Admission criteria for Food Processing Technology

Read more about the programme at Master's programme in Food Processing Technology.

University

• Bachelor of Science in Technology 
  Tekniikan kandidaatti, kemiantekniikka
• Bachelor of Science in a field other than Technology
   

Exceptions when applying with a university degree

• Applicants who have completed or are completing a Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering in a university (kemiantekniikan diplomi-insinööri) before starting LUT studies are not eligible to apply.
• Applicants who have completed a Master's Degree in a field other than Chemical Engineering are eligible to apply but only when applying with a Bachelor's Degree.
• Applying with a Master's degree in a field other than Chemical Engineering is only accepted if it was completed before the two-tier degree, when no separate Bachelor's degrees were awarded. 

University of Applied Sciences (UAS)

• Bachelor of Engineering 
  Insinööri (AMK)
• Bachelor's Degree in a field other than Engineering  
   

Exceptions when applying with an UAS degree

• Applicants who have completed a Master's Degree (YAMK) are eligible to apply but only with the Bachelor's Degree (AMK). However, if you have completed or are completing a Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering in a university (kemiantekniikan diplomi-insinööri) before starting LUT studies, you are not eligible to apply.
• Applicants with a Master's Degree (YAMK) whose prior degree was completed on a secondary or higher secondary level are not eligible to apply.

Admissions Committee makes the final decision on eligibility

The programme Admissions Committee reserves the right to decide whether the degree and the studies completed qualify the applicant to apply for the programme.

University, all countries

• Bachelor of Science in Technology, or closely related to Technology

Exceptions when applying with a university degree

• Applicants who have completed a Master's Degree are eligible to apply but only with a Bachelor's Degree.
• You can only apply with a Master's degree if you have a higher university degree that does not include a lower university degree (no separate Bachelor's degree awarded).
• If you have completed or are completing a Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering in a university in Finland (kemiantekniikan diplomi-insinööri) before starting LUT studies, you are not eligible to apply.
• Applying with a combination of a 2-year Bachelor's + 2-year Master's Degree completed in certain countries is accepted when the combination of these two degrees is equivalent only to a Finnish Bachelor's Degree. 

University of Applied Sciences (UAS), EU/EEA countries and Switzerland

• Bachelor of Engineering  

Exceptions when applying with an UAS degree

• Applicants who have a Master's Degree from UAS are eligible to apply but only with a Bachelor's Degree.
• If you have completed or are completing a Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering in a university in Finland (kemiantekniikan diplomi-insinööri) before starting LUT studies, you are not eligible to apply.
• Applicants with a Master's Degree from UAS, whose prior degree was completed on a secondary or higher secondary level are not eligible to apply. 
   

Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree

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

Requirements for the degree-awarding university

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

Admissions Committee makes the final decision on eligibility

The programme Admissions Committee reserves the right to decide whether the degree and the studies completed qualify the applicant to apply for the programme.

Minimum requirement

To be eligible to apply to the programme, you must have completed following studies by the application deadline

• 24 ECTS credits supportive to Food Processing Technology

The programme Admissions Committee reserves the right to decide whether the studies completed qualify the applicant to apply to the programme.

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

How to present the studies?

List the studies in their original study units on the application form.

The arithmetic GPA will be checked and verified by LUT University. 

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

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

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

What is included in the arithmetic GPA?

• Grades for all individual courses
• Grade for Final Thesis

They must be

• included in the degree you must apply with,
• completed at the time of applying, and
• listed on an official Transcript of Records.

What is excluded from the arithmetic GPA?

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

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

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

More information: How to prove your proficiency in English

It is not possible to get another right to study in a Master's programme that is included in the same study programme, i.e. in the same main field of study for which the student already has a right to study at LUT University.

Should this be the case, the study right obtained later will be revoked.

The restriction also means that it is not possible to change the Master's programme to another one in the same field of study by applying again.

Example

Student already has a study right in the Master's programme of Chemical Engineering for Energy Transition in the field of Chemical Engineering at LUT University, so he/she cannot be admitted to another Master's programme in Chemical Engineering.

Before starting your application process, have a look at the basics on applying at

• Applying to Master's Programmes through Regular Admission
  
  >> Application process

where all the important information regarding to applying in general is given.

Filling in your application form

In your application form, you must indicate the cumulative number of original study units completed for your Bachelor's degree.

• If you are applying with an unfinished Bachelor's degree, you must indicate the cumulative number of original study units that you need to complete in order to graduate.
• If you have 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 these degrees.

Requirements for the Transcript of Records

The Transcript of Records for your Bachelor's degree must include the cumulative number of original study units (credits, credit hours, etc.).

If the cumulative number of original study units is not indicated, you need to upload to your application form one of the following documents in English:

• an official statement from the university indicating the cumulative number of original study units, or
• an official programme brochure indicating the cumulative number of original study units.

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 a Degree Certificate or a Provisional Degree Certificate

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

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

What is a Provisional Degree Certificate?

It is a predetermined form of 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 from a member of university staff 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 your application form.
  • No official statement from the awarding university is required for the date.
• Upload to the application form your latest Transcript of Records, and the official translation when required
• The Transcript of Records must include the title of the degree to be awarded.
  • If not included, you must upload to your application form an additional statement of the degree title from the awarding university.

If admitted

You must be able to

• Graduate by 31 August 2026
• Email the following documents to LUT Admissions Services 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 LUT Admissions Services by 7 September 2026 at 15:00 (UTC+3)
  • Official translations in English are required if the original documents are not in English, Finnish or Swedish.

The documents must be provided according to the instructions given, no matter in which country the degree was awarded.

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

Only complete applications will be forwarded for academic evaluation by the programme Admissions Committee.

Academic evaluation

The Admissions Committee first verifies the academic eligibility regarding to previous programme-related studies and minimum arithmetic GPA for the degree the applicant must apply with. 

The final selection of applicants is based on their educational background and work experience. The evaluation will be based on the information provided on the application form and the required application documents.

There is no interview in this programme.

Only a limited number of applicants will be admitted.

Academic Success, max. 5 points

Arithmetic GPA for the degree you must apply with is scored as follows:

• 2.50-2.99 = 1 point
• 3.00-3.99 = 3 points
• 4.00-5.00 = 5 points

For further information, please see Arithmetic GPA evaluated in the process under Admission Criteria.

Studies supportive to Food Processing Technology, max. 8 points

Previous relevant studies are scored as follows;

• 24-39 ECTS credits = 2 points
• 40-54 ECTS credits = 4 points
• 55-69 ECTS credits = 6 points
• 70 ECTS credits or more = 8 points

Studies in Mathematics and/or Physics, max. 4 points

• 20-39 ECTS credits = 2 points
• 40 ECTS credits or more = 4 points

For further information, please see Previous programme-related studies under Admission Criteria.

Work experience relevant to the programme and the field will be considered in the selection process. Employment valid until further notice will be considered until the application deadline. 

Work experience is scored as follows:

• 1 - 3 years = 1 point
• 3 - 5 years = 2 points
• over 5 years = 3 points

Calculating work experience

When calculating work experience, part-time work is considered by a coefficient corresponding to the part-time nature of the work (e.g. 80% part-time work = 0.8 x duration of employment).

For each listed work experience, you must indicate separately whether it is full-time or part-time and indicate the percentage of part-time work as a percentage of full-time work (100%).

In your application form, you must indicate the duration of each work experience and the total duration.

Certificate of Employment

Applicants must include their certificates of employment to the work experience they have listed. The certificates must indicate whether the job was full-time or part-time and the percentage of part-time compared to full-time (100%).

Certificate of employment is an official document from your employer specifying

• the starting date of your employment,
• the date of termination of your employment, or an indication if employment is continuing,
• the nature of your work, e.g. job description, duties, and responsibilities.

It must also include the name and contact details of the employer and be signed or electronically authenticated by the employer.

An employment contract or pay slip is not valid.