How to apply
Entry requirements
Students are selected on the basis of their performance in entrance examinations.
A person who has passed the entrance examination can be accepted to study at the Institute of Fine Arts. The entrance requirement is either the completion of the Finnish upper secondary level education, i.e. Matriculation examination (roughly equivalent to GCE A-level, baccalaureat, or (Abitur), the completion of a vocational education programme at the school level on the desired main field of study (diploma), or the corresponding studies abroad.
Students with a comprehensive school certificate can also be accepted on special grounds to the degree programme of fine arts. In such case the insufficient basic education can be compensated with an exceptional artistic talent and other education related to the field of art.
How to apply to the degree programme?
- Download the application documents (in Finnish) available at
» www.lamk.fi/kuvataide
Send the documents and five art works to Institute of Fine Arts. Art works can include paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs of your work and also internet pages or CDs. If you have graphic works (print making) there must be also other works or pictures of your works.
Based on these application documents and art works, group of faculty teachers choose applicants to take part in the entrance examinations, which takes five days in June.
- In addition, complete the online application (in Finnish) at
» www.amkhaku.fi
How to apply as an exchange student?
If you want to come to Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Fine Arts as an exchange student you will find the application information from here.
Contact
Kirsti Nenye
Email kirsti.nenye@lamk.fi
Tel +358 50 526 5974
Address: Institue of Fine Arts, Sammonkatu 8A, 15140 Lahti, Finland