You can apply to a Bachelor’s degree programme if you have completed:

• foreign qualification that provides eligibility for higher education studies in the country in question
• the Finnish general upper secondary school syllabus and/or the matriculation examination;
• an International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma; a European Baccalaureate (EB) Diploma; Reifeprüfung (RP) Diploma;
• a Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification with a scope of 120 credit units or 180 credit points, or a comparable previous Finnish vocational qualification with a minimum scope of 80 credit units;
• a Finnish post-secondary or higher vocational level diploma;
• a Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification or a further or specialist vocational qualification as a competence-based qualification, or a comparable previous qualification
• Bachelor´s or Master´s degree
  

In order to prove their eligibility, applicants with a non-Finnish qualification certificate must attach a copy of the final certificate to their online application at Study Info by the given date. In addition, official translations of the documents must be provided if the original document is not awarded in Finnish, Swedish or English. 

Applicants are required to have good oral and written skills in English. The English language skills are tested in the entrance examination.

The applicants finishing secondary school in the summer, can apply with their temporary certificates. In this case the required document to be downloaded on the application form is the latest transcript of records (list of courses and grades) from your current school. The final graduation documents (scanned copies) must be submitted to KAMK Admissions in connection to accepting the study place.

The admission is conditional until the original school certificates have been checked in the beginning of the studies.

Please note that if you are under 18 years old when you start the studies in Finland, you are legally a minor and you can’t for example make a rental agreement for accommodation, electricity contract or open a bank account by yourself. Therefore, life in Finland as a minor student without parents can be very challenging.

Education completed outside Finland 

Applicants, who have completed a qualification outside Finland, must attach the following documents to their online application in Studyinfo.fi by the given date.

1) A copy of the final secondary school certificate or equivalent 
Only final certificates awarded by national and regional bodies granting educational certificates will be accepted. Therefore, various other documents such as “Result slips”, “Testimonials”, “Statements of Results”, “Examination Results” are not considered as official certificates.
2) A copy of an official Finnish, Swedish or English translation of the certificate must be provided, if the certificate is not written in one of these languages. The translation must have the translator’s signature and stamp.
3) A copy of passport or ID card

The applicants graduating in summer following the application period, are requested to submit the copy of the transcript of records (and official translation) to the online application form by the given date. The copies of the final certificates will be submitted upon confirmation of acceptance.

Education completed in Finland

You must submit copies of your certificates by the given date

• if you have taken the Finnish matriculation examination prior to 1990
• if you are completing an IB-examination in a Finnish upper secondary school in the spring 2023
• if you are completing a Reifeprüfung-examination in the spring 2023 or
•  if you are completing an EB-examination in the spring 2023, you must submit a copy of your temporary certificate to the Admission Services of the UAS of your first choice by the given date. The copies of the final certificates will be submitted upon confirmation of acceptance.
  

Joint application for studies starting in autumn 2023 will take place on 4 - 18 January 2023. The students for the Bachelor´s degrees will be selected based on International UAS Online entrance examination.The entrance exams will be organised in February-March 2023 online and in two phases.

1. Written, online exam on 8 February 2023
   

   The entrance exam consists of common sections and certain program-specific parts that are determined based on the programme you have applied for. All sections are completed at one time. A specific completion time is determined for each exam section. When the time is up, the section closes. If you didn't finish the section, the latest version of your answers will be saved. Any opened section must be completed at once, but the sections can be completed in any order.

   To access the written exam, you will receive a personal link to the email address you have given in your Study Info application. The link will also be available at My Studyinfo in your own application.

2. Oral part (group interview), 6 - 17 March 2023

   The most successful applicants of the first phase written exam per study field are going to be invited to the second phase group interview. In order to be invited to the second phase group interview, you must pass all the exam sections included to your study programme and reach the field-specific cut-off score.

   The applicant must pass both two parts of the exam and score minimum points of total points in order to be selected for the admission.

See more detailed on the entrance exams from International UAS exam – Ammattikorkeakouluun.fi (uasinfo.fi)

Joint application to higher education, spring 2023

4 January 8:00 am to 18 January 3:00 pm (UTC + 2)
Degree programmes offered in English

25 January 3:00 pm (UTC + 2)
Submit the attachments and advance assignments by the deadline

8 February
Written, online exam

6 - 17 March
Group Interview (for eligible applicants who have passed the written exam)

2 June
Student selection results published at the latest

14 July 3:00 pm (UTC + 3)
Deadline for accepting a study place

2 August 3:00 pm (UTC + 3)
Admissions from waiting lists end

Studies start in August 2023

An applicant can apply for individual arrangements for Join Application entrance examination (e.g. extra time, technical aid, or other special arrangement) due to an injury, illness, reading disability, or other special reason. 

If applicants due to their state of health or learning difficulties require special arrangements as regards the entrance examination, they must request such arrangements in writing at the very latest immediately they receive the invitation to sit the entrance exam. Applicants must submit the request to the admissions office of the University of Applied Sciences that sent the entrance exam invitation. A statement written by a doctor or other expert concerning the applicant’s form of disability or illness must be enclosed with the written request. Kajaani University of Applied Sciences will inform the applicant of the special arrangements that will be made on his/her behalf.

Application and required certificates for the individual arrangements must be sent by 25 January 2023 at 3 pm with form below. Form will be closed 25.1.23 at 3pm and requests after that will not be handled. Please note, that all attachments must be attached to the form, make sure all needed information is on hand when filling the form. 

Application form.

Further information at UASinfo website.

The tuition fee for non-EU/EEA citizens at KAMK is 6 000 euros per academic year in Bachelor's Degree programmes. There is no tuition fee for EU/EEA citizens or exchange students. The payment is done at the same time when accepted student confirms his/her study place at KAMK. It is not possible to pay in installments. On their first year, the students applying through joint application may take advantage of the Early Bird scholarship by accepting their study place offer and paying their tuition fee within two weeks after submission the notice of acceptance. The Early Bird scholarship covers 50% of the tuition fee and is directly used to reduce the tuition fee. This means that the student pays 3 000 euros for the first year. 

For the following study years, the tuition fee must be paid in May yearly. The scholarship system rewards students for progress in their studies. Read more about KAMK tuition fee and scholarship policy.

All non-EU/EEA citizens selected for KAMK English-taught studies leading to a Finnish higher education degree must agree on a KAMK student agreement. The acceptance of the terms and conditions is done in StudyInfo when accepting the study place.
The KAMK Student Agreement applies to students who will start their studies after 1.1.2023.

The agreement applies to Kajaani University of Applied Sciences' tuition fees and scholarships and defines the rights and obligations of all parties and the terms under which a student may receive a scholarship for their studies in the degree programme.

The Student Agreement can be read in whole from KAMK website.

Pathway studies

If you wish to get a head start to your studies, there is the opportunity to join KAMK via Pathway studies.

Top-up programme offers students who have completed a higher diploma to continue their studies towards a Bachelor's degree. Completing the Bachelor’s degree in the top-up programme takes up to three (3) to four (4) semesters, i.e. 1.5 to 2 years.

KAMK welcomes applicants, who have completed an AP Degree (Academy Profession) in Denmark after their secondary education to apply in separate application round 31 March - 6 April 2023 (3 pm Finnish local time). 

Prior education

- Foreign upper secondary qualification
- AP Degree (Academy Profession) completed in Denmark

Eligibility criteria

- Eligible applicants for degree studies in a university of applied sciences have completed
- Foreign upper secondary qualification AND
- AP Degree (Academy Profession) completed in Denmark

Those finishing the AP degree in summer 2023 can apply with their latest transcript of records and submit the final graduation documents upon confirmation of acceptance.

Admissions criteria

Kajaani University of Applied Sciences uses the following student selection method:
• Motivation letter (max one A4 document)
• Individual interviews will be arranged if deemed necessary

In case there are more applicants than study places, the selections will be based on the motivation letter and the grading of the compulsory elements of the AP degree Studies will start in August 2023.