FAQ: applying for master's programmes

If you have not yet completed your undergraduate degree by the time of application (i.e., you graduate after 7 January 2026), you may be admitted on the condition that you graduate and submit your degree certificate and final transcript of records in time to meet the given deadline (TBA). If you are conditionally admitted and fail to meet the deadline, your admission will be cancelled. If you graduate later or the necessary documents cannot be issued in time for you to meet the deadline, then please wait until 2026 to apply. 

If the final degree certificate cannot be issued to you in time, we also accept temporary/provisional degree certificates that include the following information: 

• the name of the institution awarding the degree
• the date of the award
• the name of the person to whom the temporary degree certificate has been issued
• the academic title/degree the person has been awarded (e.g., Bachelor of Science)

Yes, JYU offers international bachelor's programmes. The programmes are taught in English.

Learn more about the programmes here:

 Business Innovation and Sustainability

Immersive Software Engineering & AI

The admission rate is dependent on the number and quality of applications, which naturally vary between admission rounds. If the number of excellent applications is greater than the given number of available study seats, we may decide to accept slightly more applicants than initially announced. 

As there is no system for clearing, this also ensures that all the study seats will be filled in case an admitted applicant does not accept the offered study place. 

See JYU student intake statistics

Starting on 1 January 2025 and onwards, non-European Union/EEA citizens must pay an application fee when applying for programmes leading to a degree in higher education (excluding doctoral degrees and Erasmus Mundus programmes).

If you are a Finnish citizen or a citizen of some other European Union/EEA country or Switzerland, you are not liable to pay the fee. Those who have a residence card for a family member of an EU citizen in Finland, a European Union Blue Card, a continuous residence permit granted on grounds other than studies, a permanent Finnish residence permit or a long-term resident's EU residence permit are also exempted from the fee. The same applies to those under temporary protection, who do not have to pay the application fee.

The application fee is 100 euros. After you have submitted your application, you will receive a payment link via email and will have seven days to pay the fee. If you don't make the payment by the given deadline, your application will not be processed.

After paying the application fee once, you can apply in all applications in which studies start in the same academic term (including different universities and both bachelor's and master's programmes) without having to pay the fee again. 

Learn more on

 Studyinfo.fi