How to apply for master's programmes

These guidelines concern the spring joint application of 2025, that took place on 8–22 January. Instructions for the application round 2026 will be published later this year.

Please note that the following information does NOT apply to Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters. If you are interested in applying for either of these programmes, please visit their homepage for information on how to apply.

Timetable for master's degree admissions

Application period opens	8 January 2025 at 8:00 a.m. (EET)
Webinar: How to apply?	13 January 2025 at 3:00 p.m. (EET)
Deadline for submitting the application	22 January 2025 at 3:00 p.m. (EET)
Deadline for applications attachments	29 January 2025 at 3:00 p.m. (EET)
Possible online interviews	12 March - 19 March 2025
Applicants are informed of the results at the latest	3 April 2025
Deadline for accepting your study place	10 July 2025 at 3:00 p.m. (EEST)
Deadline for officially certified copies (applies only to conditionally admitted students)	15 July 2025 at 3:00 p.m. (EEST)
Studies begin	August-September 2025

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Application process step by step

1. Start preparing well in advance! See the admission criteria of the programme(s) you are interested in. Book and take a language test or GMAT/GRE at your earliest convenience if required. Familiarise yourself with our document requirements in advance.

2. Submit the online application form on Studyinfo.fi during the application period. Don't worry if you can't see it yet: the form is available only during the dedicated application period. Make sure to reserve enough time to fill it. If you are a non-EU/EEA citizen, you may be required to pay the application fee. After you have submitted your application, check your email (including your spam folder) regularly throughout the application process!

3. Submit your attachments by the given deadline(s). Upload the required attachments to your application form on Studyinfo.fi. Avoid the last-minute rush and submit your documents well in advance of the deadline.

4. Wait for information on the next phase. After we have processed all the applications, you may be invited to take part in the next phase(s) of the application process. For example, you may be asked to complete a written assignment or participate in an online interview. After the interview invitations have been sent out, you will have only a few days to confirm your time slot and your interview could take place as soon as four days after receiving the invitation. Please check the admission criteria of the programme(s) you are applying for to learn more. In case your application is deemed ineligible/will not process the next phase(s), we will inform you at this time as well.

5. Wait for the admissions decision. The University will make the admissions decisions based on the applicant’s application and any possible subsequent phase(s) of the application process according to the programme-specific admission criteria. You will be informed of the outcome of your application via email by given date.

6. If you are offered a study place, check whether you are required to submit any educational documents for verification. To receive an unconditional offer, you must submit either officially certified paper copies of the necessary educational documents or electronic copies that meet our requirements. Please start acquiring these documents without any delay if you haven't already; this could take several months depending on the country/institution. If you fail to submit all the required documents in time or if the documents do not meet our requirements, your admission will be cancelled.

After receiving the admission results

If you are offered a study place, you must formally accept it on Studyinfo.fi by the given deadline (see Timetable). Otherwise, you will lose it.

One study place per term provision

Accepting a study place is a binding choice, and you cannot cancel or change your choice later. Your admissions letter will include further instructions.

You may accept only one offer of admission to a study programme leading to a higher education degree in Finland in education that begins in the same academic term (1 August – 31 December).

This applies to:

bachelor's and master's degrees awarded by Finnish universities of applied sciences
bachelor's degrees and master's degrees awarded by Finnish universities
licentiate and doctoral degrees awarded by Finnish universities

When you accept a study place, all your other study rights that would start in Finland during the autumn semester of 2025 will be automatically cancelled.

The provision does not apply to study places awarded by educational institutions outside of Finland.

After accepting your study place, you will be directed to register at the University and pay the Student Union membership fee (i.e., the registration fee), which is EUR 76 per academic year.

If you are liable to pay tuition fees, you can register only after you have paid the tuition fee for your first academic year. You also cannot register while your admission is conditional.

Further instructions will be provided to you along with your admissions letter.

You may submit a written request to rectify the admissions decisionif you believe the Ģ��ֱ�� has made a mistake, such as applying the admission criteria incorrectly or miscalculating your admissions score.

Do not request rectification just to get feedback or more information on your application; only request rectification if you believe the University made an error in handling your application.

How to request rectification?

Studyinfo.fi portal

At Studyinfo.fi you can find information on different degrees and qualifications and learn about studies in educational institutions in Finland. The application is open only during the application period.

There are two kinds of application processes for higher education degree programmes in Finland: a joint application and a separate application. All of our English-taught ��ٱ��’s programmes (except for Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters), are part of the annual spring joint application to higher education in Finland.

This means that you may apply for 1–6 programmes by using the same application form on Studyinfo.fi. These six options may include degree programmes offered by one or several different higher education institutions that are taking part in the joint application. For all the programmes taking part in the joint application, please visit Studyinfo.fi.

Please note that even though there is only one application form, different universities may have different requirements for the required attachments: you could be asked to submit the same attachments (e.g., your degree certificate and transcript of records) in different ways to different institutions. Therefore, please make sure to always submit any and all attachments as required by the programme in question. The attachment deadline(s) and the timetable for processing applications may also vary between universities.

In a separate application, only the study programmes of one higher education institution are available for application. There is no separate application for our master's programmes.

The online application form will be available on Studyinfo.fi during the dedicated application period. You must submit your application form before the application round closes. After the deadline, you will not be able to submit your form even if you have started filling it in in time. If you miss this deadline, you will need to wait until January 2026 to apply. Completing the application can take more time than expected. It is recommended to start well in advance.

NB: You may submit only one application form! If you submit more than one application form in the joint application, only the most recent one will be considered and the others will be cancelled.

It is not possible to save your application form as a draft. If you close the form without submitting it, your information will be lost. After submitting your form, you will receive an automated email with a personal link that you can use to re-access your form and edit it until the application period closes.

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If you are liable to pay tuition fees, you can apply for the JYU tuition fee scholarship by filling in the relevant section on your application form.

Starting on 1 January 2025 and onwards, non-EU/EEA citizens must pay an application fee when applying for programmes leading to a degree in higher education (excl. doctoral degrees and Erasmus Mundus programmes).

Finnish or EU citizens are not liable to pay the fee. Those who have a residence card for a family member of an EU citizen in Finland, a European Union Blue Card, a continuous residence permit granted on grounds other than studies, a permanent Finnish residence permit or a long-term resident's EU residence permit are also exempted from the fee. The same applies to those under temporary protection, who do not have to pay the application fee.

The application fee is 100 euros. After paying the application fee, you can apply in all applications in which studies start in the same academic term, including different universities and bachelor's and master's programmes.

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Who is eligible to apply?

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This section explains the general eligibility requirements for our international ��ٱ��’s degree programmes. For the specific requirements, please see the admission criteria of the programme(s) you are applying for. You must submit a complete application to be eligible. If any of the necessary attachments are missing, we will not be able to process your application.

To be eligible for our English-taught ��ٱ��’s programmes, you must hold (or complete by the given deadline) a bachelor's degree or some equivalent or higher degree from a recognised institution of higher education. The field of the degree must be relevant to the field of the programme you are applying for.

As a rule, if your previous degree would give you eligibility for ��ٱ��’s-level degree studies in the awarding country, it will also provide general eligibility for our ��ٱ��’s programmes. However, if your degree is considerably less extensive than a Finnish bachelor’s degree (180 ECTS credits equaling three years of full-time study), you may not be eligible.

If you already hold a ��ٱ��’s degree that gives you eligibility for doctoral studies in Finland, we recommend applying for a doctoral programme instead.

Each applicant, including native English speakers, must prove their English proficiency in one of the ways stated in the programme-specific admission criteria. We do not grant waivers.

The accepted ways for proving your English skills vary between different programmes. Therefore, please first check the admission criteria of the programme(s) you are interested in. Depending on your educational background and the programme(s) you are applying for, you may be required to take one of the approved language tests.

Please notice that we do not consider any test report forms received after the given deadline 29 January 2025 at 3:00 p.m. (EET). For this reason, please make sure to book and take one of the approved language tests as soon as possible if required. To book a test, please visit the website of the test organiser.

How to prove your English skills

If you are a final-year student and the degree used to prove your eligibility is still incomplete at the time of application, you can be admitted on the condition that you graduate and submit the relevant educational documents in time so that they reach JYU by 15 July 2025 at 3:00 p.m. (EEST). If you fail to do so, your admission will be cancelled. If you graduate later or the necessary documents cannot be issued in time for you to meet the deadline, then please wait until 2026 to apply.

You will apply the same way as applicants who have already graduated, except you are not required to submit a copy of your degree certificate during the application phase. However, you must submit a transcript of records of studies you have completed by that point. Please also note that all other required attachments, except the degree certificate and final transcript of records, must reach JYU by 29 January 2025 3:00 p.m. (EET). For instance, you may not submit a language test result after this deadline.

If you use your unfinished degree to prove your English skills, it must be the same degree you use to prove your general eligibility for the ��ٱ��’s programme.

What are the specific admission criteria?

The admission criteria are programme-specific and detail the specific eligibility requirements and the way in which the admission score for each eligible applicant is calculated in a given programme.

Please make sure to familiarise yourself with the admission criteria of the programme(s) you are interested in applying. You can the find the programmes and their admission criteria under each faculty.

How to submit the required attachments?

You must submit all the necessary documents for your application to be considered. You can find a full list of all the required attachments in the programme-specific admission criteria. We kindly ask you not to send any other documents, as these cannot be considered and only slow down the processing of your application.

When applying, you must upload the required attachments to your application form on Studyinfo.fi* by 29 January 2025 at 3:00 p.m. (EET). Please note that your attachments must be fully uploaded and submitted before this deadline; uploading large files can take several hours depending on your internet speed. We do not consider any attachments received after the deadline.

*If you are applying for the Master’s Degree Programme in Music and Science, please notice that the asynchronous video interview is to be recorded and submitted on RecRight instead of Studyinfo. You will receive detailed instructions via email.

Before submitting your educational documents, please make sure that all the required information is included:

Document content requirements

Please note that you may be required to upload some attachments (e.g., your CV) multiple times on the application form if you are applying for several programmes. If you have not saved the required attachments under each programme, your application for that programme will not be processed further (even if you have uploaded the same attachment under some other programme already). The application form will notify you if some mandatory attachments are missing.

Before you can receive an unconditional offer of admission, the University must verify the authenticity of your educational documents. If your degree was still unfinished at the time of application, we must also be able to verify that you have graduated.

For these reasons, you must submit officially certified paper copies or official electronic documents that meet our requirements. There may be country-specific requirements you must follow. These documents must reach the University by 15 July 2025 at 3:00 p.m. (EEST). Otherwise, your admission will be cancelled.

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How to submit your attachments for verification

If your admission is based on GMAT/GRE, you must also submit your official score report to JYU through the test organiser. Your result must be verifiable to us by the above deadline.

For more detailed instructions:

GMAT/GRE test results

If you use generative artificial intelligence (AI) to aid your application, you must indicate which model (e.g., ChatGPT, Bing Chat) you have used and in what way through proper citations (written assignments) or oral communication (video assignment). However, citations are not necessary if you use AI solely for ideation, proofreading, stylisation or similar purposes.

Claiming AI-generated content as your own without acknowledging it is considered plagiarism. If we detect that a supporting document or assignment has been generated by AI, either wholly or in part, without proper acknowledgement, it will be given zero points.

Individual arrangements

Individual arrangements are practical adjustments the University makes to remove or reduce a disadvantage related to the applicant's disability. You may require special arrangements if you have a diagnosed disability or medical condition that affects your ability to participate in the admission process, such as hearing impairment or dyslexia.

How to apply for individual arrangements

Student intake statistics

Each programme has a defined number of study places open for application. The admission rate is dependent on the number and quality of applications, which naturally vary between admission rounds. If the number of excellent applications is greater than the given number of available study seats, we may decide to accept slightly more applicants than initially announced. As there is no system for clearing, this also ensures that all the study seats will be filled in case some admitted applicants do not accept their offered study place.

Please see the links below for statistics regarding student intake at JYU.

Student intake statistics 2024

Student intake statistics 2023

Student intake statistics 2022

Student intake statistics 2021

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