If you applied with a Bachelor's Degree that was completed in any of the countries listed below, you must follow the country-specific process for certifying copies of your educational documents.
Countries with country-specific requirements
All African countries Bangladesh China India
Indonesia Iran Malaysia Nepal Pakistan
Sri Lanka Vietnam
Reguired documents for verification
You must provide us with the following documents for the degree you applied with:
- Bachelor's Degree Certificate
- Bachelor's Transcript of Records
- plus official English translations of the documents, if the original language is not English or Swedish
If your Bachelor's Degree comprises a two-year Bachelor's degree and a two-year Master's degree, you must provide us with verified documents for both degrees.
If your Bachelor's Degree comprises a previous degree and a top-up degree, you only need to provide us with documents for the top-up degree (i.e. the Bachelor's Degree).
Deadline
The deadline for us to receive the required documents at Lappeenranta Campus is
- 29 May 2026 at 15:00 (UTC+3)
Failure to meet the deadline and provide the required documents will result in the loss of your place on the programme, which cannot be reinstated.
Mailing address
Regardless of where your programme is located, the documents must always be posted to the Lappeenranta campus.
LUT University
Admissions Services / Master's programmes
Yliopistonkatu 34
FI-53850 LAPPEENRANTA Finland
Tel: +358 29 446 2111
Customs notification
We do not take responsibility for any documents that get held up in customs, nor do we declare them.
To avoid your documents to get stuck in the customs
- clearly indicate the contents as documents
- do not assign a monetary value to them when posting them
If your documents are held up by customs for any reason, you are responsible for taking the necessary steps to have them re-delivered to LUT University.
All African countries
Transcript of Records
The degree-awarding university must send an official Transcript of Records directly to LUT Admissions Services in a sealed envelope. Transcripts sent by the applicant are not accepted.
- This document is taken from the university's official student registrar system and must bear the institution's original stamp and the original signature of the awarding officer.
- Neither an officially certified copy nor a student copy of the transcript is accepted, even if mailed by the university.
- The transcript must be placed in an envelope that is sealed with an official stamp across the back flap, to indicate that the envelope has not been opened. Envelopes sealed with a generic stamp, such as 'Sealed', are not accepted.
Degree Certificate
A copy of the Degree Certificate must be either
The document may be sent by mail either by the applicant or the awarding university. If the awarding university is mailing both the official Transcript of Records and the officially certified copy of the Degree Certificate, they can be enclosed in the same sealed envelope.
Bangladesh
Degree Certificate
Transcript of Records
The Degree Certificate and the Transcript of Records must be issued by the main university or a college with a degree-awarding status. Documents issued by affiliated colleges are not accepted.
Electronic verification
After the Consular and Welfare Wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh verifies your documents electronically and provides you with attested PDFs of your degree certificate and transcript of records with a QR code for verification, you must email these documents to admission@lut.fi.
The documents must be emailed by the applicant.
Verification with an e-verification sticker
After the Consular and Welfare Wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh verifies your documents and affixes an e-verification sticker to them, you must send the documents to us by mail, along with the original sticker.
Make sure that the QR code and index number on the sticker are readable. You must also provide the PIN required for full verification of the documents on the official verification website.
The documents must be sent by mail by the applicant.
Verifications completed before the electronic verification or e-verification sticker
Copies of your Degree Certificate and Transcript of Records must be officially certified by the Consular and Welfare Wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh.
Each page of every copy, excluding blank pages, must have the original verification stamp and signature of an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh.
The documents must be sent by mail by the applicant.
Further information for all verification methods: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh
China
One of the following methods must be used to authenticate the document.
Option 1: Legalisation
Degree Certificate
Transcript of Records
Copies for your Degree Certificate and Transcript of Records must be officially certified by a notary public and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in China. Some local notaries public offer diplomatic notary services as well.
The documents must be sent by mail by the applicant.
Option 2: Verification by CSSD
Degree Certificate
Qualification Certificate
Transcript of Records
Submit the following verification reports by China Credentials Verification (CSSD) in English at https://www.chsi.com.cn/en/:
- Online Verification Report of Higher Education Degree
- Online Verification Report of Higher Education Qualification Certificate
- Online Verification Report of Student Records
Share the CSSD verification reports directly from the CSSD online service with LUT University at admission@lut.fi, or request that they be emailed to this address.
We also accept CSSD verification reports via email, as long as they are sent by the student and we can verify them via the CSSD online service.
Verification reports for Degree Certificates awarded before 2008 and Degree Certificates awarded by military educational institutions that are not registered in the Submission of Academic Degree Information System must be ordered as paper reports (Verification Report of China Higher Education Degree Certificate).
Further information:
India
Transcript of Records
The degree-awarding university or the autonomous college must send an official Transcript of Records directly to LUT Admissions Services in a sealed envelope.
- This document is taken from the university's official student registrar system and must bear the institution's original stamp and the original signature of the awarding officer.
- Neither an officially certified copy nor a student copy of the transcript is accepted, even if mailed by the university.
- The transcript must be placed in an envelope that is sealed with an official stamp across the back flap, to indicate that the envelope has not been opened. Envelopes sealed with a generic stamp, such as 'Sealed', are not accepted.
Applicant may also mail envelopes sealed by the university, provided that they place them in another envelope and ensure that the seal has not been broken.
Degree Certificate
Degree Certificates must be awarded by the main university; those awarded by colleges are not accepted.
A copy of the Degree Certificate must be either
The document may be sent by mail either by the applicant or the awarding university. If the awarding university is mailing both the official Transcript of Records and the officially certified copy of the Degree Certificate, they can be enclosed in the same sealed envelope.
Indonesia
Transcript of Records
The degree-awarding university must send an official Transcript of Records directly to LUT Admissions Services in a sealed envelope. Transcripts sent by the applicant are not accepted.
- This document is taken from the university's official student registrar system and must bear the institution's original stamp and the original signature of the awarding officer.
- Neither an officially certified copy nor a student copy of the transcript is accepted, even if mailed by the university.
- The transcript must be placed in an envelope that is sealed with an official stamp across the back flap, to indicate that the envelope has not been opened. Envelopes sealed with a generic stamp, such as 'Sealed', are not accepted.
Degree Certificate
A copy of the Degree Certificate must be either
The document may be sent by mail either by the applicant or the awarding university. If the awarding university is mailing both the official Transcript of Records and the officially certified copy of the Degree Certificate, they can be enclosed in the same sealed envelope.
Iran
Degree Certificate
Transcript of Records
Official translations of Degree Certificate and Transcript of Records must be certified by the Iranian Ministry of Justice.
Documents certified by the Ministry of Justice of Iran must be legalised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Documents legalised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs must be legalised by the Embassy of Finland in Tehran.
Further information: Legalisation of documents by Embassy of Finland in Tehran
- All copies of educational documents must bear the original stamps of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran and the Finnish Embassy in Tehran.
- Copies of educational documents, even if officially certified, are not accepted.
- Contact the Embassy of Finland for detailed instructions on how to hand over the documents to them for processing.
The documents must be sent by mail by the applicant.
Malaysia
Transcript of Records
The degree-awarding university must send an official Transcript of Records directly to LUT Admissions Services in a sealed envelope. Transcripts sent by the applicant are not accepted.
- This document is taken from the university's official student registrar system and must bear the institution's original stamp and the original signature of the awarding officer.
- Neither an officially certified copy nor a student copy of the transcript is accepted, even if mailed by the university.
- The transcript must be placed in an envelope that is sealed with an official stamp across the back flap, to indicate that the envelope has not been opened. Envelopes sealed with a generic stamp, such as 'Sealed', are not accepted.
Degree Certificate
A copy of the Degree Certificate must be either
The document may be sent by mail either by the applicant or the awarding university. If the awarding university is mailing both the official Transcript of Records and the officially certified copy of the Degree Certificate, they can be enclosed in the same sealed envelope.
Nepal
Transcript of Records
The degree-awarding university must send an official Transcript of Records directly to LUT Admissions Services in a sealed envelope. Documents issued by affiliated colleges are not accepted.
- The copy of the Transcript of Records must bear an original stamp of the institution and an original signature of the awarding officer.
- The transcript must be placed in an envelope that is sealed with an official stamp across the back flap, to indicate that the envelope has not been opened. Envelopes sealed with a generic stamp, such as 'Sealed', are not accepted.
Applicant may also mail envelopes sealed by the university, provided that they place them in another envelope and ensure that the seal has not been broken.
Degree Certificate
The Degree Certificate must be awarded by the main university. A Degree Certificate issued by an affiliated college is not accepted.
A copy of the Degree Certificate must be either
The document may be sent by mail either by the applicant or the awarding university. If the awarding university is mailing both the official Transcript of Records and the officially certified copy of the Degree Certificate, they can be enclosed in the same sealed envelope.
Pakistan
Degree Certificate
Transcript of Records
Copies taken from the original Degree Certificate and Transcript of Records must be certified by the Higher Education Commission, Pakistan (HEC).
- Each page of every copy must have the original attestation stamp and signature of an HEC official on every non-blank side.
- Plain copies of HEC-attested documents are not accepted.
Both the Degree Certificate and the Transcript of Records must be awarded by a university or college with degree-awarding status. Documents awarded by an affiliated college are not accepted.
The documents must be sent by mail by the applicant.
Sri Lanka
Transcript of Records
The degree-awarding university must send an official Transcript of Records directly to LUT Admissions Services in a sealed envelope. Transcripts sent by the applicant are not accepted.
- This document is taken from the university's official student registrar system and must bear the institution's original stamp and the original signature of the awarding officer.
- Neither an officially certified copy nor a student copy of the transcript is accepted, even if mailed by the university.
- The transcript must be placed in an envelope that is sealed with an official stamp across the back flap, to indicate that the envelope has not been opened. Envelopes sealed with a generic stamp, such as 'Sealed', are not accepted.
Degree Certificate
A copy of the Degree Certificate must be either
The document may be sent by mail either by the applicant or the awarding university. If the awarding university is mailing both the official Transcript of Records and the officially certified copy of the Degree Certificate, they can be enclosed in the same sealed envelope.
Vietnam
Transcript of Records
The degree-awarding university must send an official Transcript of Records directly to LUT Admissions Services in a sealed envelope. Transcripts sent by the applicant are not accepted.
- This document is taken from the university's official student registrar system and must bear the institution's original stamp and the original signature of the awarding officer.
- Neither an officially certified copy nor a student copy of the transcript is accepted, even if mailed by the university.
- The transcript must be placed in an envelope that is sealed with an official stamp across the back flap, to indicate that the envelope has not been opened. Envelopes sealed with a generic stamp, such as 'Sealed', are not accepted.
Degree Certificate
A copy of the Degree Certificate must be either
The document may be sent by mail either by the applicant or the awarding university. If the awarding university is mailing both the official Transcript of Records and the officially certified copy of the Degree Certificate, they can be enclosed in the same sealed envelope.
Official Certification
If the documents are not required to be cerfified by a certain national organisation mentioned under certain countries, the certification can be done by the awarding institution or through a special process called legalisation.
1. Official certification by the awarding institution
- Copies are taken from original documents
- Copies include every page of the original documents
- Copies bear an original stamp of the awarding institution on each page of the document
- a generic stamp "Certified true copy" is not accepted.
- Copies bear an original signature of the certifying officer
Photocopies without an official certification will not be accepted.
2. Official certification by legalisation
If not able to have your educational documents officially certified by the awarding institution, you can get them officially certified through a process called legalisation, which is divided into two different methods depending on whether the country where the degree was awarded is a signatory to the Hague Convention of 1961 or not.
For more information on the signatory countries for the Hague Convention of 1961 and the authorities issuing Apostille Certificates, please see Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents.
A. Apostille
Apostille Certificate is required, if the degree has been awarded in a country that is a signatory of the Hague Convention of 1961.
The Apostille Certificate can be done by stamping the document with a specific Apostille stamp or, on a separate Apostille Certificate.
B. Legalisation
Legalisation is required, if the degree has been awarded in a country that is not a signatory of the Hague Convention of 1961.
The document must be first legalised by the Foreign Ministry of the degree-awarding country. After that, the document must be legalised again by a Finnish Embassy or Consulate to that country having done the first legalisation.
Official English translations
Whenever the original educational documents not issued in English, Finnish or Swedish, official translations in English are required in addition to the documents in original language.
What is an official translation?
- Issued by the awarding institution
- An officially certified copy of a translation issued by the awarding institution
- Translated by an official translator
- An officially certified copy of a translation made by an official translator
Each translation must bear the translator's stamp and/or signature.
The official Diploma Supplement in English will be accepted as a translation for the Degree Certificate as well.