Rolling admission for Bachelor's studies

You need to meet with the special eligibility requirements when applying to Bachelor's programmes through Rolling admission.

You are eligible to apply through Rolling admission if

• you have completed an upper secondary degree outside of Finland
• you will complete an upper secondary degree outside of Finland by 31 August 2023

that gives you the eligibility for corresponding university studies in your home country.

You are not eligible to apply through Rolling admission if:

• you have completed or will complete an upper secondary degree in Finland
• you have completed or will complete European Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate, Reifeprüfung or Deutsche Internationale Abitur (DIA)

Required grades

The evaluation and the admission process is based on the educational documents for your upper secondary degree while university-level documents are not considered in the academic evaluation.

The required grades are as follows on a scale from failed to excellent:

• Arithmetic grade average: good
• Advanced mathematics: good
• Mathematics and natural sciences: average good

There are no exact grades, scores, or a percentile to be met with as every application is evaluated individually.

In general, we wish to see good English language skills, and grades above average in advanced mathematics and science (physics or chemistry).

When applying to the Bachelor's degree programme in Software and Systems Engineering, the grade average of IT subjects is taken into consideration instead of the grades in Physics or Chemistry. If subjects such as Computer Science or Information Technology are not included in the educational documents, the evaluation will then be based on science grades.

Advanced Mathematics

The applicant needs to upload a copy for the Mathematics Curriculum for the upper secondary degree on the application form at the time of applying. 
Further information on this page at Required documents.

The following areas of advanced mathematics must be included in the Mathematics Curriculum for the upper secondary degree.

The applicant must have studied these areas of advanced mathematics during their upper secondary studies, and they must have obtained the necessary skills required for the LUT Bachelor's studies.

•     Circular Measure
•     Coordinate Geometry
•     Differentiation
•     Functions
•     Complex Numbers
•     Indices, Surd and Logarithms
•     Integration
•     Linear Law
•     Permutation and Combination
•     Probability Distributions
•     Progressions
•     Quadratic Functions
•     Solution of Triangles
•     Systems of Equations
•     Trigonometric Functions
•     Vectors

Each application and the educational documents are evaluated individually and the admission committee for the programme reserves a right to reject an application if there are notable deficiencies in the applicant's advanced mathematics skills.

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 31 August 2023
• email a scan for the original Degree Certificate and original Transcript of Records plus the official translations (when required) to LUT Admission Services by 6 September 2023 at 15:00 (UTC+3)

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

When filling in your online application form you must upload the required documents to your application.

If failing to upload the required documents by the time of submitting your application, you are have a strict two-week deadline to supplement your application - the rule also applies to language test results.

If the required documents are not supplemented by the deadline assigned to you, your application will be discarded.

Required documents

•     Upper secondary degree certificate
•     Upper secondary transcript of records
•     Upper secondary mathematics curriculum
•     English language test certificate (if applicable)
•     Copy of your passport (ID page)
•     Copy of your Finnish residence permit card (if applicable)

If the degree certificate, transcript of records or curriculum are not in English, an official translation is required.

The student selection is based on the upper secondary degree certificates.

If not using your higher education certificates as a proof for your English language skills you should not upload any higher education documents to the application.
Please see the further information under When a language test in English is not required.

About the mathematics curriculum

For us to receive a thorough understanding of your mathematical abilities, you must attach your official upper secondary mathematics curriculum to your application. The document must be an official one, meaning that it has been published by an institution, board or ministry, for example. 

A curriculum contains a list of study objectives, courses and course contents; it is a study plan. A curriculum is not equivalent to the transcript of records. Please note that the curriculum must cover the complete duration of the upper secondary studies.

For more information concerning the mathematics curriculum, please see Bachelor's Rolling Admission – Eligibility requirements.

A language test result in English is not required in the following situations.

A degree in higher education completed in English in specific countries

You have completed a higher education degree in English at a higher education institution located in the following countries: EU or EEA country, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, or the United States.

You must have studied in the country in question for the complete duration of the studies.

Upper secondary degree completed in English in specific countries

You have completed an upper secondary degree in English at an institution located in the following countries: EU or EEA country, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, or the United States. You must have studied in the country in question for the complete duration of the studies.

SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing score of 480

Your SAT score in the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing section is at least 480. Please verify your results via College Board before applying, as only verified results are taken into account by LUT University.

•     The section must be completed after 1 January 2019.
•     Your results must be verified by College Board (see instructions below). College Board must submit the results to LUT directly.
•     The results must be available when the application is being processed.

Verifying your SAT results

LUT University only accepts your SAT test scores if an official score report is received directly from the test organizer College Board. When proving your English-language skills via SAT scores, you will need to submit the results via College Board.

To get your test results submitted to LUT University, please choose LUT University as a score recipient when registering for the SAT tests – the institutional code required is 7603.

If not having chosen LUT University as a score recipient while registering for the test or, applying with earlier test results and wish to make them available to LUT University, you need to order additional SAT Score Reports.

One of the following language test results in English with at least the minimum score mentioned is required from you for proving your proficiency in English.

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

It is advisable to submit your application after you have already taken a language test and received the results: in Bachelor's Rolling Admission, applicants are given a strict two-week deadline to supplement any missing documents to the application.

When having submitted your application, you must provide the language test certificate within a two-week time period at the latest. If any required documents are missing after the deadline, the application will be discarded.

A language certificate issued by your home university or any other institution or organization is not accepted.

All language test results accepted by LUT University are valid for two years from the date of taking the test.

Language test results accepted by LUT University

• IELTS Academic or IELTS Online

Minimum score: 6.0 (writing band score 5.5)

Upload a copy for your IELTS Test Report Form or IELTS Indicator Score ID to the online application form at studyinfo.fi.

•  PTE Academic or PTE Academic Online

  Minimum score: 54

Upload the PDF copy of your Score Report to the online application form. For us to be able to verify your electronic test result from the PTE database, remember to send your electronic Score Report to LUT University from your PTE Online Account as well.

For more information please visit PTE - Guide to Scoring. Indicate our official name Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT. The test result will usually be available on your online account within 5 working days from the date of taking the test. The minimum that we need for the verification is your Score Report Code or your Registration ID.

• TOEFL iBT and TOEFL iBT Home Edition

Minimum score: 78 (writing score min. 20)

For us to be able to verify your electronic test result from the TOEFL database, remember to request the TOEFL / ETS Test Centre to add LUT University as a receiver of your electronic Score Report.

For more information please visit Sending your TOEFL iBT Test Scores. Indicate our official name Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT and our Institution Code 0496.

• C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency by Cambridge Assessment English   

Minimum score: level C

For us to be able to verify your electronic test result from the CAE database, remember to register at the CAE Candidate Website and provide LUT University with your date of birth and the reference number for your Statement of Results.

Indicate our official name Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT. The Statement of Results will be released online approximately 2 to 6 weeks from the date of taking the test, depending on the test being a paper or an online test. If already having received the official C1/C2 Certificate, remember to upload a copy for it to your Online Application Form.

Tuition Fees

Citizens of the following countries are not required to pay a tuition fee:

•     The European Union (EU)
•     The European Economic Area (EEA)
•     Switzerland

Non-EU/EEA Citizens

For the Bachelor's programmes starting in the academic year 2023-2024, the tuition fees are:

• EUR 9 500/each academic year in Bachelor's Programmes in Technology and Engineering Science and Industrial Engineering and Management

Early Bird discount: When accepted to Technology and Engineering Science or Industrial Engineering and Management you are granted an Early Bird discount of EUR 2000 on your first year's tuition fee:
During the first year of studies, you must pay the total amount of EUR 7 500.
The tuition fee must be paid within 21 days of the admission decision.

• EUR 9 000/each academic year in double degree programmes

Citizens of the non-EU/EEA countries (excluding Switzerland) must pay a tuition fee for their studies in the international programmes in Finland in general and also at LUT University.

Exceptions for the Non-EU/EEA Citizens

If being a citizen of a non-EU/EEA country (excluding Switzerland) and a holder of one of the following, you are NOT required to pay a tuition fee:

• Continuous Residence Permit Card in Finland (A) for a non-study purpose

NOTE: Having been awarded a Residence Permit Card A with a remark OPISKELIJA 2016/801/EU or OPISKELIJA for studying, you are required to pay a tuition fee

For further information, please see  Residence Permit A for study purposes from 15 April 2022 onwards

• Permanent Residence Permit Card in Finland (P)
• EU Residence Permit for Third-Country Citizens with a Long-Term  Residence Permit Card in Finland (P-EU)
• EU Family Member's Residence Card in Finland
• EU Blue Card in Finland

To prove LUT University of being exempted from paying a tuition fee based on a Residence Permit Card issued by Finnish Immigration Service, you must upload a copy for your Residence Permit Card to your application form.

In order to be exempted from paying a tuition fee, the document proving the excemption must be valid on August 1 in the academic year you have been admitted to start your studies. Should the status for your Residence Permit Card change at any time, you must contact LUT Scholarships without any delay.  

Your residence (permit) card or residence card has to be granted by The Finnish Immigration Service.

Exceptions for the UK Citizens

After the United Kingdom having left the European Union, the UK citizens are now following the same rules regarding to the tuition fee and scholarships as the other non-EU/EEA citizens, while the application period for Brexit permits in Finland was closed on 30 September 2021.

The following exceptions are related to the UK citizens living in Finland since before 1 January 2021:

1.  If having been living in Finland since before 1 January 2021 and having been issued a Brexit permit by 30 September 2021, you are exempted from paying a tuition fee.
2. If having been living in Finland since before 1 January 2021 and having been applied for a Brexit permit by 30 September 2021 but still waiting for your Residence Permit Card, you may be exempted from paying a tuition fee.
   To prove of being exempted, please upload a statement by Finnish Immigration Service for having applied for a right of residence or, for a permanent right of residence under the Withdrawal Agreement.
3. If having been living in Finland since before 1 January 2021 and not having applied for a Brexit permit by 30 September 2021, please see further information at About Brexit by Finnish Immigration Service (MIGRI) about whether you would still be able to apply for a right of residence or, for a permanent right of residence under the Withdrawal Agreement under certain conditions.

Please see further information on the scholarships at Scholarships for Bachelor's studies.