JOINT APPLICATION 2012

Time table

• The application period begins on 9 January 2012 and ends on 14 February at 16.15 Finnish time (+2 GMT). Apply online at: www.admissions.fi
  All online applications must be submitted before the deadline. (If you use a paper application form, it must arrive at the UAS of your first choice by 14 February 2012 at 16.15 Finnish time.)
  
  
• All required attachments must arrive by 24 February 2012 at 16.15 Finnish time at the UAS of your first choice.
  
  
• Entrance examinations are held in April 2012.
  
  
• Admission results will be announced on 29 May 2012 at the earliest and by 17 July 2012 at the latest.
  
  
• Admitted students must confirm they will accept their study place by 31 July 2012 at 16.15 Finnish time at the latest.

Online application form

You may apply for as many as four options at www.admissions.fi.

The order of the options should be chosen carefully, because it cannot be changed after the application period closes. Place your options in your genuine order of interest, because if you are accepted to a higher option, you cannot be accepted to your lower options in any circumstance.

To make up your mind about which 1 - 4 degree programmes to apply for, you can check which degree programmes accept the results of each others' entrance examinations. Please check also which Universities of Applied Sciences and which degree programmes arrange entrance exams in your home country or nearby. Please see Entrance Examinations on the left.

Follow the instructions carefully and submit the application. You will receive a confirmation email after the application has been succesfully submitted. The Admissions Office at the UAS of your first choice receives the online application directly. Print a copy of the application form for yourself. It includes your applicant code.

Admission is conditional until the UAS has checked the applicant’s school and other relevant certificates. The UAS may revoke admission if an applicant has given false information.

Please note: Fill in the application yourself and use your own contact details; this ensures that you receive all important information directly from the UAS.

Changes to the application

• The order of options can only be changed during the application period.
• Changes in address, E-mail address or other relevant personal details can be changed at any time.
• All changes in the application or additional information must be sent in writing (e.g. by Email) to the Admissions Office of the primary UAS.

Attachments to application

The required attachments depend on the degree/qualification that you use for applying. Please check details at Certificates to use for applying on the left.

Applicants with a qualification completed in Finland:

• If you are applying with a further or specialist vocational qualification (ammatti- tai erikoisammattitutkinto) you must provide a copy of the original final certificate by 24 February 2012.
• Your language skills will be evaluated in a language test in the entrance examination. You may be exempted from the language test, if you provide proof of your language skills by 24 February 2012. See English Language Skills on the left.

Applicants with a qualification completed outside Finland:

• A copy of the original final certificate by 24 February 2012. However, if you are a citizen of an EU/EEA country and you are completing your qualification in 2012, you may provide a copy of your final certificate by 31 July 2012. Please note also that discretionary admission is applied in the Degree Programme in International Business: See Certificates to use for applying on the left.
• An official Finnish, Swedish or English translation of the certificate must be provided, if the certificate is not written in one of these languages. The translation must have the translator’s signature and stamp.
• Proof of your English language skills. See English Language Skills on the left (EU/EEA-citizens, who are not obligated to send the language certificate, but who wish to be exempt from the language test may also provide a language certificate.)

If you are a refugee or in a refugee-like situation and you cannot provide the copy of your educational certificate, please send a decision made by a competent authority to prove your refugee status. 

The use of educational agencies not recommended

The Finnish National Board of Education, the Finnish universities of applied sciences and the Finnish embassies are co-operating in informing foreign applicants that it is absolutely unnecessary and not recommended to use educational consultants for making an application to Finnish universities of applied sciences. More information on the left: Use of agencies not recommended