SEAMK Entrance examinations:
Degree programme in International Business

Content of the Entrance Exam in 2012

The International Business entrance examination consists of a written part (an essay, multiple choice questions, tasks of applied mathematics and logic) and a group discussion. The exam essay and multiple choice questions will be based on pre-reading material (link below.)

The ability to communicate fluently in speaking and writing in English is a prerequisite for admission. Therefore, applicants must pass all the parts of the examination in order to be selected for admission. 

Examination part	Minimum points  required	Maximum points
Essay	8 points	25 points
Multiple-choice Questions	5 points	15 points
Mathematics / Logic	7 points	20 points
Group Discussion	10 points	40 points
Total	30 points	100 points

The duration of the written examination is three hours. After that there will be a group discussion.

Pre-Reading Material

The International Business Entrance Exam 2012 is based on the following pre-reading material. The applicant must study the material carefully before coming to the entrance exam. The applicant cannot take this material to the actual entrance exam and the material is not available for the applicant during the actual entrance exam. There will be an essay and 15 multiple choice questions based on this pre-reading material.

International Business Entrance Exam 2012 will be based on
Metso Annual Report 2010 “Results by Working Together”.
You can download it as a PDF file here (5.4 MB) or read it electronically at
http://www.metso.com/reports/2010/annual/index.html

The report consists of five sections and you are advised to read the entire report for general understanding. You are then advised to concentrate on sections titled Metso (pp.1-49), Business Review (pp.50-68), Financial Statements (pp.137-148) and Governance (pp.149-166). 

Co-operating degree programmes

Seinäjoki UAS is part of a group of 19 UASs that co-operate so that a result of a Business -entrance examination completed at one UAS is accepted by another. The list of co-operating degree programmes / examination groups is available on the website of the Finnish National Board of Education (www.admissions.fi), please see.

Please note, that only the highest option within the same examination group can invite you to the entrance examination. Check also that this option organizes examinations in your home / neighboring country.

Locations  of entrance exams  in  2012

FINLAND

At the premises of Business School, Seinäjoki UAS, Seinäjoki: 25 April 2012

OUTSIDE FINLAND

The entrance examinations outside Finland will be held on 11-20 April 2012. Information on the exact dates, locations and other procedures concerning the examinations will be sent to all eligible applicants in the invitation letter.

Degree Programme in International Business in Seinäjoki UAS organizes entrance examinations outside Finland in the following 16 countries in co-operation with the FINNIPS network (Finnish Network for International Programmes):

Please read the list as follows:
Entrance Examination COUNTRY: Town (Neighboring countries from where applicants can be invited to the examination)

BULGARIA: Sofia (Greece, Serbia, Kosovo, Cyprus)
CHINA: Guangzhou, Tianjin, Wuhan, Shanghai (Hong Kong, Japan, South-Korea, Mongolia)
CZECH REPUBLIC: Brno (Slovakia)
ESTONIA: Tallinn
GERMANY: Ludwigshafen (Austria, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland)
GHANA: Accra (Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Togo, Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco)
GREAT BRITAIN: London (Ireland, USA, Canada)
HUNGARY: Budapest (Slovenia, Croatia)
KENYA: Nairobi (Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi)
LATVIA: Riga (Lithuania)
NEPAL: Kathmandu (Pakistan, India)
POLAND: Poznan
ROMANIA: Bucharest (Moldova)
RUSSIA: Murmansk, Obninsk, Dmitrov, St. Petersburg (any other CIS, e.g. Belarus, Ukraine)
TURKEY: Istanbul (Cyprus; the Turkish side, Iran, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Israel)
VIETNAM: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand)