Year: 2023

The first phase written exam of the International UAS Exam, the joint entrance exam of Finnish UAS, was organized 8 February 2023. 27 000 participants took the exam and the participation rate was 77%. 

International UAS Exam is a joint digital entrance exam of Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS), used for selecting students to study programmes leading to a bachelor’s degree and conducted in English. The joint entrance exam was used for the first time in the spring of 2022 and now the exam is being organized for the second time. Most UAS study programmes open for application use the joint entrance exam. The applicant can take a single exam to apply for different programmes and study fields.  

Most applicants taking the International UAS Exam are from outside Finland. The online entrance exam enabled the applicants to take the exam in a location of their choice, instead of having to travel to Finland. The entrance exam was successfully executed in the entrance exam system. The exam was executed with the same digital entrance exam system that is used in, among others, the UAS entrance exam. 

The International UAS Exam consists of two phases. The most successful applicants of the first phase written exam per study field are invited to a group interview organized on 6–17 March 2023. The second phase group interview is also a joint exam for all study fields and the applicant participates in only one group interview. In some study programmes of social and health care fields, also the applicant’s oral language skills in Finnish/Swedish are assessed between 20 and 22 March 2023. 

In the spring first application round, the universities of applied sciences have a little more than 3,200 study places in programmes leading to a bachelor’s degree open for application. The selection results will be released on Friday, June 2, at the latest. In the spring first application round, applicants may be selected to several study programmes, depending on their entrance exam success. However, approved applicants may only accept one study place leading to a higher education degree, among study programmes that start in the same semester. 

 

New healthcare workers are highly needed in the field of nursing. There is an increasing number of nurses from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds in Finland.

In the joint application period (4 January – 18 January), 12 Universities of Applied Sciences offer study programmes of nursing in English (incl. one paramedic study programme). During January 2023, applicants to nursing education are invited to participate in a survey study “Culturally and linguistically diverse nursing applicants’ desire to work as a nurse” in the uasinfo.fi-website. The study is a Master’s thesis study. Participation to the study is entirely voluntary and does not affect student selection decisions.

If you are applying or planning to apply for nursing education, you have a possibility to participate in the study here.

The spring first joint application for higher education degree programmes starts on 4 January and ends on 18 January at 15:00 Finnish time. In this joint application, applicants apply for degree programmes offered in English starting in autumn 2023. 

In the spring first joint application, universities of applied sciences (UAS) have 106 study programmes available for application. 3,224 study places are available for Bachelor’s degrees and 1,112 study places for Master’s degrees in different UAS.

International UAS Exam is a joint digital entrance exam of Finnish universities of applied sciences, used in selecting students for UAS degree programmes offered in English. Most UAS study programmes use the International UAS Exam. There are 94 study programmes included in the joint application, with a total of 2,525 study places. UAS also have other selection methods which can be used in selecting students for their programmes.

The International UAS Exam consists of two phases conducted online. The first phase written exam is organised on 8 February and the second phase group interviews between 6 and 17 March 2023. In some study programmes in social and health care, the applicants’ Finnish/Swedish skills are assessed in an oral language skills test which is organised between 20 and 22 March 2023. Those applicants who score the highest in the first phase written exam in their study field are going to be invited to the second phase group interview.

Student selection for study programmes offered in English in Finnish UAS has been developed towards a simpler and more uniform direction in 2021–2022. Now, the International UAS Exam is used in all fields of study, and it has replaced the previous field-specific entrance exams. Applying is now easier than before because the applicants can apply with a single exam for many different study programmes offered in different UAS.

Important dates:

• Joint application period 4–18 January 2023
• First phase written exam 8 February 2023
• Second phase group interviews 6–17 March 2023
• Finnish/Swedish oral language skills test 20–22 March 2023
• Selection results disclosed to the applicants on 2 June 2023 at the latest
• Studies begin in autumn 2023