Note! If you apply based on an SAT test result and you have achieved the minimum total score of 1100 for the Evidence-based Reading and Writing and Mathematics sections, the SAT test result is used as a proof of your English-language skills.
If you wish to prove your English skills with a higher education degree, please notice that country in which the degree is completed must be one of the following:
- European Union/European Economic Area country or
- one of the following countries: Australia, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Dominica, Cameroon, Canada, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Dominica, Eswatini, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Kenya, South Africa, United Kingdom, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Switzerland, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States, Zimbabwe, Zambia.
If you have completed your degree in English in some other country, it cannot serve as proof of your language proficiency, even if English is a commonly used language in that country.
If the awarding institution is located in one of the above-mentioned countries, but you completed the degree on an off-shore campus in some other country, the degree cannot serve as proof of your language skills. If you completed your studies at the awarding institution and on an off-shore campus, at least 50% of the credits included in the degree must have been completed in the awarding institution. Your educational documents must state where you have completed your credits or study units. Otherwise, a separate document stating this information is required. The document must be issued by the awarding institution in English. The 50% rule applies only if your degree has been conferred to you by the time of application.
Language of tuition
Your educational documents must state English as the language of tuition or instruction of your degree. If the language of tuition has not been specified, English is considered to be the language of tuition if at least 50% of the studies included in a finished degree were completed in English and this is verifiable from your educational documents.
An additional document stating the language of instruction of the degree is required in the following case:
- You have completed your degree, its language of tuition is not mentioned in your educational documents, and the documents do not prove that at least 50% of studies included in the degree were completed in English.
The additional document stating English as the language of tuition of your degree needs to be issued by the degree-awarding institution in English.
If you have graduated by the time of applying, upload a scanned copy of your degree certificate, transcript of records or other official document issued by the educational institution confirming your medium of instruction as English to the online application form in Studyinfo.fi by 29 January 2025 at 3:00 p.m. (EET). If the document has been issued in a language other than Finnish, Swedish or English, an official translation of the document to one of these languages is also required.
Please note that it is not possible to prove your English-language proficiency with an unfinished higher education degree.
