Early Admission for Master's studies

Most of the Master's Programmes in Business Administration and in Technology are available also through Early Admission.

The ones not available through Early Admission are:

• Biorefineries
• Circular Economy
• Data-Centric Engineering
• Energy Conversion
• Nuclear Engineering
• Sustainable Energy Systems

The following cooperation programmes are also not available through Early Admission:

• Erasmus Mundus Master's programme Software Engineers for Green Deal
• Nordic Master's Programme in Sustainable ICT Solutions of Tomorrow

In Early Admission, if submitting a complete application within the time frame given, meeting with the eligibility requirements and getting a minimum of 50% for the maximum points for the interview*, you will automatically get admitted as long as there are seats still available for the programme you are applying to.

Meaning, that there is no competing against other applicants.

You can only apply to only one programme either in Technology, Business Administration or Social Sciences.

* No interviews in programmes in Business Administration.
* No interviews in Electric Transportation Systems.
* No interviews in Electrical Engineering.
* No interviews in Water Technology.

If having applied through Early Admission you must wait for the admission decision for the Early Admission before being able to apply through Regular Admission.

Applying through Regular Admission before having received an admission decision for Early Admission automatically leads into your application through Regular Admission to be discarded.

If not getting admitted through Early Admission you can still apply through Regular Admission.

Submit your application only if able to upload all the required documents and results at the time of submitting your application or, within the next 14 days.

In case of your application being an incomplete one you have 14 days to supplement it after having been sent the supplementary request.

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

EU/EEA citizens and citizens of Switzerland

• No tuition fee

Studies are tuition-free for nationalities within the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.

Non-EU/EEA citizens

• Tuition fee of EUR 13 500 per each academic year

Citizens of the non-EU/EEA countries (excluding Switzerland) must pay a tuition fee.

There are exceptions for the holders of a certain type of residence permit awarded by Finnish Immigration Service.

Further information: Tuition fee.

Finland Scholarship

**The availability of Finland Scholarships is yet to be determined for the academic year 2024-2025.**

In Early Admission, we offer

• a total of 2 Finland Scholarships

for the first academic year within all the programmes included in Early Admission and they will be awarded in the order of admittance.

The offered place must be confirmed within 14 days from having received the Certificate of Admission.

NOTE: The two Finland Scholarships have been awarded. 
There are no more scholarships available in Early Admission for the first academic year.

Early Bird discount

If not awarded a Finland Scholarship, we offer an

• Early Bird discount of EUR 6 000

for the first academic year.

The offered place must be confirmed and the rest of the tuition fee EUR 7 500 paid within 21 days from having received the Certificate of Admission.

2nd year scholarship

For the second academic year, we offer a

• scholarship of EUR 6 000

if successfully having completed a minimum of 60 ECTS credits of studies in your personal study plan.

Further information: Early Bird discount and scholarships

TUITION FEE

Tuition fee: Refund Policy for studies starting in Fall 2023

Do I have to pay a tuition fee?

Studies in higher education are free for students with a nationality of a country within the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland. Citizens of the non-EU/EEA countries (excluding Switzerland) are required to pay the LUT tuition fee of EUR 13 500 for the Master's Programmes per each academic year.

Please see the exceptions to this requirement at Tuition fee.

I have both an EU/EEA nationality and a non-EU/EEA nationality. Which nationality I have to apply with?

You must apply with your EU/EEA (or Swiss) nationality to avoid paying the tuition fee. If being a citizen of the United Kingdom with the conditions listed at About Brexit by Finnish Immigration Service (MIGRI) you are exempted from paying the tuition fee and you must then apply with your UK nationality.

When do I have to pay the tuition fee for the first academic year?

If you wish to get the Early Bird Discount of EUR 6 000 you must pay the rest of the tuition fee EUR 7 500 within 21 days from having received the Certificate of Admission.

In Rolling Admission, this 21 days is also the time frame for you to confirm the offered place.

In Regular Admission, the final deadline - if not taking the Early Bird Discount - is 30 April 2023.

If required to apply for a Residence Permit and pay a tuition fee, your application process will be on hold until you have paid the tuition fee or, are able to show the funding for it.

How do you decide whoever gets to be exempted from paying a tuition fee?

The basic rule is that citizens of the non-EU/EEA countries (excluding Switzerland) must pay a tuition fee. Please see the exceptions at Tuition Fee.
The decision for being exempted from paying the tuition fee or not is made by LUT University at the time of applying, based on the nationality or, a status for the Finnish Residence Permit Card (if already having one) or, for the UK citizens who have arrived in Finland before 1 January 2021, based on having registered, or applied to register, their EU Right of Residence in Finland in accordance with the Withdrawal Agreement.

Where and how can I pay the tuition fee?

You can pay the tuition fee with the payment details that you will receive in your admission e-mail.

What happens if I do not pay the tuition fee?

Tuition fee unpaid for the first year:

If you have accepted your study place but don’t pay your tuition fee by the deadline defined in your admissions letter, you are not able to start your studies. Your study right will be closed. You may apply for restoring later by paying the tuition fee and a 35 EUR administrative fee. Possible discounts are not applicable in case of restoring.

Note! If applying through Rolling admission, neglecting the payment deadline will lead into losing your study right and it cannot be restored later.

Tuition fee unpaid for further studies:

The tuition fee deadline for the future study years is August 15th. If you have not
paid your tuition fee by the deadline, you will receive a reminder. If neglecting the
tuition fee payment, your study right will be closed, and you are not able to
continue your studies. You may apply for restoring later by paying the tuition fee
and a 35 EUR administrative fee.

I already have a Finnish Residence Permit Card allowing me to get exempted from paying the tuition fee. How do I secure that exemption?

You must upload a copy for your Residence Permit Card to your application at the time of applying to the programme.

I have already paid the tuition fee but got a negative decision when applying for a residence permit. Will the tuition fee be refunded?

If you have not started your studies (not received any study credits),you are entitled to a full refund of 100% of the tuition fee that you have already paid.

Note! New students must enroll for their study right by the deadline for accepting the study place. As a new student you must also enroll for courses on time even if you are not sure you have residence permit.

Registration for courses has no effect on refund.

If started your studies and received study credits either on campus or online and then quit your studies, you will lose the tuition fee for the ongoing semester (50% of the total
payment). The remaining 50% of the total payment (= tuition fee for the next
semester) can be refunded.

I was conditionally admitted and paid the tuition fee, but cannot graduate and provide LUT University with the required documents by the given DL. Will the tuition fee be refunded?

If not being able to meet with the requirements for conditionally admitted students, you will lose your right to study and will be refunded by the amount of the tuition fee you have already paid for. LUT University will however, charge you for EUR 250 for the administrative costs.

I have to cancel my place due to other reasons like accepting another study place, family issues etc.?

In case of cancelling before starting your studies, you will receive a refund for the tuition fee that you have paid. However, LUT University will charge you EUR 250 for the administrative costs.

If you have started your studies and received study credits and then quit your studies, you will lose the tuition fee for the ongoing semester (50% of the total payment). The remaining 50% of the total payment (= tuition fee for the next semester) will be refunded.

At the time of applying I had a Finnish Residence Permit Card allowing me to get exempted from paying a tuition fee but it will expire before starting my studies. Do I have to pay a tuition fee?

If you have a Finnish residence permit card allowing you to get exempted from paying the tuition fee (A other than study purposes, P, P-EU, EU Family Member's Residence Card in Finland, EU Blue Card in Finland) during the application period but it expires before starting your studies, you are required to pay the tuition fee.

After renewing your permit card, you must e-mail a copy of your new Finnish
RP card to scholarships@lut.fi without any delay.

My Finnish Residence Permit Card allows me to get exempted from paying a tuition fee but it will expire during studies. Do I have to pay a tuition fee?

You are exempted from paying a tuition fee if you have one of the Finnish Residence  Permits listed at Tuition Fee. When that RP card expires and cannot be renewed, you are required to pay the tuition fee starting from the beginning of next semester.

Tuition fee and graduation:

The remaining part of the paid tuition fee will be refunded starting from next semester.

If you graduate during January or August, you are allowed to graduate without
new payment. If your official graduation exceeds this deadline, you will have to
pay the tuition fee for the next semester, even if you have completed all studies
on time.

I have already paid the tuition fee and will then get a Finnish Residence Permit Card with the status that allows me to get exempted from paying the tuition fee?

You are exempted from paying a tuition fee if you have one of the Finnish Residence Permits allowing for exemption (A other than study purposes, P, P-EU, EU Family Member's Residence Card in Finland, EU Blue Card in Finland).

If you deliver a copy of your Finnish Residence Permit Card that allows you to get exemption by July 31 (= before the academic year starts) the tuition fee will be refunded in full amount.

If you deliver a copy of your Finnish Residence Permit Card that allows you to get exemption within August 1-July 31 (= during the academic year), your exemption of Tuition fee will be counted to start from the beginning of the next semester.

Example: If you receive your residence permit in October, your exemption will begin 1.1. and your payment for spring semester may be refunded.

I have paid the tuition fee for the whole academic year but will graduate before the academic year is over. Will there be any refund for the tuition fee?

The remaining part of the paid tuition fee will be refunded starting from next semester.
If you graduate during January or August, you are allowed to graduate without new payment. If your official graduation exceeds this deadline, you will have to pay the tuition fee for the next semester, even if you have completed all studies on time.

FINLAND SCHOLARSHIP - FIRST ACADEMIC YEAR

Please see further information for Finland Scholarship atEarly Bird discount and scholarships.

My arrival is late because of residence permit application process

LUT University has scheduled time of arrival every semester, if your arrival is delayed from that scheduled time, you can’t start your studies during ongoing semester. Only program manager can give you special permit to change from this time.

If you have been granted Finland Scholarship, you will automatically lose the scholarship.

EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT - FIRST ACADEMIC YEAR

I am required to pay a tuition fee of EUR 13 500.
Is there any Early Bird Discount available?
Yes, the Early Bird Discount is EUR 6 000.

How can I get an Early Bird Discount?
If required to pay the tuition fee of EUR 13 500, you can get the Early Bird Discount of EUR 6 000 by confirming your place and paying the remaining tuition fee of EUR 7 500 within 21 days from having received the Certificate of Admission.

SCHOLARSHIP - SECOND ACADEMIC YEAR:

What are the requirements for the scholarship for the second academic year?

In a 2-year Master's Programme, when required to pay a tuition fee, you will automatically be awarded a scholarship of EUR 6 000 if having completed a minimum of 60 ECTS credits of studies included in your Personal Study Plan during the first academic year.
The required credits must be included on your Transcript of Records by the end of the first academic year i.e. by 31 July. Any previous studies possibly credited to your LUT studies will not be included in the minimum required ECTS credits.

I will not be able to graduate within two academic years as expected.
Can I still get a scholarship after two academic years?

It is not possible to get a scholarship after two academic years, so you will be charged a tuition fee since the beginning of the third academic year.

Bachelor of Science in Economics and/or Business Administration

Completed in a university - all countries
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.
• Check the required programme-specific studies!
• No GMAT Exam or GRE General Test required
  • ...but a higher arithmetic GPA and higher results for the language tests are required when applying without one of these tests
     
• An equivalent degree to a corresponding Finnish Bachelor of Science Degree by number of academic years and ECTS credits.
• Degree providing you with eligibility to apply to university level Master's studies in the country where the degree was awarded in.

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.

Bachelor of Business Administration

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

• A minimum of 80 ECTS credits of studies in Business Administration must be included.
• Check the required programme-specific studies!
• No GMAT Exam or GRE General Test required
  • ...but a higher arithmetic GPA and higher results for the language tests are required when applying without one of these tests
     
• An equivalent degree to a corresponding Finnish Bachelor of Science Degree by number of academic years and ECTS credits.
• Degree providing you with eligibility to apply to university level Master's studies in the country where the degree was awarded in.

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

Bachelor's Degree in a field other than Business Administration

Completed in a University - All countries

• GMAT Exam or GRE General Test 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.

Requirements for the degree-awarding university

The university having awarded you the degree you are applying with must be

• An official and recognized part of the national education system
• 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.

When applying

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

you must meet with all the following requirements.

PROVING YOUR PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH

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

• TOEFL iBT Test, TOEFL iBT Home Edition, TOEFL iBT Paper Edition  101
  • MyBest Scores accepted
• IELTS Academic / IELTS Online  7.0
  • IELTS Indicator is no longer an option but we accept it with 7.0 within the timeframe of validity
• PTE Academic / PTE Academic Online  72
• C1 Advanced by Cambridge English Qualifications Grade C or higher
• C2 Proficiency by Cambridge English Qualifications Grade C or higher
• 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

MINIMUM 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 GPA evaluated in the LUT selection process is an arithmetic average of all individual study records included in the degree and graded with numbers, including the Final Thesis and excluding the grades for all the fails. The considered GPA includes two decimals.

Your GPA will be converted on a scale of 1.00 - 5.00 during the evaluation process when the original scale having been a different one.

PREVIOUS PROGRAMME-RELATED STUDIES

The following previous relevant studies related to the programme must have been completed by the time of submitting your application:

• Business Analytics
  • a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies in Mathematics, Information Technology, Information Processing, Statistics, Operations Research and Management Science
• International Business and Entrepreneurship
  • a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies in International Business, International Marketing, Entrepreneurship or 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
  • a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies in Research Methods i.e. Analytics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Information Processing or Information Technology
• Supply Management
  • a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies in Supply Management, Management, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, 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.

ECTS CONVERSION

You are responsible for converting, calculating and presenting the required and completed studies in ECTS credits on your application form listed by disciplines and courses according to the following:

• 1 ECTS credit = a workload of 27 hours (lectures, assignments etc.)

Minimum requirements for the completed studies + ECTS conversion
What to do if there are no credits available for the completed courses?

When applying

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

you must meet with all the following requirements.

PROVING YOUR PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH

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

• TOEFL iBT Test, TOEFL iBT Home Edition, TOEFL iBT Paper Edition  90
  • MyBest Scores accepted
• IELTS Academic / IELTS Online  6.5
  • IELTS Indicator is no longer an option but we accept it with 7.0 within the timeframe of validity
• PTE Academic / PTE Academic Online  62
• C1 Advanced by Cambridge English Qualifications Grade C or higher
• C2 Proficiency by Cambridge English Qualifications Grade C or higher
• 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

GMAT EXAM OR GRE GENERAL TEST

You must have taken either one of the tests with at least the minimum score/s mentioned.

• GMAT Exam & GMAT Online Exam: 550
• GRE General Test & GRE General Test at Home:
  Verbal Reasoning 152 + Quantitative Reasoning 152 + Analytical Writing 3.0
   

GMAT EXAM OR GRE GENERAL TEST - HOW TO SEND YOUR SCORE REPORTS?

GMAT Exam and GMAT Online 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 test, 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 Tests: Sending Your Scores.
 

GRE General Test and GRE General Test at Home

• 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 Tests: Sending Your Scores.
 

GMAT EXAM OR GRE GENERAL TEST - VALIDITY FOR THE TESTS

• The result for the GMAT Exam and the GRE General Test must be valid on the date of submitting the application.

• The result for the GMAT Exam and the GRE General Test is valid for 5 years from the date of taking the test.

MINIMUM 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 GPA evaluated in the LUT selection process is an arithmetic average of all individual study records included in the degree and graded with numbers, including the Final Thesis and excluding the grades for all the fails. The considered GPA includes two decimals.

Your GPA will be converted on a scale of 1.00 - 5.00 during the evaluation process when the original scale having been a different one.

PREVIOUS PROGRAMME-RELATED STUDIES

The following previous relevant studies related to the programme must have been completed by the time of submitting your application:

• Business Analytics
  • a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies in Mathematics, Information Technology, Information Processing, Statistics, Operations Research and Management Science
• International Business and Entrepreneurship
  • a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies in International Business, International Marketing, Entrepreneurship or 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
  • a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies in Research Methods i.e. Analytics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Information Processing or Information Technology
• Supply Management
  • a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies in Supply Management, Management, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, 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.

Minimum requirements for the completed studies + ECTS conversion
What to do if there are no credits available for the completed courses?

When applying

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

you must meet with all the following requirements.

PROVING YOUR PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH

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

• TOEFL iBT Test, TOEFL iBT Home Edition, TOEFL iBT Paper Edition  90
  • MyBest Scores accepted
• IELTS Academic / IELTS Online  6.5
  • IELTS Indicator is no longer an option but we accept it with 7.0 within the timeframe of validity
• PTE Academic / PTE Academic Online  62
• C1 Advanced by Cambridge English Qualifications Grade C or higher
• C2 Proficiency by Cambridge English Qualifications Grade C or higher
• 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

GMAT EXAM OR GRE GENERAL TEST

You must have taken either one of the tests with at least the minimum score/s mentioned.

• GMAT Exam & GMAT Online Exam: 550
• GRE General Test & GRE General Test at Home:
  Verbal Reasoning 152 + Quantitative Reasoning 152 + Analytical Writing 3.0
   

GMAT EXAM OR GRE GENERAL TEST - HOW TO SEND YOUR SCORE REPORTS?

GMAT Exam and GMAT Online 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 test, 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 Tests: Sending Your Scores.

GRE General Test and GRE General Test at Home

• 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 Tests: Sending Your Scores.
 

GMAT EXAM OR GRE GENERAL TEST - VALIDITY FOR THE TESTS

• The result for the GMAT Exam and the GRE General Test must be valid on the date of submitting the application.

• The result for the GMAT Exam and the GRE General Test is valid for 5 years from the date of taking the test.

MINIMUM 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 GPA evaluated in the LUT selection process is an arithmetic average of all individual study records included in the degree and graded with numbers, including the Final Thesis and excluding the grades for all the fails. The considered GPA includes two decimals.

Your GPA will be converted on a scale of 1.00 - 5.00 during the evaluation process when the original scale having been a different one.

PREVIOUS PROGRAMME-RELATED STUDIES

The following previous relevant studies related to the programme must have been completed by the time of submitting your application:

• Business Analytics
  • a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies in Mathematics, Information Technology, Information Processing, Statistics, Operations Research and Management Science
  • a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies in Business Administration
    These studies in Business Administration must be different from the studies listed for the other minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies mentioned above.
• International Business and Entrepreneurship
  • a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies in International Business, International Marketing, Entrepreneurship or 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
  • a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies in Research Methods i.e. Analytics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Information Processing or Information Technology
• Supply Management
  • a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies in Supply Management, Management, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, 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.

Minimum requirements for the completed studies + ECTS conversion
What to do if there are no credits available for the completed courses?

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

You may have already completed all your studies, but as long as you have not been awarded the Degree Certificate, your degree is considered to be an unfinished one.

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 2023
• Provide us with the following documents by 31 August 2023 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 6 September 2023 at 15:00 (UTC+3)
  • Official translations required, 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, your right to study in the programme will automatically be cancelled and you will lose your place without a possibility to claim it back.

Bachelor of Science in Technology or closely related to Technology

Completed in a University - All countries
Finland excluded

Additional degrees accepted for certain programmes

For certain programmes, there are also additional degrees accepted in a field other than Technology.

The countries listed do not include Finland.

• Global Management of Innovation and Technology

  • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration or Economics
    Completed in a University - EU/EEA countries

  • Bachelor of Business Administration
    Completed in a University of Applied Sciences - EU/EEA countries

• Industrial Design Engineering

  • Bachelor's Degree in Design/Industrial Design
    Completed in a University - All countries

• Innovation and Logistics

  • Bachelor of Science in a field other than Technology/Engineering
    Completed in a University - All Countries

• 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

  • Bachelor of Science in Business Informatics or in Business Information Technology
    Completed in a University - All countries

  • Bachelor of Business in Business Informatics or in Business Information Technology
    Completed in a University of Applied Sciences - All countries

• Sustainability Science and Solutions

  • Bachelor of Science in Natural Sciences
    Completed in a University - All countries

Regarding to the degrees mentioned above:

• The degree must be equivalent to a similar Finnish Bachelor's Degree regarding to number of academic years and ECTS credits.
• The degree must give you eligibility to apply to university level Master's studies in the country where the degree was completed in.
• Having completed a Master's Degree still makes you eligible to apply, but only when applying with the Bachelor's Degree
  • Exception:
    Master's Degree with no immediate prior Bachelor's Degree included is accepted for applying.

Requirements for the degree-awarding university

The university having awarded you the degree you are applying with must be

• An official and recognized part of the national education system
• 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.

PROGRAMMES WITH PROGRAMME-RELATED STUDIES REQUIRED

Electric Transportation Systems

• a minimum of 40 ECTS credits of studies in Electric Power Systems, Power Electronics and/or Electrical Drives

Electrical Engineering

• a minimum of 40 ECTS credits of studies in Electrical Engineering

  Studies in Control Technology, Automation and Embedded Systems can also be included - but studies in Information Technology are not included.

Global Management of Innovation and Technology

• 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, Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Business Informatics, Computer Science and Engineering, Business Systems and Analytics, Business Systems Design, Programming, Databases or Data Science

Water Technology

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

ECTS CONVERSION

You are responsible for converting, calculating and presenting the required and completed studies in ECTS credits on your application form listed by disciplines and courses according to the following:

• 1 ECTS credit = a workload of 27 hours (lectures, assignments etc.)

Minimum requirements for the completed studies + ECTS conversion
What to do if there are no credits available for the completed courses?
 

PROGRAMMES WITH BACHELOR'S DEGREE REQUIRED TO BE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

• Materials Science and Technology
• Mechanical Engineering

Fields included in Mechanical Engineering

PROGRAMMES WITH BACHELOR'S DEGREE REQUIRED TO BE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, DESIGN OR INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

• Industrial Design Engineering

Fields included in Mechanical Engineering

PROGRAMMES WITH NO PREVIOUS PROGRAMME-RELATED COURSES REQUIRED

• Sustainability Science and Solutions

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.

A minimum arithmetic GPA for the degree you must apply with is required for each programme as follows:

3.50 on the scale of 1.00 - 5.00

• Electrical Engineering
• Global Management of Innovation and Technology
• Innovation and Logistics

3.00 on the scale of 1.00-5.00

• Electric Transportation Systems
• Digital Systems and Service Development
• Industrial Design Engineering
• Materials Science and Technology
• Mechanical Engineering
• Software Engineering and Digital Transformation
• Software Product Management and Business
• Sustainability Science and Solutions
• Water Technology

The GPA evaluated in the LUT selection process is an arithmetic average of all individual study records included in the degree and graded with numbers, including the Final Thesis and excluding the grades for all the fails. The considered GPA includes two decimals.

Your GPA will be converted on a scale of 1.00 - 5.00 during the evaluation process when the original scale having been a different one.

You must prove your proficiency in English 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

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 2023
   
• Provide us with the following documents by 31 August 2023 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 6 September 2023 at 15:00 (UTC+3)
  • Official translations required, 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, your right to study in the programme will automatically be cancelled and you will lose your place without a possibility to claim it back.

15 October - 15 November 2023 at 15:00 (UTC+2)

Early Admission for Technology, Business Administration and Social Sciences

You may submit

• one application form with max. one programme

Application form for Master's Programmes - Early Admission
Link available only during the application period.

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, this 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.

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

• Degree Certificate for the Bachelor's Degree
  + an official translation when required
  Upload a scan for the original/s.

• Transcript of Records for the Bachelor's Degree
  + an official translation when required
  Upload a scan for the original/s.
  What to do if there are no credits available for the completed courses?

• 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 when required
  + official translations when required
  Upload a scan for the original/s.
  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.

• GMAT Exam or GRE General Test result when required
  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.

• Passport or ID card with nationality
  Upload a scan for the document or card.

• Finnish Residence Permit Card
  Upload a scan for the card if having one.

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

Documents uploaded in PDF or JPEG preferred (max. 10 MB).

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

No additional documents

Additional documents are not appreciated - do not upload any extra documents as they slow down the process and will be automatically ignored by the Admission Committees.

No hard copies are to be mailed at the time of applying.

LUT Admissions Services will check your educational documents and proficiency in English as soon as possible after you having submitted your application.

You will receive an email from us through StudyInfo about either your documents having been accepted or a request to supplement it within 14 days - the exact deadline is given in your supplementary request.

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

If your application meeting with the academic requirements for the programme, you will be automatically admitted as there are no interviews involved.

In case of your application being a technically eligible one, it will be forwarded to academic evaluation for the admission committee for the programme.

If your application meeting with the academic requirements for the programme, you will be invited to an interview.

Interview

The interview is done through RecRight video interview system or through another electric form of interview such as for example, Teams or Skype.

The invitation for the interview will be emailed through the interview system. Remember to check your email regularly for the invitation and also your junk mail if necessary.

To get admitted, you must get a minimum of 50% for the maximum points for the interview.

There are no interviews for the following programmes:

• Electric Transportation Systems
• Electrical Engineering
• Digital Systems and Service Development
• Software Engineering and Digital Transformation
• Software Product Management and Business
• Water Technology

You will receive your admission result by email

• within a month

from the date of having provided LUT Admissions Services with all the required documents.

If admitted, you will receive a Certificate of Admission by email.

If not admitted, you will be informed about the decision by email along with the reason for not having been admitted.

If admitted, you will be emailed an official Certificate of Admission.

When not required to pay a tuition fee

In Rolling Admission, you must confirm the offered place

• within 21 days of having received your Certificate of Admission

Not following the deadline given will automatically lead into losing your place without a possibility to claim it back.

When awarded a Finland Scholarship

In Rolling Admission, when having been awarded a Finland Scholarship, you must confirm your place

• within 14 days of having received your Certificate of Admission

Not following the deadline given will automatically lead into losing your place without a possibility to claim it back.

When required to pay a tuition fee

If required to pay a tuition fee and not awarded a Finland Scholarship, we offer you an Early Bird discount of EUR 6 000.

You must confirm your place and pay the rest of the tuition fee EUR 7 500 within

• 21 days of having received your Certificate of Admission

How to confirm your place?

Students with a Finnish ID number will log into MyStudyInfo with their Finnish e-identification methods.

Students without a Finnish ID number will receive an email from StudyInfo, including a personal link that they will use for logging into MyStudyInfo.

Provision for one study place per semester

You may only confirm one place in Finland for the same semester.

The first place confirmed will be your first and final choice as you will not be able to change it anymore - or first cancel and then confirm yet another place.

Further information: StudyInfo - One Study Place Per Term Provision.

In Early Admission, you must enroll for the academic year 2024-2025

• within 7 days from the date of having paid the tuition fee

Not following the deadline will automatically lead into losing your right to study.

You may reclaim your right to study and request for a late enrolment by contacting LUT Student Customer Service and by paying an extra fee of EUR 35 for a late enrolment.

How to enroll?

After having confirmed your place and paid the tuition fee you are able to enroll by moving forward from MyStudyInfo to the enrolment system OILI.

The enrolment must be finalised by paying the obligatory Student Union Fee through OILI.

If having applied with an unfinished Bachelor's Degree and having been conditionally admitted, you must graduate by

• 31 August 2023 at 15:00 (UTC+3)

and email LUT Admissions Services scans for your original Degree Certificate and the final Transcript of Records in a way that we receive them by

• 31 August 2023 at 15:00 (UTC+3)

Scans for the official translations for these documents (when required) must be received by email by

• 6 September 2023 at 15:00 (UTC+3)

The rule for the conditionally admitted students applies to all students, regardless of the country where the degree having been awarded.

Not following the final deadline will automatically lead into losing your place without a possibility to claim it back.

IF HAVING BEEN GRADUATED FOR THE BACHELOR'S AT THE TIME OF APPLYING

If the university having awarded you the degree that you applied with is located in African countries, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, you must choose one of the following methods (1-3) for providing us with the required documents.

The deadline for us to receive the documents is

• 31 August 2023 at 15:00 (UTC+3)
  Degree Certificate and Transcript of Records in original language
  + official translations (when required)

Not being able to follow the given deadline and provide us with the required documents as requested will automatically lead into losing your place in the programme without a possibility to reclaim it back.

If the university awarding you the degree is not located in the countries listed above, there is no need to mail or email us any documents.
 

1. Documents certified through country-specific requirements

You must be able to provide us with the hard copies for the required documents that have been certified according to the country-specific requirements for document authentication.

Mailing address:

LUT University
Admissions Services
Yliopistonkatu 34
FI-53850 LAPPEENRANTA Finland
Tel: +358 29 446 2111

Customs notification:
To avoid your documents to get stuck in the customs, do not indicate any monetary value to your documents when mailing them. In case of your documents get stuck in the customs, you are responsible for actions required for them to be delivered to LUT University.

Bangladesh, China, Iran and Pakistan

There is a special way of attesting both the copy for your Degree Certificate and the copy for your Transcript of Records. 

Carefully follow the instructions at

• country-specific requirements
• official translations

African countries, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal and Sri Lanka

There is a detailed way of mailing the official Transcript of Records to LUT University directly by the awarding university plus, getting the copy for the Degree Certificate either officially certified by the awarding university or, getting it attested by you through a special process called legalisation.

Carefully follow the instructions at 

• country-specific requirements
• official certification
• official translations

2. Documents electronically verified by Digitary

If able to provide us with educational documents electronically verified by Digitary, there is no certification according to the country-specific requirements required.

3. Documents verfied by Finnish Digital and Population Data Services (DVV)

If already residing in Finland, you can take your original educational documents to Finnish Digital and Population Data Services (Digi- ja väestötietovirasto, DVV) and get them officially certified.

Further information: Notarisation process

OFFICIAL CERTIFICATION

Official 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.

3. Digital credentials by Digitary

If able to provide us with educational documents electronically verified by Digitary, there is no certification according to the country-specific requirements required.

OFFICIAL 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.

An official translation must be one of the following:

• 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 considered as a translation for the Degree Certificate as well.

After having been admitted, supplementary studies may still be assigned at the time of making the personal study plan if necessary.

The scope of any possible supplementary studies depends on the previous education and the educational background compared to the studies included in the programme in order to meet with the requirements set for the degree and for the graduation. 

The maximum scope of any possible supplementary studies is 60 ECTS credits while these studies not being included in the 120 ECTS credits completed for the Master's Degree.

For studies starting in Fall 2023

The last step of your admission process is the final verification process for educational documents for the degree you applied with.

WHEN IS THE FINAL VERIFICATION REQUIRED?

You must bring your originals in for a final verification if:

• The degree you applied with was completed outside of Finland AND you were not required to mail LUT University any hard copies

Prepare to bring your original Degree Certificate and Transcript of Records for the degree you applied with plus the official translations (when required) for the final verification

• by the deadline of 29 September 2023

Not presenting the required documents or presenting documents involved in forgery will lead into revoking your study right plus LUT University filing a report to the related Finnish authorities.

Programmes in Lappeenranta

Take your originals to LUT Student Services after having started your studies.

Programmes in Lahti

Bring your originals to LUT Student Services after having started your studies.

Programmes in Kouvola and Mikkeli

Wait for an email with further instructions for bringing your originals in.

WHEN IS THE FINAL VERIFICATION NOT REQUIRED?

There is no need to bring your originals in for a final verification if:

• The degree you applied with was completed in Finland
  The verification will be done through a national database.
• Degree you applied with was completed outside of Finland AND
  you had to mail LUT University the hard copies for your educational documents
• The verification was done through the authenticated documents provided.
  Note: The requirement for mailing LUT Admissions Services the hard copies as requested cannot be replaced by bringing the originals in for a final verification instead.

Info package for the new degree students

Remember to go through the check list regarding to starting your studies at

• eLUT - Starting Studies