How to apply?

• Check a list of Bachelor's degree programmes or a list of Master's degree programmes by field, and the programme you are interested in and make sure you know the admission requirements. Sign up for a language test well in advance (TOEFL iBT, IELTS Academic, PTE Academic), if required and/or necessary.
• When the application period begins, fill in the required information with care, upload all the required documents in electronic format and then submit the online application. You can also submit the application before uploading the documents (this is recommended).
• Required enclosures must be uploaded electronically to the application (recommended file types pdf and jpeg, max. file size 1.0 GB). Please see more information on How to submit documents.
  • We accept scanned copies of the original degree certificates and transcripts as well as the official translations if the documents are not in English, Finnish or Swedish.
  • We do not accept scans of photocopies unless they have been certified by the awarding institution.
  • Please scan the original documents with care, always scan in color and remember to scan all pages. If your scan is blurred, discolored or the file is flawed it will not be accepted. The use of PDF format is encouraged, as this ensures that the files can be opened in all operating systems.
  • The University of Eastern Finland also accepts electronic transcripts submitted through a few recognized sources. Please see Electronic Transcripts for details.
• Make sure your application enclosures are uploaded by the given deadline at 3 PM (EET). Also the language test results must be electronically available to the University of Eastern Finland by the deadline.
• Should you have any questions about completing your application and uploading the documents to the application form, please contact our admissions office, admissions@uef.fi, tel. +358 29 445 8990.

At the application state we require only scanned enclosures attached (uploaded) to the application form. Paper copies are not required during the application period.

Once you have filled out the online application, required enclosures must be uploaded electronically to the application form (recommended file types pdf and jpeg, max. file size 1.0 GB) by 24 January 2024 at 3 PM (EET). Please make sure that you upload each enclosure to the right place in the application form. 

Collect the required documents. Information concerning the documents is available on the programme specific admission application requirements and also on your online application. There are certain requirements for the documents uploaded in electronic format:

• We accept scanned copies of the original degree certificates and transcripts as well as the translations when they are required.
• We do not accept scans of photocopies unless they have been certified by the awarding institution
• Please scan the original documents with care, always scan in color and remember to scan all pages. If your scan is blurred, discoloured or the file is flawed it will not be accepted. The use of PDF -format is encouraged, as this ensures that the files can be opened in all operating systems.
• The University of Eastern Finland also accepts electronic transcripts submitted through a few recognized sources. Please see Electronic transcripts for details.

If application documents are mailed in by a third party, e.g. your university officials, the admissions office will forward the documents to the programme coordinator for evaluation. These documents can be mailed either to Joensuu or to Kuopio campus:

Postal address to Joensuu Campus:

University of Eastern Finland
Admissions Office, Joensuu Campus
(include the programme name or your application number)
P.O. Box 111
80101 Joensuu, Finland

Postal address to Kuopio Campus:

University of Eastern Finland
Admissions Office, Kuopio Campus
(include the programme name or your application number)
P.O. Box 1627
70211 Kuopio, Finland

If you send the documents by mail, kindly note that all documents coming from outside EU/EEA area need to go through custom clearance. This can be done via email. To make sure that the documents arrive in our university on time, you need to do the clearance beforehand by using this form: Private person’s declaration of goods imported from outside the customs and fiscal territory of the EU. If an amount is required and 0 € is not allowed, a sum of 0.01 € (or equivalent in your own currency) can be given.

It is always the applicant’s responsibility to make sure that the application documents reach the University of Eastern Finland (UEF) by the deadline. UEF does not process any application documents that have arrived after the deadline.