خدمات اجتماعی

Eligibility to apply The eligibility to apply to universities of applied sciences is prescribed by the Universities of Applied Sciences Act 932/2014. An applicant should have completed one of the following degrees: • the syllabus of the Finnish upper secondary school or a matriculation examination • an International Baccalaureate (IB) degree • a European Baccalaureate (EB) degree • Bachelor degree in all countries • Master degree in all countries • a Reifeprüfung (RP) or Deutsche Internationale Abitur (DIA) degree • a Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification with a scope of 120 credits or 180 competence points or an equivalent prior Finnish vocational qualification with a scope of a minimum of 80 credits • a Finnish post-secondary level degree or a vocational tertiary level degree • a Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification, further vocational qualification or specialist vocational qualification or an equivalent prior qualification completed in the form of a competence demonstration • a Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, postgraduate licentiate and doctoral degrees. • foreign education that in the country in question provides eligibility to apply to studies in higher education institutions. o If the language of the degree certificate is not Finnish, Swedish, or English, the applicant must also submit a copy of a translation of the degree certificate, prepared by an official translator. The translation should carry the translator’s name and stamp. o Laurea University of Applied Sciences verifies the applicants’ eligibility to apply before student admission to the degree awarding program. Admission is conditional until the original eligibility providing degree certificates used in the application have been verified.