How to apply for Master's Degree Programmes

The application period for the Master's Degree Programme in Full Stack Software Development is 5 - 19 September 2018, 3 p.m (UTC+2) at www.studyinfo.fi.

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. An applicant can count in the work experience until 31 December 2018.

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 26 September 2018 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.

All applicants who have demonstrated their eligibility and sent the pre-assignment will be invited to the entrance examination. The pre-assignment is part of the application form, so you can write the answers directly on the online application form or you can attach a separate file to the online application form. The entrance examination is organized in Jyväskylä, Finland during weeks 44-45 (30 October- 6 November 2018). Note, skype/zoom.us interview is also available! 

The admission is based on the pre-assignment max. 40 points and in the interview max. 60 points (max. 100 points). The applicant must score at least 20 points / 100 points in the entrance examination in order to pass the exam and have a chance to be admitted to the programme. Applicant’s English language skills will be assessed as a part of the entrance examination. There is no pre-reading material included in the entrance examination. 

Admission points:

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).

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.

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.

The application period for the Master's Degree Programme in Cyber Security is 14  - 28 March 2017, 3 p.m (UTC+2) at www.studyinfo.fi.

The requirements for eligibility are a Bachelor of 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 gained after the bachelor's degree. An applicant can count in the work experience until 31 July 2018.

Please note, that all applicants need to send copies of degree and work  certificates to JAMK's Admission Services by 13 April, 3 pm (UTC+2). If 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.

All the applicants who have demonstrated their eligibility and sent the pre-assignment will be invited to the entrance examination. The pre-assignment is filled as a part of the online application form.  

The entrance examination is arranged in Jyväskylä, Finland 2 May 2018. The entrance exam includes an interview. More information about the entrance exam below under the title "entrance examination for Cyber Security".

Notice that, an applicant cannot gain admission to the same degree programme at JAMK, in which one already has a study right during the application period.

Admission points in Cyber Security:

 
An applicant must score at least 20 points /100p. in the entrance examination in order to pass the exam and have a chance to be admitted to the programme.

current residence. 

Entrance examination for Cyber Security

All applicants who have demonstrated their eligibility and sent the pre-assignment will be invited to the entrance examination. The entrance examination is organized in Finland 5 May 2018.

The total points from entrance examination are 100 points. The applicant must score at least 20 points /100p. in the entrance examination in order to pass the exam and have a chance to be admitted to the programme. Student selection is based on the total score of the interview (max. 60p.) and pre-assignment (max. 40p.). Applicant’s English language skills will be assessed as a part of the entrance examination, thus, the entrance examination does not include a separate English language test.

The entrance examination includes a pre-assignment (max. 40p.) and an interview (max. 60p.). The pre-assignment is filled as a part of the online application form at www.studyinfo.fi. There is no pre-reading material included in the entrance examination.