Bachelor's Degree programmes
Student selection is based on application documents, an entrance examination, and often on interview. The results for student selection in bachelor's degree programmes will be published no later than 28 May 2025. Once all results have been released, you will receive an email with a link to your admission results letter. Courses for the autumn semester will begin in early September 2025.
Master's Degree programmes
Student selection is based on application documents and an evaluation of how the applicant’s skills and competencies, gained through previous academic studies, align with the program’s requirements. The results for student selection in master's degree programmes will be published no later than 28 May 2025. Once the selection decision has been made, applicants will receive their results by email. Courses for the autumn semester will begin in early September 2025.
Verification of educational documents for accepted students
Applicants will be conditionally accepted if their degree has been completed outside Finland. Accepted students are required to send the verified certificates/ diplomas of completed education degree to the university by the set deadlines. We will assess the eligibility and authenticity of educational certificates for all applicants. More information about the verification of official documents.
General information
If you have been accepted and offered a study place, you can confirm it electronically via the link in your email notification or by sending a confirmation form to the Admissions Office at hakijapalvelut@uef.fi no later than the deadline stated in the form. You must accept the study place by the given deadline, or you will lose your offer. For the 2025 intake, study places must be confirmed by 10 July 2025 at 3 PM (EEST). Accepting a study place is a binding decision, and you cannot cancel or change it later.
According to the 'One Study Place per Term' provision, a student may accept only one study place leading to a higher education degree in Finland during one academic term (1 August–31 December or 1 January–31 July). This rule applies to all higher education institutions. For more information please see Studyinfo.fi.
Information from Finnish Immigration Service for new students.
Appeal instructions
If you have questions about the decision or do not understand why you were not accepted, please contact the programme coordinator first. Further details are provided in the rejection letter.
If you disagree with the admission decision, please note that the admission criteria, including language requirements and instructions for submitting official translations, are final and applied equally to all applicants. For example, if you were not admitted because you missed the document submission deadline or used unapproved methods to prove your language skills, the decision will not change even if you submit a formal appeal. Formal rectifications are considered only in cases where an error occurred in the admission process, documents were overlooked, or if a university's accreditation was not found in the databases and the applicant can provide proof of accreditation.
Scholarship decisions are not appealable and therefore it is not possible to ask for rectification.
Should you still disagree with the decision you may request for rectification of the decision from the Dean of the faculty. It is possible to make a request for rectification only after the admission results have been made and published.
When requesting rectification against student admission decision concerning bachelor’s or master’s degree programmes applied through the first joint application, the deadline is 11 June 2025 at 3:00 PM (EEST).
In some exceptional programmes applied through other application besides the first joint application, a different deadline may be followed. In such cases, the deadline is provided in the admission letter received by the applicant or in the admission requirements.
The request for rectification must be delivered within the deadline. Any requests arrived after the deadline will be dismissed.
The request for rectification is made via this form.
Further instructions for making a request for rectification
Statistics
Admission 2025, student selection statistic (Master)
Admission 2025, student selection statistic (Bachelor)
Admission 2024, student selection statistic (Master)
Admission 2024, student selection statistic (Bachelor)
Admission 2023, student selection statistic (Master)
Admission 2022, student selection statistic (Master)