Apply 1 November 2025 – 31 March 2026
In LAB Rolling Application, applicants are selected to English-taught bachelor's programmes that begin in August 2026.
Degree Programmes in the LAB Rolling Application
Application process
Application period is 1 November 2025 – 31 March 2026 at 15:00 (UTC+3) unless the programme has been filled earlier. Applicants can apply to one programme in the LAB Rolling Application.
Application takes place in StudyInfo: The application form opens on 1 November 2025 at 8 AM (UTC +3). Fill in the online application form and make sure you upload all the required documents. You must supplement your documents within seven days after submitting your application.
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.
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 July 9, 2026.
Eligibility criteria
All applicants must fulfill the general eligibility requirements for higher education. You are eligible to apply if you have completed (or by 31 August 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.
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 A-levels taught in English (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 Finnish 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.
Bachelor of Culture and Arts, Sustainable Design Business
To apply for the Sustainable Design Business programme, you must hold one of the above-mentioned educational qualifications and provide proof of language proficiency. Please see below for the specific requirements of the programme.
Applying with an unfinished degree
Applicants who are currently completing their upper secondary education, but will graduate by August 31, 2026, are eligible to apply. Applicants applying with an unfinished degree must provide individual certificates for each school year or semester of the degree of upper secondary school up until the application date. The applicant will be assessed based on the grades in these certificates.
Selection is conditional until the required documents (final grades, degree certificate, transcript of records, and official translations) 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.
If the final grades of applicants completing their IB or EB exams during the application period rise to meet the threshold requirements, the applicant will be granted a place. Applicants must submit their final results by July 31, 2026.
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.
Admission Services | Contact info
Lahti campus
+ 358 44 708 1386
Lappeenranta campus
+358 40 740 6735
Master’s Degree Programmes
+358 50 440 4317