The University of Eastern Finland offers education for experts of the future and encourages studies in the Finnish language.
The application period to the international Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes available at the University of Eastern Finland begins on Wednesday, 8 January 2025, at 8.00 and ends on 22 January 2025 at 15.00 (GMT+2).
Available for application via the first joint application procedure of the year are four international Bachelor’s degree programmes and more than 20 Master’s degree programmes at the University of Eastern Finland. Studies in these programmes will begin in the autumn of 2025.
A total of approximately 500 student places are available in the degree programmes. Currently, the University of Eastern Finland has about 2,000 international students from around 100 different countries, both as exchange and degree students.
The following Bachelor's degree programmes are available for application via the first joint application procedure of the year:
- Social Sciences
- Lifelong Learning and Sustainable Development
- Information Technology
- Sustainable Forest Bioeconomy
More information about the international Bachelor's degree programmes: uef.fi/bachelors.
The following Master's degree programmes are available for application via the first joint application procedure of the year:
- Accounting and Finance
- Biology of Environmental Change
- Biomedicine
- Digital Marketing and Analytics
- Early Language Education for Intercultural Communication
- English Language and Culture
- Environmental and Ecosystem Ecology
- Environmental Health and Technology
- Environmental Policy and Law
- Forestry
- International Business and Sales Management
- Information Technology (IMPIT)
- Linguistic Data Sciences
- Medical Physics
- Pedagogy and Teaching for Sustainability
- Photonics
- Public Health
- Research Chemists
- Sustainability Leadership
- Tourism Marketing and Management
- Toxicology
More information about the international Master's degree programmes: uef.fi/masters.
New scholarship encourages studies in the Finnish language
Both Finnish and international applicants with a secondary education qualification can apply for admission to the international Bachelor’s degree programmes. Both Finnish and international applicants with a relevant Bachelor’s degree can apply for admission to the Master’s degree programmes.
Studying in the international degree programmes is free of charge for Finnish citizens and all EU/EEA and Swiss citizens. Citizens of other countries are required to pay a tuition fee of 10,000 euros per academic year.
A limited number of scholarships are available for selected students who are liable to pay tuition fees.
“The University of Eastern Finland is the first Finnish university to offer a scholarship based on learning the Finnish language in its international Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes. The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage international students to learn Finnish, improve their employment opportunities, and facilitate their integration into Finnish society,” Vice Rector Laura Hirsto notes.
Starting from 1 January 2025, applicants from outside the EU, EEA or Switzerland are required to pay an application fee in order to apply to higher education studies. More information about the application fee can be found on the Studyinfo website maintained by the Finnish National Agency for Education.
For further information, please contact:
Email: admissions@uef.fi
