Required certificates

As part of the International UAS exam, Bachelor degree applicants have to prove their English language skills either by an internationally recognized language test or previous studies. Please attach the required document to your Studyinfo application latest by 18th September 2024, 15:00 Finnish time (UTC/GMT+2).

Details about the English language proficiency requirement for the autumn 2024 International UAS exam will be available and updated on the UASinfo.fi website.

Masters degree applicants have their own entrance exam and are not required to provide proof of language proficiency. 

All Bachelor degree applicants must upload to their application form by 18th September 2024 a valid, acceptable identification document to be able to participate in the International UAS Exam. Please see the UASinfo.fi webpage for details and updates.

Bachelor and Masters degree applicants who are non-EU/EEA citizens are liable to pay tuition fees unless they have a valid document that exempts them from tuition fees. The documentary evidence for exemption of the tuition fee for the academic year must uploaded to the application form by 18th September 2024. Please see the Tuition fee page for list of exempting documents.

You can apply to Bachelor degrees if you have completed your upper secondary school outside Finland. Upload the final graduation certificate to the autumn application form by 18th September 2024. Applicants must always submit their final certificate when applying.  A qualification completed outside Finland must provide eligibility to apply to higher education in the country it has been awarded. When applying to a Bachelor’s Degree, the upper secondary school certificate awarded after 12 years of education is usually the general requirement. If you are unsure whether or not your upper secondary school certificate gives eligibility for higher education, please contact Laurea Admissions Services.

If you are graduating from upper secondary school in autumn 2024, you have to upload to your application form your latest school certificate by 18th September 2024. Your final graduation certificate has to be uploaded by 28th November 2024.

Offical translations

If any of your educational documents are issued in another language than English, Finnish or Swedish, an official translation in Finnish, Swedish or English by an official (authorised) translator must also be submitted together with the copy of the original document. Such translations must be signed and stamped by the official translator.



The students' admission is conditional until all relevant education has been checked from the education certificates.  Admission may be cancelled if the student has given false information in the application form.

You can apply to a Bachelor degree based on the International Baccalaureate Diploma, Reifeprüfung Diploma, Deutsches Internationales Abitur or European Baccalaureate Diploma.

Completed International Baccalaureate (IB) Degree, Reifeprüfung (RP), Deutsches Internationales Abitur (DIA) or European Baccalaureate (EB) diplomas must be uploaded to the autumn application form by 18th September 2024.

Applicants with Reifeprüfung completed outside Finland must also provide official translation into Finnish, Swedish or English.

You can use a Bachelor degree or Master degree to apply to a new Bachelor or Masters degree.

If you have graduated from a Bachelor's or Master's degree completed outside Finland, upload your final degree certificate to the application form by 18th September 2024.


If your degree documents are issued in a language other than English, Finnish or Swedish, an official translation in Finnish or Swedish or English by an official (authorised) translator must also be submitted with the document.

If your degree has been completed in Finland, the Admissions Services will usually be able to verify the degree from the register. If the verification of your degree completed in Finland is not possible, you will be asked to submit your Degree certificate.

Admission is conditional until the final education certificates have been checked.

Applicants applying to the Laurea Master’s Degree Programmes must provide proof of work experience for at least two years (24 months) of work experience aquired after the graduation date of their Bachelor degree/ Master degree.

Employment certificates will be checked from admitted applicants and they must be uploaded to the application form latest by 28th November 2024 15:00. Details about work experience requirements is available in Selection criteria

An official translation in Finnish, Swedish or English by an official translator is also required if your work experience document is not issued in Finnish/English/Swedish. Such translations must be signed and stamped by the translator. The translation must be uploaded to the application form no later than 28th November 2024 15.00.

The students' admission is conditional until all relevant certificates have been checked. Admission may be cancelled if the student has given false information in the application form.

If your Bachelor's/Master's degree has been completed in Finland, Laurea Admissions Services will usually be able to verify the degree. If the verification of your degree completed in Finland is not possible, you will be asked to upload your Degree certificate.

A person with refugee status or an asylum seeker may apply and be accepted to study in education just as any other eligible citizen of Finland or any other country.


If an applicant is a refugee or in a refugee-like situation or is an asylum seeker, and is unable to submit documentary evidence of his/her educational qualification completed outside Finland, a university of applied sciences may invite the applicant to take an entrance examination.


The applicant must have a decision by authorities concerning his/her status (a decision on asylum or a residence permit granted on the basis of a need for protection). In order to declare his/her status, an asylum seeker who has not yet been granted a decision may verify his/her status by presenting an identity card with his/her photograph granted by the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) and, when required by the degree programme, a pending application by Migri that states that the applicant is permitted to legally reside in Finland during the time when his/her case is being processed, i.e. until a lawful decision has been made on the case.


The decision on asylum or a residence permit granted on the basis of a need for protection must be uploaded to the autumn application form no later than 18th September 2024 15.00.