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 annual tuition fee in the English-language Bachelor’s degree programme in Social Services is €4000, in the English-language Bachelor’s degree programme in Health Care, Nursing €5000 and in the English-language Master’s degree programmes €12000 per academic year for students whose right to study has started before 1 August 2024.

The annual tuition fee in the Bachelor’s degree programme in Social Services and in the Bachelor’s degree programme in Health Care, Nursing is €12000 for students whose right to study starts after 1 August 2024

You are exempted from paying tuition fees if you have one of the documents mentioned below:

• Passport or identity card to indicate the citizenship of EU/EEA/Switzerland
• EU Blue Card
• Continuous residence permit card in Finland, Type A permit. NB: A continuous residence permit (A-type permit) granted for studying in Finland (from 15 April 2022 onwards) doesn’t exempt student from paying the tuition fee.
• EU Family Member’s Residence Card in Finland
• Permanent residence permit card in Finland, Type P permit
• EU residence permit for third-country citizens with long-term residence permit card in Finland (Type P-EU)

EU countries are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

EEA countries are: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

For more information on tuition fees, please visit the Studyinfo portal.

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 the Studyinfo portal.

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 Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Social Services and Entrance exam: Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Health Care, Nursing.

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 Information 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 Appeal page.

Please see the National Board of Education statistics.