Applying for degree programMes

Here you find all the Bachelor's programmes in Studyinfo.fi: 

Bachelor of Business Administration, International Sustainable Business, Rovaniemi
Bachelor of Hospitality Management, Tourism, Rovaniemi
Bachelor of Engineering, Machine Learning and Data Engineering, Rovaniemi
Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing, Kemi

Here you find all the Master's programmes in Studyinfo.fi:

Master programme in Digital Business Managment

Master programme in Managing Sustainability and Systems Change

Apply online

Apply in studyinfo.fi (opens in new window)

Lapland UAS’ Bachelor programmes Tourism, International Sustainable Business, Machine learning and Data Engineering are in nation-wide Joint application system while Bachelor programme Nursing uses Direct (Separate) application system. What is the difference between Joint application system and Direct (separate) application system? Read more information here: Link to the studyinfo.fi-pages.

More instructions and information of the application procedure you find from UASinfo.fi -pages (opens in new window) 

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 in February-March 2024

Please study carefully the entrance examinations procedure.
Lapland UAS is part of the Finnish nationwide UAS examination process. Information about entrance examinations for

Bachelor of Business Administration, International Sustainable Business, Rovaniemi
Bachelor of Hospitality Management, Tourism, Rovaniemi
Bachelor of Engineering, Machine Learning and Data Engineering, Rovaniemi

is found from the International UAS examination pages. (link opens in a new window)

Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing, Lapland UAS has own Direct application and own entrance examination.
Information about the Nursing entrance examination is found from the educations own www.studyinfo.fi-pages. (link opens in a new window) 

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 in Finland or an EU residence permit granted for a third-country national with a long-term resident status in Finland, family members of the above mentioned.

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

How much is the tuition fee in Lapland UAS?

The amount of tuition fee depends on the year when you started, or will start your studies. Read more information of tuition fees and how to make the payments.

From the page www.studyinfo.fi you will find more information on tuition fees:

Am I required to pay tuition fees?

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. Note, that the number of study places are limited:

1. When applying to a Bachelor’s degree programme the student has completed  at least 60 credits  in an open university of applied sciences.

2. When applying to a Master’s degree programme of 90 credits the student has completed  25 credits in an open university of applied sciences.

3. When applying to a Master’s degree programme of 60 credits the student has completed  20 credits in an open university of applied sciences.

    The applicant must have an applicable Bachelor’s degree or other applicable higher education degree as well as two years’ job experience after completing the degree in question.
    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 the degrees

4. When applying the student has completed  the required credits which has been confirmed on applicant´s  Individual Study Plan (ISP). Please contact the Study Counsellor

The studies must have been field-specific studies; studies completed at all universities of applied sciences are acceptable.

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.

It takes 1-3 weeks to process your application.

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 to autumn semester 1.5. - 30.11. and to spring semester 1.12. - 30.4.

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.-15.5. or 1.-15.11. in studyinfo.

• you can apply if you have min 22 credit/ semester or 45 credit/ year
• if you apply from english programme in to finnish programme you must have completed max 50% of studies in english.
• when you accept a transfer student place you will lose you previous place of study
• you tuition fee is determined according to the previous place of studies

More info: https://opintopolku.fi/konfo/en/sivu/transfer-student-application

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