STUDY IN FINLAND

About Finland 
Finland is a Nordic country located in northern Europe between Sweden and Russia. It has a population of over five million people, the majority of whom live in the southern part of the country. The capital of Helsinki is also the largest city with a population of over 580,000. Finnish is the native language of most of the population with Swedish being spoken by over five percent and most of the population also speak English.
Finland is a highly industrialized, innovation-driven country that is a member of the European Union. It ranked 3rd on the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness report of 2013 - 2014. The United Nations Human Development Index ranks it 21st in the world.
Most undergraduate courses in Finnish universities are taught in either Swedish or Finnish. Only few undergraduate courses are taught in English language. You will find a wide range of courses taught in English language at Masters level. Bachelor‘s degree is awarded at Finnish polytechnics. There is a wide range of undergraduate programmes offered at Finnish polytechnics which are available to international students.
If your final Bachelor‘s diploma and transcript are not available within the application period and you are applying for one of the International Master‘s Degree Programmes, do not wait to receive your final papers. Instead, submit the documents you have available (the latest transcript, provisional certificate, or some other educational assessment document indicating your status as well as your completed coursework) and point out the anticipated university graduation date on the online applicant registration form available during the application period. If you can, obtain an authorized certificate on your approaching graduation from your university.
Most universities in Finland require international students to provide proof of English language proficiency. This can be in form of TOEFL or IELTS. If you do not have these yet and Finland is your target, then you must make arrangements to write any of these tests. All you need to know about these tests are contained in this blogger. Most of the universities require you to send test results to University  directly. When filling out the TOEFL Registration Form, please fill in University Admissions Finland Institution Code 3138 in the Score Report Recipient field.
Do I need to pay tuition fees in Finland?
If you are enrolled as a degree student in a Bachelor‘s or Doctoral level program, the higher education institution will not charge tuition fees.
Most Master‘s level programmers are free of charge for EU students.  In the past, foreigners could study tuition-free at any level in Finland but recently. they changed their strategies and charge tuition fee for English language master's level programs from non-EU/EEA international students. However, University founded scholarships are available for international students. 
Finnish Universities 
There are 23 applied science universities and 12 universities in Finland
  1.  AALTO UNIVERSITY
  2. HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
  3. LUT UNIVERSITY
  4. ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY
  5. UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS HELSINKI
  6. UNIVERSITY OF VAASA
  7. UNIVERSITY OF TURKU
  8. UNIVERSITY OF OULU
  9. UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND
  10. UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI
  11. TAMPERE UNIVERSITY
  12. UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND
Admission Process 
Step 01
First you have to find out admission requirements/documents for your application. application period open from December to January. Application requirements differ from program to program. However certain countries need to follow specific requirements and application process. For a example, if you are willing to apply LUT and graduated from countries such as Bangladesh, India, China and etc, you need to give specific attention for documents and application process. 

 Step 02
 Fill the online application form. If you graduated from specific country then you have to sent hard copies of  documents to the respective university. You don't need separate application for scholarships. 
Step 03
During February, you have to face interview conduct by the university. That interview test your English speaking skills and motivation to the study program.  

 Step 04
You will receive admission results on end of March. If you got good opportunity, accept the study place and prepare to get resident permit. It will take around 2-3 months. 
English Language Proficiency Test
TOEFL test results sent directly from the test organiser
Score slips submitted by the applicant will not be accepted. When filling out the TOEFL Registration Form, please give University Admissions Finland Institution Code 3138.
IELTS Academic copy of the test score
Electronic test scores are accepted only when they are made available to University online by the test organizer. Please indicate in Section 23 of the IELTS registration form that University Admissions Finland is able to verify the score electronically. The testing centre will then make your IELTS score available to University. It usually takes at least 13 days for the results to be published after you have taken the IELTS test.

  PTE Academic online test result is sent from the PTE score report website.


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