Early Admission for Master's studies

What is Early Admission?

Early Admission offers a two-week early application window before Regular Admission

for applicants having completed or about to complete their Bachelor's Degree outside of Finland

and hoping to continue their studies in our Master's Programmes.

When to apply?

Application period is closed.

Application period took place on 1-15 October 2024 at 15:00 (UTC+3).

Basics about Early Admission

Business Administration

Chemical Engineering

Communication Sciences

Global Communications and Clean Air, Water and Energy

Electrical Engineering

Environmental Technology

Sustainability Science and Solutions

Industrial Engineering and Management

Mechanical Engineering

Social Sciences

Software Engineering

In Early Admission, you can only apply to one programme either in Business Administration, Communication Sciences, Social Sciences or in Technology.

This is because if successfully completing the following steps you will automatically get admitted as long as there are still seats available in the programme you are applying to:

submitting a complete application within the time frame given
meeting with the admission criteria
getting a minimum of 50% for the maximum points for the interview when an interview is included or, otherwise successfully going through the related evaluation process in the programmes in Software Engineering or in the programme Industrial Design Engineering

All the applicants having applied through Early Admission with an application forwarded to academic evaluation will get their admission decision

on 22 November 2024 at the latest

The Admissions Committees for the programmes complete the evaluation process as soon as possible based on the principle of first in - first out.

LUT Admissions Services allow the Admissions Committees to complete the evaluation process for each application without disturbing them with any requests for speeding up their process.

Therefore, we are not able to provide any applicant with any updates on the evaluation process while all the applicants will be informed about their admission decision as soon as it is ready to be released.

In case of the application not having been a technically eligible one, it will not be forwarded to academic evaluation and the applicant will be informed about it immediately by email through Studyinfo.

If admitted through Early Admission and having confirmed the place
You are ineligible to apply through Regular Admission as you are not be able to confirm yet another place for the upcoming academic year again.
Further information: StudyInfo - One Study Place Per Term Provision

Submitting an application through Regular Admission while already having confirmed a place through Early Admission will lead into your application form through Regular Admission to be discarded.
If not admitted or not having confirmed an offered place through Early Admission
You may apply through Regular Admission between 16 December 2024 - 22 January 2025 at 15:00 (UTC+2).

Submit your application only, if you are able

to upload all the required documents and results at the time of submitting your application or,
to supplement your application with the missing documents and results within 14 days from receiving a supplementary request from us

If your application is not supplemented as requested by the given deadline, it will be ruled out as an ineligible application.

Your chances of getting admitted are the same regardless of whether you choose to apply directly on your own or through an education agent as all the eligible applications are ranked for each programme according to the same admissions criteria.

Application process

You may submit

one application form with max. one programme

Multiple applications discarded

In case of any multiple application forms under a different email address/es for the same applicant the earlier one/s will automatically be discarded while only the latest one remaining a valid one.

Carefully answering all the questions

Fill carefully in your application form by answering the questions exactly as requested.

If failing to present the information as requested on your application form, that information will not be considered in the evaluation process.

Upload all the required documents

Upload the required documents - further information at Uploading the required documents.

Submit your application

After having submitted your application, you will receive an auto-reply from StudyInfo about successfully having submitted the application.

For most of the programmes you must list the programme-related studies for this programme on your application form in ECTS credits by each course under the related field of study and indicate the total ECTS credits for all the courses listed.

Studies not originally in ECTS credits >> Conversion needed

In case of the completed courses not originally listed in ECTS credits on your Transcript of Records, you are responsible for converting the original study units (credits, credit hours etc.) to ECTS credits according to the following conversions.

What elements are required for ECTS conversions?

To be able to make the necessary conversions for ECTS credits, the following elements must be included on your Transcript/s of Records:

Original study units for each course (credits, credit hours etc.)
Original cumulative study units for the degree (credits, credit hours etc.)

What to do if the required elements are missing?

If either one or both of these required elements are missing on your Transcript of Records, you must upload an additional, official statement in English provided by the related university, indicating the missing elements.

What to do if there are no credits available for the completed courses?

You may also upload an official brochure for the programme issued by the university instead of the official statement if the missing elements are indicated in the brochure.

Converting to ECTS credits factors

Studies on Bachelor's level

Divide 180 (=cumulative ECTS credits for a LUT Bachelor’s Degree) by the cumulative number of original study units (credits, credit hours etc.) you have completed for the Bachelor’s Degree you are applying with
As a result you will get the conversion factor for Bachelor's studies
Multiply the original number of study units for the listed courses by this factor
As a result you will get the result in ECTS credits

Studies on Master's level

Multiply the original number of study units for the listed courses by 1.5
- 1.5 = a fixed factor for Master's studies
As a result you will get the result in ECTS credits

Do not round up the result for the converted ECTS credits: If the result is 2.25367 ECTS credits, you must list the course with exactly 2.25367 ECTS credits.

Examples: How to correctly convert and list the required studies in ECTS credits

Case examples

Bachelor's studies

Example:

The total study units completed for your Bachelor’s Degree are 160 credit hours and you need to convert a course with 2 credit hours to ECTS credits.

Divide 180 by 160 >> the conversion factor is 1.125
Multiply 2 credit hours by 1.125 = 2.25 ECTS credits

Master's studies

Example:

You have completed 60 credits of Master's level studies and you need to convert a course with 3 credits to ECTS credits.

Multiply 3 credits by 1.5 = 4.5 ECTS credits

Example:

You have completed 95 credits of Master's level studies and you need to convert a course with 2 credits to ECTS credits.

Multiply 2 credits by 1.5 = 3 ECTS credits

Bachelor's Degree is a combination of several degrees

Example: 2-year Bachelor's Degree + 2-year Master's Degree = Bachelor's Degree (16 years of education)

You have completed

a 2-year Bachelor's Degree (90 credits) and
a 2-year Master's Degree (80 credits)

that together are equivalent to a Bachelor's Degree (170 credits in total) and you need to convert a course with 3 credits to ECTS credits.

Since the combination of both the degrees is equivalent to a Bachelor's Degree, the conversion factor follows the factor for Bachelor's studies.

Divide 180 by 170 >> the conversion factor is 1.05882353
Multiply 3 credit hours by 1.05882353 = 3.17647059 ECTS credits

Example: National Degree + Higher National Degree + top up = Bachelor's Degree

You have completed

a 2-year National Degree (85 credit hours) and
a 1-year top up for a Higher Nationial Degree (50 credit hours) and
a 1-year top up for a Bachelor's Degree (30 credit hours)

that together are equivalent to a Bachelor's Degree (165 credit hours in total) and you need to convert a course with 2 credits to ECTS credits.

Since the combination of all these degrees is equivalent to a Bachelor's Degree, the conversion factor follows the factor for Bachelor's studies.

Divide 180 by 165 >> the conversion factor is 1.09090909
Multiply 2 credit hours by 1.09090909 = 2.18181818 ECTS credits

When filling in your application form

While filling in your application form, you must indicate the cumulative number of original study units completed for the Bachelor's Degree you are applying with.

If applying with an unfinished Bachelor's Degree, you must indicate the cumulative number of original study units expected to be completed for being able to graduate.

If having completed a combination of degrees that together correspond to a Bachelor's Degree, you must indicate the cumulative number of original study units for all the related degrees.

Requirements for the Transcript of Records

The Transcript of Records for the Bachelor's Degree you are applying with must include the cumulative number of original study units (credits, credit hours etc.).

If the cumulative original study units not included on the Transcript of Records, an official statement on them issued in English by the related university must be uploaded. You may also upload an official brochure for the programme issued by the university instead of the official statement if the cumulative original study units indicated in the brochure.

The arithmetic GPA will be first checked and verified by LUT University. In case the original grading scale not being on a scale of 1.00 - 5.00, the arithmetic GPA will be converted by LUT University on this scale during the evaluation process. Finally, the arithmetic GPA with two decimals will be evaluated.

The grading scale must include at least two different grades for passing that together form a clear range of passing grades so that an arithmetic GPA can be calculated.

If the completed courses having been evaluated by using verbal or letter-based grades, these grades will be converted on a numerical scale of 1.00-5.00 by using linear conversion.

The arithmetic GPA evaluated in the LUT selection process is

an arithmetic average of grades for all the individual courses and for the grade for the Final Thesis included in the degree you have to apply with
- that have been completed at the time of applying
- that are listed on an official Transcript of Records

What is excluded from the arithmetic GPA?

Courses evaluated with 'pass' or 'fail'
Courses evaluated with a grade corresponding to a failed grade
Courses without a related study unit such as ECTS credit, credit, credit hour etc.
Combined modules including only a single grade for all the courses included in the module unless the individual courses having been evaluated separately
Courses not included in the degree you have to apply with
Courses not included in the degree you have to apply with that have been credited or compensated unless the degree-awarding university having evaluated them on a numerical, verbal or on a letter-based grading scale

Degree Certificate for the Bachelor's Degree
+ an official translation when required
Upload a scan for the original.
If your Bachelor's Degree is a combination of two different degrees, upload one combined scan/document in which you have included both the original Degree Certificates.
Transcript of Records for the Bachelor's Degree
+ an official translation when required
Upload a scan for the original.
If your Bachelor's Degree is a combination of two or more different degrees, upload one combined scan/document in which you have included all the original Transcripts of Records.
The following elements must be included in the Transcript/s of Records:
* Original study units for each course
* Original cumulative study units for the degree
* Grades for each course
If one or many of these required elements are missing, you must upload an additional, official statement provided by the university in English, indicating the missing elements.
The original study units for each course as well as the cumulative ones for the degree can also be provided by uploading an official brochure for the programme if these elements are indicated in the brochure.
The additional document/s must be combined together and uploaded to the same section with the Transcript of Records.
Language Test result
when required
Upload a scan for the test result or a screenshot from your test account.
The result is always electronically verified from the test database.
Additional educational documents
+ official translations
when required
Upload a scan for the original/s.
If you have several different documents, upload one combined scan/document in which you have included all the different documents together.
When proving your proficiency in English with another degree apart from the one you are applying with.
When having completed programme-specifically required university-level studies not included in the degree you are applying with.
Passport or ID card with nationality
Upload a scan for the document or card.
Finnish Residence Permit Card
Upload a scan for both sides of the card if having one.

ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS FOR PROGRAMMES IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
When required

GMAT Exam or GRE General Test result
Only for programmes in Business Administration when required.
Upload a scan for the test result or a screenshot from your test account.
The result is always electronically verified from the test database.

ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS FOR THE PROGRAMME INDUSTIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING

CV
Upload this compulsory document including your personal data, educational background, work experience, publications, awards or grants, study trips and positions of trust, etc.
A missing CV will lead into the application remaining to be an ineligible one just as it would be with a missing educational document.
Letter of Motivation
max. 3000 characters
Upload this compulsory document covering the reason for applying to LUT University and the programme Industrial Design Engineering. Tell about your learning goals, role of this Master's Degree in your professional development and about your plans for and after graduation of this Master's Degree.
A missing Letter of Motivation will lead into the application remaining to be an ineligible one just as it would be with a missing educational document.
Portfolio
Upload a Portfolio as an optional document, limited to eight (8) work samples in which provides samples of your previous study, scientific, work and/or design oriented projects. The works may include sketches, illustrations, technical drawings, computer renderings or photographs.

The work presented in the portfolio must include the title, purpose and year of completion and short description including contribution of the applicant to the work in case the work has been completed in a team.

As for all the documents, .pfd format is also strongly recommended for the Portfolio. Please consider the size limitation of 100 MB for the Portfolio.
Other documents related to experience or areas of competence related to the programme
Upload academic publications, certificates, competitions or diplomas proving your experience or competence related to the programme.

ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS FOR PROGRAMMES IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Work Certificate/s
All documents combined into only one attachment if having related work experience.
Upload only ONE attachment where you have combined all the different original Work Certificates for work experience related to the programme and completed by the end of the application period.

In case of these documents not having been combined into ONE attachment the application will remain an incomplete one and will not be evaluated.

The following elements must be included in the Work Certificate:

Name of the company
Title for the position in the company
Duration of the employment
Start and end date for the employment; in case of the employment still being valid, this must be mentioned as well.
Date for the work certificate having been awarded
Signature and name in writing for the person having awarded and signed the document
Contact details for the person and the company
Work experience only mentioned on a CV or salary slip will not be evaluated.
Documentation for publications and extracurricular activities
All documents combined into only one attachment if having related publications and extracurricular activities.
Upload only ONE attachment where you have combined all the different documents for your publications and extracurricular activities related to the programme and completed by the end of the application period.

In case of these documents not having been combined into ONE attachment the application will remain an incomplete one and will not be evaluated.
Transcript of Records for LUT Open University or other LUT Pathway studies
If having completed pathway studies in Software Engineering offered by LUT University, upload an official Transcript of Records for them.

Check the required documents under Required documents.

You are responsible for uploading them on your application form as requested.

Details for uploading the documents

You must upload

scans for the original educational documents
scans for the other required documents

Educational and other documents uploaded in PDF or JPEG are preferred while the maximum size for an attachment is 1 Gt.

Combine all individual pages for the document in the right order to make one scan for the whole document.

If you have several different sets of documents related to a required document, combine all these sets in the right order to make one full scan that you upload as one attachment as the required document.

Name your documents accordingly, for example:

Degree Certificate - Bachelor
Transcript of Records - Bachelor
Letter of Motivation

Make sure that all the documents are clearly readable ones.

Language for the non-educational required documents

When uploading the non-educational required documents relevant for the evaluation such as for example, Work Certificates that are not originally provided in English. Finnish or Swedish, you must have them translated and upload the translations along with the originals combined into one attachment.

Supplementing your application

In case of your application not being a complete one, we will email you only one supplementary request through Studyinfo after having processed your application. It is your responsibility to supplement your application as requested without any further requests.

You will be able to supplement your application within 14 days from the date of us having emailed you the supplementary request.

The exact deadline for supplementing your application is given in your supplementary request.

No extra documents

Do not upload any extra documents that are not required as they are irrelevant and slow down the evaluation process and are therefore, not appreciated and also automatically ignored by the Admission Committees.

Do not mail LUT University any documents at the time of applying.

What is an unfinished Bachelor's Degree?

You have not yet graduated = you have not been awarded your Degree Certificate or the Provisional Degree Certificate

Having completed all your studies does not mean that you have graduated unless you have been awarded the Degree Certificate or the Provisional Degree Certificate.

If not being able to upload your Degree Certificate or the Provisional Degree Certificate by the supplementary deadline, you must identify your status on the application form as "not yet graduated".

When applying

Indicate the estimated date of graduation on your Application Form
- No official statement for the date required from the home university
Upload your latest Transcript of Records to your Online Application Form
- plus the official translation (when required)
- The Transcript of Records must include the name of the degree to be awarded.
  - If not included, an additional statement issued by the awarding university about the name of the degree must be uploaded to your Online Application Form.

If admitted

You must be able to

Graduate by 31 August 2025
Provide us with the following documents by email by 31 August 2025 at 15:00 (UTC+3)
- Scan for your original Degree Certificate
- Scan for your original Transcript of Records
Provide us with the following documents by email by 5 September 2025 at 15:00 (UTC+3)
- Official translations in English if the original documents are not issued in English, Finnish or Swedish.

If not being able to meet with both the requirements by the given deadlines, you will automatically lose your place without a possibility to reclaim it.

The Admission Committees do not provide any preliminary statements about the required previous studies or about the conversions on the scale of 1.00-5.00 for the arithmetic GPA.

These academic requirements when being part of the admission criteria will only be checked and evaluated at the time of academic evaluation after the application period.

Admission Criteria for Business Administration

Bachelor of Science in Economics and/or Business Administration

Completed in a university - all countries
Finland excluded
Including equivalent degrees with different titles but meeting with the following requirements included.

A minimum of 80 ECTS credits of studies in Business Administration must be included in the degree.
Check the required programme-specific studies!

Having completed a Master's Degree in Economics and/or Business Administration or equivalent at the time of applying or completing it before starting the LUT studies makes you ineligible to apply.

An accepted GMAT Exam or GRE General Test result is required from you if:

the arithmetic GPA for the Bachelor's Degree being between 3.50 - 4.19 on a scale of 1.00 - 5.00 AND you have the minimum required overall scores for one of the accepted language test results as informed at 'Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration + GMAT or GRE General'

No GMAT Exam or GRE General Test result is required from you if:

the arithmetic GPA for the Bachelor's Degree being at least 4.20 on a scale of 1.00 - 5.00 AND you have the higher required overall scores for one of the accepted language test results as informed at 'Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration + No GMAT or GRE General'

The required GMAT Exam or GRE General result can be compensated by one of the following:

you have been awarded a Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Business Administration by a Finnish University of Applied Sciences
you have been awarded a Bachelor's Degree in any field of study by a Finnish University
you have been awarded a Master's Degree in a field other than Economics or Business Administration by a Finnish University

The related degree must have been awarded at the time of applying.

Bachelor of Business Administration

Completed in a University of Applied Sciences - EU/EEA countries and Switzerland
Finland excluded

A minimum of 80 ECTS credits of studies in Business Administration must be included in the degree.
Check the required programme-specific studies!

Having completed a Master's Degree in Economics and/or Business Administration or equivalent at the time of applying or completing it before starting the LUT studies still makes you eligible to apply but only when applying with your Bachelor's Degree.

Applicants who have completed a Master's Degree in a University of Applied Sciences with no Bachelor's Degree while the prior degree to the Master's having been completed on a higher secondary or secondary level are not eligible to apply.

An accepted GMAT Exam or GRE General Test result is required from you if:

the arithmetic GPA for the Bachelor's Degree being between 3.50 - 4.19 on a scale of 1.00 - 5.00 AND you have the minimum required overall scores for one of the accepted language test results as informed at 'Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration + GMAT or GRE General'

No GMAT Exam or GRE General Test result is required from you if:

the arithmetic GPA for the Bachelor's Degree being at least 4.20 on a scale of 1.00 - 5.00 AND you have the higher required overall scores for one of the accepted language test results as informed at 'Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration + No GMAT or GRE General'

The required GMAT Exam or GRE General result can be compensated by one of the following:

you have been awarded a Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Business Administration by a Finnish University of Applied Sciences
you have been awarded a Bachelor's Degree in any field of study by a Finnish University
you have been awarded a Master's Degree in a field other than Economics or Business Administration by a Finnish University

The related degree must have been awarded at the time of applying.

Bachelor's Degree in a field other than Business Administration

Completed in a University - All countries
Finland excluded

A minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies completed in Business Administration required
Check the required programme-specific studies!

Having completed a Master's Degree still makes you eligible to apply, but only when applying with the Bachelor's Degree.

An accepted GMAT Exam or GRE General Test result is required from you.

The required GMAT Exam or GRE General result can be compensated by one of the following:

you have been awarded a Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Business Administration by a Finnish University of Applied Sciences
you have been awarded a Bachelor's Degree in any field of study by a Finnish University
you have been awarded a Master's Degree in a field other than Economics or Business Administration by a Finnish University

The related degree must have been awarded at the time of applying.

Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree

The degree must be equivalent to a corresponding Finnish Bachelor's Degree regarding the number of academic years and ECTS credits.
The degree must provide eligibility for applying to university level Master's studies in the country where the degree was awarded in.

Requirements for the degree-awarding university

The university must be recognized by the national education system in the country in question
The university must be listed on the World Higher Education Database WHED by International Association of Universities

The Admissions Committee for the programme always reserves a right to decide whether the degree and the completed studies provide the applicant with eligibility to apply to the programme.

To be eligible to apply, you must have completed the following previous relevant studies related to the programme by the time of submitting your application.

Business Analytics
- a minimum of 40 ECTS credits of studies in Mathematics, Information Technology, Information Processing, Statistics, Operations Research and Management Science relevant to the programme
- A minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies completed in Business Administration must also have been completed
International Business and Entrepreneurship
- a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies in International Business, International Marketing, Entrepreneurship or International Management
International Marketing Management
- a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies in Marketing, International Marketing or International Business
Strategic Finance and Analytics
- a minimum of 70 ECTS credits of studies in Finance, Accounting or Economics relevant to the programme
  - Any irrelevant studies will not be counted. The admission committee reserves a right to decide on priority basis which is based on the principle that Finance and Accounting studies are given preferences. e.g. if your degree contains major courses in Economics then those will not be counted if Finance and Accounting studies are below 40 ECTS credits.
    International Business, Marketing and Management related courses are not relevant for this programme.
- a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies in Research Methods (Analytics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Information Processing or Information Technology) relevant to the programme
  - The basic-level courses in Mathematics and Statistics courses are not counted. Priority is given to courses that are related to Applied Business Research (i.e. Data Analytics, Applied Mathematics/Statistics, Operational Research, and Software Programming).
Supply Management
- a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies in Supply Management, Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Marketing or International Business

You must list your courses in English on your application form as indicated on your Transcript of Records plus, upload an official Transcript of Records in English for your studies.

Requirements for the programme-related studies
What to do if there are no credits available for the completed courses?

The Admissions Committees for the programmes reserves a right to decide whether the degree and the completed studies provide the applicant with eligibility to apply to the programme.

You must meet with all the following requirements when applying

with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration
without GMAT Exam or GRE General Test

PROVING YOUR PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

To prove your language skills, you must have one of the following:

TOEFL iBT 101
- TOEFL iBT Home Edition, TOEFL Enhancements and TOEFL iBT Paper Edition accepted.
  MyBest Scores accepted.
IELTS Academic 7.0
- IELTS Online accepted.
- IELTS One Skill Retake accepted.
PTE Academic 72
- PTE Academic Online accepted.
Cambridge English: C1 Advanced Pass on level A, B or C
Cambridge English: C2 Proficiency Pass on level A, B or C or Level C1 Certificate
a degree in higher education completed in English in an EU/EEA country or in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom or the United States of America
a degree in higher education completed in Finnish or Swedish in Finland

The language tests are valid for two years from the date of taking the test.

Tests taken earlier than on 1 October 2022 are not accepted.

MINIMUM ARITHMETIC GPA

The arithmetic GPA for the degree you have to apply with must be

a minimum of 4.20 on the scale of 1.00 - 5.00

The arithmetic GPA evaluated in the LUT selection process is

an arithmetic average of grades for all individual courses included in the degree you have to apply with that
- are completed at the time of applying
- have been evaluated on a numeric grading scale
- are listed on the official Transcript of Records

Only in cases where some individual courses are combined into a bigger module on the Transcript of Records including only one total grade* for all the courses included in the module and with no individual evaluation for the included courses available, the combined total grade will be included in the arithmetic GPA.

Grade for the Final Thesis is included in the arithmetic GPA while failed grades are excluded from it.

Courses without a related study unit such as ECTS credit, credit, credit hour etc. are excluded from the arithmetic GPA even if the course having been evaluated on a numeric grading scale.

Courses completed outside the degree as well as courses included in the degree that have been credited or compensated are excluded from the arithmetic GPA unless the degree-awarding university having graded them on a numeric grading scale.

All the courses included in the arithmetic GPA must be listed on the official Transcript of Records for the degree you must be applying with.

The arithmetic GPA will be first checked and verified by LUT University and in case of the original grading scale not having been on a scale of 1.00 - 5.00, the arithmetic GPA will be converted by LUT University on this scale during the evaluation process. Finally, the arithmetic GPA with two decimals will be evaluated.

You must meet with all the following requirements when applying

with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration
with GMAT Exam or GRE General Test

PROVING YOUR PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

To prove your language skills, you must have one of the following:

TOEFL iBT 90
- TOEFL iBT Home Edition, TOEFL Enhancements and TOEFL iBT Paper Edition accepted.
  MyBest Scores accepted.
IELTS Academic 6.5
- IELTS Online accepted.
- IELTS One Skill Retake accepted.
PTE Academic 62
- PTE Academic Online accepted.
Cambridge English: C1 Advanced Pass on level A, B or C
Cambridge English: C2 Proficiency Pass on level A, B or C or Level C1 Certificate
a degree in higher education completed in English in an EU/EEA country or in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom or the United States of America
a degree in higher education completed in Finnish or Swedish in Finland

The language tests are valid for two years from the date of taking the test.

Tests taken earlier than on 1 October 2022 will not be accepted.

GMAT EXAM OR GRE GENERAL TEST

An accepted GMAT Exam or GRE General Test result with the following minimum required score is required from you.

The following minimum scores are required for meeting the eligibility requirements related to GMAT Exam or GRE General Test:

GMAT Exam: the current format i.e. Focus Edition
- Total score of 515
GMAT Exam: the previous format i.e. 10th Edition
- Total score of 550
GRE General Test
- Verbal Reasoning 152 + Quantitative Reasoning 152 + Analytical Writing 3.0

We accept scores from tests taken at test centers as well as tests taken online.

The results for the GMAT and GRE tests are valid for 5 years from the date of taking the test.

The result for the GMAT or GRE test must be valid on the date of submitting the application.

The required GMAT Exam or GRE General result can be compensated by one of the following:

you have been awarded a Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Business Administration by a Finnish University of Applied Sciences
you have been awarded a Bachelor's Degree in any field of study by a Finnish University
you have been awarded a Master's Degree in a field other than Economics or Business Administration by a Finnish University

The related degree must have been awarded at the time of applying.

HOW TO SEND YOUR SCORE REPORTS FOR GMAT AND GRE TESTS?

GMAT Exam

LUT only accepts electronic GMAT Score Reports made available in their Score Report Database to
- Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT
Before taking your GMAT Exam you may select up to 5 GMAT-accepting programmes/institutes to receive your Official Score Report
- You may also send extra score reports for extra cost

Further information: GMAT Test: Sending Your Scores.

GRE General Test

LUT University only accepts electronic GRE Test Score Reports that are made available in their Score Report Database to
- Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT - institutional code 2382
Before taking your GRE test, you may select up to 4 GRE-accepting insititutes to receive your scores.
- You may also send extra score reports for extra cost.

Further information: GRE Test: Sending Your Scores.

MINIMUM ARITHMETIC GPA

The arithmetic GPA for the degree you have to apply with must be

a minimum of 3.50 on the scale of 1.00 - 5.00

The arithmetic GPA evaluated in the LUT selection process is

an arithmetic average of grades for all individual courses included in the degree you have to apply with that
- are completed at the time of applying
- have been evaluated on a numeric grading scale
- are listed on the official Transcript of Records

Only in cases where some individual courses are combined into a bigger module on the Transcript of Records including only one total grade* for all the courses included in the module and with no individual evaluation for the included courses available, the combined total grade will be included in the arithmetic GPA.

Grade for the Final Thesis is included in the arithmetic GPA while failed grades are excluded from it.

Courses without a related study unit such as ECTS credit, credit, credit hour etc. are excluded from the arithmetic GPA even if the course having been evaluated on a numeric grading scale.

Courses completed outside the degree as well as courses included in the degree that have been credited or compensated are excluded from the arithmetic GPA unless the degree-awarding university having graded them on a numeric grading scale.

All the courses included in the arithmetic GPA must be listed on the official Transcript of Records for the degree you must be applying with.

The arithmetic GPA will be first checked and verified by LUT University and in case of the original grading scale not having been on a scale of 1.00 - 5.00, the arithmetic GPA will be converted by LUT University on this scale during the evaluation process. Finally, the arithmetic GPA with two decimals will be evaluated.

You must meet with all the following requirements when applying

with a Bachelor's Degree in a field other than Business Administration

PROVING YOUR PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

To prove your language skills, you must have one of the following:

TOEFL iBT 90
- TOEFL iBT Home Edition, TOEFL Enhancements and TOEFL iBT Paper Edition accepted.
  MyBest Scores accepted.
IELTS Academic 6.5
- IELTS Online accepted.
- IELTS One Skill Retake accepted.
PTE Academic 62
- PTE Academic Online accepted.
Cambridge English: C1 Advanced Pass on level A, B or C
Cambridge English: C2 Proficiency Pass on level A, B or C or Level C1 Certificate
a degree in higher education completed in English in an EU/EEA country or in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom or the United States of America
a degree in higher education completed in Finnish or Swedish in Finland

The language tests are valid for two years from the date of taking the test.

Tests taken earlier than on 1 October 2022 are not accepted.

GMAT EXAM OR GRE GENERAL TEST

An accepted GMAT Exam or GRE General Test result with the following minimum required score is required from you.

The following minimum scores are required for meeting the eligibility requirements related to GMAT Exam or GRE General Test:

GMAT Exam: the current format i.e. Focus Edition
- Total score of 515
GMAT Exam: the previous format i.e. 10th Edition
- Total score of 550
GRE General Test
- Verbal Reasoning 152 + Quantitative Reasoning 152 + Analytical Writing 3.0

We accept scores from tests taken at test centers as well as tests taken online.

The results for the GMAT and GRE tests are valid for 5 years from the date of taking the test.

The result for the GMAT or GRE test must be valid on the date of submitting the application.

The required GMAT Exam or GRE General result can be compensated by one of the following:

you have been awarded a Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Business Administration by a Finnish University of Applied Sciences
you have been awarded a Bachelor's Degree in any field of study by a Finnish University
you have been awarded a Master's Degree in a field other than Economics or Business Administration by a Finnish University

The related degree must have been awarded at the time of applying.

HOW TO SEND YOUR SCORE REPORTS FOR GMAT AND GRE TESTS?

GMAT Exam

LUT only accepts electronic GMAT Score Reports made available in their Score Report Database to
- Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT
Before taking your GMAT Exam you may select up to 5 GMAT-accepting programmes/institutes to receive your Official Score Report
- You may also send extra score reports for extra cost

Further information: GMAT Test: Sending Your Scores.

GRE General Test

LUT University only accepts electronic GRE Test Score Reports that are made available in their Score Report Database to
- Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT - institutional code 2382
Before taking your GRE test, you may select up to 4 GRE-accepting insititutes to receive your scores.
- You may also send extra score reports for extra cost.

Further information: GRE Test: Sending Your Scores.

MINIMUM ARITHMETIC GPA

The arithmetic GPA for the degree you have to apply with must be

a minimum of 3.50 on the scale of 1.00 - 5.00

The arithmetic GPA evaluated in the LUT selection process is

an arithmetic average of grades for all individual courses included in the degree you have to apply with that
- are completed at the time of applying
- have been evaluated on a numeric grading scale
- are listed on the official Transcript of Records

Only in cases where some individual courses are combined into a bigger module on the Transcript of Records including only one total grade* for all the courses included in the module and with no individual evaluation for the included courses available, the combined total grade will be included in the arithmetic GPA.

Grade for the Final Thesis is included in the arithmetic GPA while failed grades are excluded from it.

Courses without a related study unit such as ECTS credit, credit, credit hour etc. are excluded from the arithmetic GPA even if the course having been evaluated on a numeric grading scale.

Courses completed outside the degree as well as courses included in the degree that have been credited or compensated are excluded from the arithmetic GPA unless the degree-awarding university having graded them on a numeric grading scale.

All the courses included in the arithmetic GPA must be listed on the official Transcript of Records for the degree you must be applying with.

The arithmetic GPA will be first checked and verified by LUT University and in case of the original grading scale not having been on a scale of 1.00 - 5.00, the arithmetic GPA will be converted by LUT University on this scale during the evaluation process. Finally, the arithmetic GPA with two decimals will be evaluated.

Admission criteria for Communication Sciences

Bachelor of Communication Sciences

Completed in a University - All countries
Finland excluded

Bachelor of Communication Sciences

Completed in a University of Applied Sciences, EU/EEA countries and Switzerland
Finland excluded

Bachelor's Degree in a field other than Communication Sciences

Completed in a University - All countries
Finland excluded

Applicants having completed a Master's Degree are eligible to apply but only when applying with the Bachelor's Degree.

Applying with a Master's Degree is accepted only if the Master's Degree having been completed before the two-tier degree system when there were no separate Bachelor's Degrees awarded.

Applying with a combination of a 2-year Bachelor's + 2-year Master's Degree completed in certain countries is accepted when the combination of these two degrees is equivalent only to a Finnish Bachelor's Degree.

Applicants who have completed a Master's Degree in a University of Applied Sciences with no Bachelor's Degree while the prior degree to the Master's having been completed on a higher secondary or secondary level are not eligible to apply.

Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree

The degree must be equivalent to a corresponding Finnish Bachelor's Degree regarding the number of academic years and ECTS credits.
The degree must provide eligibility for applying to university level Master's studies in the country where the degree was awarded in.

Requirements for the degree-awarding university

The university must be recognized by the national education system in the country in question
The university must be listed on the World Higher Education Database WHED by International Association of Universities

The Admissions Committee for the programme always reserves a right to decide whether the degree and the completed studies provide the applicant with eligibility to apply to the programme.

To be eligible to apply, you must have completed the following studies at the time of applying:

a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies supportive to Communication Sciences

What studies are included in studies supportive to Communication Sciences?

Communication Sciences, including for example:

Communication, International / Intercultural / Organisational / Political / Community / Environmental Communication, Journalism, Information studies, Media studies

Social Sciences, including for example:

Human-Technology Interaction, International Relations, Political Science, Peace and Conflict studies, Sociology, Social Psychology, Environmental Sciences, Research Methods

Human Sciences, including for example:

Anthropology, Language and Literature of a particular country, Cultural studies, General Literary studies, General Linguistics

Economics and Business Administration, including for example:

Management studies, Organisational & Corporate Communication, Marketing, Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship

Requirements for the programme-related studies
What to do if there are no credits available for the completed courses?

The Admissions Committees for the programmes reserves a right to decide whether the degree and the completed studies provide the applicant with eligibility to apply to the programme.

3.00 on the scale of 1.00 - 5.00

Further information on how the arithmetic GPA is evaluated under 'Arithmetic GPA evaluated in the process'.

You must prove your proficiency in English language with one of the following:

one of the accepted language tests
a degree completed in English in an EU/EEA country or in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom or the United States of America

Further information: How to prove your proficiency in English language

Admission criteria for Social Sciences

Bachelor of Social Sciences

Completed in a University - All countries
Finland excluded

Bachelor of Social Sciences

Completed in a University of Applied Sciences, EU/EEA countries and Switzerland
Finland excluded

Bachelor's Degree in a field other than Social Sciences

Completed in a University - All countries
Finland excluded

Applicants having completed a Master's Degree are eligible to apply but only when applying with the Bachelor's Degree.

Applying with a Master's Degree is accepted only if the Master's Degree having been completed before the two-tier degree system when there were no separate Bachelor's Degrees awarded.

Exception: Applicants having completed or completing a Master's Degree in Social Sciences in Finland before starting the LUT studies are not eligible to apply.

Applying with a combination of a 2-year Bachelor's + 2-year Master's Degree completed in certain countries is accepted when the combination of these two degrees is equivalent only to a Finnish Bachelor's Degree.

Applicants who have completed a Master's Degree in a University of Applied Sciences with no Bachelor's Degree while the prior degree to the Master's having been completed on a higher secondary or secondary level are not eligible to apply.

Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree

The degree must be equivalent to a corresponding Finnish Bachelor's Degree regarding the number of academic years and ECTS credits.
The degree must provide eligibility for applying to university level Master's studies in the country where the degree was awarded in.

Requirements for the degree-awarding university

The university must be recognized by the national education system in the country in question
The university must be listed on the World Higher Education Database WHED by International Association of Universities

The Admissions Committee for the programme always reserves a right to decide whether the degree and the completed studies provide the applicant with eligibility to apply to the programme.

To be eligible to apply, you must have completed the following studies at the time of applying:

a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies supportive to Social Sciences

What studies are included in studies supportive to Social Sciences?

Social Sciences and Humanities, including for example:

Political Economy, Economics, Political Sciences, Social Psychology, Sociology, Administrative Sciences, Philosophy, History, Anthropology, Human geography, and Communication sciences and Media studies

Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, including for example :

Computational Social Science, Social Data Science, Human-Technology Interaction

Economics and Business Administration, including for example:

Management studies, Organizational & Corporate Communication, Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship and closely related

Requirements for the programme-related studies
What to do if there are no credits available for the completed courses?

The Admissions Committees for the programmes reserves a right to decide whether the degree and the completed studies provide the applicant with eligibility to apply to the programme.

To be eligible to apply, you must have completed the following studies at the time of applying:

a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies supportive to Social Sciences

What studies are included in studies supportive to Social Sciences?

the following studies are for example, included as supportive studies to Social Sciences for this programme:

Administrative Sciences, Human Geography, Philosophy, Economic or Social History, Management and Organisational studies, Political Communication, Political Economy, Political Sciences, Science and Technology Studies, Social Policy, Social Work and Sociology.

Requirements for the programme-related studies
What to do if there are no credits available for the completed courses?

The Admissions Committees for the programmes reserves a right to decide whether the degree and the completed studies provide the applicant with eligibility to apply to the programme.

3.00 on the scale of 1.00 - 5.00

Further information on how the arithmetic GPA is evaluated under 'Arithmetic GPA evaluated in the process'.

You must prove your proficiency in English language with one of the following:

one of the accepted language tests
a degree completed in English in an EU/EEA country or in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom or the United States of America

Further information: How to prove your proficiency in English language

Admission criteria for Technology

General eligibility regarding the degree

Bachelor of Science in Technology or closely related to Technology
Completed in a University - All countries
Finland excluded

Programmes with a specific field of study required

For certain programmes there is a requirement for the Bachelor's Degree having been completed in the field of study for the programme.

Materials Science and Technology
Mechanical Engineering
Mechatronics
- Bachelor's Degree in the field of Mechanical Engineering is required.
  Further information: Fields included in Mechanical Engineering
Electric Transportation Systems
- Bachelor's Degree in the field of Electrical Engineering is required.

Programmes with additional fields of study accepted

For certain programmes, there are also additional degrees accepted in a field other than Technology in addition to the degree Bachelor of Science in Technology degree or closely related and completed in a university.

Global Management of Innovation and Technology
Management of Organisational Development
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration or Economics
  Completed in a University - EU/EEA countries or Switzerland, Finland excluded
- Bachelor of Business Administration
  Completed in a University of Applied Sciences - EU/EEA countries or Switzerland, Finland excluded
Innovation and Logistics
- Bachelor of Science in a field other than Technology/Engineering
  Completed in a University - All countries, Finland excluded
Industrial Design Engineering
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
  Completed in a University of Applied Sciences - EU/EEA countries or Switzerland. Finland excluded
  For example, fields such as Industrial Engineering and Management as well as Business Technology included.
- Bachelor's Degree in Design/Industrial Design
  Completed in a University - All countries, Finland excluded
Digital Systems and Service Development
Software Engineering and Digital Transformation
Software Product Management and Business
- Bachelor of Engineering in Software Engineering or in Computer Science or in Information Technology
  Completed in a University of Applied Sciences - All countries, Finland excluded
- Bachelor of Science in Business Informatics or in Business Information Technology
  Completed in a University - All countries, Finland excluded
- Bachelor of Business in Business Informatics or in Business Information Technology
  Completed in a University of Applied Sciences - All countries, Finland excluded
Sustainability Science and Solutions
- Bachelor of Science in Natural Sciences
  Completed in a University - All countries, Finland excluded

Regarding to the degrees mentioned above

Applicants having completed a Master's Degree are eligible to apply but only when applying with the Bachelor's Degree.

Applying with a Master's Degree is accepted only if the Master's Degree having been completed before the two-tier degree system when there were no separate Bachelor's Degrees awarded.

Exception: Applicants having completed or completing a Master's Degree (diplomi-insinööri) in Finland in the same degree programme/field of study of the intended LUT Master's programme before starting the LUT studies are not eligible to apply.

Applying with a combination of a 2-year Bachelor's + 2-year Master's Degree completed in certain countries is accepted when the combination of these two degrees is equivalent only to a Finnish Bachelor's Degree.

Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree

The degree must be equivalent to a corresponding Finnish Bachelor's Degree regarding the number of academic years and ECTS credits.
The degree must provide eligibility for applying to university level Master's studies in the country where the degree was awarded in.

Requirements for the degree-awarding university

The university must be recognized by the national education system in the country in question
The university must be listed on the World Higher Education Database WHED by International Association of Universities

The Admissions Committee for the programme always reserves a right to decide whether the degree and the completed studies provide the applicant with eligibility to apply to the programme.

Biorefineries

a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies in Chemistry, Development of Chemical Processes or Processing of Biomass
- Typically taken as part of a degree in Chemistry, Technical Chemistry, Wood Processing Technology, Environmental Technology or similar

Food Processing Technology

a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies supportive to Food Processing Technology
- Chemistry, Food Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or Food Technology; typically completed as part of a degree in Chemistry, Chemical Process Engineering, Food Chemistry, Food Technology or closely related

Chemical Engineering in Energy Transition
Water Technology

a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering and Environmental Technology

Electric Transportation Systems

an amount of studies in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Power Engineering, Power Electronics and/or Electrical Drives considered and deemed to be sufficient for the programme by the Admissions Committee.
Studies in Information Technology are not to be included in Electrical Engineering.

Electrical Engineering

an amount of studies in Electrical Engineering considered and deemed to be sufficient for the programme by the Admissions Committee.
Studies in Control Technology, Automation and Embedded Systems can also be included - but studies in Information Technology are not to be included in Electrical Engineering.

Global Management of Innovation and Technology
Management of Organisational Development

a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies in Industrial Engineering and Management, Information Technology, Mathematics or Statistics

Innovation and Logistics

a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies in Industrial Engineering and Management, Economics, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Information Technology, Mathematics or Statistics

Digital Systems and Service Development
Software Engineering and Digital Transformation
Software Product Management and Business

a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies in Software Engineering, Software Production, Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Information Systems Science, Business Informatics, Business Information Systems, Data Processing Technology, Business Systems and Analytics, Business Systems Design, Programming, Databases or Data Science

Requirements for the programme-related studies
What to do if there are no credits available for the completed courses?

The Admissions Committees for the programmes always reserves a right to decide whether the degree and the completed studies provide the applicant with eligibility to apply to the programme.

There is a minimum arithmetic GPA required for the degree you must apply with and the requirement is a programme-specific one.

Further information on how the arithmetic GPA is evaluated under 'Arithmetic GPA evaluated in the process'.

3.50 on the scale of 1.00 - 5.00

Electrical Engineering
Global Management of Innovation and Technology
Innovation and Logistics
Management of Organisational Development

3.25 on the scale of 1.00 - 5.00

Materials Science and Technology
Mechanical Engineering
Mechatronics

3.00 on the scale of 1.00 - 5.00

Biorefineries
Chemical Engineering in Energy Transition
Food Processing Technology
Water Technology
Electric Transportation Systems
Industrial Design Engineering
Sustainability Science and Solutions
Digital Systems and Service Development
Software Engineering and Digital Transformation
Software Product Management and Business

You must prove your proficiency in English language with one of the following:

one of the accepted language tests
a degree completed in English in an EU/EEA country or in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom or the United States of America

Further information: How to prove your proficiency in English language

Evaluation

The first step is to check the technical eligibility for your application.

LUT Admissions Services will check that your documents are uploaded as requested and check your proficiency in English as soon as possible after you have submitted your application.

You will receive an email from us through StudyInfo about either your documents having been accepted or a request to supplement your application within 14 days.

Your personal deadline for supplementing the application is given in your supplementary request.

If not able to supplement your application by the given deadline as requested, your application will be discarded as an incomplete one while only the complete applications are forwarded to academic evaluation.

If your application is a technically eligible one it will be forwarded to academic evaluation done by the admissions committee for the programme.

The academic evaluation is based only on the educational documents.

There are no additional documents required and there are no interviews included in the evaluation process.

If your application meeting with the academic requirements for the programme, you will be automatically admitted as long as there still seats available for the programme through Early Admission.