Frequently asked questions about admissions

Universities of applied sciences and universities charge a tuition fee from bachelor’s or master’s level students studying in languages other than Finnish or Swedish. EU/EEA area and Swiss citizens are not subject to the charge.

The tuition fee for new students in our English-language Bachelor’s degree programmes is currently €9500 per academic year.

There is also an application fee of €100.

For more information on the application fee and documents that exempt an applicant from paying the application and tuition fees, please visit Studyinfo.fi.

Please see the Tuition fees and scholarships webpage.

Please see the eligibility criteria.

Please see the eligibility criteria.

If you have completed a higher education degree in Finland, or you have accepted an offer to study at a university or a university of applied sciences as a result of a joint application process from spring 2014 or later, you no longer qualify as a first-time applicant.

For more information, please visit Studyinfo.

We do not have a quota for first-time applicants in our Bachelor’s degree programmes taught in English.

Applicants can change their study programme choices only during the application period. To make these changes, you need to use the link that you received in the confirmation email.

All changes that you are unable to make yourself must be communicated to the appropriate Admissions Services in writing, for instance, by e-mail. Amendment request must be specific and unambiguous.

Please indicate your full name and application number in any messages. Do not include your personal identity code in the email.

If you wish to cancel your application, please contact the Admission Services.

Information on the entrance examinations can be found at the page of Entrance Examinations.

For visa-related questions, please refer to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland website.

If you want to stay in Finland for a longer period than three months, you need a residence permit.

If you are accepted to a programme of your choice in the joint application, Studyinfo will send you a notification that includes instructions for confirming that you accept or reject the offer. To accept/reject the offer, click on the link in the message and follow the instructions.

For additional instructions, see the Studyinfo portal.

According to the one study place per term provision, you can accept only one study place leading to a higher education degree in Finland in education that begins in the same academic term. This rule applies to all higher education.

You have the right to pursue more than one degree, but the offers to study for these degrees need to be accepted in different semesters. The one study place per term provision does not apply to transfers to new institutions. Read more on the Studyinfo portal.

You can register as non-attending for your first academic year for the following reasons:

• service under the Conscription Act (1438/2007), Non-Military Service Act (1446/2007), or Act on Women’s Voluntary Military Service (194/1995)
• maternity, paternity or parental leave
• if you cannot begin studies due to being incapacitated by personal illness or injury.

(Universities of Applied Sciences Act)

You must prove the reason for your absence. For more information, visit our For new students webpage.

If you believe there has been a mistake in the student selection and the admission criteria have not been applied correctly, you have the right to make a written request for rectification. Information on the appeal process can be found on the How to apply page.

Please see the National Board of Education statistics.