CERTIFICATES YOU CAN USE FOR APPLYING

You will find further information by selecting the qualification in question:

1. Finnish upper secondary education and EB: Finnish matriculation examination, International Baccalaureate and Reifeprüfung examinations completed in Finland, European Baccalaureate of European schools
   
   
2. Finnish vocational qualification: Vocational Qualification, Further or Specialist Vocational Qualification
   
   
3. Finnish matriculation examination and vocational qualification
   
   
4. Non-Finnish degree or qualification which gives eligibility for higher education in the awarding country.
   
   UAS and/or university degree cannot be used
   Applicants may not apply to UAS degree programmes using a UAS or a university degree. Applicants should use their upper secondary school leaving certificate for applying to higher education institutions. 

• Finnish further vocational qualification
• Finnish specialist vocational qualification or
• non-Finnish qualification, if you are not from a European Union/European Economic Area -country (Note exemption: Discretionary admission, International Business)

Discretionary admission

Discretionary admission is applied at Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences in the Degree Programme in International Business as follows:

When assessing the eligibility of applicants who have a qualification from outside Finland and who are citizens of a NON-EU/EEA-country: You may apply if you complete your qualification and receive a school leaving certificate with final grades by 31 July 2012. A copy of the school leaving certificate with final grades and an authorized translation of it must be delivered by 31 July 2012 at 16.15 Finnish time at the latest. The admission is conditional until the final certificate and the translation have been checked.

Please contact the Admissions Office at Seinäjoki UAS during the application period if you wish to be considered for discretionary admission.