The admission results for Bachelor's Programme in Liberal Arts and Sciences (Admission group 1) from the application round between 2 Jan 2026 and 16 Jan 2026 and (Admission group 2) from the application round 10–24 March 2026 have been sent to the applicants to the e-mail address given on their application form. The results can also be found in the
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We are eagerly looking forward to meeting you, our very first LAS students!
I'm personally very excited to put into practice all that we've developed during the last three years of preparation! The LAS programme is a community of curious and open-minded teachers and students exploring ideas and unexpected connections. In this programme, you will dive into a wide range of disciplines and learn to look at complex questions from multiple angles. Along the way, you will develop powerful skills in analysis, problem‑solving, and critical thinking that will help you thrive in a world where adaptability matters more than ever. We can’t wait to hear your perspectives, the questions you will ask, and the ideas you will develop together with your fellow students.
In early spring, we've added lots of new info to these webpages, so suggest you check them out once more. However, there are four things I particularly want to draw your attention to:
Again, looking forward to meeting you in Helsinki!
On behalf of the programme,
Programme director
Start your journey at the University of Helsinki by ensuring your study place and making sure that you take all the necessary steps to make the start of your studies as smooth as possible.
If you want a sneak peek into what you’ll be studying, details on the contents of each of the LAS study modules down to the course level are now available from the main curriculum information system, linked to from the page describing the
In the
Academic freedom is highly valued and a capability to study independently is required at the University of Helsinki. However, you will not be left alone. Many helping hands and events will guide you through the start of your studies.
Your studies in Helsinki will start with an orientation week on Monday 24 August 2026. You will be assigned to a tutor group led by a senior student and get to know your fellow students and teachers. You will learn more about studying in LAS and at the University of Helsinki and get support with administrative matters and registering for courses. This will make it easier for you to start your studies and life in Helsinki. Your student tutor will contact you in August and meet you personally when the orientation activities begin. You can also meet some tutors in the Goin’ Connect app!
A detailed
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The Student Union of the University of Helsinki (HYY) advocates students’ interests both at the university and in society. They organise services, benefits and events so that you as a student can focus on the most important part: studying and student life.
Extracurricular opportunities are an important part of your study experience. Over
Within the LAS programme, you will get to study on three of the four campuses of the University of Helsinki:
During the orientation week, the tutor groups will tour all three campuses. If you want, you can already have a sneak peek through the virtual campus tours
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It would be good to let your student tutor know. The programme can be found here:
Emphatically yes! Cross-disciplinarity is actively encouraged throughout LAS.
Disciplines represent the individual fields of knowledge that you can study within LAS. The study tracks (or specialisations) are pre-selected loose groupings of the disciplines that lead to sensible expert profiles and already grant eligibility for certain Master's options. However, these are also not even the end of it, as there are also other master's options from the programme (and thus sensible disciplinary combinations). Thus, when looking for your options on disciplinary combinations, we suggest actually starting from the master's option eligibility definitions.
In general across the university, individual courses sometimes have limits, but within the courses explicitly part of the LAS curriculum, we've done our best to ensure this wouldn't become a problem.
Due to attracting students from a broad international pool, a varied international experience is already baked into the programme. However, exchange periods at partner universities abroad are also available as an option.
The language centre offers courses in many different languages (including Finnish as a native language)
Yes.
Firstly, we specifically encourage our international students to take up to 30 credits of Finnish, which should be enough both for an everyday proficiency as well as passing the language proficiency tests required for continuing also into Finnish language Master's programmes.
Secondly, apart from Finnish, the language centre offers courses suitable also for non-Finnish speakers in a variety of languages.
Both options are eligible for inclusion as part of your Bachelor's degree.
The overalls and their colours rest in the domain of student organisations. So to get an overall, you'll have to first establish your own student organisation for the LAS students, and then you'll get to decide its colour for yourselves!
Because LAS is a new programme, the students in charge of tutoring for the first year have been sourced from the various programmes adjacent to it.
A 5-credit work-life course is part of the programme. This course may also be accomplished through an internship. In addition, research adjacency is also baked into the design of the programme, within its project course, bachelor's seminar, etc.
At the same time, it must be said that most paid internship opportunities usually appear only on the master's level.
In general, full-time devotion to studies is assumed in order to be able to graduate in three years. The career services also have some resources specifically for international students regarding funding your studies, so check them out.
There are no plans to extend the Liberal Arts and Sciences programme to the Master's level.
Instead, the programme has been designed to pair well with a wide range of existing (inter)disciplinary master's programmes at the university and beyond.
And actually, research has shown this to be kind of the optimal approach, where students from LAS Bachelors continuing through (inter)disciplinary Master's perform at least as well or better in their Master's studies as students coming from disciplinary Bachelor's, and then move on to perform equally well in their work lives.
Generally, disciplinary lectures will be at the campus where the discipline lives (Kumpula for computer science and maths, Viikki for the life sciences, and the City Centre campus for the others).
Core LAS courses will be organised where expedient with regard to the disciplinary teaching. In the first autumn, the core teaching will be held in Viikki.