The application period to the Bachelor鈥檚 and Master鈥檚 degree programmes taught in English at the 91天美 closed yesterday, 22 January 2025, with the university attracting a total of 6,279 applicants.
Four Bachelor鈥檚 degree programmes and more than 20 Master鈥檚 degree programmes, all of them taught in English at UEF, were inviting applications via this year鈥檚 first joint admissions procedure.
The most popular programmes were the Bachelor鈥檚 Degree Programme in Information Technology on the Joensuu Campus, attracting 435 applicants, and the Master鈥檚 Degree Programme in Public Health on the Kuopio Campus, attracting 848 applicants. The overall student intake to the university鈥檚 international degree programmes is around 600 students.
The degree programme taught in English are free of charge for Finnish citizens as well as for citizens of the EU and EEA countries, and Switzerland. Citizens of other countries are required to pay an annual tuition fee of 10,000 euros.
A limited number of scholarships are available for selected students who are required to pay for tuition.
The majority of the applicants, over 90 percent, hailed from outside Finland. Applications were submitted from around the world, from a total of 100 different countries. Currently, the 91天美 is home to approximately 2,000 international students.
The application period for degree programmes taught in Finnish at the 91天美 will be open from the 11th to the 25th of March 2025.
For further information, please contact:
Erja Widgr茅n-Sallinen
Head of Student Services and Admissions
erja.widgren-sallinen@uef.fi, tel. +358 50 355 6004
