Eligibility

• 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
• a non-Finnish qualification that gives eligibility for higher education studies in the country in question

PLEASE NOTICE: 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.

• 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.

Extending eligibility for studies in a corresponding field to general eligibility:

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

•Applicants graduating in summer 2013

If you are a citizen of one of the European countries* (that is not a member of the EU/EEA) and you have not received your final graduation certificate by the end of the application period, please send a document that proves that you will graduate in summer 2013 to the admissions office of HAMK UAS by 22 February 2013. The document can be for example a statement written by your school's principal or a transcript of your records.

The copy of the final graduation certificate needs to be sent by 30 July 2013.

•Applicants without a language skills certificate

If you are not a citizen of an EU/EEA-country but you are a citizen of some other European country, you are not required to provide proof of your language skills with a language skills certificate (i.e. IELTS or TOEFL). Your language skills will be evaluated in the entrance examination.

* European countries (that are not members of the EU/EEA): Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaizan, Bela-Russia, Bosnia-Hertsegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraina, Vatican

•Applicants graduating in summer 2013

If you are a citizen of one of these countries and you have not received your final graduation certificate by the end of the application period, please send a document that proves that you will graduate in summer 2013 to the admissions office of HAMK UAS by 22 February 2013. The document can be for example a statement written by your school's principal or a transcript of your records.

The copy of the final graduation certificate needs to be sent by 30 July 2013.