Selection Criteria

In order to apply for a Master's degree, applicants must have a related Bachelors degree from a university or a university of applied sciences plus at least three year's work experience in the field of studies. The three years work experience requirement must be acquired after graduation date from a Bachelors level or Masters level Degree.

If an applicant has completed an earlier college-level vocational qualification in Finland (= opistotason tutkinto, ammatillinen korkea-asteen tutkinto) prior to the Bachelors level degree, work experience acquired after such will also be considered. However,your work experience must add up to at least three years (Act on Changes to the Polytechnics Act 411/2005, Polytechnics Act 351/2003).

Applicants must deliver photocopies of their degree certificates, transcript of records and work experience certificates to the Laurea Admissions Office by 12th April 2012. Applicant's eligibility to apply will be determined by the Admissions Office based on the certificates that have arrived by the given deadline. Eligible applicants will be invited for the entrance examinations which are held in Finland.

Admission to the Laurea Masters programmes will be based on the entrance examination results.The students' admission is conditional until all relevant original certificates have been checked.