General eligibility for the programmes is given by:
- completed Finnish upper secondary education or the Finnish matriculation examination (Act on the Organisation of the Matriculation Examination (672/2005)
- International Baccalaureate, Reifeprüfung or European Baccalaureate examination
- a vocational college diploma or higher vocational diploma (e.g. in engineering)
- a vocational qualification of at least three years duration, completed in vocational upper secondary education and training, referred to in the Vocational Education and Training Act (630/98), or an earlier corresponding qualification
- combined education programmes of at least three years duration, referred to in the Act on Youth-level Education and the Polytechnic Experiment (391/91)
- a vocational qualification in adult education of at least three years duration, referred to in the Vocational Adult Education Act (631/98)
- a foreign degree or qualification which gives eligibility for higher education in the awarding country.
Those applicants who are applying with competence based vocational qualification, competence based further vocational qualification or non-Finnish qualifications must have completed their studies by the end of the application period. If an applicant who is applying with a non-Finnish qualification is a citizen of an EU/EEA-country, he/she can apply if the qualification is completed during the spring of applying. The admission of such EU/EEA –applicant completing his/her education in the spring of applying is conditional until the UAS has checked the applicant’s final certificates. Only final certificates will be accepted, result slips or statements of results will not be accepted.
The candidates have to bring their original certificates of completed education and qualifications to the university of applied sciences before the beginning of studies. If an applicant has given false information about his/her qualifications, it will make him/her ineligible for admission to the university of applied sciences or subject to dismissal.
NOTE! If an applicant has completed upper secondary education both in Finland and abroad and is eligible for higher education studies in both cases, the applicant can choose which educational achievement he/she will use when applying to the Rovaniemi University of Applied Sciences.
If the applicant is a refugee or in a refugee-like situation and the qualifications obtained cannot be proven through documentary evidence, UAS can consider whether the applicant can be invited to the entrance examination, even if the UAS does not use discretionary admission. The applicant must prove his/her refugee status by decision made by a competent authority and send a copy of the decision to the admissions office by set date at the latest.
Eligibility for applying a corresponding field of study is given by:
- a vocational qualification of less than three years duration, com pleted in vocational upper secondary education and training, referred to in the Vocational Education and Training Act (630/98), or a corresponding earlier qualification
- combined education programmes of less than three years duration, referred to in the Act on Youth-level Education and the Polytechnic experiment (391/91)
- vocational qualifications or further vocational qualifications in adult education of less than three years duration, referred to in the Vocational Adult Education Act (631/98).
Eligibility for UAS studies in a corresponding field of study on the basis specified above may be broadened into general eligibility for UAS studies by:
- completing in addition a) general or vocational studies that extend the post-basic education studies to three years of duration, or b) a further vocational qualification or c) a specialist vocational qualification or
- gaining at least three years of work experience in a corresponding field, after completing the qualification
The corresponding field of study is defined according to the following fields of vocational education and training: humanities and education; culture; natural sciences; natural resources and the environment; tourism, catering and domestic services; social services, health and sports; technology, communications and transport; social sciences, business and administration.
UAS can also take into consideration a vocational qualification or school-level vocational education that does not fall into the fields of education and training specified above as studies in a corresponding field, if its content is close to the study programme specialisation.
For further information, please read Applicant's Guide.