Joint application

Application in Brief

• Explore the degree programmes available and their selection criteria.
• Fill in the application form at Studyinfo.fi during the application period.
• Upload all required certificates before the deadline.
• Take part in the required entrance examination.
• Wait for the admission results.
• Accept your study place and pay the tuition fee (if applicable).
• Start your studies.

Fill in the application form

Submit your application through the national joint application form on Studyinfo.fi during the application period.

Important details:

You can list up to 6 degree programmes from Finnish universities and universities of applied sciences in one application.

• You may have only one active application per application period. If you submit several, only the latest one will remain active.
• After submitting the form, you will receive a confirmation email.

Application fee

The application fee applies to certain applicants. Studyinfo.fi provides detailed and up‑to‑date information about these fees.

Uploading certificates

Upload all required educational certificates to your application form.
If your documents are not in English, Finnish or Swedish, you must include an official translation.

Making changes to your application

You can edit your application during the application period by:

• logging in to My Studyinfo using Finnish online banking codes, or
• using the personal link sent in the confirmation email.

If you need to make changes that cannot be made through these options, contact the Admissions Services of the institution you have listed as your first choice.

General Eligibility requirements

General Eligibility requirements for Bachelor’s degrees

Applicants are eligible to apply to Bachelor degree studies in a university of applied sciences with any of the following:

• the studies required for graduating from the Finnish upper secondary school or a Matriculation Examination;
• an International Baccalaureate (IB) degree and/or graduated from IB high school
• a European Baccalaureate (EB) Diploma;
• a Reifeprüfung (RP) or Deutsches Internationales Abitur (DIA) degree;
• a Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification covering 120 credits or 180 competence points or a corresponding earlier Finnish vocational degree covering at least 80 credits;
• a Finnish post-secondary or higher vocational level diploma;
• a Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification or a further or specialist vocational qualification as a competence-based qualification, or a comparable previous qualification;
• a foreign qualification that provides eligibility for higher education studies in the country in question;
• Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, postgraduate licentiate and doctoral degrees.

General Eligibility requirements for Master’s degrees

Applicants for Master’s degrees in University of Applied Sciences must have either a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree completed at a university or a university of applied sciences and at least two years (24 months) of subsequent work experience acquired after date of graduation.

Health requirements for the social and healthcare sector

Applicants to social and healthcare fields (Nursing and Social Services) must have a level of health and functional capacity that enables them to carry out practical tasks and placements related to their studies. Read more about the health requirements.

Notification of admission results

If you are offered a study place at Laurea, you will receive a Notification of Admission by email sent from studyinfo.fi and from Laurea Admissions. For the Spring 2026 joint application, results will be published no later than 27th May 2026.

Tuition fee information

If you are a non‑EU/EEA citizen required to pay tuition fees:

• You will receive payment instructions together with the conditional admission notification.
• Your admission remains conditional until Laurea has verified your eligibility and received your tuition fee payment.

If your residence status changes and you are no longer required to pay tuition fees, submit the relevant documents (passport or residence permit) to Laurea Admissions before the deadline for confirming your study place.

Confirm your study place

To accept your offered study place, you must confirm the acceptance by the deadline given for confirming the study place offered.

If you do not confirm by the deadline, you will lose your right to enroll.
You can confirm your place through My Studyinfo (requires Finnish bank codes) or via the personal link sent to your email.

Please note that once you confirm a study place, you will not be considered a first‑time applicant in future application rounds. This affects only programmes taught in Finnish.

Register for the academic year

After confirming your place, you must also register as present or absent.
If you are a tuition fee–paying non‑EU/EEA student:

• You will be registered as present only after Laurea has received your tuition fee payment for the first academic year.
• If you do not pay the fee or fail to register, you will lose your study entitlement.

Reserve list and supplementary application

If you pass the entrance exam or SAT test but your score is not high enough for immediate admission, you may be placed on a reserve list.

Your reserve list number will be included in your results letter.
Students may be admitted from the reserve list until 4th August 2026 (spring joint application).

If there are still free study places after the joint application, Laurea may open a supplementary application period. Any additional application periods will be announced on Laurea’s website and on Studyinfo.fi.

Appeal procedure instructions

If the decision on the student selection has not been made in accordance with the selection criteria of the application, the person has the possibility to seek a written rectification from the university of applied sciences’ university collegium within 14 days of the publication of the student selection result.

Please contact Laurea’s admissions services before sending an appeal request. This may speed up the handling of your matter or possibly resolve it without needing to send a formal appeal. If, after contacting the Laurea Admissions Services and hearing the grounds for the decision, the applicant still thinks that the decision has not been made according to the Laurea selection criteria, the applicants may submit a written appeal against the decision. The appeal must be well-grounded and it should contain accurate information on where Laurea has not followed the Laurea selection criteria.

In the appeal request, state your name, contact details and in what respects the selection criteria have not been followed or in what way the student selection was made incorrectly.

The appeal request is sent via the electronic form at E-form – Appeal Request – Laurea University of Applied Sciences or to Laurea University of Applied Sciences, University Collegium, Ratatie 22, 01300 Vantaa.

Start your studies

If you apply in the spring joint application, your studies begin in August. For the autumn joint application, studies begin in January/February.Specific starting dates and instructions for new students are published on Laurea’s New Students pages.

Frequently asked questions