Admission criteria for Mechatronics

Read more about the programme at Master's programme in Mechatronics.

The page for the new programme is under construction and will be available soon.

• Bachelor of Science in Technology in the field of Mechanical Engineering
  Completed in a University
  Tekniikan kandidaatti, konetekniikka
  See further details at 'Field of study must be in Mechanical Engineering'.
   
• Bachelor of Engineering in the field of Mechanical Engineering
  Completed in a University of Applied Sciences
  Insinööri (AMK), konetekniikka
  See further details at 'Field of study must be in Mechanical Engineering'.
   
• Bachelor's Degree in a field other than Technology or Engineering
  Completed in a University or in a University of Applied Sciences
  See further details at 'Field of study must be in Mechanical Engineering'.
   

Regarding the degrees mentioned above

• Having completed a Master's Degree still makes you eligible to apply, but only when applying with your Bachelor's Degree.
  For example: diplomi-insinööri, maisteri, ylempi AMK-tutkinto
   
  • Exception 1:
    You are not eligible to apply, if having completed a degree diplomi-insinööri  in a degree programme on the same field of study compared to the programme you are applying to.
  • Exception 2:
    Degree diplomi-insinööri  is accepted for applying, if completed before 2008 when there was no separate Bachelor's Degree awarded.

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.

• Bachelor of Science in Technology or closely related to Technology
  Completed in a University - All countries
  See further details at 'Field of study must be in Mechanical Engineering'.

• Bachelor of Engineering  
  Completed in a University of Applied Sciences - EU/EEA countries and Switzerland
  See further details at 'Field of study must be in Mechanical Engineering'.

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

  Exception to the rule: A combination of Bachelor's + Master's Degree with no separate Bachelor's Degree accepted for applying.

Overall requirements for the Bachelor's Degree

• An equivalent degree to a corresponding Finnish Bachelor's Degree by the 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.

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

To be eligible to apply, the Bachelor's Degree must be completed in the field of Mechanical Engineering.

What to do if there are no credits available for the completed courses?

Bachelor of Science in Technology
Completed in a university

The following fields are included in Mechanical Engineering

• Mechanical Engineering
• (Mechanical) Automation Engineering
• Materials Science / Materials Technology
• Automation and Systems Engineering

or closely related.

Bachelor of Engineering
Completed in a university of applied sciences

The following fields are included in Mechanical Engineering

• Mechanical Engineering
• Production Engineering
• Manufacturing Technology
• Machine Automation
• Paper Machine Technology
• Automotive and Work Machine Technology
• Vehicle Design
• Product Design
• Production Systems
• Metal Technology
• Maintenance
• Robotics
• Virtual Production
• Intelligent Machines

or closely related.
 

The Admissions Committee for the programme reserves a right to decide whether the applicant's degree that s/he has to apply with is considered to be in the field of Mechanical Engineering.

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

• a minimum of 3.00 on the scale of 1.00 - 5.00

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.

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

• one of the accepted language tests
• 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 in Swedish in Finland

More information: How to prove your proficiency in English

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.

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 not having been awarded the Degree Certificate or the Provisional Degree Certificate.

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

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

If admitted, you must be able to

• Graduate by 31 August 2024
• Provide us with the following documents by 31 August 2024 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 2024 at 15:00 (UTC+3)
  • Scans for the official translations in English for both the documents (when applicable)
  • Official translations required, if the original documents are 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, your right to study in the programme will automatically be cancelled and you will lose your place without a possibility to claim it back.

The admission committee for the programme checks the academic eligibility regarding the required field of study and the minimum arithmetic GPA for the degree you have to apply with.

There is no interview for this programme while all eligible applicants meeting with the following requirement will be admitted:

• Minimum arithmetic GPA of 3.00 on a scale of 1.00-5.00
  for the degree that you have to apply with