LAB Separate Application

Degree Programs in the LAB Separate Admission

How to apply for LAB Separate Admission? 

The application period: 17 July – 4 August 2023

Apply via StudyInfo: link to LAB Separate Admission application form.

Applicants are selected to bachelor's programs that begin in spring 2024. After the results are published, the study place must be accepted and possible tuition fee must be paid within 30 days.

• Applicants can apply to one program in the LAB Separate Admission.
• Applicants who meet the eligibility criteria are set into the order of selection based on pre-defined criteria.
• In the LAB Separate Admission, applicants can supplement their attachments up to 14 days after the end of the admission period.
• If the degree has been completed in a language other than English or Swedish, the documents must be officially translated into either English or Swedish.
• The selection of students is based on the information provided in the application form and attachments. Late or incomplete applications will not be processed during the student selection.
• The decision on the selection will be notified to the applicants by 1 September 2023 at the latest.

Eligibility criteria

All applicants must fulfill the general eligibility requirements for higher education. You are eligible to apply if you have completed (or in autumn 2023 will complete) your general or vocational upper secondary education outside of Finland, e.g., a high school diploma. The qualification must give eligibility to university-level studies in the country where the degree has been completed in.

LAB Separate Admission has three admission groups: 

Language requirements

The language of instruction in International Business and Business Information Technology is English. There are certain language requirements to be met.

Approved language tests and specific requirements

One of the following language test results in English meeting the minimum score mentioned is required to provide your proficiency in English.

All following language tests are accepted by LAB University of Applied Sciences and are valid for two years from the date of taking the test.

When is a language test result not required?

A language test is not required when you have completed an upper secondary degree or a higher education degree in English at a higher education institution located and are administrated by following countries: an EU or EEA country, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, or the United States.

Verifying the results

If the results need to be verified via the test organizer’s webpage, remember to verify the results before applying. If we cannot verify your language test results, the results cannot be used as proof of your English language skills.

Selection and evaluation process

Group I

Applicants must meet the minimum arithmetic average requirement and language proficiency result criteria of the program to be eligible.

The evaluation is conducted in two stages.

• First, the applicant's arithmetic average is evaluated from 0 to 100, and then scored accordingly. Applicants must have a minimum of 70% of the maximum score.
• In the second phase, the language proficiency results are scored.

Grading the arithmetic average

Grading the language test result

Below you can find the accepted language test results and how the results are scored in this application process.

Group II

Applicants must meet the minimum arithmetic average requirement of the program to be eligible. The arithmetic average is evaluated from 0 to 100.

Scoring the arithmetic average

Group III

Applicants with an upper secondary level of education can apply to Bachelor programs with the SAT Test (Suite of Assessments Test).

When applying with SAT, there are no additional requirements for providing the English proficiency.

Minimum requirements for the SAT test results

Scoring the SAT Math result

Deadline for the test result

The deadline for taking the SAT Test is 31 July 2023. Only tests taken after 1 January 2021 are accepted.

SAT results must reach LAB University of Applied Sciences / Admission Services directly from the test organized by 1 August 2023 at 15:00 (UTC +3) at the latest.

The code for LAB University of Applied Sciences is 7191

Applying with an unfinished degree

Applicants applying with an unfinished degree must provide individual certificates for each school year or semester of the degree up until the application date. The applicant will be assessed based on the grades in these certificates.

A possible admission of an applicant with an unfinished degree is a conditional one.

An admitted student must

• Graduate by 30 November 2023.
• Email scans of the original Degree Certificate and Transcript of Records (in addition to the official translations, when required) to LAB Admission Services at admissionslab [dot] fi by 6 December 2023 at 15:00 (UTC+2).

Applicants who fail to graduate and submit the required documents as requested forfeit their right to study.

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