How to apply for Bachelor’s Degrees

Eligibility to apply for higher education studies can be obtained with:

• the studies required for graduating from the Finnish upper secondary school and Matriculation Examination (or only the Finnish upper secondary school)
• a Finnish vocational qualification, further information at studyinfo.fi
• International Baccalaureate (IB) degree, Reifeprüfung (RP) degree, Deutsche Internationale Abitur (DIA) degree or European Baccalaureate (EB) diploma 
• a Finnish vocational college diploma or higher vocational diploma
• foreign degree/qualification which gives eligibility for higher education in the awarding country.
• higher education degree (bachelor's level or master's level)

You can apply even if your high school/senior secondary school degree certificate is completed during the spring of applying. It is NOT necessary to provide a language proficiency certificate. The English language skills will be tested at the entrance examinations/online course. 

Please notice that entrance examinations/online course will be held before we have checked your eligibility. It’s possible to be participated for the exams/online course even if you are not eligible (if you have not attached eligible degree certificate(s) to the application) and thus cannot be admitted as a degree student.

The admission is conditional until the university of applied sciences has checked applicant’s final school certificates. The UAS may cancel the admission if an applicant fails to submit certificates by the specified deadline, or if an applicant has provided false information. 

Jamk uses also discretionary admission if your qualifications does not meet the above mentioned requirements: If you do not have senior secondary degree certificate / higher education qualification / you are not graduating this spring, you can apply for discretionary admission.

Based on the documents of prior education submitted to the online application/result of the International UAS Exam (ICT & Business Information Technology: online course), Jamk UAS decides if you are eligible to be accepted as our student via student selection process. 

1. Submit the online application form normally at www.studyinfo.fi during 4 - 18 January 2023 by 3:00 p.m. Finnish time (UTC+2).
   • Contact to Jamk's Admission Services by email during application period.
2. Attach your documents to the online application form by 25 January 2023 by 3:00 p.m. (UTC+2): possible final school certificates (or transcript of records if you are not graduated yet) and official translations of documents, if required.
3. (No motivation letter or additional forms are required for Jamk UAS.)
4. Participate normally for entrance examinations (ICT & Business Information Technology: online course).

Please notice that the discretionary admission decision can be made also after you have participated for exams/online course. In case you have applied for discretionary admission for other universities of applied sciences, please contact them as well during application time. Other UAS's might require additional forms or information concerning your educational background.

If you are a refugee or in a refugee-like situation and the qualifications you have obtained cannot be proven through documentary evidence, the UAS' concerned can still invite you to the entrance examination.

In this case you must prove the refugee status by a decision made by a competent authority and send a copy of the decision (a decision on asylum or a residence permit granted on the basis of a need for protection) to the admission services by 25 January 2023 by 3.00 pm Finnish time at the latest.

In addition, please request a Verification of Educational Background form from Admission services in case you do not have your original degree certificates. Fill in the form and return it to all of the Admission services of the UAS's you are applying for.
 

You can apply for 6 different degree programmes with the same application form. In the first joint application of the spring you do not have to place the programmes in order of preference on the application form. You can be accepted to 6 different degree programmes, but you can accept only one.

Please notice, that you can submit only one application form. Only the application submitted the latest will be taken into consideration!  If you submit several, only the latest will be taken into consideration and all others will be deleted. 

We strongly recommend you to fill in your own application form. After submitting the application, you will receive a confirmation email to the address you have given on the application form. Please check your email and also your spam email folder regularly.

Study options available at Jamk in spring joint application period (4 - 18 January 2023 at 3.00 pm Finnish time):

• Tourism Management,
• Purchasing and Logistics Engineering,
• Nursing,
• International Business,
• Business Information Technology,
• Information and Communication Technology,
• Automation and Robotics.

You can read more about content of degree programmes from links above.

Note that the instructions on this site do not concern applying to Degree programme in Music Pedagogue. Application time for Music Pedagogue will be 15 - 30 March 2023. Read more about applying for Degree Programme in Music Pedagogue.

Submit the requested attachments directly to the online application form (e.g. as pdf/jpg/png -files). The attachments must be submitted/returned by 25 January 2023 by 3:00 p.m. Finnish time (UTC+2) at the latest:

• copies of the original final degree certificate (senior secondary school/high school/higher education qualification)
• authorised translation of the certificate if needed (in English, Finnish or Swedish, the translation must have the translators' signature and stamp), copy is enough
• Copy of a valid passport (if you do not submit valid passport by the given date, you will be rejected from the second phase of the UAS Exam)
• Non-EU/EAA citizens: If applicable, copy of a document which exempts you from paying the tuition fee

If you have already graduated, UAS' accept only the final certificates awarded by national and regional bodies granting educational certificates. Various other documents such as "Testimonials", "Statements of Results", or "Result Slips" are not considered as official certificates without the final certificate.

You are able to apply even if your degree certificate is completed during the spring of applying (senior secondary/high school certificate). Please, attach a copy of your transcript of records (and official translation) to the online application form by 25 January 2023 by 3:00 p.m. Finnish time. Your admission is conditional until the UAS has checked your final degree certificates.

Be prepared to complete your documents. In case some of the requested documents are missing, we will request the missing file via e-mail.

Your admission is conditional until the UAS has checked your final degree certificates. The qualification used in the application process must be completed during the summer time. In addition, the final original degree certificate will be checked at the Student Sevices at the beginning of studies. The final deadline to present the original final certificates is 31 August 2023.

Check the list from our Finnish website "Hakuohjeet englanninkielisiin AMK-tutkintoihin" or UASinfo.fi. The application system will guide you about the needed attachments when you fill in a application.

Please notice if you apply degree programme(s) using International UAS Exam, you must submit your identification document on the Studyinfo’s application form. If your first phase of the International UAS Exam (written examination) is approved but you do not submit a valid identification document by the given date, you will be rejected from the second phase (group interview). Notice, that also Finnish citizens must submit identification document!

The following documents are accepted as proof of identity:

• passport
• Finnish identity card with a photo, issued by police (in Finland)
• Finnish driver’s licence (issued in Finland)
• another EU/ETA country identity card with a photo

Submit the requested attachments directly to the online application form (e.g. as pdf/jpg/png -files). The attachments must be submitted/returned by 25 January 2023 by 3:00 p.m. Finnish time (UTC+2) at the latest:

• copies of the original degree certificate (senior secondary school/high school/higher education qualification)
• authorised translation of the certificate if needed (in English, Finnish or Swedish, the translation must have the translators' signature and stamp), copy is enough
• Copy of a valid passport / Finnish identity card with a photo, issued by police / Finnish driver’s licence / another EU/ETA country identity card with a photo
• Non-EU/EAA citizens: If applicable, copy of a document which exempts you from paying the tuition fee

If you graduate during the spring and apply with International Baccalaureate (IB)/European Baccalaureate (EB) degree, please attach your predicted grades or the final grades of Deutsche Internationale Abitur (DIA) degree to the online application form by 6 April 2023 by 3:00 p.m. Finnish time.

Be prepared to complete your documents. In case some of the requested documents are missing, we will request the missing file via e-mail.

Your admission is conditional until the UAS has checked your final degree certificates. The qualification used in the application process must be completed during the summer time. In addition, the final original degree certificate will be checked at the Student Sevices at the beginning of studies.