FINNISH UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION, IB, RP AND EB
Applicants with following qualifications receive points for school performance:
- Finnish matriculation examination
- International Baccalaureate or Reifeprüfung -examination completed in Finland
- European Baccalaureate of European Schools
Finnish upper secondary education and Finnish matriculation examination
You may use your Finnish upper secondary school leaving certificate and/or the Finnish matriculation examination certificate. If you graduate in spring 2012, you can count your grade point average from your latest upper secondary school certificate (viimeisin lukion jaksotodistus). Please remember to inform the Admissions Office of your final grade point average by 18 May 2012. Grades for the matriculation examination are obtained from the Matriculation Examination Register. You do not need to send any copies of your school certificates with the application form. Admitted students are asked to send copies of certificates when they accept their study place by 31 July 2012.
If you are applying on the basis of your upper secondary school leaving certificate and the Finnish matriculation examination certificate you are awarded points for three grades on your matriculation examination certificate: Mother Tongue, English, and the best of either general studies or Mathematics.
International Baccalaureate and Reifeprufung examinations completed in Finland or European Baccalaureate of European Schools
If you are completing your examination in the spring 2012,
you must provide the following certificates by 18 May 2012 to the
Admissions Office at the UAS of your first choice:
- IB-examination: a copy of your predicted grades
- RP-examination: a copy of your final certificate
- EB-examination: a copy of your temporary certificate
Admission is conditional until the final certificate is checked.
Points awarded for school performance (max. 30 points):
Upper secondary school leaving certificate, max. 15 points.
| Grade point average |
> 8.00 |
> 7.50 |
> 7.00 |
> 6.50 |
> 6.00 |
| Points |
15 |
13 |
11 |
8 |
4 |
Finnish matriculation examination certificate, max. 15 points.
| Grades |
L/E
|
M
|
C
|
B
|
A
|
| Mother Tongue |
5
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
| English, advanced level or |
5
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
| English, basic level |
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
Mathematics or
best general studies test* |
5
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
* general studies if the exam was taken before 2006
Conversion charts for EB, IB and RP examinations
|
Conversion chart for EB, IB and Reifeprüfung examinations
|
|
EB-examination
|
IB examination
|
Reifeprüfung
examination
|
Finnish matriculation
examination
|
|
Mathematics
|
Other subject-
specific tests
|
|
9.50-10.00
|
9.00-10.00
|
7 (Excellent)
|
13-15 pistettä
|
Laudatur
|
|
8.50-9.45
|
8.00-8.95
|
6 (Very good)
|
10-12 pistettä
|
Eximia cum laude
approbatur
|
|
7.00-8.45
|
7.00-7.95
|
5 (Good)
|
8-9 pistettä
|
Magna cum
laude approbatur
|
|
6.00-6.95
|
6.00-6.95
|
4 (Satisfactory)
|
7 pistettä
|
Cum laude approbatur
|
|
5.00-5.95
|
5.00-5.95
|
3 (Mediocre)
|
5-6 pistettä
|
Lubenter approbatur
|
|
4.00-4.95
|
4.00-4.95
|
2 (Poor)
|
4 pistettä
|
Approbatur
|
|
Conversion chart for the grades on certificates
|
|
EB programme
certificate
|
IB programme
certificate
|
Reifeprüfung programme
certificate*
|
Finnish upper
secondary school
certificate
|
|
9 - 10
|
7 (Excellent)
|
13 – 15 pistettä
|
10
|
|
8
|
6 (Very good)
|
10 – 12 pistettä
|
9
|
|
7
|
5 (Good)
|
7 – 9 pistettä
|
8
|
| 6 |
4 (Satisfactory) |
5 - 6 |
7 |
| 5 |
3 (Mediocre) |
3 - 4 |
6 |
| 3-4 |
2 (Poor) |
1 - 2 |
5 |
* The average for the grades on the Reifeprüfung examination is calculated by dividing the total points by 60, and then converting the result according to the chart (e.g. 520: 60 ~ 8.67, thus converted to 8.)