Previous studies, max. 10 points
10 points for the following degrees
with a major related to sustainability or environmental issues
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Technology, Natural Sciences, Business Administration or Social Sciences
Degree completed in a university - All countries.
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in the field of Engineering
Degree completed in a University of Applied Sciences - EU/EEA countries and Switzerland.
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Business Administration or Social Sciences
Degrees completed in a Finnish University of Applied Sciences.
Holders of a Finnish degree diplomi-insinööri, ympäristötekniikka are not eligible to apply.
6 points for the following degrees
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Technology, Natural Sciences, Business Administration or Social Sciences
Degree completed in a university - All countries.
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in the field of Engineering
Degree completed in a University of Applied Sciences - EU/EEA countries and Switzerland.
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Business Administration or Social Sciences
Degrees completed in a Finnish University of Applied Sciences.
Holders of a Finnish degree diplomi-insinööri, ympäristötekniikka are not eligible to apply.
Even if having completed a Master's Degree, you must apply with your Bachelor's Degree.
You must upload the educational documents for a possible Master's Degree to prove of having completed the required studies.
What to do if there are no credits available for the completed courses?
Academic Success, max. 5 points
Arithmetic GPA for the degree you must apply with:
- 2.50 - 3.49 = 1 point
- 3.50 - 4.49 = 3 points
- 4.50 - 5.00 = 5 points
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.