Regular Admission for Master's studies

The first and one of the most important steps in the application process is to check the admission criteria for the programme(s) to which you are applying and ensure that you meet the requirements.

You will find the admission criteria for each programme under the following sections:

• Applying to Business Administration
• Applying to Communication Sciences
• Applying to Social Sciences
• Applying to Technology

The Admission Committees for the programmes do not provide preliminary statements on whether previous studies or arithmetic GPA meet the minimum requirements.

These academic requirements, which are part of the admission criteria, will only be checked and evaluated during the academic evaluation process after the application period ends.

LUT Admissions Services allows the Admissions Committees to complete the evaluation process for each application without being bothered by requests for updates or requests to speed up the process.

Therefore, we do not provide applicants with updates on the evaluation process. All applicants will be informed of their admission decision on the date the results are released.

Proving your proficiency in English in one of the accepted ways is one of the requirements for being eligible to apply.

• How to prove your proficiency in English

What is an unfinished Bachelor's Degree?

• You have not yet graduated 
  = You have not been awarded a Degree Certificate 
      or a Provisional Degree Certificate

Having completed all the 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 the Degree Certificate or the Provisional Degree Certificate by the supplementary deadline, you must identify on the application form as "not yet graduated" for the related question.

A Provisional Degree Certificate is a predetermined form of an official document awarded by the university that looks formally similar to the final Degree Certificate, but is provisional because the final document has not yet been awarded at the official graduation ceremony.

A Provisional Degree Certificate is not a statement provided by a staff member of the university confirming that you have completed your studies - such a document will not be accepted as a Provisional Degree Certificate.
 

When applying

• Indicate the estimated date of graduation on the application form
  • No official statement for the date required from the home university
• Upload your latest Transcript of Records on the application form
  • + the official translation when required
• The Transcript of Records must include the title of the degree to be awarded
  • If the title is not indicated on the Transcript of Records, an additional statement issued by the awarding university for the title of the degree must be uploaded to the application form.
     

If admitted

You must be able to

• Graduate by 31 August 2026
• Email the following documents to admission@lut.fi by 31 August 2026 at 15:00 (UTC+3)
  • Scan for your original Degree Certificate or Provisional Degree Certificate
  • Scan for your original Transcript of Records
• Email the following documents to admission@lut.fi by 7 September 2026 at 15:00 (UTC+3)
  • Scans for the official translations in English if the original documents not issued in English, Finnish or Swedish. 
     

The documents must be provided according to the given instructions despite of the country the degree was awarded in.

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.

If admitted through Early Admission and having confirmed the place

• You are ineligible to apply through Regular Admission because you cannot confirm another place for the upcoming academic year. 
  Further information: StudyInfo - One Study Place Per Term Provision
• If you submit an application through Regular Admission after confirming a place through Early Admission, your Regular Admission application will be discarded.

If not admitted or not having confirmed an offered place through Early Admission 

You may apply through Regular Admission again. 

Whether or not to apply through an education agent is completely up to you.

Each application will be evaluated according to the same general requirements and programme-specific admission criteria, whether you apply on your own or through an agent.

Links for the application forms are available only during the application period. 

• Regular Admission for Business Administration
• Regular Admission for Social Sciences and Communication Sciences
• Regular Admission for Technology 

Applying to a limited number of programmes

• Master's programmes in Business Administration  
  You may submit one application form including max. one programme.
   
• Master's programmes in Social Sciences and Communication Sciences 
  You may submit one application form including max. one programme in Social Sciences + one programme in Communication Sciences.
   
• Master's programmes in Technology 
  You may submit one application form including max. two programmes.
  Exception: You may apply to only one programme in the field of Electrical Engineering.

The maximum number of applications is considered separately for programmes taught in English and programmes taught in Finnish.

Multiple application forms discarded

You can submit only one application form to each category under one email address:

• Business Administration
• Social Sciences and Communication Sciences
• Technology

In case of multiple application forms submitted for the same applicant under a different email address/es submitted within the same main field of study

• the earlier one/s will automatically be discarded
• only the latest application form will remain a valid one

You are responsible for submitting a complete application according to the given instructions regarding to both documentation and information given by you on the application form.
 

Completing the application form 

Fill out the application form 

Answer the questions exactly as requested. 

Failure to provide the requested information will result in that information not being considered in the evaluation process.

Upload the required documents 

Upload the programme-specific documents listed on the Admission Criteria page for each programme. 

We strongly advice you to upload all the documents before submitting your application. If you are unable to upload a required document when submitting your application, upload a placeholder document stating that you will upload the required document by the supplementary deadline.

Further information under the section 'Uploading the required documents'.

Submitting the application

The deadline for submitting your application form is

• 21 January 2026 at 15:00 (UTC+2)

You may edit your answers on the application form until the deadline, but not after.

We strongly advise you not to wait until the last minute to submit your application. There may be issues you've forgotten about, and it might be too late to address them at that point.

After submitting your application, you will receive an automated reply from StudyInfo confirming that your application has been submitted.

Paying the application fee 

Answer the application fee question correctly, and upload the required documentation, as discrepancies between your answer and the uploaded documents will significantly delay processing of your application.

When you are required to pay the EUR 100 application fee, you will receive an email through Studyinfo including a link to pay the fee.

Pay the application fee as soon as possible, but no later than the given deadline.

Your application to LUT University will only be processed after the application fee has been paid.

Supplementing the missing documents

In case of not having uploaded all the required documents or language test results already at the time of submitting your application, you are still able to supplement your application by the given deadline of 

• 28 January 2026 at 15:00 (UTC+2) 
  Note: If we request you to supplement your documentation and the time between our request and 28 Jan is less than seven days, you will receive a personalised deadline for uploading the required documents in the request email. This deadline will be in seven days from the date we email you the request.

See the information given under the section 'Confirmation email or request to supplement your application'.

Non-EU/EEA citizens are required to pay

• an application fee of EUR 100

in order to apply for higher education in Finland.

• Swiss citizens are excluded from this group.
• Having a certain type of residence permit to live in Finland may affect liability for paying the application fee.

Paying the application fee does not guarantee admission, and the fee is not refunded if the applicant withdraws from the application process or is not offered admission.

Processing of the application does not begin until the applicant has paid the fee.

Further information: Studyinfo - Application Fee

After submitting the application form and providing the necessary information and documentation, Studyinfo automatically sends an email to applicants who are required to pay the application fee. The email includes a link to pay the fee.

The application fee must be paid within seven days. The deadline is specified in the email you receive from Studyinfo.

Pay the application fee as soon as possible, but no later than the given deadline.

LUT University will only process your application once the application fee has been paid.

Any discrepancy between the selected option and the uploaded documentation will result in additional processing time, which will delay your application.

Further information: Studyinfo - Application Fee

Original study units on Transcript of Records

The Transcript of Records for the Bachelor's Degree you are applying with must include 

• original study units for each completed course
• cumulative number of original study units for all the completed courses

What to do when original study units are missing on the Transcript of Records?

If the required original study units are missing from the documentation, the application will be considered incomplete.

Original cumulative study units to be indicated on application form

You are requested to 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.

Regarding the previous programme-related studies when required, there are three different options depending on the programme on how they are presented on the application form:

• the studies are not to be listed by the applicants
• the studies are to be listed by the applicant in the original study units
• the studies are to be listed by the applicant in ECTS credits

The correct option is mentioned on the admission criteria page for each programme and also mentioned on the application form for the programme you are applying to.  

Studies listed in original study units

When requested to list the studies in the original study units, always list all the relevant courses in the related study fields mentioned for the programme you are applying to regardless of whether the minimum requirement is defined as "sufficient enough for the programme" or "XX ECTS credits".
 

Studies listed in ECTS credits

- This only applies to programmes in Social Sciences and Communication Sciences - 

The studies must be listed in ECTS credits and they must be first converted into ECTS credits when they originally having been measured in another study unit. 

The conversion must be done according to the LUT conversion factor/s which are indicated on the admission criteria page for the programme for which the studies must be listed in ECTS credits.

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

The required documents are programme-specific and listed on the admission criteria page for each programme.

We strongly recommend you to upload all the required documents at the time of submitting your application. 

Any missing documentation must be uploaded by the supplementary deadline of

• 28 January 2026 at 15:00 (UTC+2)
• Note: If we request you to supplement your documentation and the time between our request and 28 Jan is less than seven days, you will receive a personalised deadline for uploading the required documents in the request email. This deadline will be in seven days from the date we email you the request.
   

Details for uploading the documents

You must upload

• scans for the original educational documents
• scans for the other required documents relevant for evaluation

Uploading only one attachment for the required document

Combine all individual pages for each required document in the right order to make an attachment that corresponds to the original document. 

Make sure that the attachment is a clearly readable one.

If you have several different sets of pages and/or documents related to a required document, combine all these sets in the right order to make one full attachment as the required document.

Naming the required documents correctly

Name your documents accordingly, for example:

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

Accepted file formats

Upload the required documents in one of the following formats: PDF, JPG or PNG.

Language for the non-educational required documents

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

Documents in any other language apart from English, Finnish or Swedish will not be evaluated.

When not having a compulsory document at the time of submitting

If not able to upload a compulsory document at the time of submitting your application but able to do that by the deadline for supplementing the missing documents, upload a blank document stating that the required document is yet to be uploaded.

The blank document is needed for being able to submit your application without the compulsory document which you can then upload by the supplementary deadline. 

To avoid any last minute problems we strongly advise you to submit your application well before the application deadline and to upload the missing documents well before the supplementary deadline.
 

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 or email LUT University any documents at the time of applying.

After having submitted the application form and having paid the application fee when required, LUT Admissions Services can start processing your application.

LUT Admissions Services will check that the documents are uploaded as requested and check your proficiency in English. 
 

Technically complete application

If you have correctly filled out your application and uploaded the requested documents, and if your application is technically complete, we will email you a confirmation through Studyinfo and forward your application to academic evaluation.
 

Technically incomplete application

Incorrect or missing documents

If your application is incomplete due to missing or incorrect documents, we will email you through Studyinfo to request the necessary information.

Answers on the application form

Make sure to answer every question as instructed as we do not check your answers for you.

Supplements are checked after the supplementary deadline

It is your responsibility to supplement your application as requested. We will review your supplemental documents after your personal deadline. We will not review any documents uploaded between now and then upon request.
 

Deadline to edit the application form

• 21 January 2026 at 15:00 (UTC+2) 

Deadline to upload the missing documents

• 28 January 2026 at 15:00 (UTC+2)
• Note: If we request you to supplement your documentation and the time between our request and 28 Jan is less than seven days, you will receive a personalised deadline for uploading the required documents in the request email. This deadline will be in seven days from the date we email you the request.

LUT Admissions Services will first check the technical eligibility for your application: your educational documents and proficiency in English will be checked for.

In case you need to correct or supplement your answers on the application form, you need to do it by the application deadline as you are no longer able to modify your answers after the application period being closed. 

You will be however, able to upload the required documents until the supplementary deadline.

Only complete applications will be forwarded to academic evaluation. 

Only complete applications will be forwarded to academic evaluation. 

The elements for academic evaluation are programme-specific with either one stage or two stages.

There are no updates given during the evaluation process before the admission results being released.

Stage 1: Educational background etc.

The evaluation starts on stage 1 where the applications are given points for different evaluation elements in each programme. 
 

Stage 2: Interview when included in academic evaluation

A limited number of applicants with the highest points for Stage 1 are invited to an interview.

Remember to check your junk mail for the invitation as well if necessary.

Interviews are carried out either through the Recright video interview system and Teams etc. depending on the programme.    

The results will be released on

• on 9 April 2026 at the latest.

The release date for the admission results varies by programme: for some programmes the results will be released earlier than for others. 

All applicants will receive an individual email for their admission result for each programme they had applied to.

The admission email will be sent to the email address indicated on the application form. Remember to indicate an email address that will be valid throughout the whole admission process.

The results will be released on

• Date yet to be released

If admitted, you will be informed about your admission decision with an official Admission Email by LUT Admissions Services. 

If having been admitted to several programmes you will receive an individual Admission Email for each programme.

• The Admission Email begins with a Certificate of Admission
  • The official email is accepted by Finnish Immigration Services as a proof for your admission when applying for a residence permit
• No separate Certificate of Admission to be emailed or mailed

You currently have a Finnish personal ID number or you once had one

Log into MyStudyInfo by using your Finnish e-identification methods.
 

You do not have or never had a Finnish personal ID number 

You will receive an email through StudyInfo on the same date at 20:00 (UTC+3) when having received your official admission email. 

The email includes a personal link through which you will log into MyStudyInfo.

Deadline for confirming your place

• 30 April 2026 at 15:00 (UTC+3)

Place lost if not confirmed by the given deadline

Not following the given deadline for confirming your place will automatically lead into losing your it without a possibility to reclaim it. 

The rule is the same for every admitted student regardless of whether s/he is liable to pay tuition fees or not. 

When required to pay a tuition fee 

You are offered an Early Bird discount of EUR 5 000 when confirming your place and paying the rest of the tuition fee of EUR 10 000 by the given deadline. 

Confirming your place by the given deadline but without paying the discounted Early Bird price for the tuition fee will automatically lead into you losing the Early Bird discount of EUR as well as your right to study.

You may still request your right to study to be reactivated with a request emailed to LUT Student Customer Service and by paying the full tuition fee plus an extra fee of EUR 50 for reactivating your right to study.

According to a national provision you may only confirm one offered place leading to a higher education degree in Finland for the same semester.
 

Make your decision only after being sure about your choice

Confirm your place after being certain that it is the one you wish to confirm as the first place confirmed will also be your final choice.

You will not be able to change it anymore or accept yet another place by first cancelling the previous one.

Further information: StudyInfo - One Study Place Per Term Provision

Deadline for enrolling

You must enroll for the academic year by

• 30 April 2026 at 15:00 (UTC+3)

How to enroll

After having confirmed your place you are able to enroll by going forward from MyStudyinfo to the enrolment system OILI.

The enrolment must be finalised by paying the obligatory Student Union membership fee through OILI system. 

• Further information: eLUT - Enrolment for the academic year for new students
• Problems with enrolling? Contact LUT Student Customer Service at opinto@lut.fi

If missing the deadline

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

You may reclaim your right to study to be re-activated and request for a late enrolment

• by contacting LUT Student Customer Service at opinto@lut.fi

and paying an extra fee of EUR 50 for a late enrolment in addition to the compulsory Student Union membership fee.

If having completed the degree you applied with in a country other than Finland and admitted, you are required to provide us with the following documents for the degree that you had to apply with

• Degree Certificate
• Transcript of Records
• plus the official translations in English for the documents whenever the original language of the documents not being English or Swedish.

In case of the degree you applied with having been completed in Finland, there is no need to provide us with any documents as the degree is a verifiable one from the national database.

The form of verification for the documents and the way of delivering them depends on the following issues:

• the country where you had completed that degree in
• whether you are able to have your documents electronically verified or not
• whether you are already residing in Finland or not

Go carefully through the options given and follow the instructions for the option valid for your case.

** The documents cannot be delivered to LUT University in person **

DEADLINE   

We must receive the hard copies for the educational documents by mail or to receive the electronically verified copies together with the codes/passwords for electric verification when needed by email by the deadline of

• 29 May 2026 at 15:00 (UTC+3)

   

Place lost if documents not provided as requested 

Your place will be automatically lost without any exceptions for not having been able to meet with the requirement that is an official part of the admission process in case of:

• the required documents as requested not reaching us at Lappeenranta Campus by mail by the given deadline OR
• the student not providing us with the electronically verified copies together with the codes/passwords for electric verification when needed by email by the given deadline OR
• the documents not meeting with the given requirements for certification as requested

DELIVERING THE DOCUMENTS FOR VERIFICATION

There are four different ways to provide us with the certified documents as requested while mailing us the documents being the only possible way for most of the admitted students. 

Go carefully through the options given and follow the instructions for the option valid for your case. 

The way of delivering your documents is not a choice that you choose upon your own preferences but a choice that you need to follow according to a fact that it is a choice that is a valid one for your case.

For example: You have completed your Bachelor's Degree in Pakistan, you have no option for electronic verification as described and you do not reside in Finland 
>> Your only option is to mail us copies for your educational documents that have been certified according to the country-specific requirements.
 

1. Mailing LUT University, Lappeenranta Campus the certified copies 

Mailing (not emailing) us the copies (not originals) that have been certified as requested is the most required method for document verification. 

See the detailed instructions for the certification according to the country where you completed your degree in.

• DEGREES COMPLETED IN COUNTRIES WITH COUNTRY-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS 
  African countries, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
• DEGREE COMPLETED IN COUNTRIES WITH NO COUNTRY-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS 
  Finland excluded as the degrees completed in Finland are verifiable from a national database.

Mailing address

LUT University
Admissions Services / Master's programmes
Yliopistonkatu 34
FI-53850 LAPPEENRANTA Finland
Tel: +358 29 446 2111

Despite of your programme location, the documents must always be mailed to Lappeenranta Campus.
 

Customs notification

We do not declare anybody's documents from the customs. 

To avoid your documents to get stuck in the customs, clearly indicate the contents as documents and do not indicate any monetary value on them when mailing them. 

In case of your documents get stuck in the customs for any reason, you are responsible for actions required for them to be re-delivered to LUT University. 

2. Electronic verification by the awarding university

In case of the degree-awarding university providing you with a possibility to electronically verify your educational documents, it is an alternative way to provide us with the required documents instead of mailing us the hard copies. 

This option is available for degrees completed in any country as long as the documents bear either a digital verification element on them and/or they are verifiable from an official online verification system. 

If able to have the documents electronically verified by the awarding university, you must provide us with the documents bearing the digital verification elements and/or provide us with the codes and/or passwords needed for the verification process by email after having been admitted but by the given deadline for the verification. 

Emailed copies without any true electronic verification element and/or codes and/or passwords needed for the verification process are not accepted.

3. Electronic verification by Parchment Digitary CORE

Regardless of the country where the degree was completed in, we also accept documents electronically verified through Parchment Digitary CORE.

4. Certification by Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV) 

Regardless of the country where the degree was completed in, it is also possible to have the educational documents certified by Digital and Population Data Services (Digi- ja väestötietovirasto, DVV) if already residing in Finland and mail us the certified documents by the given deadline.

Further information: Notarisation process

Mailing address

LUT University
Admissions Services / Master's programmes
Yliopistonkatu 34
FI-53850 LAPPEENRANTA Finland
Tel: +358 29 446 2111

Despite of your programme location, the documents must always be mailed to Lappeenranta Campus.

WHEN REQUIRED TO MAIL THE DOCUMENTS

DEGREES COMPLETED IN COUNTRIES WITH COUNTRY-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR DOCUMENT AUTHENTICATION

If the university having awarded you the degree you applied with is located in the listed countries 

• African countries, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Vietnam

and there is no option for an electronic verification and you are not already residing in Finland, you must follow the 

• country-specific requirements 

for providing us with the required documents.

For each country listed above there is a special way of providing the documents that must be fully followed.

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.

DEGREES COMPLETED IN COUNTRIES WITH NO COUNTRY-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

If the university having awarded you the degree you applied with is located in any other country except for the ones with country-specific requirements and there is no option for an electronic verification and you are not already residing in Finland, you must choose one of the following methods (1-2) for official certification for providing us with the required documents.

1. Official certification by the awarding institution

The easiest way to get officially certified copies for your original documents is most likely to turn to the awarding university and have them provide you with the certified copies according to the given specifics:

• Copies are taken from the original documents
• Copies include each 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. 

Legalisation 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.

A. Apostille

Apostille Certificate is required if the degree was awarded in a country that is a signatory of the Hague Convention of 1961.

• Signatory countries and the authorities issuing Apostille Certificates

An 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 was awarded in a country that is not a signatory of the Hague Convention of 1961.

• The first legalisation for the document must be done by the Foreign Ministry of the degree-awarding country
• The second legalisation for the document must be done by a Finnish Embassy or Consulate to that country having completed the first legalisation.

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.
 

What is an official translation?

• Issued by the awarding institution
• An officially certified copy of a translation issued by the awarding institution
• Translated by an official translator
• An officially certified copy of a translation made by an official translator

Each translation must bear the translator's stamp and/or signature.

The official Diploma Supplement in English will be considered as a translation for the Degree Certificate as well.

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

• 31 August 2026 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 2026 at 15:00 (UTC+3)

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

• 7 September 2026 at 15:00 (UTC+3)

Please see further information on this page under "Basics before applying > Applying with an unfinished Bachelor's Degree".

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.

An offered place may still be revoked if the admitted student having provided LUT University with any inaccurate or misleading information regarding the educational background at the time of applying that had an impact on the academic evaluation and the admission decision.

The information for the place being revoked will also be forwarded to the related Finnish authorities.

After having been admitted and started your studies, 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 your previous studies 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 will not be included in the 120 ECTS credits completed for the Master's Degree.

Info package for the new degree students

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

• eLUT - Starting Studies

EU/EEA citizens and citizens of Switzerland +
Holders of a Finnish residence permit card with a certain status

• 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

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

• Studies starting in Fall 2026: EUR 15 000 per each academic year

Further information: Tuition fee

Early Bird discount for the first academic year

• EUR 5 000
   

LUT Scholarship for the second academic year

• EUR 5 000

LUT Scholarship is automatically awarded if successfully having completed a minimum of 60 ECTS credits of studies in the personal study plan during the first academic year.

Further information: Early Bird discount and scholarships 

For more information on the conditions regarding the tuition fee, please see 

• Tuition fee: LUT Refund Policy