How to activate your user account
You need a Laurea user account to access the systems used in the course. When you enrol for a course, you will receive an email to activate your user account.
How to determine which activation method applies to you:
- If you have a Finnish social security number and a personal Finnish Bank user ID, you should use that to activate your Laurea user account.
- If you do not have Finnish bank user ID and Finnish social security number, you may be able to use either Finnish Authenticator or eIDAS to activate your Laurea user account.
- If you are not able to use any of the electronic self-service authentication methods, you should check out the instructions for using a one-time password.
The user account has three (3) letters and five (5) numbers, for example abc12345. When logging into Laurea’s systems, the following format is used for the user account: username@laurea.fi. The user account is different from Laurea’s student email and the user account cannot be used as an email address.
- Go to Laurea’s IAM portal
- On the first page of the portal, select Suomi.fi – Student identification.
- Choose your own bank and log in with your own bank credentials. Follow the instructions.
- Read and accept the terms of use.
- Create a password for yourself and enter it in both fields.
- Finally, click OK.
Remember to save your username and password.
If you do not have a Finnish social security number and Finnish bank IDs you can register and activate your account using either Finnish Authenticator or eIDAS.
- Register to Finnish Authenticator, which is provided by the Finnish government. In case you already have eIDAS identificator provided by your home country (EU/European) you can use that.
- Go to Laurea’s IAM portal and select Suomi.fi – Student identification.
- Choose “Identification methods for foreigners” at the bottom of the page.
- Choose either Finnish Authenticator or your home country’s icon if you already have eIDAS ID. Follow the instructions.
- After login please select continue to service and you will be redirected back to Laureas IAM-site.
- Read and accept the terms of use.
- Create a password for yourself and enter it in both fields. Finally, click OK.
Remember to save your username and password.
- Contact Laurea’s students affairs office.
- Once they’ve identified you, you’ll get a one-time password. The password must be changed within a week or the user account will be closed.
- When you receive a one-time password, log in to the IAM portal with ADFS authentication.
- If you do not get the password change page automatically, select “Reset password” and follow the instructions on the page.
Remember to save your username and password.
Important notes regarding the user account
Registering a user account in Laurea’s systems may take a few hours after registering for the training or confirming the purchase. In addition, note the following.
- If you have a valid Laurea user account from previous studies, check your valid username in the IAM portal.
- You log in to Laurea’s systems with your username(s)laurea.fi and the password you have created.
- A username is different from Laurea’s student email and cannot be used as an email address.
- For data security reasons, Laurea cannot activate user accounts on behalf of someone else.
- You can always check your credentials by logging in to the IAM Portal or change your password through the Portal.
