How to apply for Master's Degree Programmes

Entry Requirements and Enclosures

Full Stack Software Development: The requirements for eligibility are a bachelor's level degree in engineering in the field of information and communications technology (ICT) or other equivalent degree and at least three years (36 months) of relevant work experience after the bachelor's degree.

If you are applying with a non-Finnish qualification, you need to attach your certificates to the application (e.g. as a pdf. file). You may also send the copies to JAMK's Admission Services via email by 25 September 2019 by 3 pm. If the certificates are written in any other language than Finnish, Swedish or English, please attach an authorized translations of the certificates in one of these languages. The translator must sign and stamp the translations. Note that the work certificates must include a title (and preferably also a job description), working period and it must be signed (and if possible stamped) by the employee.

The original degree and work certificates will be checked at the Student Services in the beginning of studies. The selection is not final until they have been checked. If the applicant has given false information about ones qualifications, it may make one ineligible for admission.

Work experience

JAMK accepts work experience also after a vocational college diploma or a higher vocational diploma (in Finnish: opistoasteen tutkinto, ammatillisen korkea-asteen tutkinto) before completing a bachelor's degree. If an applicant has completed one of these diplomas before graduating from the bachelor's degree, the work experience is accepted also after the prior degree. Even in this case the minimum requirement of work experience from the field is 3 years (36 months).

The work experience must be from the field of the degree (used for applying) or from field that the applicant is currently applying. An applicant can count in the work experience until 31 December 2019. The work certificates must include a title (and preferably also a job description), working period and it must be signed (and if possible stamped) by the employee.

In the application form it is necessary to fill in the work experience as whole months. Part-time work can be transferred into whole months, in a way that, 150 hours or 20 full workdays (at least 7 hours per day) corresponds to one month. Service in an army, non-military service or nursing leave is not considered as work experience. If an applicant has worked as an entrepreneur it is necessary to provide for the Admissions Services a document which proves this fact. For example, a Finnish entrepreneur need to have a document that proves one has YEL- or MYEL-insurance.

Tuition fees and scholarships at JAMK

The Tuition fee for NON-EU/EEA citizens is 9 000 €/year in the Master’s degree programmes of JAMK.

In the first academic year the scholarship covers 50% of the tuition fee at JAMK. In the following academic years the scholarship covers 50% of the tuition fee if a student earns at least 30 credits per academic year.

More information concerning who is required to pay the fees and about the scholarship programme!

Entry Requirements and Enclosures

International Business Management: the requirements for eligibility are a bachelor's level degree in the field of business and administration (or other equivalent business degree) or in the field of hospitality management, and at least two years (24 months) of relevant work experience after the bachelor's degree.

Sport Business Management: the requirements for eligibility are bachelor’s degree in the field of business, in the field of sport /sport studies, or in the field of hospitality management, and at least two years (24 months) of relevant work experience after the bachelor's degree.

If you are applying with a non-Finnish qualification, you need to attach your certificates to the application (e.g. as a pdf. file). You may also send the copies to JAMK's Admission Services via email by 29 January 2020 by 3 pm. If the certificates are written in any other language than Finnish, Swedish or English, please attach an authorized translations of the certificates in one of these languages. The translator must sign and stamp the translations. Note that the work certificates must include a title (and preferably also a job description), working period and it must be signed (and if possible stamped) by the employee.

The original certificates will be checked at the Student Services in the beginning of studies. The selection is not final until they have been checked. If the applicant has given false information about ones qualifications, it may make one ineligible for admission.

Work experience

The minimum requirement regarding work experience is at least two years (24 months) of relevant work experience gained after the bachelor's degree.

JAMK accepts work experience also after a vocational college diploma or a higher vocational diploma (in Finnish: opistoasteen tutkinto, ammatillisen korkea-asteen tutkinto) before completing a bachelor's degree. If an applicant has completed one of these diplomas before graduating from the bachelor's degree, the work experience is accepted also after the prior degree. Even in this case the minimum requirement of work experience from the field is 2 years (24 months).

The work experience must be from the field of the degree (used for applying) or from field that the applicant is currently applying. An applicant can count in work experience until 31 July 2020.

Note that the work certificates must include a title (and preferably also a job description), working period and it must be signed (and if possible stamped) by the employee. Part-time work can be transferred into whole months, in a way that, 150 hours or 20 full workdays (at least 7 hours per day) corresponds to one month. Service in an army, non-military service or nursing leave is not considered as work experience. If an applicant has worked as an entrepreneur it is necessary to provide for the Admissions Services a document to prove it. For example, a Finnish entrepreneur need to have a document that proves one has YEL- or MYEL-insurance.

Tuition fees and scholarships at JAMK

The Tuition fee for NON-EU/EEA citizens is 9 000 €/year in the Master’s degree programmes of JAMK.

In the first academic year the scholarship covers 50% of the tuition fee at JAMK. In the following academic years the scholarship covers 50% of the tuition fee if a student earns at least 30 credits per academic year.

More information concerning who is required to pay the fees and about the scholarship programme!

Entry requirements and enclosures

Cyber Security: the requirements for eligibility are a bachelor's level degree in engineering in the field of information and communications technology (ICT) or other equivalent degree and at least two years (24 months) of relevant work experience after the bachelor's degree.

Artificial Intelligence and Data-Analytics: the requirements for eligibility are a bachelor's level degree in engineering in the field of technology or other equivalent degree and at least two years (24 months) of relevant work experience after the bachelor's degree.

Please note that all applicants must attach the required certificates directly to the online application form (e.g. as pdf/jpg/png -files):

• copies of the original degree certificates (bachelor’s degree)
• copies of work certificates (minimum 2 years from the field after graduation)
• authorised translations of the certificates, if needed*

*if the certificates are written in any other language than Finnish, Swedish or English, you have to enclose authorized translations of the certificates in one of these languages. The translator must sign and stamp the translations.

If you cannot submit attachments online, you can return them by email to the admission services. The attachments have to be submitted/returned by 29 January 2020, 3 p.m. (UTC+2). at the latest.

The original certificates will be checked at the Student Services in the beginning of studies. The selection is not final until they have been checked. If the applicant has given false information about ones qualifications, it may make one ineligible for admission.

Work experience

The minimum requirement regarding work experience is at least two years (24 months) of relevant work experience gained after the bachelor's degree.

JAMK accepts work experience also after a vocational college diploma or a higher vocational diploma (in Finnish: opistoasteen tutkinto, ammatillisen korkea-asteen tutkinto) before completing a bachelor's degree. If an applicant has completed one of these diplomas before graduating from the bachelor's degree, the work experience is accepted also after the prior degree. Even in this case the minimum requirement of work experience from the field is 2 years (24 months).

The work experience must be from the field of the degree (used for applying) or from field that the applicant is currently applying. An applicant can count in work experience until 31 July 2020.

Note that the work certificates must include a title (and preferably also a job description), working period and it must be signed (and if possible stamped) by the employee. Part-time work can be transferred into whole months, in a way that, 150 hours or 20 full workdays (at least 7 hours per day) corresponds to one month. Service in an army, non-military service or nursing leave is not considered as work experience. If an applicant has worked as an entrepreneur it is necessary to provide for the Admissions Services a document to prove it. For example, a Finnish entrepreneur need to have a document that proves one has YEL- or MYEL-insurance.

Tuition fees and scholarships at JAMK

The Tuition fee for NON-EU/EEA citizens is 9 000 €/year in the Master’s degree programmes of JAMK.

In the first academic year the scholarship covers 50% of the tuition fee at JAMK. In the following academic years the scholarship covers 50% of the tuition fee if a student earns at least 30 credits per academic year.

More information concerning who is required to pay the fees and about the scholarship programme!