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Entrance exam: Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Health Care, Nursing, spring 2025

The admission to the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Health Care, Nursing is based on an entrance examination. Applicants also need to meet the eligibility criteria.

Please note that in most cases, applicants’ eligibility to higher education will only be checked after the entrance examination. It is possible that the applicant attends the entrance examination but cannot be offered admission because of missing attachments or failure to meet the admissions criteria.

Finnish language requirement

Applicants are required to have skills in Finnish. The minimum requirement is level B1 on the Common European framework for languages.

Entrance examination organised by Diak

The entrance examination organised consists of two phases. Applicants do not need to have an English or Finnish language proficiency certificates to participate in the entrance examination organised by Diak.

First phase 10 February 2025

The first phase of the entrance examination is organised on 10 February 2025 at Diak’s Helsinki campus. It is not possible to participate in the entrance exam online.

The first phase consists of written tasks in English and Finnish and a mathematics test.

Applicants need to pass the first phase to be invited to the second phase.

Second phase 3 March 2025

The second phase of the entrance examination is organised 3 March 2025 at Diak’s Helsinki campus. It is not possible to participate in the entrance exam online.

The second phase consists of a group interview in English and a group interview in Finnish.

Applicants must pass all parts of the entrance examination to receive a pass result and to be considered for admission.

Applicant can be exempted from the group interview in Finnish if they can demonstrate their Finnish language skills with one of the following documents:

  • Primary and lower secondary education certificate: Finnish as a mother tongue or Finnish as a second language
  • General upper secondary education certificate: Finnish as a mother tongue or Finnish as a second language
  • Matriculation examination certificate: Finnish as a mother tongue or Finnish as second language
  • Vocational upper secondary education certificate completed in Finnish
  • International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma: Finnish: language A or B
  • European Baccalaureate (EB) diploma: Finnish: L1, L2 or L3
  • Reifeprüfung (RP) / Deutsche Internationale Abitur (DIA) diploma: Finnish as native language or B1- language
  • National certificates of language proficiency (YKI): Finnish intermediate or advanced level (speaking and listening comprehension: assessment 3 or 4 at intermediate level; assessment 5 or 6 at advanced level).
  • Civil service language proficiency certificates: Finnish satisfactory, good, or excellent skills.

Individual arrangements

You may submit a separate application to request the right to individual arrangements for taking an entrance examination. Please see Entrance examinations webpage for more information.