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International separate application selection criteria
On this page, you find the admission criteria for International separate applications.
What is an international separation admission process?
In the international separate admission process, applicants apply through the Studyinfo system, and the entrance examinations are conducted abroad. Applicants must take the entrance examination in the target country to be considered for admission. Further information on the admission criteria can be found below.
Bachelor degree programme selection criteria
Hospitality Management and Service Design
An applicant should have completed one of the following degrees:
- foreign education that in the country in question provides eligibility to apply to studies in higher education institutions.
- the syllabus of the Finnish upper secondary school or a matriculation examination
- an International Baccalaureate (IB) degree
- a European Baccalaureate (EB) degree
- Bachelor degree in all countries
- Master degree in all countries
- a Reifeprüfung (RP) or Deutsche Internationale Abitur (DIA) degree
- a Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification with a scope of 120 credits or 180 competence points or an equivalent prior Finnish vocational qualification with a scope of a minimum of 80 credits
- a Finnish post-secondary level degree or a vocational tertiary level degree
- a Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification, further vocational qualification or specialist vocational qualification or an equivalent prior qualification completed in the form of a competence demonstration
- a Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, postgraduate licentiate and doctoral degrees.
If the language of the degree certificate is not Finnish, Swedish, or English, the applicant must also submit a copy of a translation of the degree certificate, prepared by an official translator. The translation should carry the translator’s name and stamp.
Laurea University of Applied Sciences verifies the applicants’ eligibility to apply before student admission to the degree awarding program. Admission is conditional until the original eligibility providing degree certificates used in the application have been verified.
Language certificate requirements
The applicants are also required to have a B2 level (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)) proficiency of English language before they are admitted to the degree program.
The applicants must prove their English language skills by an internationally recognized language test:
- IELTS Academic*: a minimum total score of 6.0 (Test sections: Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking)
- TOEFL Academic (iBT)*: a minimum total score of 60 (Test sections: Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing)
- PTE Academic*: a minimum total score of 55 (Test sections: Speaking and Writing, Reading, and Listening)
- Cambridge English Scale Score: a minimum total score of 169 (Test sections: Reading and Use of English, Writing, Listening, and Speaking)
- * IELTS Academic UKVI, IELTS Online, PTE Academic Online and TOEFL iBT Home Edition are also accepted.
There are no expiration dates, but the language test results must be verifiable from the online verification service of the organizer. If the test scores can no longer be verified, the test is not valid. The applicant must make sure that the test results are not too old.
The applicants can prove their English language skills (level B2) also with one the following degree certificates:
- Higher education degree completed in English in an EU/EEA country, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom, or the United States, or a doctoral thesis completed in English in any country
- Upper secondary degree completed in English in an EU/EEA country, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom, or the United States
Student admission
The entrance examination focuses on the applicant’s aptitude to the mathematical-logical reasoning, study readiness and English language skills and the aptitude for the field of study and general study readiness.
Content of the entrance examinations
- Aptitude to the sector
- Mathematical-logical reasoning
- Mathematic skills
- Learning and working skills
- English language skills, including oral and written language skills.
Each section of the entrance examinations must be passed at an approved level.
Student admission is based on the entrance examination, English language skills requirements, and the eligibility of applicants provided by law. The applicant must pass all parts of the entrance examinations.
Business Information Technology
An applicant should have completed one of the following degrees:
- foreign education that in the country in question provides eligibility to apply to studies in higher education institutions.
- the syllabus of the Finnish upper secondary school or a matriculation examination
- an International Baccalaureate (IB) degree
- a European Baccalaureate (EB) degree
- Bachelor degree in all countries
- Master degree in all countries
- a Reifeprüfung (RP) or Deutsche Internationale Abitur (DIA) degree
- a Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification with a scope of 120 credits or 180 competence points or an equivalent prior Finnish vocational qualification with a scope of a minimum of 80 credits
- a Finnish post-secondary level degree or a vocational tertiary level degree
- a Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification, further vocational qualification or specialist vocational qualification or an equivalent prior qualification completed in the form of a competence demonstration
- a Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, postgraduate licentiate and doctoral degrees.
If the language of the degree certificate is not Finnish, Swedish, or English, the applicant must also submit a copy of a translation of the degree certificate, prepared by an official translator. The translation should carry the translator’s name and stamp.
Laurea University of Applied Sciences verifies the applicants’ eligibility to apply before student admission to the degree awarding program. Admission is conditional until the original eligibility providing degree certificates used in the application have been verified.
Language certificate requirements
The applicants are also required to have a B2 level (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)) proficiency of English language before they are admitted to the degree program.
The applicants must prove their English language skills by an internationally recognized language test:
- IELTS Academic*: a minimum total score of 6.0 (Test sections: Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking)
- TOEFL Academic (iBT)*: a minimum total score of 60 (Test sections: Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing)
- PTE Academic*: a minimum total score of 55 (Test sections: Speaking and Writing, Reading, and Listening)
- Cambridge English Scale Score: a minimum total score of 169 (Test sections: Reading and Use of English, Writing, Listening, and Speaking)
- * IELTS Academic UKVI, IELTS Online, PTE Academic Online and TOEFL iBT Home Edition are also accepted.
There are no expiration dates, but the language test results must be verifiable from the online verification service of the organizer. If the test scores can no longer be verified, the test is not valid. The applicant must make sure that the test results are not too old.
The applicants can prove their English language skills (level B2) also with one the following degree certificates:
- Higher education degree completed in English in an EU/EEA country, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom, or the United States, or a doctoral thesis completed in English in any country
- Upper secondary degree completed in English in an EU/EEA country, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom, or the United States
Student admission
The entrance examination focuses on the applicant’s aptitude to the mathematical-logical reasoning, study readiness and English language skills and the aptitude for the field of study and general study readiness.
Content of the entrance examinations
- Aptitude to the sector
- Mathematical-logical reasoning
- Mathematic skills
- Learning and working skills
- English language skills, including oral and written language skills.
Each section of the entrance examinations must be passed at an approved level.
Student admission is based on the entrance examination, English language skills requirements, and the eligibility of applicants provided by law. The applicant must pass all parts of the entrance examinations.
Business Management
An applicant should have completed one of the following degrees:
- foreign education that in the country in question provides eligibility to apply to studies in higher education institutions.
- the syllabus of the Finnish upper secondary school or a matriculation examination
- an International Baccalaureate (IB) degree
- a European Baccalaureate (EB) degree
- Bachelor degree in all countries
- Master degree in all countries
- a Reifeprüfung (RP) or Deutsche Internationale Abitur (DIA) degree
- a Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification with a scope of 120 credits or 180 competence points or an equivalent prior Finnish vocational qualification with a scope of a minimum of 80 credits
- a Finnish post-secondary level degree or a vocational tertiary level degree
- a Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification, further vocational qualification or specialist vocational qualification or an equivalent prior qualification completed in the form of a competence demonstration
- a Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, postgraduate licentiate and doctoral degrees.
If the language of the degree certificate is not Finnish, Swedish, or English, the applicant must also submit a copy of a translation of the degree certificate, prepared by an official translator. The translation should carry the translator’s name and stamp.
Laurea University of Applied Sciences verifies the applicants’ eligibility to apply before student admission to the degree awarding program. Admission is conditional until the original eligibility providing degree certificates used in the application have been verified.
Language certificate requirements
The applicants are also required to have a B2 level (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)) proficiency of English language before they are admitted to the degree program.
The applicants must prove their English language skills by an internationally recognized language test:
- IELTS Academic*: a minimum total score of 6.0 (Test sections: Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking)
- TOEFL Academic (iBT)*: a minimum total score of 60 (Test sections: Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing)
- PTE Academic*: a minimum total score of 55 (Test sections: Speaking and Writing, Reading, and Listening)
- Cambridge English Scale Score: a minimum total score of 169 (Test sections: Reading and Use of English, Writing, Listening, and Speaking)
- * IELTS Academic UKVI, IELTS Online, PTE Academic Online and TOEFL iBT Home Edition are also accepted.
There are no expiration dates, but the language test results must be verifiable from the online verification service of the organizer. If the test scores can no longer be verified, the test is not valid. The applicant must make sure that the test results are not too old.
The applicants can prove their English language skills (level B2) also with one the following degree certificates:
- Higher education degree completed in English in an EU/EEA country, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom, or the United States, or a doctoral thesis completed in English in any country
- Upper secondary degree completed in English in an EU/EEA country, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom, or the United States
Student admission
The entrance examination focuses on the applicant’s aptitude to the mathematical-logical reasoning, study readiness and English language skills and the aptitude for the field of study and general study readiness.
Content of the entrance examinations
- Aptitude to the sector
- Mathematical-logical reasoning
- Mathematic skills
- Learning and working skills
- English language skills, including oral and written language skills.
Each section of the entrance examinations must be passed at an approved level.
Student admission is based on the entrance examination, English language skills requirements, and the eligibility of applicants provided by law. The applicant must pass all parts of the entrance examinations.
Safety, Security and Risk Management
An applicant should have completed one of the following degrees:
- foreign education that in the country in question provides eligibility to apply to studies in higher education institutions.
- the syllabus of the Finnish upper secondary school or a matriculation examination
- an International Baccalaureate (IB) degree
- a European Baccalaureate (EB) degree
- Bachelor degree in all countries
- Master degree in all countries
- a Reifeprüfung (RP) or Deutsche Internationale Abitur (DIA) degree
- a Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification with a scope of 120 credits or 180 competence points or an equivalent prior Finnish vocational qualification with a scope of a minimum of 80 credits
- a Finnish post-secondary level degree or a vocational tertiary level degree
- a Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification, further vocational qualification or specialist vocational qualification or an equivalent prior qualification completed in the form of a competence demonstration
- a Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, postgraduate licentiate and doctoral degrees.
If the language of the degree certificate is not Finnish, Swedish, or English, the applicant must also submit a copy of a translation of the degree certificate, prepared by an official translator. The translation should carry the translator’s name and stamp.
Laurea University of Applied Sciences verifies the applicants’ eligibility to apply before student admission to the degree awarding program. Admission is conditional until the original eligibility providing degree certificates used in the application have been verified.
Language certificate requirements
The applicants are also required to have a B2 level (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)) proficiency of English language before they are admitted to the degree program.
The applicants must prove their English language skills by an internationally recognized language test:
- IELTS Academic*: a minimum total score of 6.0 (Test sections: Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking)
- TOEFL Academic (iBT)*: a minimum total score of 60 (Test sections: Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing)
- PTE Academic*: a minimum total score of 55 (Test sections: Speaking and Writing, Reading, and Listening)
- Cambridge English Scale Score: a minimum total score of 169 (Test sections: Reading and Use of English, Writing, Listening, and Speaking)
- * IELTS Academic UKVI, IELTS Online, PTE Academic Online and TOEFL iBT Home Edition are also accepted.
There are no expiration dates, but the language test results must be verifiable from the online verification service of the organizer. If the test scores can no longer be verified, the test is not valid. The applicant must make sure that the test results are not too old.
The applicants can prove their English language skills (level B2) also with one the following degree certificates:
- Higher education degree completed in English in an EU/EEA country, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom, or the United States, or a doctoral thesis completed in English in any country
- Upper secondary degree completed in English in an EU/EEA country, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom, or the United States
Student admission
The entrance examination focuses on the applicant’s aptitude to the mathematical-logical reasoning, study readiness and English language skills and the aptitude for the field of study and general study readiness.
Content of the entrance examinations
- Aptitude to the sector
- Mathematical-logical reasoning
- Mathematic skills
- Learning and working skills
- English language skills, including oral and written language skills.
Each section of the entrance examinations must be passed at an approved level.
Student admission is based on the entrance examination, English language skills requirements, and the eligibility of applicants provided by law. The applicant must pass all parts of the entrance examinations.
Social Services
An applicant should have completed one of the following degrees:
- foreign education that in the country in question provides eligibility to apply to studies in higher education institutions.
- an International Baccalaureate (IB) degree
- a European Baccalaureate (EB) degree
- Bachelor degree in all countries
- Master degree in all countries
- a Reifeprüfung (RP) or Deutsche Internationale Abitur (DIA) degree
- a Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification with a scope of 120 credits or 180 competence points or an equivalent prior Finnish vocational qualification with a scope of a minimum of 80 credits
- a Finnish post-secondary level degree or a vocational tertiary level degree
- a Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification, further vocational qualification or specialist vocational qualification or an equivalent prior qualification completed in the form of a competence demonstration
- a Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, postgraduate licentiate and doctoral degrees.
If the language of the degree certificate is not Finnish, Swedish, or English, the applicant must also submit a copy of a translation of the degree certificate, prepared by an official translator. The translation should carry the translator’s name and stamp.
English language certificate requirement
Laurea University of Applied Sciences also use an internationally recognized language tests for the applicants to prove their English language skills (level B2):
- IELTS Academic*: a minimum total score of 6.0 (Test sections: Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking)
- TOEFL Academic (iBT)*: a minimum total score of 60 (Test sections: Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing)
- PTE Academic*: a minimum total score of 55 (Test sections: Speaking and Writing, Reading, and Listening)
- Cambridge English Scale Score: a minimum total score of 169 (Test sections: Reading and Use of English, Writing, Listening, and Speaking)
* IELTS Academic UKVI, IELTS Online, PTE Academic Online and TOEFL iBT Home Edition are also accepted.
There are no expiration dates, but the language test results must be verifiable from the online verification service of the organizer. If the test scores can no longer be verified, the test is not valid. The applicant must make sure that the test results are not too old.
The applicants can prove their English language skills (level B2) also with one of the following degree certificates:
- Higher education degree completed in English in an EU/EEA country, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom, or the United States, or a doctoral thesis completed in English in any country
- Upper secondary degree completed in English in an EU/EEA country, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom, or the United States
Functional bilingual education
Laurea UAS have decided that the international separate application social services groups starting in year 2026 will be implemented as functional bilingual education. No prior knowledge of Finnish is required.
This means that there will be no pathway studies; instead, each course will include Finnish language studies alongside the subject-specific studies. Accepted applicants will be admitted directly into degree-awarding education.
This is a pilot for the year 2026, and its outcomes will be evaluated during the following year.
Content of the entrance examinations
- Aptitude to the sector
- Mathematical-logical reasoning
- Mathematic skills
- Learning and working skills
- English language skills, including oral and written language skills.
Each section of the entrance examinations must be passed at an approved level.
Student admission is based on the entrance examination, English language skills requirements, and the eligibility of applicants provided by
Health Care
An applicant should have completed one of the following degrees:
- foreign education that in the country in question provides eligibility to apply to studies in higher education institutions.
- an International Baccalaureate (IB) degree
- a European Baccalaureate (EB) degree
- Bachelor degree in all countries
- Master degree in all countries
- a Reifeprüfung (RP) or Deutsche Internationale Abitur (DIA) degree
- a Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification with a scope of 120 credits or 180 competence points or an equivalent prior Finnish vocational qualification with a scope of a minimum of 80 credits
- a Finnish post-secondary level degree or a vocational tertiary level degree
- a Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification, further vocational qualification or specialist vocational qualification or an equivalent prior qualification completed in the form of a competence demonstration
- a Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, postgraduate licentiate and doctoral degrees.
If the language of the degree certificate is not Finnish, Swedish, or English, the applicant must also submit a copy of a translation of the degree certificate, prepared by an official translator. The translation should carry the translator’s name and stamp.
English language certificate requirement
Laurea University of Applied Sciences also use an internationally recognized language tests for the applicants to prove their English language skills (level B2):
- IELTS Academic*: a minimum total score of 6.0 (Test sections: Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking)
- TOEFL Academic (iBT)*: a minimum total score of 60 (Test sections: Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing)
- PTE Academic*: a minimum total score of 55 (Test sections: Speaking and Writing, Reading, and Listening)
- Cambridge English Scale Score: a minimum total score of 169 (Test sections: Reading and Use of English, Writing, Listening, and Speaking)
* IELTS Academic UKVI, IELTS Online, PTE Academic Online and TOEFL iBT Home Edition are also accepted.
There are no expiration dates, but the language test results must be verifiable from the online verification service of the organizer. If the test scores can no longer be verified, the test is not valid. The applicant must make sure that the test results are not too old.
The applicants can prove their English language skills (level B2) also with one of the following degree certificates:
- Higher education degree completed in English in an EU/EEA country, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom, or the United States, or a doctoral thesis completed in English in any country
- Upper secondary degree completed in English in an EU/EEA country, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom, or the United States
Functional bilingual education
Laurea UAS have decided that the international separate application Bachelor of Health Care groups starting in year 2026 will be implemented as functional bilingual education. No prior knowledge of Finnish is required.
This means that there will be no pathway studies; instead, each course will include Finnish language studies alongside the subject-specific studies. Accepted applicants will be admitted directly into degree-awarding education.
This is a pilot for the year 2026, and its outcomes will be evaluated during the following year.
Content of the entrance examinations
- Aptitude to the sector
- Mathematical-logical reasoning
- Mathematic skills
- Learning and working skills
- English language skills, including oral and written language skills.
Each section of the entrance examinations must be passed at an approved level.
Student admission is based on the entrance examination, English language skills requirements, and the eligibility of applicants provided by
Master degree programme selection criteria
Global Health and Crisis Management
Applicants to this Master’s programme must have completed one of the degrees mentioned below:
Bachelor of Health Care
Bachelor of Social Services
or other relevant Bachelor’s/Masters’s degree in the field of human Health Care and Social Services. Laurea may, at its discretion, also consider other relevant degrees completed at University or University of Applied Sciences.
In addition, all applicants must have a minimum of two years (24 months) of relevant work experience acquired after graduation date of the degree. Work experience must either be related to the degree applicant is applying for or related to the degree applicant have graduated from.
A student may be admitted to degree-awarding education only after they have passed the entrance exams and the student’s eligibility to apply will be verified from the students’ Bachelor or Masters’ degree certificates and the relevant work experience certificate.
If the language of the degree certificate and proof of work experience is not Finnish, Swedish, or English, the applicant must also submit a copy of a translation of the degree certificate and work experience, prepared by an official translator. The translation should carry the translator’s name and stamp.
Service Innovation and Design
Applicants to this Master’s programme must have a previous Bachelor’s or Master’s degree completed at a university or a university of applied sciences and at least 24 months of subsequent work experience in the field being applied to or the field of the previous higher education degree.
The required work experience (at least 24 months) must be acquired after the date of graduation as indicated in the degree certificate.
Future-Oriented Project Management
Applicants to this Master’s programme must have a previous Bachelor’s or Master’s degree completed at a university or a university of applied sciences and at least 24 months of subsequent work experience in the field being applied to or the field of the previous higher education degree.
The required work experience (at least 24 months) must be acquired after the date of graduation as indicated in the degree certificate.