Eligibility to higher education

If you have completed or will complete one of the below-mentioned degrees providing eligibility for higher education by the given deadline, you can submit an application to the Bachelor’s Programme in Science at the University of Helsinki.

The Bachelor's Programme in Science has two separate admission processes with different application periods. The correct application period is determined by your previous education. Read more about admission groups on the page .

You can apply to a Bachelor's Programme if you have one of the following:

• from a European School (EB)
• The Reifeprüfung examination ()
• The Deutsches Internationales Abitur examination ()
• , a vocational upper secondary qualification, a further vocational qualification or a specialist vocational qualification (at the University of Helsinki, these include previous degrees of a more limited scope than are considered equivalent to current degrees)
• A degree completed at a university, university of applied sciences or the Finnish National Defence University
• Education completed outside Finland that provides eligibility for equivalent higher education in the relevant country
• The Cambridge Advanced International Certificate ()
• Eligibility for higher education based on other prior learning
• An exemption decision previously granted by a dean or the chancellor of the University of Helsinki

Please note that a Finnish general upper secondary education certificate without a matriculation examination does not provide eligibility for academic education.

If you currently hold the right to complete a degree at the University of Helsinki, you cannot be granted a new right to complete a degree in the same degree programme. Please read all the .