Admission criteria 2012
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF APPLICATION
» Eligibility
» Application procedure
» Discretionary admission
» Admission groups and statistics
Applicants must have an upper secondary level qualification and if an applicant is outside EU/EEA,
IELTS or TOEFL score in required level in order to fulfill the general entry requirements for undergraduate studies at LUAS.
The required language certificate mentioned above (applicants outside EU/EEA) is a requisite application material; without it the application is incomplete and cannot be processed. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that they take the language test in time for the result to be received by LUAS by the deadline (24 February 2012).
Eligibility
Applicants with a Finnish Qualification
General eligibility for the programmes is given by:
- completed Finnish upper secondary education or the Finnish matriculation examination
- international Baccalaureata, Reifeprüfung or European Baccalaureate examination
- a vocational qualification of at least three years in duration
Applicants with a Non-Finnish Qualification
- A foreign degree or qualification which gives eligibility for
higher education in the awarding country
If an applicant who is applying with a non-Finnish qualification is a citizen of an EU/EEA –country, he/she can apply if the qualification is completed during the spring of applying. The admission of such EU/EEA –applicant completing his/her education in the spring of applying is conditional until the UAS has checked the applicant's final certificates.
Please note that you can't apply for bachelor degree programmes with an university of applied sciences or an university degree. Use your upper secondary school leaving certificate when applying.
Application procedure
Step 1. Applications for the programmes are submitted through the joint application system at www.admissions.fi during the admission period 9 January - 14 February 2012.
Step 2. In order to demonstrate eligibility to UAS studies, an applicant applying with a non-Finnish qualification must provide copies of the original certificates to the admissions office of his/her first-choice UAS by February 24th, 2012. (Certificates, i.e. bachelor's degrees require secondary school completion for academic admission.) The UAS will then decide on the applicant’s eligibility to all options in the application.
Step 3. In addition, an official Finnish, Swedish or English translation of the certificate must be provided, if the certificate is not written in one of these languages and the translation must have the translators signature and stamp.
Step 4. Applicant who is not a citizen of an EU/EEA-country also need to submit pre-defined proof of English proficiency
The copies must be sent by post - scanned or faxed copies will not be accepted.
Also applicants with a Finnish competence based vocational qualification or competence based further vocational qualification must provide a copy of the original certificate to the admissions office of his/her first-choice UAS by the set date. Finnish matriculation graduates do not need to send certificates during tha application period.
Step 5. All applicants who have demonstrated their eligibility and language skills will be invited to the entrance examination in mid-March 2012.
The applicants’ language skills will be evaluated in the language test included in the entrance examination on a pass/ fail basis. An applicant who has failed the language test is withdrawn from admission.
Discretionary admission
Lahti UAS uses discretionary admission. Other applicants may also be admitted, if the UAS considers their skills and knowledge sufficient.
To be eligible for admission, you must meet the admission requirements and your all preferences will be taken into consideration. However, if you are currently upgrading to meet the requirements, i.e. you are in the process of graduating high school during the period of applying, you may still apply to Lahti UAS via discretionary admission.
However, the final diploma has to be received by February 24th 2012 in Degree Programme in Nursing, if an applicant is not a citizen of an EU/EEA country.
Discretionary will be applied in English language skills requirements as follows: Applications with lower scores than outlined above, with other language test reports (such as SAT, Cambridge exam and etc.) or without a proof of English required will be processed after the deadline of the application period and an applicant gets to know at that stage whether his/her application is accepted or not. (Scores submitted later than Febr 24th will not be accepted.)
- Check from the individual university of applied sciences it's policy to discretionary admission.
Application procedure in discretionary admission:
Basic application will be submitted normally via www.admissions.fi during the application period. In case an applicant does not meet requirements, his/her application will be processed automatically via discretionary admission at Lahti UAS without any additional form. Certificate copies available have to be received by February 24th 2012. Applicant code need to be mentioned on documents or printed copy of the application form can be attached.
Please send the copies of your certificates to each UAS's applied. This will enable admitting UAS's to make informed decisions about the suitability of your qualification(s) for the degree for which you are applying. Each UAS makes an independent decision of the applicant's eligibility in discretionary admission.
Lahti UAS is able to handle only those applications, from which attachments are received in time.
Selection between applicants with equal admission points
In case there is a tie in admission points, the applicants will be ranked on the following basis:
- the order of preference of the options indicated by the applicant
- the result of the entrance examination
- the grade point average in all subjects
- points awarded for school performance
Admission groups and minimum points
» Statistic from the previous years
- Studies starting in September 2012:
DP in International Business - 24 study places
DP in Business Information Technology - 20 study places
DP in Nursing - 25 study places
50 % of the applicants will be admitted on the basis of the combined points for previous school performance and the entrance examination (Finnish high school graduates) and 50 % on the basis of the entrance examination only (foreign graduates).
INTAKE JANUARY 2012:
International Business - 24 study places
Lowest admittance 84 points
INTAKE SEPTEMBER 2011:
International Business - 24 study places
Lowest admittance 79 points
Business Information Technology - 20 study places
Lowest admittance 38 points
INTAKE JANUARY 2011:
International Business - 24 study places
Lowest admittance 75 points
1. Admission on the basis of total of points for school performance and the entrance examination
Eligible applicants in this group are those who have completed the Finnish Matriculation examination, International Baccalaureate or Reifeprüfung examination in Finland.
Applicants completing their exams mentioned above in the spring of the year of their application or earlier will be admitted with this group.
European Baccalaureate completed in 2011 or earlier, is based on the results of the entrance examination and points awarded for school certificates.
Applicants receive a maximum of 30 points for school performance and a maximum of 100 points for the entrance examination, which is scaled down to a maximum of 70 points. The maximum points total is therefore 100 points.
2. Admission on the basis of the entrance examination
Applicants with Finnish vocational degrees, or whose eligibility to apply is based on non-Finnish certificates, and are not mentioned in section 1 above, apply to UAS studies solely on the basis of points awarded for the entrance examination.
The admission of those completing an European Baccalaureate examination in the spring of their year of application is also based only on this method.
The maximum entrance examination points total is 100.
Points awarded for school performance
Applicants who are applying on the basis of their upper secondary school leaving certificate and the Finnish matriculation examination certificate are awarded points for three grades on their matriculation examination certificate: mother tongue, English, and the best of either general studies or mathematics.
In the field of technology applicants are awarded points for three grades on their matriculation examination certificate: mother tongue, English and the best of mathematics, chemistry or physics.
Candidates for the matriculation examination apply with their latest upper secondary school certificate. The UAS will receive results of the matriculation examination directly from the Matriculation Examination Board.
Matriculation examination certificate
Applicants, who have completed the IB examination in a Finnish upper
secondary school, or a European Baccalaureate examination of European
schools or RP examination in Finland, convert the grades on their certificates
according to the following charts:
Conversion chart for the grades on leaving certificates:
