Admission criteria for Data-Centric Engineering

Read more about the programme at Master's programme in Data-Centric Engineering.

University

• Bachelor of Science in Technology 
  Tekniikan kandidaatti, laskennallinen tekniikka
• 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 Computational Engineering (laskennallisen tekniikan diplomi-insinööri) before starting LUT studies are not eligible to apply.
• Applicants who have completed a Master's Degree in a field other than Applied Physics are eligible to apply but only when applying with a Bachelor's Degree.
• Applying with a Master's degree in a field other than Computational 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 a UAS degree

• Applicants who have completed a Master's Degree (YAMK) are eligible to apply but only with the Bachelor's Degree (AMK).
• If you have completed or are completing a Master's Degree in Computational Engineering in a university (laskennallisen tekniikan diplomi-insinööri) before starting LUT studies, you are not eligible to apply.
• Applicants having completed 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 having completed a Master's Degree are eligible to apply but only with the 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 Computational Engineering in a university in Finland (laskennallisen tekniikan 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/ETA countries and Switzerland

• Bachelor of Engineering
   

Exceptions when applying with a UAS degree

• Applicants who have completed a Master's Degree (YAMK) are eligible to apply but only with the Bachelor's Degree (AMK).
• If you have completed or are completing a Master's Degree in Computational Engineering in a university in Finland (laskennallisen tekniikan diplomi-insinööri) before starting LUT studies, you are not eligible to apply.
• Applicants having completed a Master's Degree (YAMK) 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, you must have completed by the application deadline

• 60 ECTS credits of studies in Mathematics and/or Statistics if applying for the specialisation in Applied Mathematics
• 60 ECTS credits of studies in Information Technology and/or Computer Science if applying for the specialisation in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

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?

Do not list the studies on the application form. 

• The studies will be checked from the Transcript of Records uploaded to your application form.

To be eligible to apply, the arithmetic GPA of the degree you have to apply with must be

• a minimum of 3.50 on the scale of 1.00 - 5.00.

The arithmetic GPA 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.

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 original study units are not included on the Transcript of Records, an official statement on them issued in English by the related university must be uploaded.

You may also upload an official brochure for the programme issued by the university instead of the official statement if the cumulative original study units indicated in the brochure. 

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

Having completed all your studies does not mean that you have graduated unless having 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.

Provisional Degree Certificate 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 your latest Transcript of Records to your application form, 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 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 5 September 2026 at 15:00 (UTC+3)
  • Official translations 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 meeting the minimum arithmetic GPA 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 the minimum arithmetic GPA for the degree the applicant must apply with.

Applications will be evaluated according to the admission groups 1 and 2.

The final selection of applicants is based on their educational background. 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.

The evaluation is completed in two admission groups according to the country where you completed the degree that you have to apply with.

Admission Group 1 
Bachelor's Degree completed in an EU/EEA country or in Switzerland. 
15 students will be admitted from this admission group.

Admission Group 2 
Bachelor's Degree completed in a country other than an EU/EEA country or Switzerland. 
25 will be admitted from this admission group.

Academic Success, max. 5 points

The points for the academic success are equal to the arithmetic GPA on a scale of 1.00 - 5.00. 

• For example: If your converted GPA is 3.87 = 3.87 points.

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

Previous Relevant Studies, max. 3 points

Specialisation in Applied Mathematics

Studies in Mathematics and Statistics supportive to this specialisation are evaluated and scored as follows:

• 71 - 80 ECTS credits = 1 point
• 81 - 90 ECTS credits = 2 points
• 91 ECTS credits or more = 3 points

Specialisation in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

Studies in Information Technology and Computer Science supportive to this specialisation are evaluated and scored as follows:

• 71 - 80 ECTS credits = 1 point
• 81 - 90 ECTS credits = 2 points
• 91 ECTS credits or more = 3 points

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

Ranking of the applicant's degree-awarding university, max. 3 points

If the university having awarded or awarding you the degree you are applying with is ranked among the Top 500 universities on the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2026 - Overall Ranking List you will get 3 points. 

If the degree you have to apply with is a combination of two different degrees, the university ranking will be considered from the university awarding you the top-up degree that provides you with the eligibility to apply. 

Step. 1: Check your university's ranking in the THE 2026 Overall Ranking List above.

Step 2: Indicate on the application form if it is in the Top 500 universities or not. 

• If yes, you must also indicate the ranking and a direct link to the THE 2026 Overall Ranking List results page. The ranking position will be verified during the academic evaluation.
• If not, there will be no further processing related to the ranking position during the academic evaluation.