The second application round of Finnish universities ended on Tuesday 24 March 2026. LUT University offered 604 places in its Finnish-language bachelor's programmes and attracted 5,546 applicants. The application round included 11 bachelor’s programmes arranged on the university’s Lappeenranta campus.
Overall, the number of applicants to LUT increased slightly compared to last year. In addition, the social sciences programme, now offered for the fourth time, continued to grow in popularity. The programme received nearly 100 more applications than last year.
”We are delighted by the strong interest in our programmes in engineering, business, and social and communication sciences. LUT’s outstanding student atmosphere and our long-term commitment to strategy-led degree programmes clearly continue to appeal to applicants year after year,” says Provost Mari Kallioinen-Mänttäri.
LUT University’s student admissions in technology and business follow the national joint admission process in their fields. Programmes with joint admission have the same admission criteria.
Technology programmes fill 80 per cent and business, social sciences, and communication sciences programmes 60 per cent of their available places through certificate-based admission or admission based on prior academic records.
Entrance examinations are for applicants who were not admitted based on their certificates. Applicants who are admitted to a secondary programme option based on their academic record may still pursue a place in their preferred programme by taking an entrance examination.
All students admitted to bachelor's programmes are automatically entitled to continue their studies in master's programmes in technology, business, and social sciences.
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Bachelor’s programmes in technology
The eight bachelor’s programmes in technology that were included in the application round attracted 2,671 applications. Last year’s figure was 2,724.
- industrial engineering and management (2026: 683, 2025: 670)
- mechanical engineering (2026: 444, 2025: 443)
- energy technology (2026: 382, 2025: 410)
- electrical engineering (2026: 306, 2025: 277)
- information technology (2026: 285, 2025: 321)
- chemical engineering (2026: 270, 2025: 270)
- environmental technology (2026: 152, 2025: 171)
- computational science and artificial intelligence (2026: 149, 2025: 162)
Bachelor’s programmes in social sciences
The two available bachelor’s programmes in social sciences attracted 933 applications. Last year’s figure was 900.
- social sciences (2026: 618, 2025: 524)
- communication sciences (2026: 315, 2025: 376)
Bachelor’s programme in business administration
This year, 3,060 prospective students applied to the bachelor’s programme in business administration. Last year’s figure was 3,086.
Joint application to Finnish-language bachelor’s programmes in spring 2026
- The second joint application round to universities in Finland ended on 24 March at 15:00.
- Certificate-based admission results will be released by 25 May.
- Entrance examination A for technology studies will take place on 1 June. In addition to Lappeenranta, applicants can take the examination in nine other cities.
- Entrance examination F for business studies will be arranged on 3 June. In addition to Lappeenranta, applicants can take the examination in nine cities.
- Entrance examination G for social and communication sciences takes place on 4 June. In addition to Lappeenranta, applicants can take the examination in nine cities.
- The entrance examination results will be released by 2 July.
- Students admitted to LUT's programmes must accept their place by 9 July at 15:00.
Application period to English-language bachelor’s programmes
- In addition, rolling admission to LUT's English-language bachelor's programmes is open from 1 November 2025 to 30 April 2026 at 15:00 (UCT+3). Admission decisions will be made throughout that period.
- Rolling admission includes eight English-language programmes in technology and two in business, which take place in Lappeenranta and Lahti.
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