Application period of University of Helsinki will open on December 2, 2013 and closes on January 31, 2014 at 16:00 (GMT +2).
The University of Helsinki has one intake of students per year at the graduate (Master’s) level. Students apply via University Admissions Finland (UAF).
Note that Erasmus Mundus Master’s Degree Programs may have different application deadlines and application procedures. Please check the program websites below for detailed information on how to apply:
Please note that if you plan to apply for a degree program (leading to Master´s degree) offered by the Faculty of Science and you have an applicable degree from a university of applied sciences (e.g. Bachelor’s degree) in Finland you should apply through the faculty’s own individual admission system.
University Admissions Finland (UAF)
University Admissions Finland is a centralized application and processing service established by 10 Finnish universities. For the applicant the service is free of charge. University Admissions Finland processes all educational certificates, carries out credential evaluation and verifies language skills.
Creating a My UAF user account
The application portal MyUAF will be renewed and the current portal has closed on April 30, 2013. After this date, accessing My UAF accounts or creating new accounts is no longer possible.
A new application portal will be used for the next application period. You can create an account for this new application portal from the beginning of November 2013. More information on this will be available during the autumn of 2013.
In order to apply you should create a user account for University Admissions Finland. When the application period begins, you can log in to your My UAF account and continue with the application process by selecting the degree program you are interested in. With this service, you can create and save your application form (in the PDF format) before printing and signing it.
If you wish to make changes to your personal details or educational background information, you can log in to your My UAF user account and correct the information yourself. If you have you have finalized your application and compiled it into the PDF format, you will not be able to make any changes to it or recompile the application as a new PDF document. Hence, we advise you to fill in your data carefully and with thought, before saving it.
You can only apply for programs which you are eligible for. If you do not have a Bachelor’s Degree, you can not apply for Master’s level studies.
University Admissions Finland only accepts printed applications sent by mail. This means that your application form becomes an application only after you have printed, signed and sent it to University Admissions Finland’s office. No email attachments will be accepted.
Application enclosures
Application enclosures
Please note that the application will be processed in a faculty’s student selection procedure only if the enclosures meet the minimum requirements set by the University of Helsinki.
All language test results must arrive at University Admissions Finland by the application deadline. It is your responsibility as an applicant to make language test and other arrangements for yourself in time. Also, be aware that it may take several weeks before the test results are published.
Please note that your language test score must be valid throughout the entire application period. This means that if your language test expires only one day before the final application deadline, your language test score will not meet the requirements set by the program. Please check the validity of your test score and make the arrangements for a new language test well in advance, if necessary.
For more information about how to submit your application documents, please visit the following web pages:
Completing your application
The front page of your printed application form has the personal checklist of the required application enclosures for the degree program you are applying for. To complete your application, follow the instructions given below:
- Fill in all the required information thoughtfully and then compile the information into the PDF format.
- Print out the application form (PDF). While filling in your information, you can select to have the PDF document mailed to your personal e-mail and print it out later.
- Remember to sign the application form.
- Collect all the enclosures required by the program: they will be listed on the application form.
- Write down your application form number into every document, and the also into the lower left corner of the envelope.
- Send the application via mail to:
University Admissions Finland
Yliopistonkatu 2
FI-00170 Helsinki
FINLAND
- If you use a courier service, also give University Admissions Finland’s phone number +358 9 191 23528 on the courier shipping document.
Please make sure that your application package (application form and enclosures) reaches University Admissions Finland (located in Helsinki, Finland) by the end of the application period at 16.00 (GMT+2) at the latest. Late applications will not be processed by University Admissions Finland nor by the University of Helsinki.
Applying for more than one program
A student may apply for as many as three degree programs/majors. However, then the student must submit three fully documented application files (including a signed application form for each). If University Admissions Finland receives only one application and one set of enclosures, the first degree program/major listed on the application will be the only one that is considered, even if the student had listed the total of two or three degree other programs/majors.
Some faculties may restrict the choice of programs/ majors to two or only one. You should also bear in mind that, on the Application Form, you have to give reasons for choosing certain programs/majors. Your choices must be relevant when you consider your educational and linguistic competence.
UAF processes the applications in three stages
University Admissions Finland processes the educational certificates, including credential evaluation and verifies your language skills according to the set requirements. University Admissions Finland processes your documents in three stages and will only proceed to the next stage if the previous stage is completed successfully:
- arrival of the Application Form
- verification of language skills
- arrival of educational documents and credential evaluation
If any of the documentation is not valid, the process will be stopped and the applicant will be contacted through email. Please make sure that you send all the documents and they meet the needs defined by the program you are applying for. You will receive an email notification after the documents have been preprocessed and, if necessary, you will receive a request to supplement the application.
University Admissions Finland evaluates eligibility and authenticity of your educational certificates. This includes e.g. contacting your previous educational institution and the language test organizer. Any malpractice will be reported to the universities and appropriate authorities.
Checking the arrival of your application documents
You can keep track of your application status by logging in to your My UAF user account.
Please note that the application portal My UAF will be renewed and the current portal closed on April 30, 2013.
After processing the application, UAF will send you an email informing you of your application status and if needed, requesting you to supplement your application. Please be patient, UAF will contact you as soon as possible.
When contacting the University Admissions Finland or the university, always give your Application Form number. It is printed on the top right corner of the Application Form. University Admissions Finland receives hundreds of applications every day. Because of this, they do not have resources to check the arrival of each application and its enclosures before processing them. All documents will be processed in the order of arrival.
Reapplying to University of Helsinki
Through the application process, all applications and the documents attached to them become the property of the University of Helsinki. The application documents will not be returned to the applicant. Only in exceptional cases, when the applicant again applies to the University of Helsinki, may application documents be transferred from a faculty to another student selection unit. Documents attached to applications that do not meet the minimum requirements will not be sent to the faculties. The Admissions Services will not return them to the applicant or transfer them anywhere.
If the faculty agrees to your request and transfers your documents from previous year, for example, to University Admissions Finland (UAF), it is mandatory for you to log in to your My UAF user account at to create a new Application Form and send it to UAF. As the Application Form is revised every year, the previous year’s application is not valid in the following year. If the program requires a different set of documents or if you have any some new documents that you would like to submit, they should be attached with the new Application Form.
Please note that the country-specific requirements are revised every year. It is your responsibility to make sure that your application documents from the previous application round have been legalized in the manner required by the University of Helsinki.
By logging in to your My UAF user account, you can check if UAF has received your language test result. Be aware that language requirements might change from year to year. Make sure your test score result satisfies the minimum requirement and that is valid throughout the entire application period.
Your My UAF user ID is the email address you gave when you registered for the UAF system initially. Giving UAF your user ID you can order a new password to be sent to your email account. If you wish to change your email address, please contact UAF at info@universityadmissions.fi.
