All polytechnics/UAS arrange entrance examinations. All applicants who meet the admission criteria are invited to the examinations.

Admission groups

50% of the applicants 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 of points for school performance and the entrance examination:

applicants who have completed or are completing the Finnish matriculation examination, IB examination in a Finnish upper secondary school or the Reifeprüfung examination in Finland, or applicants who have completed the European Baccalaureate examination of European schools.
Applicants who are completing their Finnish matriculation examination during the application process apply with their latest upper secondary school certificate. Grades for the Matriculation examination are received from the Matriculation Examination register. 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.
 
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 completing an EB in a European school in the spring of the application is based only on the points awarded for the entrance examination. The admission of those EU/EEA-citizens who are completing their qualifications 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.

Many polytechnics/UAS cooperate ­in the entrance examinations. This means that an entrance examination completed at one polytechnic/UAS is accepted by another. Please note that some polytechnics/UAS require that you participate in their own entrance examination.