You can apply to the Degree Programme in International business (part-time studies) if you have at least three years of work experience gained after the age of 18 and you have completed upper secondary education or have a vocational diploma. The degree needs to be complete before the end of the application period.
Date Updated: 14-JUL-2011
General eligibility
Qualifications completed in Finland
completed Finnish upper secondary education and/or the Finnish matriculation examination
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
combined education programmes of at least three years duration
further vocational qualification, specialist vocational qualification
* If you have taken the Finnish matriculation examination and have a vocational college diploma, you can choose which certificate you use for applying.
Qualifications completed outside of Finland
a non-Finnish qualification that gives eligibility for higher education studies in the country in question
a vocational qualification of less than three years duration, completed in vocational upper secondary education and training
combined education programmes of less than three years duration
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, communication and transport; and social sciences, business and administration.
Universities of applied sciences 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.
Eligibility for studies at a university of applied sciences in a corresponding field of study may be broadened into general eligibility for higher education studies by (must have at least one of the following):
completing general or vocational studies that extend the post-basic education studies to three years of duration
gaining at least three years of work experience in a corresponding field, after completing the qualification
You can not apply to a university of applied sciences with your higher education degree. Instead, you must apply with the degree that you used when applying to a higher education institution.
Date Updated: 14-JUL-2011
Discretionary admission
HAMK University of Applied Sciences does not use discretionary admission.
Date Updated: 14-JUL-2011
Work experience
In addition to the required degree, you need to have at least three years of work experience gained after the age of 18 (all work experience is taken into account). The work experience needs to be obtained before the end of the application period.
The only kind of work experience accepted is one of which you have been given a testimonial by your employer. Entrepreneurship is accepted as work experience if you can provide a certificate of it given by a designated authority (in Finland i.e. a testimonial of YEL or MYEL insurance).
A part-time job is converted into full-time so that 150 hours or 20 full-length working days (at least 7 hours per day) are equivalent to one month. The work experience does not have to be continuous or obtained under the same employer.
Work placement or practical training are not counted towards work experience if they are included in the degree used in admission. Military service, non-military service or child-care leave are not counted towards work experience.
Date Updated: 14-JUL-2011
English language skills: EU/EEA-citizens
Your language skills will be evaluated in the language test included in the entrance examination on a pass/ fail basis. If you fail the language test you will be withdrawn from admission.
Date Updated: 14-JUL-2011
English language skills: non-EU/EEA-citizens
You must provide proof of your English language skills by 12 April 2012 4:15 pm Finnish time (+2 hrs GMT) to the admissions office. In order to prove your English language skills, you must provide one of the following minimum requirements:
IELTS score academic level 6.0 or
TOEFL score 550 paper-based test or 79 - 80 Internet-based test, or
grade C in the Finnish matriculation examination in advanced level English (IB-examination grade 4 completed in Finland or Reifeprüfung–examination grade 7 completed in Finland or EB-examination grade 6.00-6.95) or
skills level 4 in English in the Finnish general language examination (www.oph.fi → Tutkintopalvelut → Yleiset kielitutkinnot).
Both TOEFL and IELTS test results are valid for two years. The Finnish general language examination does not have a set date for validity.
TOEFL code number 0576 has been assigned to HAMK University of Applied Sciences. Please use this code number when indicating HAMK as a score recipient. Scores will be sent to us directly from Educational Testing Service.
In order to check that the candidate is presenting a genuine Test Report Form, and that the candidate and the TRF match, we use the IELTS TRF Verification Service.
In addition, if you have completed your upper secondary school education in English in Great Britain, Ireland, the United States, Canada, Australia or New Zealand or a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in English in one of these countries, you can use this certificate as a proof of your language skills. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree conducted in English in an EU/EEA -country is also accepted as a demonstration of sufficient English language skills.
