Bachelor's applicants: How to prove your English skills 2026

Information on proving your English proficiency for our International Bachelor's Degree Programmes.

In the Bachelor's Degree Programme in Immersive Software Engineering and AI, applicants' English skills are tested during the admission process with the Academic Readiness Screening Process (ACRES). Please read more information on the process below. No other means for proving language skills are accepted.

For the Bachelor's Degree Programme in Business Innovation and Sustainability, the accepted methods for proving English skills are listed below (excl. ACRES). 

We do not grant waivers for the language requirements. No other means for proving your English-language skills are accepted than the ones listed on this page and specified per programme. In case you fail to prove your proficiency in one of the pre-given ways, or if your aptitude test score or language test score is below the required minimum, your application will be deemed ineligible and rejected.

The instructions on this website only concern international bachelor's degree applicants.

If you are applying to our international master's degree programmes, please see English-language requirements and the ways for proving your language proficiency from the programme-specific admission criteria. Direct links to the admission criteria can be found from our programmes' websites.

Upper secondary education

If you have graduated before the application period, you need to upload scanned copies of the relevant educational documents to your online application form by 28 January 2026 at 3:00 p.m. (UTC+2).

If you graduate in spring 2026, pay careful attention to the deadlines given below since they can be different depending on the qualification. If you graduate in spring 2026, your language proficiency will be checked from your final grades or your final diploma.

SAT and ACT test result

If required, please book and take an SAT or ACT test as soon as possible. The test dates may get fully booked early. Please see further instructions on the required minimum scores and how to deliver the scores below. 

You need to upload your test report form to your online application in Studyinfo.fi by 28 January 2026 at 3:00 p.m. (UTC+2), and your official test result must arrive directly from the test organiser to the University of Jyväskylä by 28 January 2026. We do not consider late attachments or test results which have arrived after the deadline.

The SAT or ACT test cannot have been completed more than five years prior to the end of the application period. Therefore, tests taken on 21 January 2021 or later are accepted.

Language tests

If required, please book and take a language test as soon as possible. The test dates may get fully booked early. You need to upload your language test report form to your online application by 28 January 2026 at 3:00 p.m. (UTC+2). We do not consider late attachments.

Please also note that the test result must be valid until the end of the application period (21 January 2026).

  • IELTS, TOEFL and PTE results are valid for two years from the date of exam.
  • Cambridge and YKI results do not expire; however, we only accept Cambridge results for tests taken in 2005 and thereafter, and YKI results for tests taken in 2002 and thereafter.

We will verify all results from the test organiser.

Higher education studies

You need to upload scanned copies of the relevant educational documents to your online application form by 28 January 2026 at 3:00 p.m. (UTC+2).

Academic Readiness Screening (ACRES)

During the application round of 2026, Academic Readiness Screening* is used as a means for proving language proficiency in the following bachelor's degree programme: 

  • Immersive Software Engineering and AI

*The Centre for Multilingual Academic Communication (Movi) of JYU will assess the applicant’s language proficiency based on a written task and an online interview. The applicants whose language proficiency will be evaluated by Movi will be selected based on the first part of the online exam. If your degree does not meet the general eligibility requirements of the programme or if you did not submit all the required attachments, you cannot be selected for ACRES and your application will not be processed further.

No other means for proving language proficiency is required or accepted in programmes that use ACRES.

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