Applying for degree programs

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- The joint application period is 9. - 23. January 2019 .

- The separate application period for Lapland UAS Master´s Degree programme will be informed later..

Attach the required copies

Attach photocopies of the high school diploma and its official translation, if the original certificates are not in English, Finnish or Swedish.If you are a refugee or in refugee like situation and cannot submit documentary evidence of your qualification, you can submit a copy of the decision on asylum or a residence permit granted on the basis of a need for protection.

Entrance examinations are arranged between 1 April and 2 May 2019

Entrance examination invitations are posted by email from week 12 onwards.

The invitations will include all the details about time, location, and special arrangements. Please note, that some UAS do not arrange examinations anywhere else than in Finland.

Entrance examination invitations are posted by email from week 12 onwards.

All universities of applied sciences arrange entrance examinations. All applicants who have demonstrated their eligibility will be invited to the entrance examinations.

Lapland University of Applied Sciences cooperates with other universities of applied sciences in the entrance examinations (see www.finnips.fi ). This means that Lapland UAS accepts the entrance examination of the same educational field completed in another UAS in Finland. Please, note that some universities of applied sciences require that you participate in their own examinations.

After applying for admission according to the set procedures, all eligible applicants will be invited to take part in entrance examinations. The entrance examination can be taken either in Finland or outside Finland in one of the countries where FINNIPS organises them. The exam country can be chosen in the application form.

In spring 2019 the network will arrange entrance examinations in twelve countries outside Finland (see the list ). The exams will take place during the first two weeks of April 2019. More detailed information about the country-specific exam dates will be published prior to the application period.

Some universities of applied sciences arrange entrance examinations only in Finland. Please note, that the universities of applied sciences cannot and will not in any case influence the decisions made by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland in regards of visas.

Applicants applying from these countries will get detailed information of the exam in the invitation letter.

From the site www.studyinfo.fi the applicants can also check which Universities of Applied Sciences/degree programmes arrange entrance exams abroad.

At Lapland University of Applied Sciences tuition fees will be charged from the non-EU/EEA citizens who accept a study place in an English-taught Bachelor or Master degree programme starting on 1 September 2017 or later.

The fees will not concern:

• citizens of the European Economic Area or equivalent; EU Blue Card holders; persons with a continuous or permanent residence permit or an EU residence permit granted for a third-country national with a long-term resident status, family members of the above mentioned.

• non-EEA citizens, who study in Finnish (the degree programme is taught Finnish)

Am I required to pay tuition fees?

How Much is the tuition fee?

The tuition fee will be 8000€ per academic year for both Bachelor and Master programmes.

First year students will get a scholarship that covers 80 % of the first year tuition fee (6400 €). The criteria to get this scholarship is that you have to be accepted to study at Lapland UAS.

From second year to fourth year students will get a scholarship of 60 % of the tuition fee (4800 €/year) if they gain a minimum of 55 Credits during the previous academic year. Students who graduate on intended time or in shorter time will receive back their last year tuition fee.

Read more about the tuition fees

Tuition fees at individual institutions
Am I required to pay tuition fees?

Transfer Students who wish to apply for a transfer must have the right to study in a Finnish University of Applied Sciences and they should be progressing in their studies according to their study plan.

Students can apply for a transfer to Lapland University of Applied Sciences in order to obtain the same/a similar qualification within the same degree programme.

Apply online 1.5. - 15.5. or 1.11. - 15.11. - WWW.STUDYINFO.FI -

Send to the Admission Services

- an up-to-date transcript of records
- a certificate of student status which specifies all months of attendance and absence  as well as the date when studies began

Before fill-in the application it is recommended that you check if there are any free study places in the school and degree programme of your choice.

Transferring to a different degree programme or school is carried out following the normal application procedure.

Further information:
Lapland UAS Admission Services
tel. +358 400 830036 and +358 40 511 8659
admissions

A domestic transfer student is a student, who changes his/her study entitlement from one UAS to another (same degree and degree title). The information below is applied to transfer applications to Lapland University of Applied Sciences. See the degree programmes in English in the process at the moment in the Lapland UAS.

Entrance examination

Lapland UAS accepts the student admission made by another UAS.

Duration of studies

The normative duration of studies and the study entitlement time starts on the date the student has accepted his/her study place in the previous UAS.

Admission of a transfer student

Lapland UAS accepts a transfer student providing s/he has prerequisites for graduating within his/her study entitlement time. The student admission is conditional until the student has withdrawn from his/her previous UAS. The decision on the admittance is made by the Dean of the educational unit in question.

How to apply as a Transfer student

1. Go to the website www.studyinfo.fi
2. Write "Search for study options" field of Lapland University of Applied Sciences and press the Search button
3. Find from the list that appears, the degree programme you want to apply eg. Bachelor´s Degree Programme, Nursing
4. Search "Transfer Students"
5. Open button "Fill in the application form"
6. Send necessary annexes by the deadline to the admission services

The purpose of separate right to study is to allow students s to apply for the right to study without having to participate in normal student selection.

The applicant passes a possible interview or entrance exam.

The unit’s resources suffice to accept the student into the degree programme/option.Healthcare degree programmes have health-related requirements. Applicants are asked on the application form about health issues that may be an obstacle to studying. An earlier decision to revoke the right to study may also be an obstacle to student selection. Applicants are asked on the application form about earlier revoking of the right to study due to health status or endangerment of other people’s safety. (L953/2011)

Grounds for selection

Grounds for selection regarding separate right to study:

1. The right to study in order to complete their studies

The applicant will continue studies in the same Bachelor’s or Master´s degree programme started earlier in Finland, or in an equivalent programme, with the intent to complete the degree programme. In contrast to a transferring student, a student applying for restoration of the right to study does not have a valid right to pursue a degree in the degree programme to which he or she is applying.

The applicant has lost the right to study for one of the following reasons:

• he or she has resigned from the degree programme or
• his or her right-to-study period has expired or
• he or she has been recorded as resigned because he or she has neglected to register and his or her right to study has expired.

No more than 120 credits of studies may be missing from the degree at the moment of applying. Studies completed in an open university of applied science are also taken into consideration. A student applying for separate right to study in a Master’s degree programme does not have a credit requirement. The studies may also have been completed in another university of applied sciences.

2. Applying with Bachelor or Master degree

The applicant has Bachelor of Master degree and his/her a personal study plan (HOPS) is 120 credits or less. Student places
are limited.

Application process

You can apply www.studyinfo.fi . You can find us when you type in the search field of Lapland University of Applied Sciences and choose the education which you are applying, as well as after the search in a separate study right - Lapland University of Applied Sciences.

Apply online 1.5. - 15.5. or 1.11. - 15.11. - WWW.STUDYINFO.FI

The following appendices must be delivered to the Admission Services (address Lapland UAS, Admission Services Jokiväylä 11 C, FI-96300 Rovaniemi or admissions)

• a current transcript of credits
• a certificate indicating the date of resignation
• a plan for completing studies
• Bachelor of Master degree certificate
  

Note. A student who has studied at Lapland UAS earlier does not need to submit a transcript of credits.
The right to study can be applied for beginning from the start of the next semester.

How to apply separate study right

1. Go to the website www.studyinfo.fi
2. Write "Search for study options" field of Lapland University of Applied Sciences and press the Search button
3. Find from the list that appears, the degree programme you want to apply eg. Bachelor´s Degree Programme, Nursing
4. Search "Separate right to study"
5. Open button "Fill in the application form"
6. Send necessary annexes by the deadline to the Admission Services

Additional information

TRADE AND CULTURE
Head of Degree Programme Eija Rajalin (Tornio)
Head of Degree Programme Tarja Tammia (Rovaniemi)
sari.mattinen

WELLNESS SERVICES
Head of Education Kirsti Ylipulli-Kairala
kirsti.ylipulli-kairala

TOURISM SERVICES
Head of Education Tarja Tammi
tarja.tammia

INDUSTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Head of Education Kenneth Karlsson
kenneth.karlsson

A student who has completed studies via an open university of applied sciences and meets the following criteria may apply and be accepted as a Lapland UAS student if there is room in the group in question:

1. When applying to a Bachelor’s degree programme the student has completed at least 60 credits in an open university of applied sciences by the date on when the application is submitted. Having completed 60 credits of studies applicable to the Bachelor’s degree programme to which he or she is applying, the student is eligible for studies in said programme even though he or she is not eligible to apply according to the stipulations of the Polytechnics Act.
   
   
2. When applying to a Master’s degree programme of 90 credits the student has completed 15 credits in an open university of applied sciences, and when applying to a Master’s degree programme of 60 credits the student has completed 10 credits of studies, which are applicable to the degree programme in question. The applicant must have an applicable Bachelor’s degree or other applicable higher education degree as well as three years’ job experience after taking said degree. If the student has completed a college-level or higher-level vocational degree programme before taking the Bachelor’s degree, the required job experience may have been acquired during the period between said degrees.
   
   
3. The studies must have been field-specific studies; studies completed at all universities of applied sciences are acceptable.
   
   
4. Selection is based on field-specific principles; selection is based on an interview, completed studies and completed credits. The student must have a realistic possibility to complete the studies during the right-to-study period (progress in studies, readiness to study, languages, mathematics) and the applicant may be required to pass a programme-specific applicability test before selection.
   
   
5. The applicant becomes a degree student at the beginning of a semester (1.1. or 1.8.).
   

The principles stated above are applied in accepting students via separate application to youth and adult Bachelor’s degree programmes, foreign language programmes and Master’s degree programmes.

Application instructions

You can apply via website www.studyinfo.fi. You can find us when you type in the search field of Lapland University of Applied Sciences and choose the education which you are applying, as well as after the search in a Open UAS Path Studies - Lapland University of Applied Sciences.

Apply online 1.5. - 15.5. or 1.11. - 15.11. WWW.STUDYINFO.FI

Deliver a transcript of credits for open UAS studies and necessary degree and job certificates to the following address:

Lapland University of Applied Sciences
Admission Services
Jokiväylä 11 C
FI-96300 ROVANIEMI.

Applicants are notified of the decision by email. The applicant must contact the contact person indicated and review credit transfers and compensatory studies, among other things, with said person before starting studies.

How to apply Open UAS Path Studies

1. Go to the website www.studyinfo.fi
2. Write "Search for study options" field of Lapland University of Applied Sciences and press the Search button
3. Find from the list that appears, the degree programme you want to apply eg. Bachelor´s Degree Programme, Nursing
4. Search "Open UAS Path Studies"
5. Open button "Fill in the application form"
6. Send necessary annexes by the deadline to the Admission Services