Rolling admission

In addition to Joint application, you can apply to many degree programmes at South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences – Xamk through Rolling admission.

Rolling admission is a convenient way to apply to Xamk from outside Finland, but we welcome applications also from those already living in Finland who find the Rolling admission selection methods suitable.

Student selection methods in the Rolling admission include certificate-based selection for eligible non-Finnish qualifications and the SAT test. Some programme-specific methods like pre-tasks and/or interviews are also used.

Apply for January 2026 intake in Rolling admission
from 15 May 2025 onwards

Degree programmes – Studyinfo.fi

Application form – Studyinfo.fi

Information for January 2026 intake is published on Studyinfo by 30 April 2025.

Rolling admission (August 2025 intake)

How to apply

Timetable

Language requirements

Admission criteria

Available programmes

Tuition fees and scholarships

How to apply

Applying to Xamk through Rolling admission

Students in the Rolling admission process are admitted in the order of submitted, complete applications. Applications are processed continuously. We aim to publish the admission result within three weeks from the submission of a complete application. The application is complete when it includes the required documents, and the applicable test results have been delivered to Xamk. If you are required to pay the application fee, your application is considered only after the fee has been paid.
You can apply to one degree programme at Xamk in the Rolling admission procedure. You cannot submit another application even if your first application is rejected. Check the programme requirements and choose your programme carefully!
Required documents are uploaded to the application before submission – check the list of required documents in advance and have all documents ready before filling in the application form. If a pre-task is required, it must also be included in the application.
If any of the compulsory attachments is missing or the applicable test results (TOEFL, SAT, GMAT, GRE) have not been delivered to Xamk, the processing time for your application is prolonged, and your chances for admission are lower.

See the required attachments

Application fee

Applicants who are not citizens of the EU, EEA or Switzerland are required to pay an application fee in order to apply to higher education studies. If you are from outside the aforementioned area and you are applying to Bachelor’s or Master’s level studies in Finland, you will need to pay the application fee. The application fee is 100 euros and it is to be paid within 7 days from submitting the application on Studyinfo.

You can pay the application fee with the following global payment methods: VISA, Mastercard, and the following mobile payment methods: Apple Pay. In addition to these, you can pay the application fee with Finnish bank payment methods (given that you have access to these methods). After you have sent in an application, you will be asked to pay the application fee via email. Follow the instructions written in the email in order to pay the application fee.

Admission requirements

Bachelor’s programmes

To be offered admission in bachelor’s programmes, you must meet one of the following requirements:

You have an acceptable language certificate and an eligible upper secondary / high school diploma completed outside Finland with a good grade average. Additional requirement for engineering studies: the eligible diploma must include successfully completed mathematics subject.
OR
You have an eligible upper secondary / high school diploma or a higher education degree from any country and you have taken the SAT test with an acceptable score.

Note: If you have completed an eligible upper secondary diploma or higher education degree in Finland, you can apply in Rolling admission if you have taken the SAT test. You can alternatively apply to Xamk degree programmes in the Joint application, autumn 2025 (admission based on International UAS Exam or certificate-based selection for Finnish qualifications).

Master’s programmes

The requirements for master’s studies are programme-specific. In all programmes, you must meet the eligibility requirement that includes:

a higher education degree suitable for the programme you apply to
at least two years of work experience from the relevant field completed after the eligible degree.

Applicants who meet the eligibility requirement are admitted to the studies based on an acceptable GMAT/GRE test, grade average for the eligible higher education degree, or a pre-task and interview. Also the selection methods are programme-specific.

Application timetable

Application opens: 15 May 2025 at 8.00 UTC+3
Application closes when the study places reserved for each programme have been filled, or 31 August 2025 at 3.00 pm UTC+3 at the latest.
The deadline for accepting the offer of admission is 3 weeks (21 days) from the notice of admission. If you are required to pay tuition fees, also the tuition fee must be paid by the same deadline. This applies also to the Early Bird scholarship (see below).
- Conditions for the Early Bird scholarship (10% discount on the tuition fee)
  - accept the offer of admission within 1 week (7 days) from the notice of admission and
  - pay the tuition fee with 10 % discount within 3 weeks (21 days) from the notice of admission
Studies begin in January 2026

Please note that if you do not want to commit to the Rolling admission timetable, we recommend that you to apply to Xamk degree programmes through the Joint application, autumn 2025. Please note that the eligibility requirements and student selection methods may be different then.

Language requirements

In Rolling admission (January 2026 intake), an acceptable language certificate is required from all applicants, except for applicants to Master’s Degree Programme in Disaster Management.

The acceptable language certificates are:

IELTS Academic

Minimum requirement: total score of 6.0 (Test sections: Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking)

IELTS Academic UKVI and IELTS Online are also accepted.

Required documents: The official IELTS score report must be uploaded to the application form. The test results must be verifiable from the online verification service of the test organiser until 15 September 2025. IELTS scores are valid for three years.

TOEFL Academic (iBT)

Minimum requirement: total score of 60 (Test sections: Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing)

TOEFL iBT Home Edition is also accepted.

Required documents: The TOEFL score report must be uploaded to the application form. In addition, the test results must be delivered to Xamk from the test organiser. TOEFL scores are valid for two years.

Order your TOEFL result to be delivered to Xamk before you submit the application in Rolling admission!

Xamk Designated Institution (DI) code: 0179

Sending Your TOEFL iBT Scores (ets.org)

PTE Academic

Minimum requirement: total score of 55 (Test sections: Speaking and Writing, Reading, and Listening)

PTE Academic Online and PTE Academic UKVI are also accepted.

Required documents: The PTE score report must be uploaded to the application form. The test results must be verifiable from the online verification service of the test organiser until 19 September 2025. PTE scores are valid for two years.

Cambridge English Scale Sore

Minimum requirement: total score of 169 (Test sections: Reading and Use of English, Writing, Listening, and Speaking)

Required documents: The relevant certificate must be uploaded to the application form. The Statement of Results number must be provided. The test results must be verifiable from the online verification service of the test organiser until 15 September 2025.

Oxford ELLT (English Language Level Test)

Minimum requirement: a minimum total score of 6.0 (Test sections: Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking)

The Oxford ELLT (English Language Level Test) is accepted if it is completed on or after 1 July 2023.

Required documents: The Oxford ELLT certificate must be uploaded to the application form. The Test taker number must be provided. The test results must be verifiable from the online verification service of the test organiser until 15 September 2025.

TELC (The European Language Certificate) English B2-C1 university qualification

Minimum requirement: level B2 (Test sections: Listening/Reading/Language Elements, Writing and Speaking)

The European Language Certificate (TELC) is accepted if it is completed on or after 1 October 2021.

Required documents: The TELC certificate must be uploaded to the application form, and the Attendee ID must be provided. The test results must be verifiable from the online verification service of the test organiser until 15 September 2025.

SAT test, Evidence-based reading and writing section

Minimum requirement: a minimum of 500 points for Evidence-based reading and writing section

Only the new SAT (taken after March 2016) is accepted.

Required documents: The SAT score report must be uploaded to the application form. In addition, the test results must be delivered to Xamk from the test organiser.

Order your SAT score to be delivered to Xamk before you submit the application in Rolling admission!

School code for South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (Xamk): 7593

Sending your SAT score

GMAT/GRE test

Minimum requirement: GMAT test total score of 450 points

The result for GMAT Focus Edition and GRE test results must be equivalent to the GMAT result. These results are converted to the GMAT result with a relevant tool. Further information on the conversion

Required documents: The relevant score report must be uploaded to the application form. In addition, the test results must be delivered to Xamk from the test organiser.

Order your test result to be delivered to Xamk before you submit the application in Rolling admission!

Instructions for sending your GMAT or GRE test score

National Certificate of Language Proficiency (YKI) English

Minimum requirement: Grade 4 or higher on all the subtests (speaking, listening comprehension, writing, and reading comprehension)

Required documents: The relevant YKI certificate.

Upper secondary degree completed in English in an EU/EEA country, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom, or the United States

The upper secondary degree must be completed in English in one of the following countries:

any EU/EEA country,
Australia,
Canada,
New Zealand,
Switzerland,
United Kingdom, or
the United States.

The degree/programme must be taught and assessed entirely in English. Degrees completed in English in other countries than the ones listed above are not accepted as proof of English language skills.

The member countries of the European Union (EU) are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden.

European Economic Area (EEA) consists of the member countries of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

Required documents: The relevant degree certificate and transcript of records, an additional certificate on the language of the degree (if applicable)

If the language of the degree and the country of studies are not clearly stated on the degree certificate and/or transcript of records, an official certificate/letter issued by the educational institution or awarding body that shows the language of the degree and the country of studies is required.

Higher education degree completed in English in an EU/EEA country, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom, or the United States

The higher education degree must be completed in English in one of the following countries:

any EU/EEA country,
Australia,
Canada,
New Zealand,
Switzerland,
United Kingdom, or
the United States.

A doctoral thesis completed in English in any country is also accepted as proof of English language skills.

European Economic Area (EEA) consists of the member countries of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

Required documents: The relevant degree certificate, transcript of records and Diploma Supplement (if available), an additional certificate on the language of the degree (if applicable)

If the language of the degree and the country of studies are not clearly stated on the degree certificate, transcript of records and/or the Diploma Supplement, an official certificate/letter issued by the educational institution or awarding body that shows the language of the degree and the country of studies is required.

For doctoral thesis in English, the evaluation of the thesis is required.

Finnish Matriculation Examination, European Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate, or Reifeprüfung/DIA completed in Finland

One of the following grades in the Finnish Matriculation Examination, European Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate, or Reifeprüfung/DIA completed in Finland:

Finnish Matriculation Examination: English advanced syllabus with a minimum grade C
The whole International Baccalaureate diploma or International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme (IBCP) completed in English
DP Course Results, IB certificate or IB Final Report completed in English
International Baccalaureate final examination: English A HL/SL or English B HL/SL with a minimum grade 4
European Baccalaureate: at least grade 6.00 in L2-level English
Reifeprüfung/DIA diploma completed in Finland: at least grade 7 in advanced English

Required documents: The final diploma or a certificate of grades. Exception: Certificate is not required for the Finnish Matriculation Examination grade, this information is verified from the national register.

Applicants graduating in 2025

You can use an unfinished degree as proof of English language skills only if you are completing one of the following degrees and and are graduating in 2025:

Finnish matriculation examination
International Baccalaureate
European Baccalaureate
Reifeprüfung/DIA completed in Finland
Finnish vocational basic qualification conducted in English.

Required document: certificate to prove you are studying for one of the mentioned degrees or are about to graduate during year 2025 from one of the mentioned degrees.

The final certificate for proof of English language skills must be submitted by 31 December 2025 UTC+2. The possible student selection is conditional until the certificate has been verified. If the language requirement is not met, the selection will be revoked.

If you apply with other degree than the ones listed above and are graduating during 2025, you are required to have other certificate of English language skills when applying (e.g. IELTS / TOEFL / PTE language test or the SAT test).

Admission criteria

Bachelor’s degree programmes

Eligibility requirement

an upper secondary school level qualification that provides eligibility for higher education studies in the country in question, or
a prior bachelor’s or master’s degree.

Please note that only eligible upper secondary qualifications are considered in the certificate-based selection. If your study performance at the upper secondary level does not meet the requirements or you apply with a higher education degree, you can only be considered for admission based on the SAT test.

Are you graduating after the application period? You can apply with an official temporary certificate if you can submit your final certificate by 31 December 2025. In this case, the admission is conditional until Xamk has checked the final certificate and if admission was based on study performance, the conditions for the certificate-based selection.

Student selection

Students in Rolling admission procedure are selected either by SAT test result, or in certificate-based selection for non-Finnish qualifications.

The estimated processing time for complete applications: three weeks.

Admission based on SAT test result

Minimum score requirement: 500 from Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, and 500 from Mathematics

Read about applying with SAT

2. Certificate-based selection for non-Finnish qualifications

Minimum requirement: good study performance (grade average)
If you apply to engineering studies: in addition to the study performance, the degree used for applying must include successfully completed studies in mathematics or equivalent subject.

Read about the certificate-based selection

If the selection methods for bachelor’s programmes in Rolling admission are not suitable for you, we welcome you to apply to Xamk degree programmes through Joint application, autumn 2025. The selection methods in Joint application include the International UAS Exam and certificate-based selection for Finnish qualifications (methods may vary by programme).

Master’s degree programmes

The programme-specific eligibility requirements and student selection methods are published by 30 April 2024.

Available programmes (preliminary)

You can apply to only one degree programme in Rolling admission. You cannot submit another application even if your first application is rejected.

Check the requirements for each programme before applying, and choose your programme carefully!

Digital International Business

Bachelor of Business Administration

Kouvola Campus

Game Technologies

Bachelor of Engineering

Kotka Campus

International Business Management

Master of Business Administration

Kouvola Campus

Digital Industry and AI

Master of Engineering
Master of Business Administration

Kotka Campus

Disaster Management

Master of Social Services and Health Care

Kotka Campus

Strategic Supply Chain Management

Master of Engineering
Master of Business Administration

Kotka Campus