Transfer Students

Spring application period is on 1 - 15 May 2025 by 3.00 p.m. Finnish time.

Autumn application period is 1 - 15 November 2025 by 3.00 p.m Finnish time.

You can apply on studyinfo.fi.

Transfer application period for English conducted degree programmes:

Degree programmes in spring and autumn application

• Purchasing and Logistics Engineering
• Automation and Robotics
• International Business Management
• Sport Business Management

Degree programmes in spring application

• Nursing
• Tourism Management
• Information and Communication Technology
• Business Information Technology
• International Business

Please note! If you want to apply for Master of Engineering or Master of Health Care programmes, you must apply through the joint application.

Transfer can be applied if you meet the following criteria:

• You have been an attending student at least one academic term

AND

• You have a study entitlement in an corresponding or equivalent degree programme in some other university of applied sciences or university in Finland

OR

• You have a study entitlement at Jamk and are willing to transfer in another degree programme, so that your current degree title changes. The possibilities are only as follows:  
  • Purchasing and Logistics Engineering / Automation and Robotics -> International Business
  • Tourism Management <-> International Business
  • Tourism Management <-> Business Information Technology

Required attachments on the application form are

• official study certificate and
• official transcript of records.

You can also attach a list of your current studies that will be completed during the ongoing academic term.

In addition, when applied for a Master's degree programme through transfer, bachelor's degree certificate and certificates of work experience are required to check the eligibility. Transfer is possible only if the degree programme's background education and work experience requirements (as they are in joint application) are met.

Without the above mentioned documents, the application cannot be taken into consideration.

The attachments must be on the application form in spring transfer application by 15 May 3 p.m. Finnish time and in autumn transfer application by 15 November 3 p.m. Finnish time.

Decisions on the transfer applications will be made as case by case according to the Admission Criteria presented below. Jamk cannot accept all transfer applicants. 

• Your studies have been progressed normally: 55 ECTS credits/academic year or 27,5 ECTS credits/academic term. An applicant can take into count all the studies which will be at the transcript of records in the end of academic term
• You have a realistic possibility to graduate during the standard study time. Study right does not start from the beginning. Study time can change only in cases where new degree programme's scope differs from the present programme (eg. Purchasing and Logistics Engineering -> International Business).
• In case there are more applicants than available study places, total amount of study credits, academic performance and the reasoning given in the application are taken in account.

Please note!

• Degree student of a foreign institution cannot apply for transfer. You can apply for an admission in joint application in January.
• If you apply to a different field than to the field you are currently studying in, you have to apply in joint application in January.

Student’s study right will end in the current university and will be transferred to Jamk in the beginning of the next academic term.

After transfer, a transfer student may enroll for non-attendance for the first academic year only in the case of illness that prevents you from starting your studies, pregnancy/parenting leave, or military service. If you are going to enroll for non-attendance, you need to provide a document that proves one of these reasons for absence.

The admission of such transfer student whose right to study has been revoked in another educational institution based on one's health or ability to function and whose right of study has not been restored later on the basis of a medical certificate, are considered separately. The right to study may be revoked if a selected transfer student has concealed a previous revocation of right to study. (Polytechnics Act 352/2003 a §, 1 subsection)

When you apply for transfer to Information and Communication Technology, an interview will be required in order to determine your suitability to the field and language skills (English).

When a transfer student accepts a study place via the transfer process, the study right ends in the present university and starts at Jamk in the beginning of the next academic term.

The starting date of the study right in the previous University of Applied Sciences where the student is transferring from determines the applied tuition fee and scholarship regulations at Jamk.

Please notice that there has been changes to tuition fee exemptions due to changes to the Universities of Applied Sciences Act, starting from 1 December 2024. Because of this Jamk University of Applied Sciences must check the residence permit status from Finnish Immigration Services and assess the liability to pay tuition fees again based on the new law.

The credits for the scholarship are counted from the student’s transcript of records of the previous UAS. The scholarship can be received only for the standard study period and only for the semesters one has enrolled for attendance. Therefore, the fee must be paid for all semesters and academic years for which the student enrolls as attending student, including any possible extension period.

Notice that if you have already paid the tuition fee for the next academic year to your previous UAS, it will not be transferred to Jamk.

• Results will be announced before 30 June (studies begin in autumn) or 15 December (studies begin on January).
• Study place have to be accepted 31 July (studies begin in autumn) at the latest, or 31 December (studies begin on January) at the latest, depending on the application period.
• Studies will always start beginning of the next academic term.

After transfer, a student may enroll for non-attendance for the first academic year only in the case of illness that prevents you from starting your studies, pregnancy/parenting leave, or Finnish military service. If you are going to enroll for non-attendance, you need to provide a document that proves one of these reasons for absence.

If you are not satisfied with the student admission decision, please contact Jamk Admission Services by e-mail. If the student admission decision is still not reasonable, you may submit an appeal within 14 days of receiving the notification of the decision (sent by e-mail).

Appeal based on personal circumstances (difficult life situation, misunderstanding, health reasons) and so on will not be considered as valid reasons for appeal.

Student admission decision can be changed only if it is clearly shown that Jamk has not followed the student admission criteria. Therefore, the appeal must be well-grounded and it should contain accurate information on where the Jamk has not followed the criteria.

Submit the appeal by post or by e-mail:

Jamk Study Affairs Board / Sirpa Tuomi
Rajakatu 35
40200 Jyväskylä, Finland

or

admissions(at)jamk.fi

Changing the degree programme is a continuous application process. Please note that if your application is approved, your degree programme will change in the beginning of the next academic term.

Before you fill the application, please remember to check your current transcript of records in Peppi. You also need to discuss about changing the degree programme with your tutor teacher or study counsellor.

You can find the application here

• Please note that during summer time (June-July) the application process times are longer.

Changing the degree programme can be applied if you meet the following criteria:

• You have a study entitlement at Jamk and you have been an attending student for at least one academic term AND
• Your degree title does not change (your current degree title is Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Business Administration)

Please note! If you apply to another field than to the field you are currently studying in, you must apply in joint application in January on Studyinfo.

Decisions on the changing the degree programme applications will be made case by case according to the Admission Criteria presented below. 

• There are available study places in the study group.
• Your studies have been progressed normally: 55 ECTS credits/academic year or 27,5 ECTS credits/academic term. You can take into count all the studies which will be at the transcript of records in the end of academic term. Master's degree students are considered case by case.
• You have a realistic possibility to graduate during the standard study time. Study right does not start from the beginning or be extended after changing the degree programme.

Jamk cannot accept all changing the degree programme applicants. In case there are more applicants than available study places, total amount of study credits, academic performance and the reasoning given in the application are taken in account.