How to apply for Master's Degrees

Welcome to apply for Jamk's master's degree programmes! Find important information about the application times and admission process.

The instructions below concern joint application period of spring 2024 on 3 - 17 January 2024 by 3.00 p.m. Finnish time for degree programmes conducted in English.

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Entry requirements: Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics

  • The requirements for eligibility are a bachelor's level degree in engineering in the field of technology, or in the field of natural science (BBA in Business Information Technology) AND
  • at least two years (24 months) of work experience in the field of technology after the bachelor's degree.  

Entry requirements: Cyber Security

  • The requirements for eligibility are a bachelor's level degree in engineering in the field of information and communications technology (ICT), or in the field of natural science (BBA in Business Information Technology) AND
  • at least two years (24 months) of work experience in the field of information and communications technology (ICT) after the bachelor's degree. 

Entry requirements: Full Stack Software Development

  • The requirements for eligibility are a bachelor's level degree in engineering in the field of technology, or in the field of natural science (BBA in Business Information Technology)  AND
  • at least two years (24 months) of work experience in the field of  technology after the bachelor's degree.  

Entry requirements: International Business Management

The students for Jamk’s master’s degree programme in International Business Management are selected from two selection queues based on their educational background: 

  1. Interview, 50% of study places 
  2. Master's level management studies and interview, 50% of study places

General entry requirements

  • The requirements for eligibility are a bachelor's level degree in the field of business (BBA in Business Administration or other equivalent business degree) or in the field of natural science (BBA in Business Information Technology) or in the field of hospitality management AND
  • at least two years (24 months) of work experience in the field of business and administration or tourism and hospitality after the bachelor's degree. 

If you have completed the bachelor´s level degree outside of Finland you must provide an English language proficiency certificate (see exceptions below) to be eligible.

Applicants who do not have to provide the English language proficiency certificate:

  • Applicants who have completed higher education degree in English in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, or the United States
  • Applicants who have completed 55 ECTS credits master's level management studies (see details below) 

English language proficiency certificate

The certificate must be submitted by 24 January 2024, 3.00 pm Finnish time. Only the tests listed below are accepted with no exceptions:

  • IELTS Academic: a minimum total score of 6.0 (Test sections: Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking) 
  • TOEFL Academic (iBT): a minimum total score of 60 (Test sections: Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing) 
  • Pearson PTE Academic: a minimum total score of 55 (Test sections: Speaking and Writing, Reading, and Listening) 

Test results are valid for two years. The test result must be valid until 3 January 2024. If possible, the applicant should choose Jamk University of Applied Sciences as the recipient of the results. Jamk University of Applied Sciences’ TOEFL code is 0719.

55 ECTS credits master's level management studies

If you have the required degree and work experience and you have completed or are completing 55 ECTS credits master's level management studies in Jamk or in higher education institution approved by Jamk you do not have to submit the English language proficiency certificate. 

Studies must be completed in

  • Jamk UAS: Master of Business Administration, International Business Management programme OR
  • Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, India: Master of Business Administration programme with a specialization in Business and Data Analytics, Hospital Administration and Medical Tourism, Logistics, Port and Supply Chain Management OR Marketing and Finance, offered by the Yenepoya Institute of Arts, Science, Commerce and Management (YIASCM), under the PG Department of Commerce and Management at Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, India OR
  • Humber College, Canada: the Humber Graduate Certificate program in Entrepreneurial Enterprise, Business Management (EE511); Business Management (EE511), Event Management (40511); Global Business Management (20841); Human Resources Management (02541); Marketing Management (02241); Project Management (31521) OR Supply Chain Management (10151) at the Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Toronto, Canada

The applicants must have begun their studies (the first enrolment as an attending student) in autumn 2019 or later. 

Applicants with 55 ECTS credits completed in Jamk or in higher education institution approved by Jamk, must attach transcript of records to the online application:

  • 30 credits completed by 24 January 2024 at 3.00 pm Finnish time,
  • total 55 credits completed by 11 July 2024 at 3.00 pm Finnish time.

Entry requirements: Professional Project Management

  • The requirements for eligibility are a bachelor's level degree in engineering in the field of technology AND
  • at least two years (24 months) of work experience in the field of technology after the bachelor's degree. 

Entry requirements: Robotics

  • The requirements for eligibility are a bachelor's level degree in engineering in the field of technology AND
  • at least two years (24 months) of work experience in the field of technology after the bachelor's degree. 

Entry requirements: Sport Business Management

The students for Jamk’s master’s degree programme in Sport Business Management are selected from two selection queues based on their educational background: 

  1. Interview, 50% of study places 
  2. Master's level management studies and interview, 50% of study places

General entry requirements

  • The requirements for eligibility are bachelor’s degree in the field of sport /sport studies, in the field of business (BBA in Business Administration or other equivalent business degree) or in the field of natural science (BBA in Business Information Technology) or in the field of hospitality management AND
  •  at least two years (24 months) of work experience in the field of sport, business and administration or tourism and hospitality after the bachelor's degree. 

If you have completed the bachelor´s level degree outside of Finland you must provide an English language proficiency certificate (see exceptions below) to be eligible.

Applicants who do not have to provide the English language proficiency certificate:

  • Applicants who have completed higher education degree in English in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, or the United States
  • Applicants who have completed 55 ECTS credits master's level management studies (see details below)

English language proficiency certificate

The certificate must be submitted by 24 January 2024, 3.00 pm Finnish time. Only the tests listed below are accepted with no exceptions:

  • IELTS Academic: a minimum total score of 6.0 (Test sections: Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking) 
  • TOEFL Academic (iBT): a minimum total score of 60 (Test sections: Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing) 
  • Pearson PTE Academic: a minimum total score of 55 (Test sections: Speaking and Writing, Reading, and Listening) 

Test results are valid for two years. The test result must be valid until 3 January 2024. If possible, the applicant should choose Jamk University of Applied Sciences as the recipient of the results. Jamk University of Applied Sciences’ TOEFL code is 0719.

55 ECTS credits master's level management studies

If you have the required degree and work experience and you have completed or are completing 55 ECTS credits master's level management studies in Jamk or in higher education institution approved by Jamk you do not have to submit the English language proficiency certificate. 

Studies must be completed in

  • Jamk UAS: Master of Business Administration, Sport Business Management programme OR
  • Humber College, Canada: the Humber Graduate Certificate program in Sport Business Management (SB511) at the Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Toronto, Canada

The applicants must have begun their studies (the first enrolment as an attending student) in autumn 2019 or later. 

Applicants with 55 ECTS credits completed in Jamk or in higher education institution approved by Jamk, must attach transcript of records to the online application:

  • 30 credits completed by 24 January 2024 at 3.00 pm Finnish time,
  • total 55 credits completed by 11 July 2024 at 3.00 pm Finnish time.

Entry requirements: Sport and Exercise Physiotherapy

  • The requirements for eligibility are a bachelor’s degree in physiotherapy AND
  • at least two years (24 months) of work experience in the field of social services and health care after the bachelor's degree or other equivalent work experience in the field of sport and exercise. 

Other higher education qualification

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 on their educational background and work experience.

Please note that vocational college diplomas are not vocational qualifications/further vocational qualifications/specialist vocational qualifications (in Finnish ammatillinen perustutkinto, ammatti- tai erikoisammattitutkinto) nor pedagogical teachers studies completed at professional teacher education of UAS. Vocational college diplomas were awarded mainly in Finland in the 1990s.

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 in joint application of spring 2024 until 31 July 2024.

  • Part-time work can be converted into full-time equivalents, such that 150 hours or 20 full workdays (at least 7 hours per day) correspond to one month of work.
  • Work experience as an entrepreneur will be accepted if the applicant submits an official certificate stating the entrepreneurship. For example, a Finnish entrepreneur must submit YEL- or MYEL-insurance certificate.
  • Practical training or on-the-job learning is not counted as work experience if it has been a part of the degree used for applying.
  • Service in an army, non-military service or nursing leave is not considered as work experience.
  • Parental leave during employment is accepted as work experience.

Work certificates

The work experience must be demonstrated with work certificates. A work certificate is a written official document that contains information about the job position of an employee of the company. Employees can request this certificate from their employer or from human resource department.

Note that the work certificates must include the following information:

  • working title and a job description
  • length of employment (date of beginning and termination of employment or information whether the employment is still active)
  • date of issue
  • a signature of the employer

Please note, that in case you do not submit work certificates which include all the information listed above, your application cannot be considered for admission.

Please note that the following documents are not accepted as work certificates:

  • letters of recommendations,
  • employment offer letters,
  • employment contracts,
  • a resume/CV.

Application

You can access the application during the application period on Studyinfo.fi. Carefully read the instructions in the beginning of the application.

You can choose six application options. In the first joint application of the spring you do not have to place the programmes in order of preference on the application. You can be accepted to six different degree programmes, but you can choose only one.

Please notice, that you can submit only one application form. 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, agents are not needed. After submitting the application, you will receive a confirmation email to the address you have given on the application form. Please use your own email address. If you use other person’s email address and they have applied before, the personal information of the other person will transfer to the new application. Please check your email and also your spam email folder regularly.

Required attachments

All applicants need to attach certificates to the application (e.g. as pdf. files):

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

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

The copies of degree certificates and work certificates must be submitted by 24 January 2024 at 3.00 p.m. Finnish time.

The original certificates will be checked at the Student Services in the beginning of studies. The selection is not final until the certificates have been checked.

*English language proficiency certificate

It is necessary to submit a language proficiency certificate only if you apply for the following degree programmes:

  • International Business Management
  • Sport Business Management

Entrance examination: International Business Management | Sport Business Management

All applicants who have demonstrated their eligibility will be invited to the entrance examination. The entrance examination includes an interview (max. 100 points). 

Entrance examination

  • The entrance examination (interview) will be held online in March 2024
    • Sport Business Management: on 25 March 2024
    • International Business Management: on 28 March 2024
  • You have to score at least 40 out of 100 points from the interview.

Please note that these degree programmes co-operate in entrance examinations. If you are applying for both of the degree programmes, you need to participate to only one interview. The interview scores are valid for both programmes.

Entrance examination: Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics | Cyber Security | Full Stack Software Development | Robotics

The entrance examination includes two mandatory parts: a pre-assignment (max. 60p.) and a group interview (max. 40p.), altogether max. 100 points. The student selection is based on the total score of the entrance examination and pre-assignment.

Part 1: Pre-assignment

  • All eligible applicants will receive credentials to GitLab platform.
  • You have to score at least 30 out of 60 points in the pre-assignment for an invitation to the group interview (part 2).
  • The pre-assignment does not include pre-reading materials.

Part 2: Group interview

  • The group interview will be held online (Teams, Zoom) during weeks 12-13 (18 - 31 March 2024).
  • You have to score at least 10 out of 40 points in the group interview.
  • 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.

Please note that these degree programmes co-operate in entrance examinations. If you are applying for several of the degree programmes, you need to submit only one pre-assignment and to participate to only one group interview.

Entrance examination: Professional Project Management

The entrance examination includes two parts: a spoken part (max. 20 p.) and a written part (max. 80 p.). The student selection is based on the total score of the entrance examination (max. 100 p.)

Entrance examination

  • The entrance examination will be held online on 14 March 2024 at 17.00-19.00 / 5-7 p.m. Finnish time
  • You have to score at least 5/20 points from the spoken part and 15/80 points from the written part.
  • You must have an access to camera and microphone during the entrance examination.
  • 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.

Please note that this degree programme does not co-operate with other entrance examinations.

Entrance examination: Sport and Exercise Physiotheraphy

The entrance examination includes two mandatory parts: a pre-assignment (max. 40p.) and an interview (max. 60p.), altogether max. 100 points. The student selection is based on the total score of the entrance examination and pre-assignment.

Part 1: Pre-assignment

  • The questions are on the Studyinfo application when the application period begins.
  • The answers for the questions must be submitted to the application by 24 January 2024 by 3.00 p.m. Finnish time. 
  • You have to score at least 20 out of 40 points in the pre-assignment for an invitation to the group interview (part 2).
  • The pre-assignment does not include pre-reading materials.

Part 2: Interview

  • The interview will be held online during weeks 11-13 (11 - 29 March 2024).
  • You have to score at least 20 out of 60 points in the group interview.
  • 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.

Accept the study place

If you have been admitted to a study programme, you will receive a notification to your email.

  • You must accept the offered study place by 11 July 2024 at 3.00 p.m. Finnish time  OR according to your personal deadline, stated on Studyinfo.fi. Otherwise you will lose the study place. 
  • You can accept only one study place per academic term.
  • Accepting a study place is a binding choice that cannot be cancelled or changed later.
  • When you accept a study place, all your other study place offers are cancelled.
  • You cannot be accepted to other programmes starting in the same academic term after you have accepted a study place.
  • You can be accepted from waiting list until 30 July 2024 at 3.00 p.m. Finnish time, in case there are available study places.

Enroll for attendance / non-attendance

In addition of accepting the offer of admission, enroll for attendance by 11 July 2024 at 3.00 p.m. Finnish time, according to the e-mail instructions. Non-enrollment (both for attendance and non-attendance) leads to loss of study entitlement.

Students may enroll as non-attending students in the first year only if they are:

  • completing their military or civil service in accordance with the Conscription Act, Non-Military Service Act or Act on Women's Voluntary Military Service
  • on maternity, paternity or parental leave
  • incapable of commencing the studies due to personal illness or disability.

The absence must be verified with official documents during the enrollment period at Student Services. If the documents are insufficient or are not delivered during the enrollment period, the student will be registered as attending.

Tuition fees and scholarships

The tuition fee must be paid by 11 July 2024 at 3.00 p.m. Finnish time. ​​​Applicants who are required to pay the tuition fee will receive the admission letter and instructions how to pay the tuition fee for the first year. 

If you are exempted from paying the tuition fee (see further information from the link below) please attach a copy of your valid passport or national ID card where your citizenship is indicated, and/or a copy of the exempting document to the online application form.

Start the residence permit application procedure

Non-EU/EEA students need a student residence permit for studying in Finland. The residence permits are granted by the Finnish Immigration Service.  You can find detailed information and advice on the residence permit requirements and procedures on the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) website.

Start your residence permit process as soon as possible, carefully following the immigration authorities' instructions and regulations, so that you can receive your permit before your studies begin! Please note, that the residence permit application process might take over two months.

Please note that Jamk does not process the residence permit applications nor can give any advice or guidance regarding the application process. Please contact Finnish Migration Service in all issues regarding this matter.

Jamk's Study Guide for new students

Get familiar with Jamk’s Study Guide for new students, that includes all the necessary information for you to begin your studies at Jamk. 

 

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Appeal

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@jamk.fi

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