The University of Eastern Finland will increase its student intake by a total of 450 students in three of the university’s faculties. The university’s Board confirmed the faculties’ maximum student intake numbers for 2026–2028 at its meeting held on 29 April 2026.
The decision is based on expected growth in student numbers and the university’s plans for additional student intake and new educational initiatives in the coming years.
The maximum student intake confirmed for the Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology is 1,450 students, which represents an annual increase of 150 students compared with the previous level.
The Faculty of Health Sciences will increase its student intake to 900 students per year, marking an annual increase of 100 students.
The student intake confirmed for the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies is 1,600 students per year. The current student intake is 1,400.
The Philosophical Faculty’s student intake will remain unchanged, at 1,400 students per year.
In accordance with the Universities Act, the Board of the university is responsible for deciding on the number of students to be admitted to the university. The decision taken now concerns the faculties’ maximum student intake, and the actual intake of students through admissions will be decided separately each year.
New learning opportunities and international programmes increase student intake
“The increases in student intake are based on faculty-specific needs to develop their education and on planned, substantively new initiatives in education in the coming years,” says Laura Hirsto, Vice Rector for Education.
In the Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology, the increase pertains, in particular, to new learning opportunities in the field of technology, options available for application across the faculties as well as potential international Erasmus Mundus Master’s programmes implemented under competitive EU funding.
In the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, the increase is driven by the launch of new degree programmes, existing degree programmes’ moderate student intake increases, the international Early Admission to business studies, and additional student intake granted nationally. In addition, the faculty is preparing for several new educational initiatives, running up to 2028.
In the Faculty of Health Sciences, the student intake framework is adjusted to launch new, mainly English-taught degree programmes in the coming years, the first of which will be the three-year Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Human and Planetary Health, to be launched next autumn.
