Apply online on 9 January - 14 February 2012
Online application closes at 4.15 pm Finnish time (+2 hrs GMT). Paper application forms must arrive by 14 February at 4.15 pm Finnish time at the latest to the UAS of the applicant's first choice.
Send the required copies
of non-Finnish educational certificates and language certificates by 24 February at 4.15 pm Finnish time at the latest to the admission office of your first option. Entrance examination invitations and decisions on eligibility are posted by mail from week 12 onwards.
Entrance examinations are arranged between 2 April and 4 May 2012
The invitations will include all the details about time, location, and special arrangements. Please note, that some UAS do not arange examinations anywhere else than in Finland. If you are applying with an upper secondary education completed in Finland, please inform of the changes in your grade point average by 18 May 2012 at 4.15 pm at the latest.
Results are announced on 29 May 2012 at the earliest
Please remember that posting the results takes a few days.
All higher education admission results are announced by 17 July 2012 at the latest.
Confirm your study place
by returning the confirmation form by 31 July 2012 at 4.15 pm Finnish time at the latest to the higher education institution you chose as your final study place. If you do not return the form in time, you will lose your study place.
If you have applied with an upper secondary education completed in Finland, please attach a copy of your educational certificate(s) to the confirmation form and return them by 31 July 2012 at 4.15 pm at the latest.
Please remember that your admission is conditional until your original relevant certificates are checked. The UAS may withdraw the admission, if the applicant has given false information or has given a falsified document.
The academic year begins at 3rd September 2012 at 10 am.