Please note that the University of Helsinki does not publish the names of the admitted students.
Some of the applicants are conditionally accepted. If you are conditionally accepted, you have been notified via email or through the MyStudyinfo service.
Your acceptance may be conditional for one or a combination of the following reasons:
You must provide proof that you will meet the condition set by the deadline. Failing to meet the set deadline causes you to lose the offered study place.
If your acceptance is conditional because you graduated and received a degree after the end of application period, please read the detailed instructions below and prove your eligibility by 1 September 2025 at 15.00 (UTC+3). Your study right is conditional until your eligibility has been verified.
If your acceptance is conditional because you are liable to pay tuition fees, you can find the instructions in your letter of acceptance.
Instructions on how to submit application enclosures can be found here.
These instructions apply to you if you have graduated after the application period and you have been conditionally accepted to the Bachelor’s Programme in Science in Admission group 1.
You need to submit a copy of your final diploma / degree certificate to the Admission Services of the University of Helsinki.
Please note, that if your educational documents are not in Finnish, Swedish, or English, you need to provide authorised translations of them.
You must deliver the above-mentioned documents by 1 September 2025 at 15.00 (UTC+3).
These instructions apply to you if you have completed an International Baccalaureate or a European Baccalaureate diploma after the application period and you have been conditionally accepted to the Bachelor’s Programme in Science.
You need to submit an officially certified copy of your final grades to the Admission Services of the University of Helsinki.
You must deliver the above-mentioned documents by 1 September 2025 at 15.00 (UTC+3).
Failing to meet the set deadline causes you to lose the offered study place. If your final grades are lower than your predicted grades, your total score will be recounted and the admission decision may also be revoked.
You need to submit an officially certified copy of your final grades (Diploma Programme Results) to the Admission Services of the University of Helsinki. Please order a Transcript of Grades from IBO and ask them to send it to the Admission Services of the University of Helsinki. Please note that it may take a while for the university to receive the transcript, as there might be some delay at IBO's service.
You need to submit an officially certified copy of your final diploma to the Admission Services of the University of Helsinki. The diploma must feature your final grades.
These instructions apply to you if you have completed the Finnish matriculation examination or the Deutsches Internationales Abitur in Finland after the application period and you have been conditionally accepted to the Bachelor’s Programme in Science.
You must submit the below-mentioned documents by 1 September 2025 at 15.00 (UTC+3).
Failing to meet the set deadline causes you to lose the offered study place.
You do not have to submit your matriculation examination certificate to the Admission Services.
You must submit an officially certified copy of the four-page German-language diploma Zeugnis der allgemeinen Hochschulreife and the Finnish-language certificate of equivalence. The Finnish-language certificate of equivalence is not sufficient without the diploma.
These instructions apply to you if you have graduated before the end of the application period and you have been conditionally accepted to the Bachelor’s Programme in Science.
If you have been accepted based on an unofficial copy of your diploma / degree certificate, you need to submit the officially certified version to the Admission Services of the University of Helsinki.
You must deliver the above-mentioned document by 2 September 2024 at 15.00 (UTC+3).
The service is intended for persons who have been conditionally admitted to the University of Helsinki and who are unable to deliver officially certified copies of documents demonstrating their eligibility for studies by post or directly to the Admission Services’ post box.
The service is intended for the presentation of original documents. Copies of original documents cannot be presented here.
The service is available in the Metsätalo building at Unioninkatu 40.
The service is open from April to August. See available slots in the calendar. Please note that there are limited slots available from April to June.
You can book an appointment here.
After making an appointment, you will receive an email confirmation reviewing the details you have submitted. The message also contains a link for cancelling your appointment. Please do so if you are unable to make it to your appointment.
NB! Make sure your appointment is before the deadline applicable to you.
Please enter through the main doors of the Metsätalo building and follow the signs in the lobby to the correct door. The Admission Services' staff will meet you at the door when your appointment begins. Please make sure to arrive on time. Otherwise you risk missing your appointment and will have to book a new one.
Please do not come to your appointment if you are sick.
If you are unable to come to your appointment personally, you can authorise someone else to bring your documents on your behalf. You must give your written authorisation when booking your appointment or by contacting the Admission Services by email before your appointment.
The service is intended for the presentation of original documents. You must bring with you all of the documents demonstrating your eligibility which you have been required to present. The documents must be original. Please ensure that your documents include all of the pages that are officially part of them.
You must also bring with you a photographic proof of identity (driving licence, passport, identity card issued by the police). Please be prepared to prove your identity several times.
Officially certified copies are not reviewed at the service. They must be sent to the Admission Services by mail or delivered in person directly to the Admission Services’ post box.
An Admission Services employee greets those who have an appointment one at a time and receives the original documents demonstrating eligibility. The Admission Services employee will then verify the authenticity of the documents and take copies of them. The original documents will then be returned to you. A separate email on the results of the demonstration of eligibility will be sent to you soon after your appointment.
Your information will be saved to the University’s student register in two weeks’ time when you have:
You can activate you user account, apply for a student card and sign up for courses only after your information has been saved to the student register.
If you register as an attending student for the whole academic year or for one semester, you have to pay the health care fee for students in higher education to Kela (the Social Insurance Institution of Finland). Read more about the health care fee for students in higher education from Kela’s website.
You must apply for a residence permit to study in Finland, unless you are a citizen of the EU, the Nordic countries, Liechtenstein or Switzerland. Please start applying for your residence permit as soon as possible before the peak time in July-August, as it may take long time to process. Please note that you must apply for a residence permit for study. You can start your application for the residence permit at Finnish Immigration Service MIGRI’s online service EnterFinland. Note! Please read also instructions on residence permit applications during the COVID-19 outbreak.