University of Turku

Bachelor's and Master's degree students get the admission offers in April. After receiveing an admission offer, you need to 1.Accept the study place at Studyinfo by the deadline given in your letter (if you receive a scholarship, the deadline is in April; if you do not receive a scholarship, the deadline is in July). Note that 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, and it is not possible to alter the confirmation once done at Studyinfo. 2. If you applied with an incomplete degree, you need to send a proof of your graduation to the Admission Services by 12 August at 15:00. If you applied with your final degree documents, you can proceed to paying tuition fees. 3. Pay the possible tuition fee by 31 July according to the instructions in your admission letter. If you do not need to pay tuition fees, you can proceed to registration. 4.After accepting the study place (and possible scholarship), you need to register with the University by paying the Student Union membership fee. Registration is possible from around mid-May (for newly admitted students, for students who have deferred their study place registration opens 1 June) and must be done by 31 August at the latest. You will receive an e-mail about this with instructions.

Accepting the study place is done online at Studyinfo, and once done, it cannot be altered later. You can accept only one study place leading to a higher education degree in Finland per semester. If you have applied for several programmes/universities and get admitted to more than one, you have to choose which study place you accept. Read more about admission. If you have accepted your study place and you change your mind, it is possible to forfeit your study right with a notification to the Study Registry located in Student Centre Disco.

All applicants who have applied for the scholarship will receive information of the decisions in their admission offer. If the admitted student has been put on the waiting list for a scholarship, that information is also stated in the scholarship offer. No new scholarship decisions will be made after the admission offer have been sent in April. It is possible to apply for a scholarship for outstanding performance for the second (or in Bachelor level studies, third) study year. The basic requirement for receiving this scholarship is 55cr with an average score of 3.0 or higher for the first year of studies. All students who have applied for the scholarship and fulfill this requirement will be awarded a scholarship for the next academic year.

Regarding your specialisation track, please be in touch with your programme coordinator. The email address can be found in the admission offer letter (email). Please note, that if you are subject to tuition fee and you received a scholarship, the scholarship is tied to the original choice of track. If you switch your track, you forfeit your scholarship.

The deadline for providing the original documents is 31 May 2024. Read more information about providing the original documents. If you have been admitted conditionally (you applied with an incomplete degree in January): The proof of your graduation must reach University of Turku by 12 August 2024, at 15:00 (local time in Finland). The proof of graduation can be sent to us different ways depending on the country where the degree was completed. Read the country specific information here. If you were accepted conditionally, it’s written in your admission offer, which you received in April. If you arrive to Turku before the deadline for providing the original documents, you can bring the original documents in person to the Student Centre Disco (on the University Hill). However, depending on the country, you might have to arrange your documents to be delivered directly to us in a specific way, so please read the instructions and country-specific requirements carefully. If you have any problems with your documents, please be in touch with us: admissions@utu.fi

We recommend starting the residence permit process immediately after receiving the admission letter. Please contact Migri, the Finnish Immigration Office, to get instructions. We have gathered some information about the residence permit on the University's website, but unfortunately, the University has no power regarding the visas or residence permits and can’t influence the process.