Admission criteria

Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences (UAS) follows the general admission criteria for Finnish polytechnics/universities of applied sciences, available at www.koulutusnetti.fi (in English => Polytechnics => The joint application system => Admission criteria).

Of the accepted applicants 50 % will be admitted on the basis of the entrance examination only, and 50 % on the basis of the combined points for previous school performance and the entrance examination. If study places become available later, applicants on the waiting list will be admitted in the order indicated by their admission points.

1. Admission on the basis of the total points for school performance and the entrance examination

Applicants who have completed the Finnish matriculation examination, IB examination in a Finnish upper secondary school or the Reifeprüfung examination or European Baccalaureate examination of European schools in Finland, are admitted in this group.

The maximum total of admission points is 100, out of which at most 30 can be awarded for school performance and 70 for the entrance examination. Further information on the points awarded for school performance is available in Finnish here.

2. Admission on the basis of the entrance examination

Applicants with eligibility to apply to polytechnic/UAS studies referred to in the Polytechnics Act (351/2003), not mentioned in section 1 above, or whose eligibility to apply is based on non-Finnish qualifications. The admission of those EU/EEA-citizens who are completing their qualifications outside Finland in the spring of applying is based only on the points awarded for the entrance examination. The maximum total of entrance examination points is 100.