Admission criteria for Nuclear Engineering

Read more about the programme at Master's programme in Nuclear Engineering.

• Bachelor of Science in Technology 
  Tekniikan kandidaatti 
  Completed in a University
• Bachelor of Science in a field other than Technology
  Completed in a University

Applicants who have completed or are completing a Master's Degree in Energy Technology at a Finnish university (energiatekniikan diplomi-insinööri) before starting their studies at LUT University are not eligible to apply.

Applicants who have completed a Master's Degree at a University in a field other than Energy Technology are eligible to apply, but only if they apply with their Bachelor's Degree. 

Applying with a Master's Degree in a field other than Energy Technology completed at a University is accepted only if the Master's Degree was completed before the two-tier degree system, when separate Bachelor's Degrees were not awarded.

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

Applicants who have completed or are completing a Master's Degree in Energy Technologyat a Finnish university (energiatekniikan diplomi-insinööri) before starting their studies at LUT University are not eligible to apply.

Applicants who have completed a Master's Degree at a University of Applied Sciences are eligible to apply but only if they apply with their Bachelor's Degree. 

Applicants who have completed a Master's Degree at a University of Applied Sciences without a prior Bachelor's Degree, or who have completed a prior degree at the secondary or higher secondary level, are not eligible to apply.
 

The Admissions Committee will make the final decision on eligibility 

The programme's Admissions Committee reserves the right to determine whether an applicant's degree and completed studies qualify them to apply to the program.

• Bachelor of Science in Technology or closely related to Technology 
  Completed in a University - All countries

Applicants who have completed a Master's Degree at a university are eligible to apply, but only when applying with a Bachelor's Degree. 

Applying with a Master's Degree completed in a University is accepted only if the Master's Degree was completed before the two-tier degree system, when separate Bachelor's Degrees were not awarded.

Applicants who have completed or are completing a Master's Degree in Energy Technology at a Finnish university (energiatekniikan diplomi-insinööri) before starting their studies at LUT University are not eligible to apply.

Applying with a combination of a two-year Bachelor's Degree and a two-year Master's Degree completed in certain countries is accepted when this combination is equivalent to only a Finnish Bachelor's Degree.

• Bachelor of Engineering   
  Completed in a University of Applied Sciences - EU/EEA countries and Switzerland
   

Applicants who have completed a Master's Degree at a University of Applied Sciences are eligible to apply, but only when applying with a Bachelor's Degree. 

Applicants who have completed or are completing a Master's Degree in Energy Technology at a Finnish university (energiatekniikan diplomi-insinööri) before starting their studies at LUT University are not eligible to apply.

Applicants who have completed a Master's Degree at a University of Applied Sciences without a prior Bachelor's Degree, or who have completed a prior degree at the secondary or higher secondary level, are not eligible to apply.

General requirements for Bachelor's Degree

• The degree must be equivalent to a corresponding Finnish Bachelor's Degree in terms of academic years and ECTS credits.
• The degree must make the student eligible to apply for Master's level studies at university in the country where the degree was awarded.

General requirements for degree-awarding university

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

The Admissions Committee will make the final decision on eligibility 

The programme's Admissions Committee reserves the right to determine whether an applicant's degree and completed studies qualify them to apply to the programme.

Minimum requirement 

To be eligible to apply to the programme you must have completed

• a sufficient amount of studies in Energy Technology 

The Admissions Committee for the programme decides what constitutes a sufficient number of these studies and checks the studies during the academic evaluation. 

The required studies must have been completed by the application deadline.

Studies supportive to Energy Technology

• Studies in Thermodynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Nuclear Engineering and Energy Conversion that considerably provide the applicant with an advantage for studying courses in Energy Technology.
• Courses related to planning, measuring and manufacturing of pumps, blowers and fans, compressors, turbines and heat transformers used in power plants and in energy conversion are also considered to be included in studies supportive to Energy Technology, as well as studies in calculation of the related processes.
• All courses included in this Master's programme that you may possibly have already completed are also considered as studies supportive to Energy Technology. 

However studies in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Process Engineering, Automation Engineering or Environmental Technology are not included in studies in Energy Technology.

The Admissions Committee for the programme reserves a right to decide whether the completed studies provide the applicant with eligibility to apply to the programme.

Requirements for the programme-related studies
What to do when original study units are missing on the Transcript of Records?
 

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 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 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 onto this scale with two decimals during the evaluation process and 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 the individual courses
• Grade for Final Thesis 

for the degree you must be applying with. 

The courses and the Final Thesis must have been completed at the time of applying and they must be 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 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

You cannot get yet another right to study in a Master's programme if you have already

• graduated from the same Master's programme
• a valid right to study in the same Master's programme
• used the maximum study period included in your right to study in the same Master's programme

If the applicant is mistakenly admitted to the same Master's programme again under these circumstances, the latter right to study will be revoked.

LUT University is following the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) by the United Nations (UN) and the Council Regulations (EC) of the European Union regarding admissions and may therefore, not be able to admit applicants with certain nationalities due to restrictive measures towards these countries.

In case of any further questions about the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), please contact the State Department of your home country.

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.

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.

Educational documents

• Degree Certificate for the Bachelor's Degree + an official translation when required
  Upload a scan for the original. 

  
  If the Bachelor's Degree is a combination of two different degrees, upload one combined scan/document in which you have included both the original Degree Certificates.

  In case of not yet having graduated, there is no need to upload a separate statement for currently still studying.
   

• Transcript of Records for the Bachelor's Degree + an official translation when required
  Upload a scan for the original. 

  
  If the Bachelor's Degree is a combination of two or more different degrees, upload one combined scan/document in which you have included all the original Transcripts of Records. 

  The following elements must be included in the Transcript/s of Records: 
  * Original study units for each course
  * Original cumulative study units for the degree
  * Grades for each course

  If one or many of these required elements are missing, you must upload an additional, official statement provided by the university in English, indicating the missing elements. 

  The original study units for each course as well as the cumulative ones for the degree can also be provided by uploading an official brochure for the programme if these elements are indicated in the brochure. 

  The additional document/s must be combined together and uploaded to the same section with the Transcript of Records. 

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

Proving the proficiency in English  

Language skills in English are proven with one of the following:

• Language Test result 
  Upload a scan for the language test result or a screenshot from your test account. 
  The result is always electronically verified from the test database.
  No need to mail us the original test result.
  Further information: How to prove your proficiency in English
   
• Accepted educational document to prove the required language skills 
  Proving the proficiency in English can be done through educational documents in certain cases. 
  Upload the required document/s as requested.
  Further information: How to prove your proficiency in English 

Additional educational documents when required 

• Additional educational documents + official translations when required 
  Upload scan/s for the original/s.

  If you have several different documents for one purpose, upload only one combined scan/document for each purpose in which you have included all the different documents together. 

Examples for the additional educational documents:

• Proving the proficiency in English with a degree apart from the one you are applying with
• Having completed programme-specifically required university-level studies not included in the degree you are applying with

Proving your identity  

• Passport or ID card with nationality 
  Upload a scan for the document or card.

Proving your residency in Finland if having one 

• Finnish Residence Permit Card 
  Upload a scan for both sides of the card.

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.

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

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. 

There is no interview for this programme. 

Points for the academic evaluation are equal to the applicant's arithmetic GPA on a scale of 1.00 - 5.00.

All applicants having provided a complete application and meeting with the minimum programme-specific requirements will be admitted.