Selection Criteria 2012
General eligibility for the programmes is given by:
§ Completed Finnish upper secondary education or the Finnish matriculation examination (Act on the Organisation of the Matriculation Examination (672/2005)
§ International Baccalaureate, Reifeprüfung or European Baccalaureate examination
§ A vocational college diploma or higher vocational diploma (e.g. in engineering) completed in Finland.
§ A vocational qualification of at least three years duration, completed in Finnish vocational upper secondary education and training, referred to in the Vocational Education and Training Act (630/98), or an earlier corresponding qualification completed in Finland.
§ A vocational qualification in adult education of at least three years duration, referred to in the Vocational Adult Education Act (631/98) completed in Finland.
§ a further vocational qualification (ammattitutkinto) or specialist vocational qualification (erikoisammattitutkinto) completed in Finland by 14th February 2012 or
§ A foreign qualification which gives eligibility for higher education in the awarding country.
Please note that it is not possible to apply with a UAS or university degree. Use your upper secondary school leaving certificate for applying to higher education.
The educational qualification used in the joint application during the spring must be completed at the latest 31 July. However,the educational qualification must be completed by the end of the application period if the applicant is applying with:
- A specialist vocational qualification (erikoisammattitutkinto) completed in Finland
- A further vocational qualification(ammattitutkinto) completed in Finland
- A qualification completed in a foreign country, if the applicant is not a citizen of an EU/EEA-country
Admission groups 1 and 2
50% of the applicants will be admitted on the basis of the entrance examination only (Group 2), and 50% on the basis of the combined points for previous school performance and the entrance examination (Group 1). If study places become available later, applicants on the waiting list will be admitted in the order indicated by their admission points.
Group 1) Admission on the basis of the total of points for school performance and the entrance examination. Applicants who have completed or are completing the Finnish matriculation examination, IB examination in a Finnish upper secondary school or the Reifeprüfung examination in Finland, or applicants who have completed the European Baccalaureate examination of European schools. Applicants who are completing their Finnish matriculation examination during the application process apply with their latest upper secondary school certificate. Grades for the Matriculation examination are received from the Matriculation Examination register. The maximum total of admission points is 100, out of which at most 30 can be awarded for school performance and 70 for the entrance examination. See points awarded for school performance.
Group 2) Admission on the basis of the entrance examination only. Applicants with eligibility to apply to UAS studies referred to in the Polytechnics Act (351/2003), not mentioned in section 1 above, or whose eligibility to apply is based on non-Finnish qualifications. The admission of those completing an EB in a European school in the spring of the application is based only on the points awarded for the entrance examination. The admission of those EU/EEA-citizens who are completing their qualifications in the spring of applying is based only on the points awarded for the entrance examination. The maximum total of entrance examination points is 100.