Open Study Path, Autumn 2023

Requirements for Jamk Open Study Path for Master's degrees:

• Anyone who fulfills the degree and work requirements AND
• who completes at least 30 ECTS credits of Open Studies that can be recognised as part of the degree programme by 20 December 2023, may apply to become a degree student via Open Study Path.
• At least 15 ECTS credits (15/30 op) of Open Studies must be completed and registered by the end of the application period (15 November 2023).

The credits can be completed in any Finnish Open UAS in a corresponding programme (Open Studies). ECTS credits can also be accredited from other studies, in case they are suitable for the degree programme in question.

The Open Study Path for master’s degree does not exempt applicants from the degree and work experience requirements. Consequently, all applicants applying via Open Study Path still need to have a required bachelor's level degree (stated in the entrance requirements for each degree programme), and at least two years (24 months) of relevant work experience gained after the bachelor's degree.  An applicant can count in work experience until 31 December 2023.

In case you do not have a higher education qualification from the relevant field, you can also gain eligibility with some other suitable higher education qualification, Finnish vocational college diploma or a Finnish higher vocational diploma. Applicants who apply with any other degree than with the relevant higher education degree specified above, are considered case-by-case based by their educational background and work experience.

• Master of Health Care, Digital Rehabilitation

The selection is based on the Open Studies, so one does not have to take part in the normal student selection process (joint application system) or participate to an entrance examination. 

All applicants who have completed at least 15 ECTS credits out of 30 ECTS credits worth of Open Studies that can be recognised as part of the degree programme by the end of the application period, are selected as degree students. The admission is conditional until the final transcript (30 ECTS credits and other requirements) and degree and work certificates have been checked on 20 December 2023.

If the applicant has not completed the required Open Studies nor does not have the required bachelor's degree and at least 24 months of relevant work experience after the bachelor's degree, the study place will be cancelled.

Required attachments by 15 November 2023

All applicants need to attach the following documents to the application:

• a copy of the bachelor’s degree certificate
• copies of work certificates after the bachelor’s degree
• 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 authorised translations of the certificates in one of these languages. The translator must sign and stamp the translations. 

Applicants who apply with any other degree than with the relevant higher education degree are considered case-by-case based by their educational background and work experience. 

In this case, attach the following documents to the application in addition of the documents mentioned above:

• a copy of transcript of records of the bachelor's degree
• CV

If you are applying for a master's degree, at least 15 ECTS credits of Open Studies must be completed and registered by 15 November 2023. 

• If you have completed your Open Studied at Jamk Open UAS, we will check the studies from Peppi after application period.
• If you have completed some/all studies at another UAS, the studies have to be registered by 15 November 2023 and  the transcript of records and course descriptions must be attached to the application by 15 November 2023 at the latest.

Required attachments by 20 December 2023

Please notice that the student selection is conditional until the meeting of requirements of Open Study Path are checked from the final transcript of records.

• If you have completed your Open Studied at Jamk Open UAS, we will check the studies from Peppi. The studies must be completed and registered by 20 December 2023.
• If you have completed some/all studies at another UAS, the final transcript of records and course descriptions must be attached to the application or submitted to Jamk Admission Services by 20 December 2023 by 3.00 p.m. Finnish time at the latest. 

• The application period is 1 - 15 November 2023. Application as a degree student via Open Study Path is done on studyinfo.fi with a separate application form. 
• At least 15 ECTS credits out of the required 30 ECTS credits must be completed by 15 November 2023 at the latest.
• If the applicant has completed some/all studies at another UAS, the studies have to be registered by 15 November 2023 and the applicant has to attach the transcript to the application by 15 November 2023 at the latest.
• The conditional results of the student selection are announced by 24 November 2023.
• If you are admitted, you must confirm your study place, enrol for attendance or non-attendance (and pay the tuition fee, if applicable) by 1 December 2023 by 3.00 p.m. Finnish time, at the latest.
• The final transcript of records and the meeting of the requirements of Open Study Path application are checked on 20 December 2023. In case the requirements are not met, the study place will be cancelled.
• The studies will begin in January 2024.