Application process in rolling admission

The rolling admission to the international Master’s programmes is open:

  • From 21 October 2024 at 16:00 (UTC+3) until 31 March 2025 at 15:00 (UTC+3)

In the rolling admission, the first applicants who satisfy all the admission criteria will be admitted in the order they apply until the intake is full. Therefore, application to programmes may close sooner than the end date announced, if the intakes become full before the stated application end date. After the intake is full, the remaining applications will be rejected based on the intake being full.

Both international and Finnish applicants, who have completed their previous degree at a university or a university of applied sciences outside of Finland, can apply through rolling admission. Applications are filled in through the national Studyinfo electronic application system, and links to the application forms can be found below. All of your attachments need to be uploaded to your application by the time of applying. If all the required enclosures are not submitted to the application form by the time of applying, the application will be rejected. Please make sure the copies submitted are of sufficient quality, as illegible enclosures will result in the application being rejected.

The students that are offered admission through rolling admission are offered admission to the same programmes as students that are offered admission through the joint application round to our international Master’s programmes.

It is possible to apply to only to max. 2 programmes at the University of Vaasa through rolling admission.

Good luck with your application! 

Steps to applying

  • Get to know the general admission criteria and the programme-specific criteria.
  • Read the instructions on submitting your documents carefully.
  • Below you will find the direct links to our application forms. Click on the programme you want to apply to, which leads you to Studyinfo.
  • The list of required application documents can be found below.
  • See if there are country-specific requirements for your degree-awarding country. You do not need to submit your educational documents according to country-specific requirements when applying, but if you are admitted, you will need to meet those requirements if they apply to your degree-awarding country. Therefore, be aware of their existence already when applying.
  • Make sure your educational documents are certified correctly and you have the official translations of these documents if the documents have not been originally issued in English, Finnish or Swedish. Possible translations must be into one of these three languages.
  • When you have your documents ready, fill in the application in Studyinfo. Upload your documents to your application and save the application form.
  • Wait for the admission results!

The required application attachments

The required application documents are following:

  • Officially certified copy of Degree certificate(s), if graduated
  • Officially certified copy of Transcript(s) of records (an explanation of the grading system used is mandatory if it is not clearly stated in the Transcript)
  • Official translations of your degree certificate(s) and transcript(s) of records if they are not in English, Finnish or Swedish
  • Proof of language proficiency
  • Copy of passport's information page / official ID card
  • Copy of your Finnish residence permit card if you are not a citizen of an EU/EEA country or Switzerland and you are applying for the exemption from tuition fees based on your residence permit

Applicants who have not yet graduated can apply and be conditionally accepted as long as they graduate by the 10 July 2025. If you have not graduated by the time you apply to the programme, you are required to submit an officially certified copy of your most recent transcript of records.

After submitting the application

An admission decision is made after the application has arrived with all the enclosures needed.  The applicant must accept the study place within 10 days and pay possible tuition fee by the deadline:

  • 28 February 2025 at 15:00 (UTC+2) for students accepted by 31 December 2024
  • 30 May 2025 at 15:00 (UTC+3) for students accepted from 1 January 2025 onwards

N.B.! In order to receive a discount from the first-year tuition fee, the tuition fee must be paid already within 21 days from acceptance.

If accepted, the applicant must send in the educational documents according to country specific requirements (if applicable). The documents have to arrive at University of Vaasa at the latest by:

  • 31 January 2025 at 15:00 (UTC+2) for students accepted by 31 December 2024
  • 30 May 2025 at 15:00 (UTC+3) for students accepted from 1 January 2025 onwards

Once the fees have been paid and documents have arrived according to country-specific requirements the offer of admission is no longer conditional. Please note that any application documents submitted to the University of Vaasa by post (e.g. the country-specific documents) will not be returned to the applicant.

Apply here

You can access the application form here during the application period.

Application form

Contact information

You can contact the Admission Services at: admissions(at)uwasa.fi

Note that any inquiries made to the university about the application may take several days to answer. Therefore, please ensure that your application is complete. Read carefully through all the admission criteria, make sure that your educational documents are certified properly, and that you submit all the required attachments when sending your application.