The application period in UEF 2023 application round for Bachelor's and Master's Degree programmes will be from 4 January until 18 January 2023. Also, UEF had a supplementary admission for a few Master's programmes from 30 May until 13 June 2022 for studies beginning in September 2022.
- Early Language Education for Intercultural Communication, coordinator: eleic(at)uef.fi
- Linguistic Data Sciences, coordinator: lds(at)uef.fi
- Pedagogy and Teaching for Sustainability, coordinator: pts(at)uef.fi
- Medical Physics, coordinators: uefmedphys(at)uef.fi
A waiver granted based on temporary protection: A student may apply for a tuition fee waiver on humanitarian grounds if they are liable to pay tuition fees and have been accepted into an international bachelor’s or master’s degree programme at the University of Eastern Finland and they arrive in Finland on account of requiring temporary protection. The grant is awarded as a 100 % tuition fee waiver for the target duration of completing a degree. For more information about the temporary protection please see the website of Finnish Immigration Service.
Normally there is one intake per year and the studies start the following September. Starting with admissions for studies applicants will begin the application process on the national Studyinfo portal where they can search for suitable programmes and begin the application.
There are two ways to apply to a higher education degree programmes in Finland: joint application or separate application. Both our Bachelor's and Master's programmes are using for the September 2023 intake the joint application form. Each applicant can fill in only one application form/application period.
After you submit your application you receive a confirmation email. This email includes a link for making changes to your application. Changes to the application form can be done until the end of the application period, but it is possible to upload documents to the application form 7 days after the application period has ended.
- 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, IELTS, PTE), 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 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, 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 p.m. (GMT+2). 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 UEF application form, please contact our admissions office, admissions@uef.fi, tel. +358 29 445 8990.
Bachelor’s Degree Programmes
Master’s Degree Programmes
Admission services
Admission Services will assist you in matters related to applying (e.g. questions related to the application form and required attachments): admissions@uef.fi
If you need more information about the content, curriculum and study practices of the degree programmes, please contact the degree programme in question. You will find the contact details from degree programme's own website:
Not sure who to contact, or how to find the right programme for You? Send email to studentrecruiting@uef.fi
Postal address to Joensuu Campus:
University of Eastern Finland
Admissions Office, Joensuu Campus
(include the programme name)
Yliopistokatu 2 / P.O. Box 111
80101 Joensuu, Finland
Postal address to Kuopio Campus:
University of Eastern Finland
Admissions Office, Kuopio Campus
(include the programme name)
Yliopistonranta 1 C / P.O. Box 1627
70211 Kuopio, Finland