Information and Communication Technology, Circular Economy, Bachelor of Engineering

Timetable for HAMK's direct application to Bachelor's degree studies

* Application for the degree programmes in Computer Applications and International Business (both full- and part-time studies) ends 20 December 2022. All applications submitted by 20 December 2022 will be taken into consideration.

Eligibility

You can apply to a Bachelor’s degree programme at a university of applied sciences when you have completed:

• the Finnish general upper secondary school syllabus and/or the Matriculation Examination
• International Baccalaureate, German Reifeprüfung or European Baccalaureate Diploma
• a Finnish upper secondary vocational qualification (120 credit units) or an equivalent previous vocational qualification with a minimum scope of 80 credit units
• a Finnish post-secondary or higher vocational level diploma
• further vocational qualification or specialist vocational qualification or an equivalent previous qualification
• foreign education that provides eligibility to apply for higher education in the country in question.
• Bachelor's or Master's Degree

Refugee or refugee-like situation

If the applicant is a refugee or in refugee-like situation and the qualifications cannot be proven through documentary evidence, HAMK can consider whether the applicant can be invited to the selection course. The applicant must prove the refugee status by reference to a decision made by competent authority.

Application practicalities

• Check the eligibility requirements
• Get familiar with the admission criteria
• You can fill in and submit only one (1) online application and apply up to four (4) degree programmes at  www.studyinfo.fi
• Notice that the application can be closed before 31 March 2023 if study places become full earlier.
• Fill in your application only after you have all the documents
• Upload required documents to your application within 7 (seven) days after submitting the application. Notice that passport is mandatory attachment for all applicants
• Upload official translations of documents that are not in Finnish, Swedish or English language. The translation must be made by an official translator, and it needs to have translator's signature and stamp
• Please check all the information you have given before submitting application
• Keep an eye on your e-mail in case you are required to provide additional documents or further information about your educational background

Tuition fees

Non-EU/EEA students

As a non-EU/EEA-citizen you are required to pay tuition fees for Bachelor’s degree studies.

The tuition fee must be paid at the time of confirming the study place. Please notice: tuition fees are charged directly by HAMK and should never be paid through third parties (i.e. educational agents).

You can be exempted from paying tuition fees if you:

• have an EU Blue Card granted in Finland
• have a continuous residence permit card in Finland, type A permit
  • NB: Type A permit granted for studying in Finland (from 15 April 2022 onwards) doesn’t exempt student from paying tuition fee.
• have a permanent residence permit card in Finland, type P permit
• have an EU Family Member's Residence Card in Finland
• have an EU residence permit for third-country citizens with long-term residence permit card in Finland (Type P-EU)

In order to be exempted from paying tuition fees, please attach a copy of one of the above-mentioned documents to your application. The document must be downloaded to your application within seven (7) days after submitting the online application.

Please notice: if you receive one of the documents mentioned above at any point of the admission process, please contact the Admission Services.

EU/EEA students

There will be no tuition fee for EU/EEA citizens. In order to be exempted from paying tuition fees you need to attach one of the following documents to your application:

• Passport or identity card to indicate the citizenship of EU/EEA/Switzerland (citizens of Finland are not required to provide proof of their citizenship as it will be verified from the population register)

The document must be downloaded to your application within seven (7) days after submitting the online application.

Please visit Tuition fees and scholarships -page for more detailed information.

Admission criteria

Students are selected on the basis of their educational background or on the basis of a selection course. Applicant does not need to choose the student selection method used for their selection. All applicants are automatically taken into account in both student selection methods.

Admission on the basis of previous school performance

The applicant can be admitted on the basis of

• upper secondary school certificate
• Bachelor's or Master's degree certificate
• SAT-test results
• Danish Academy Profession Degree Diploma
• Edunation Pathway studies

Upper secondary diploma

An applicant can be selected on the basis of educational background if he/she has required level grades in the upper secondary diploma. In addition he/she needs to demonstrate sufficient English language skills with one of the required documents.

The grades of the upper secondary certificate must be better than the average of the degree scale.

The selection is made on the basis of mathematics and physics grades.

Bachelor's and Master's diploma

An applicant can be selected on the basis of educational background if he/she has a university degree. In addition he/she needs to demonstrate sufficient English language skills with one of the required documents. Applicant cannot apply with unfinished university studies.

English language certificate

All applicants admitted on the basis of their previous school performance must provide proof of their English language skills with one of the documents mentioned below. If you have one of the following documents, please upload a copy of it to the application:

• upper secondary school certificate completed in an EU/EEA-country. The English language grade in the upper secondary certificate must be better than the average of the degree scale.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree completed in English in an EU/EEA-country
• upper secondary school certificate or Bachelor's or Master's degree completed in English in Great Britain, Ireland, United States, Canada, Australia or New Zealand
• International Baccalaureate completed in English
• AICE degree completed in Finland
• IELTS academic level, overall score 6.0
• TOEFL ibt score 60
• Pearson test of English, Academic minimum score 46
• iTEP, Academic-Plus 3.7
• Cambridge C2 Proficiency (Certificate of Proficiency in English) overall Cambridge English Scale score 169
• Cambridge C1 Advanced (Certificate in Advanced English) overall Cambridge English Scale score of 169
• National Certificate of Language Proficiency skills level 4 in all parts of the test (speaking, listening comprehension, writing and reading comprehension)
• International Baccalaureate diploma: grade 4 in higher level English
• European Baccalaureate diploma: at least grade 6.00 in L2 -level English
• Deutsche Internationale Abitur (DIA) -diploma: at least grade 7 in advanced English

If you do not have any of the above listed documents, you cannot be selected on the basis of educational background. You need to participate in the selection course, which is organised in the spring 2023. We will inform you about it via email after your application has been checked.

Applicants must upload a copy of their upper secondary / Bachelor's / Master's Certificate together with the grading scale and official translations of these documents in English to the online application within seven (7) days after submitting the application.

Applicants that finish upper secondary school in 2023 must upload to the application the latest transcript of records and an official translation of the transcript in English. Please notice: handwritten transcripts are not accepted.

The student selection is conditional for applicants with unfinished upper secondary school studies until the applicant has submitted a copy of the final diploma to the admission services by 14 July 2023 at the latest. If the applicant's grades in the diploma do not meet the requirements, the student selection will be canceled.

SAT test

The SAT Test, organised by the College Board, is given all over the world on simultaneous test dates. For further information on the test, visit the College Board website.

HAMK uses SAT-test results as a student selection method in the Degree Programmes in International Business, Computer Applications, Construction Engineering, Electrical and Automation Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Production Technology,  Sustainable Forest Management, Smart Organic Farming as well as in Information and Communication Technology, Bioeconomy.

Please notice: SAT-test is not used as a student selection method in the Degree Programme in  Smart and Sustainable Design.

Admission on the basis of Danish Academy Profession Degree (AP Degree)

After you have completed  (or complete during the academic year 2022-2023) following Danish Academy Profession Degree you have direct admission to this degree programme. Participating in the selection course is not required. You must upload a copy of the diploma to the application within seven (7) days after submitting the application.  Applicants that finish AP Degree in 2023 can apply with their upper secondary education certificate + AP Degree's latest transcript of records and an official translation of the documents in English. The student selection is conditional for applicants with unfinished AP Degree studies until the applicant has submitted a copy of the final diploma to the admission services by 14 July 2023 at the latest.

Selection Course: "Essential Academic Skills at HAMK"

The selection courses are organised during the spring on 1 February - 30 April 2023. If you are not admitted on the basis of your previous school performance, you will be informed about it with an e-mail that contains the information about how to enroll for the selection course. Please keep an eye on your e-mail (all folders) as we will inform you as soon as we have checked your application if you are not admitted on the basis of the previous school performance and your student selection method is the selection course.

Selection Course: "Essential Academic Skills at HAMK" is used in all fields of study. The selection course for Engineering degree programmes includes advanced mathematics, physics and English. In the degree programme in Computer Applications the course includes advanced mathematics and English. In the degree programmes in International Business, Smart Organic Farming and Sustainable Forest Management the course includes basic mathematics and English. In the degree programme in Smart and Sustainable Design the course includes design tasks and English.

The scope of the selection course varies by degree programme and it can be recognised in the degree.

Student selection results

The student selection results will be published individually after admission services have checked your application if you admitted on the basis of previous school performance and within a few weeks after completing the selection course. 

You will be sent an e-mail if you are offered a study place. You then have time until 14 July 2023 3:00 pm Finnish time to confirm the study place. However, it is highly recommended to confirm the place as soon as possible to allow sufficient time for the immigration process. Early confirmation helps that you will not miss the start date of your studies.

You can confirm the study place by using the link included in the message from Studyinfo  or by logging in to My Studyinfo -service with online banking credentials, mobile certificate or an electronic ID card.

Please notice that once you confirm the study place you cannot anymore accept any other study places leading to a higher education degree in Finland if the studies begin in the same academic term. The one-study-place-per-term-provision applies to higher education regardless of how the studies are provided. For example, if you accept a study place offered to you in this direct application, you cannot then anymore accept a study place from the joint application if the study programme begins in the same academic term.

The studies start in  August 2023.