Entrance exams

Bachelor degree entrance exam autumn 2024

Detailed information, exam dates and updates on the International UAS Exam autumn 2024 will be  available at the UASinfo website. 

The International UAS Exam selection method is used for all Laurea Bachelor Degree programmes in 2024.

If the study places allocated to a selection method are not filled, the remaining study places will be allocated to another selection method.

Bachelor degree entrance exams spring 2025

In spring 2025 Laurea will use the International UAS exam and also arrange its own exam for Laurea Nursing and Laurea Social Services. 

Detailed information, exam dates and updates on the International UAS Exam spring 2025 will be  available at the UASinfo website. 

In spring 2025, the International UAS Exam selection method is used for the following Laurea Bachelor's Degree programmes: 
Business Management
Business Information Technology,
Safety, Security and Risk Management. 

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In spring 2025 Laurea Nursing and Laurea Social Services will have their own joint entrance exam held at Laurea Tikkurila Campus. Applicants must provide proof of Finnish language skills by 29th January 2025 in order to be invited to the entrance exam of Laurea Nursing and Laurea Social Services.

The Nursing and Social Services entrance exam will include a written part held at Laurea Tikkurila campus on 17th and 18th March 2025 and an interview held also on campus 31st March and 2nd April 2025. Applicants will be invited to the interview part based on the results of the written part of the exam. Applicants' English and Finnish language skills will be assessed in the entrance exam. Applicants must pass all parts of the exam in order to be considered for admission to Laurea Nursing or Laurea Social Services.

If the study places allocated to a selection method are not filled, the remaining study places will be allocated to another selection method.

Master degree entrance exams

Master degree programmes have each their own entrance exam. Samples of entrance exams from previous years are not available.

Exam information for will be announced on the studyinfo.fi website. See links below.

Beauty and Cosmetics, Development and Management of Cosmetics Expertise

Service Innovation and Design

Leading Transformational Change

Global Health and Crisis Management

Technology Law

Individual arrangements for entrance examinations

If, due to disability, disease, dyslexia or some other specific reason, you need individual arrangements during the entrance exam (e.g. additional time, tasks without pictures for applicants using a screen reader), you have to fill in a written request for individual arrangements. Please attach a medical certificate or other equivalent attestation on the nature of your disability or disease. The applicants’ situations are assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Information about individual arrangements for the International UAS exam.

Submit your request for individual arrangements for the entrance exams with the application form with the necessary attachments, latest by 18th September 2024 (autumn 2024 application period) at 15:00 EET/ 29th January 2025 at 15:00 EET(spring 2025 application period)

Please attach a copy of the attestation or statement (e.g. medical certificate) that indicates the ground for individual arrangements. If it is written on another language than Finnish, Swedish or English, the applicant has to provide, in addition to the original attestation or statement, a translated copy of the document with an authorized translator’s name, signature and stamp.

Please attach copies of attestations that support your request (e.g. medical certificate or equivalent statement on the nature of your disease or disability, or certificate on dyslexia or learning difficulty). Those who request support measures, such as additional time, on the grounds of dyslexia have to attach a statement of a trained special needs teacher, an expert psychologist, speech therapist or specialist medical doctor (e.g. child neurologist, neurologist or phoniatrician). The statement shall indicate that you need support measures for taking the exam due to dyslexia. The UAS may accept an equivalent decision made by The Finnish Matriculation Examination Board if it contains the granted support measures.

The validity of statements is assessed on a case-by-case basis depending on the persistence of disability, disease or learning difficulty. For dyslexia, only statements that have been obtained at the age of 16 or later are considered. Do not send original certificates but be prepared to present the originals at the start of your studies should you become accepted to the study programme. Information related to your health shall be kept secret (Section 24, Act on the Openness of Government Activities).

Admissions Services will inform you by email on individual arrangements that you have been granted.

The announcement on individual arrangements in the entrance examination is exam-specific and valid only in that particular entrance examination. If, for some reason, individual arrangements cannot be arranged as requested by the applicant, the UAS sends a written notification, with justifications, to the applicant.

Requests for individual arrangements sent after the deadline are processed only in acute, exceptional cases. Individual arrangements cannot be granted if the request is submitted too late, with regard to the timetable of the entrance examination, or individual arrangements are otherwise deemed impossible to arrange.

If the applicant is not satisfied with the arrangements stated in the announcement, they should contact the university of applied sciences without delay so that it can, if necessary, revise its previous decision. When the applicant receives the final joint application selection decision, they can lodge a request for a review on the granted arrangements as part of an appeal against the selection decision.