lecturer in charge of RPL may specify the date by which you have to complete the demonstration.
• It is your responsibility to keep a copy of the decision on the supplementary/alternative demonstration until you have successfully completed the module.

If you have a vocational college diploma in the field in question, you are a so-called upgrade student, which means that you are upgrading your diploma-level qualification to a Bachelor’s degree. You will draw up your personal study plan with the study guidance counsellor at the start of the programme. Your previous qualification will be taken into account in the plan. For other types of prior learning, submit a credit transfer application to the teacher who is responsible for the RPL process for the module in question.

Please contact your study advisor for details on RPL of language studies.