LAB Rolling admission, intake for spring 2027
- Application period: 17 July - 10 September 2026 (or until the programme is full)
- Studies begin: January 2027
Degree Programmes in the LAB Rolling Admission
Lahti Campus
Lappeenranta Campus
How to apply?
- Choose one programme and review the eligibility criteria.
- Apply via Studyinfo. The application form opens on 17 July 2026 at 8 AM (UTC +3).
- Fill in the online application form and upload all required documents. Any missing documents must be submitted within seven days. Identification documents must be uploaded when applying.
- Pay application fee (if required*).
- Wait for a decision or a request to submit additional documents. Applicants will be notified of the results by November 19, 2026, at the latest.
*Applicants who are not citizens of the EU, EEA or Switzerland are required to pay an application fee in order to apply to higher education studies.
Required documents
- Degree Certificate of your upper secondary education + an official translation in English (if applicable*)
- Transcript of Records + an official translation in English (if applicable*)
- Verification for grading scale (if not included in the transcript of records)
- Language Test Certificate (when required)
- Copy of Your Passport (ID page)
- Copy of Your Finnish Residence Permit Card (if applicable)
*If the degree has been completed in a language other than English, Finnish or Swedish, the documents must be officially translated into one of those languages.
Eligibility criteria
All applicants must fulfill the general eligibility requirements for higher education. You are eligible to apply if you have completed (or by 26 November 2026 will complete) your general or vocational upper secondary education, e.g., a high school diploma. The qualification must give eligibility to higher education studies in the country where the degree has been completed.
The admission is based on upper secondary degree certificates. University/higher-level certificates are not taken into consideration in the academic evaluation. Degrees completed online do not provide eligibility for admission.
Selection groups and evaluation process
Applicants are placed into six groups according to their qualification listed below.
| Group | Qualification |
| Group 1 | Applicants with an upper secondary education completed outside of EU/EEA area (general or vocational) and language test result. |
| Group 2 | Applicants with International Baccalaureate, French Baccalaureate, European Baccalaureate or international A-levels completed outside Finland. |
| Group 3 | Applicants with an upper secondary education completed in EU/EEA area (general or vocational) and language test result. Please note that if you have completed a diploma in Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania or Slovakia and you don’t have a language test, check the eligibility criteria for group 4. |
| Group 4 |
Applicants with an upper secondary education completed outside Finland. Instead of a language proficiency test, applicants have completed their upper secondary degree or at least Bachelor/Master degree in English at an institution located in the following countries: an EU or EEA country, Australia, South Africa, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, or the United States. Applicants with an upper secondary education completed in Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania or Slovakia. Instead of a language proficiency test, applicants have country-specific secondary-level diplomas formally equivalent to the Finnish matriculation exam, meeting the minimum English grades. |
| Group 5 | Applicants with secondary-level diploma granting higher-education eligibility, and a valid SAT score. |
| Group 6 |
Applicants who have completed the matriculation examination or a vocational qualification in Finland. In Finland, the following qualifications alone produce eligibility only if accompanied by an SAT result: specialist vocational qualification, post-secondary vocational/higher vocational diploma (opistoaste), or older vocational qualification under the previous system (minimum 80 ECTS). |
Each group has certain threshold and language proficiency requirements, which are listed below.
Applying with an unfinished degree
Applicants who are currently completing their upper secondary education, but will graduate by November 26, 2026 are eligible to apply. Applicants applying with an unfinished degree from outside Finland must provide individual certificates for each school year or semester of their upper secondary education up until the application date. The applicant will be assessed based on the grades in these certificates.
If having applied with an unfinished degree and having been conditionally admitted, you must
- Graduate by 26 November 2026.
- Email scans of the original Degree Certificate and final Transcript of Records to LAB Admission Services at admissions
lab [dot] fi (admissions[at]lab[dot]fi) by 26 November 2026 at 3 PM (UTC+2). - Email scans of the official translations, when required, to LAB Admission Services at admissionslab [dot] fi (admissions[at]lab[dot]fi) by 26 November 2026 at 3 PM (UTC +2).
Selection is conditional until the required documents have been submitted by the deadline. If the documents are not submitted, the final threshold requirements are not met, or the degree is not completed by the deadline, the study place will be forfeited. If the applicant does not meet the degree-specific direct admission requirements, they can demonstrate their eligibility with a completed upper secondary degree and an accepted SAT test result.
Confirming your study place
After the results are published, the study place must be accepted, and possible tuition fee must be paid in three weeks' time to receive the Early Bird discount.
The final deadline to confirm your study place and pay the full tuition fee for the academic year is November 26, 2026.
Please note that you may accept only one offer of admission to a higher education degree programme in Finland beginning in the same academic term. Accepting an offer is binding and cannot later be cancelled or changed.
Tuition fee, scholarship and residence permit
If you are from outside the EU/EEA area, you are required to pay tuition fees for bachelor’s and master’s level programmes which are taught in English.
More info
Admission Services
Bachelor's Degrees Programmes
Lahti campus
+ 358 44 708 1386
Lappeenranta campus
+358 40 740 6735
Master’s Degree Programmes
+358 50 440 4317