Application process

Supplementary application period 2024

A supplementary application period for the Laurea Bachelor degree programmes in Social Services and Bachelor degree programme in Nursing will take place 1st – 31st July 2024. The application form will be available at Studyinfo.fi during the application period. The application period closes on the last day of the application period at 15:00 Finnish time. Studies will begin 28th August 2024. 

To demonstrate eligibility to apply to higher education, applicants must upload to the application form (Studyinfo.fi) their upper secondary school graduation certificate or previous Bachelor’s or Master’s degree certificate. Only final certificates are considered. If the education documents are not issued in English, Finnish or Swedish, an official translation into English, Finnish or Swedish is required also. The eligibility requirements for Bachelor degree studies are listed on the Selection Criteria page.  All applicants must ensure they have uploaded to their application form (Studyinfo.fi) their educational certificates which give access to higher education.

The applicant may apply to more than one degree programme in this supplementary application period, but the order of preferences as indicated in the application form is binding. If the applicant applies to both degree programmes and the applicant’s entrance exam points are enough for admission to the first choice, the admission to the lower choice will be cancelled. The order of preference can be changed only during the application period. 

The student selection will be made based on a two phase entrance exam held at the Laurea Tikkurila campus (address: Ratatie 22, 01300 Vantaa). The exam includes a written part held on 14th August 2024 and an interview on 19th August 2024. The exam does not have any preliminary material. The invitations to the written part of the exam will be sent latest by 5th August 2024. Based on the success in the written part of the exam, applicants will be selected for the interview. Applicants who are not selected to the interview will also be notified. Applicants must pass all parts of the exam to be considered for admission. 

Applicants to Social Services and Nursing are required to have Finnish language skills (level B1 or better) to participate in the entrance exam. Descriptions of the language levels: Common European Framework of reference for languages. Applicant’s Finnish language skills will be assessed in the entrance exam. A pass in the Finnish language skills assessment in the entrance exam is required in order to be considered for admission. 

The written part of the exam will be completed on applicant’s own laptop at Laurea Tikkurila campus. Please note that the applicants’ identity will be checked during the entrance exam. A valid proof of identity is required to participate in the exam. Applicants without valid proof of identity will be rejected in the exam. 

Applicants must bring with them to the written exam:
•    laptop computer
•    proof of identity
•    pen/pencil.

The following documents are accepted as proof of identity:  
•    passport
•    Finnish identity card with a photo, issued by police
•    Finnish driver’s licence
•    another EU/ETA country identity card with a photo

Also, an expired passport or identity card may be accepted if its validity has expired at most a year ago from the date of the entrance exam. The applicant has to be identifiable on the document’s picture. 

Applicants who are selected for admission will have 7 days to accept the study place offer. Applicants must note that they can accept only one study place in higher education for studies starting in the autumn 2024. Admission is conditional until the applicant's eligibility to apply to higher education is checked by Laurea Admissions from the education certificates which must be uploaded to the Studyinfo.fi application form. If the education documents are not issued in English, Finnish or Swedish, an official translation into English, Finnish or Swedish is required also. If the applicant is liable to pay Tuition fees, admission is also conditional until the Laurea Tuition fee has been paid. Laurea may withdraw the admission if the applicant does not fulfill the eligibility criteria or if the applicant has given false information in the application process.

Studies will begin 28th August 2024 at Laurea Tikkurila Campus.

Studyinfo.fi – the national higher education application system in Finland

Students of the Laurea’s degree programmes conducted in English are selected through the Finnish national application system for higher education. The online application form is open during the application period and closes on the last application day at 3 PM. Applicants can apply to a maximum of six degree programmes in Finland using just one application form. The student admissions for Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) follow the selection criteria decided on yearly by the UAS for the joint national application.

To fill in the application, go to www.studyinfo.fi > Select the joint application form found on the bottom of the page (the form is open only during the application period).

Each applicant may have only one active application form per application period. The application period for degree programmes taught in English took place in 3rd - 17th January 2024.

You can fill in only one application form containing a maximum of 6 options. Fill in all your contact information into your application form with great care so that the admissions services can contact you when necessary. Before filling in the application form, please take a moment to read through all the information regarding the application process, required certificates, entrance exams and student selection methods.

Application process

The application process in a nutshell:

1. Familiarise yourself with the degree programmes content and their selection criteria
2. Fill in the application form during the application period at the application portal studyinfo.fi.​
3. Upload any required certificates to your application form by the deadline
4. Participate in the entrance exam
5. Wait for the results of student admission
6. Accept the offered study place and pay the tuition fee (if applicable)
7. Begin studies

Fill in the application form

Fill in the application form at www.studyinfo.fi during the application period. Logging in to the My Studyinfo service is not required for filling in the application form. In your application form you can choose a maximum of 6 degree programmes to apply for from Universities and Universities of Applied Sciences in Finland.  There is no fee required for filling in the application form. Please note each applicant can have a maximum of one active application form per application period. If you submit more than one application form, your newest application form is active and the older application forms will be deleted.

Upload all required education certificates to your application form.  An official translation of your certificate is also required if it is not issued in English, Finnish or Swedish. You can make changes to your application form during the application period by either logging into the My Studyinfo service with Finnish banking codes or you can use the link to your application form which is found in the confirmation e-mail message sent to you after submitting your application. For other changes which are not possible to do via My Studyinfo -service or via the e-mail link, please send them by email to the Admissions Services of your highest choice UAS.

Notification of results

Admission to Laurea degree programmes in English is based (depending on the degree programme) on the result of the entrance examination or SAT Test results. The notification of results for the spring 2024 application period will be published latest by 31st May 2024.

If you are a non-EU/EEA citizen and you are required to pay tuition fees, you will also receive the payment instructions for the tuition fee together with the notification of conditional admission. Admission is conditional until your eligibility to apply has been checked and the tuition fee payment has been received by Laurea. If your status changes and you are no longer required to pay tuition fees, you can submit the documentary evidence (residence permit/passport) to Laurea Admissions in order to cancel the tuition fee. This should be done as soon as the notification of admission has been received but latest before the deadline for confirming the study place.

Confirm your study place

To accept the study place offered in the spring application period, you must confirm your study place before 11th July 2024 15:00. If you do not confirm your study place by the given date, you will forfeit your right to enrol in the degree programme. Applicants can confirm the offered study place via the My Studyinfo -service (Finnish bank codes required). Applicants without access to Finnish banking codes can make the study place confirmation via a link received by e-mail.

When you confirm a study place, you will not be considered a first-time applicant in the future application periods. Quotas for first-time applicants apply only to degree programmes taught in Finnish.

After you have confirmed your study place, you have to also register your attendance for the academic year as present or absent. If you are a non-EU/EEA student and you are required to pay the tuition fee, you will be registered as present for the academic year only after you have paid the tuition fee for the first academic year. For tuition fee paying students the registration for the academic year is valid only after payment of the tuition fee for the said academic year has been completed. Failure to pay the tuition fee or failure to register your attendance for the academic year results in loss of study entitlement at Laurea.

Reserve list and supplementary application periods

If an applicant selected for admission cancels his/her study place, the next student in the degree programme's reserve list can be selected. The reserve list number is indicated in the Notification of Results letter. Admission from the reserve list in the spring application period 2024 is possible until 30th July 2024. 

Laurea may arrange a supplementary application period for degree programmes if the study places have not been filled. Any supplementary application periods will be announced on this page and also at  www.studyinfo.fi.

Begin your studies

In the spring 2024 application, the studies begin in August /September 2024. If you apply in the autumn application period, the studies begin in January. The starting dates and other information for new students will be published on the New Students pages. 

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