Prerequisites
Application Period
- Application period for study year 2012-2013 is 21st November 2011 ... 31st January, 2012!
Application Procedure
- 1. Take the language test
- 2. Fill in the online application and gather the attachments
- 3. Print the application form, sign it and send it with the attachments to the University Admissions Finland (UAF)
Note! General instructions for application documents, and requirements for copies and translations. All copies sent to the University Admissions Finland have to have a certified translation in English, Finnish or Swedish.
Notice also that there may be country-specific requirements for certification and delivery of documents you have to follow when preparing application.
Written Applications
Fill in the online application
Include the following parts to the online application
Send the application
After completing and submitting the online application, it needs to be printed, signed and sent together with the necessary attachments to the address: University Admissions Finland, Yliopistonkatu 2, FI-00170 Helsinki, Finland.
If you have recommendation letters (Note! not mandatory, but may be useful), they must also be sent along your printed and signed application to University Admissions, Helsinki.
- Please note that all application documents must be sent to the University Admissions Finland address in Helsinki, nor to the University of Oulu.
Attachments to the Written Applications
1. A copy of passport's information page or a copy of an official ID card
2. Bachelor's degree certificate
- a) Please attach copy of the Bachelor's degree certificate in the original language.
- b) Where a language other than Finnish, English or Swedish is used in the certificate, please include a translation in English (by an authorised translator).
- c) If you are on your last term/semester, i.e. you have not yet received your B.Sc. degree, attach a transcript of your study records in the original language. Where a language other than Finnish, English or Swedish is used in your study records certificate, please include also a translation in English (by an authorized translator).
- d) Those who wish to apply during their last semester have to submit a written statement by their home institution confirming the expected date of graduation. Where a language other than Finnish, English or Swedish is used in your institution's statement, please include also a translation in English (by an authorized translator).
3. University transcript indicating the grading system of the institution
- a) Please attach an academic transcript of your Bachelor's studies. It must be an original transcript from the institution.
- b) Where a language other than Finnish or Swedish is used in the academic transcript, please include a translation in English (by an authorised translator).
4. A copy (copies) of higher degrees completed
5. Recommendation letters (if any)
- Please attach officially certified copies of other degrees or studies you have finished.
- A copy of the Master's degree certificate in the original language.
- An English, Finnish or Swedish translation of the Master's degree certificate.
- A copy of the transcript of records of the Master's degree certificate in the original language.
- An English, Finnish or Swedish translation of the transcript of records of the Master's degree certificate.
Submitting the Language Tests
More information on the language tests required
TOEFL and IELTS language tests must be sent by the test provider to the University Admissions Finland, Yliopistonkatu 2, FI-00170 Helsinki, Finland.
The TOEFL code is 3138.
Publication of the Results
All applicants will be informed of their results by air mail and e-mail in mid-April 2011. The results of the official selection will also be posted on the notice boards of the Faculty of Technology in April 2011.
Please note that any information given on this website document that is erroneous or changed at a later date cannot be accepted as grounds for an appeal.
Immigration to Finland
Non-EU citizen's right to reside in Finland as a student: Residence Permit
EU citizens' right to reside in Finland as a student