Finnish application system for education

There are three ways to apply for upper secondary education and higher education in Finland: joint application, separate application, and rolling admissions.

Joint applications

• Joint applications are national application procedures used by Finnish education institutions to select new students to upper secondary education and higher education institutions.
• Joint applications are coordinated by the Finnish National Agency for Education.
• You can apply to a maximum of 7 (upper secondary and vocational education) or 6 (higher education) study programmes with one form.
• There are three joint applications per year for higher education institutions:
  • Joint application, autumn 2023: 4 September 2023 at 8:00 to 14 September 2023 at 15:00 Finnish time (UTC/GMT+3) for English-taught degree programmes starting in the autumn term.
  • Joint application, spring 2023: 3 March 2023 at 8:00 to 11 March 2023 at 15:00 Finnish time (UTC/GMT+3) for Finnish/Swedish-taught degree programmes starting in the autumn term.
  • Joint application, spring 2024: August-September 2024 for a smaller number of degree programmes taught in Finnish/Swedish/English starting in the spring term.
• English-taught degree programmes are not always available in the joint application. You apply to these study programmes directly to the education institution in separate application or via rolling admission.
• You can find a list of programmes available via joint application on the Studyinfo website.

Separate applications

• In separate applications, you apply directly to the education institution with separate application form for each study programme and education institution.
• There are no limitations to the amount of study programmes you can apply to in separate application.
• You can find a list of programmes available via separate application on the Studyinfo website.

Rolling admissions

• Vocational institutions as well as some higher education institutions offer admission year around.
• You can find a list of programmes available via rolling admissions on the Studyinfo website.

Supplementary applications

• Supplementary application round takes place if all study places offered during an application period are not filled.
• Admission criteria are the same as they were in the primary application round.
• Applying for study programmes in supplementary application takes place on different times depending on the degree programme level.
• You can find a list of programmes available via supplementary applications on the Studyinfo website.