Enrolment Instructions for Open UAS studies

Courses that are components of Master’s degree programmes can only be completed at Open UAS by individuals who meet the requirements for Master’s degree programmes or who otherwise meet the prerequisites for admission as determined by Haaga-Helia.

Requirements for Open Master's studies:

• a Bachelor´s (or higher) degree in the same field as the Master´s degree you are applying to and at least two years (24 months) of general work experience after completing your Bachelor degree.
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• Other appropriate Bachelor´s (or higher) degree and at least two years (24 months) of work experience after completing your Bachelor's degree in the same field of the Master's degree you are applying to.
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• a Bachelor´s (or higher) degree in the same field as the Master´s degree you are applying to and at least two years (24 months) of work experience after completing your Bachelor degree in the same field of the Master´s degree you are applying to.
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• In place of a degree from a higher education institution (in Finnish: korkeakoulututkinto), Haaga-Helia also accepts a post-secondary level qualification (for example, opintoasteen or ammatillisen korkea-asteen tutkinto awarded prior to 2001). In this case, an applicant must show evidence of at least five years of work experience in the relevant field, after having received his/her post-secondary level qualification.

• Good oral and written English skills

A degree taken abroad which has been compared/has been confessed in the Finnish National Board of Education to a Finnish degree called old Opistoasteen or Korkea-asteen tutkinto is eligible in the interpretation of admission.

Work experience will only be accepted by providing verified certificates from the employer. Work certificates must have a start and end date of employment, a brief job description, the employer’s contact information as well as working hours for part-time work. Part-time work will be converted into full-time equivalents such that 150 hours or 20 full working days (at least 7 hours per day) correspond to one month of work.

Work experience does not have to be continuous or obtained working for the same employer. Entrepreneurship will be accepted as work experience if an applicant can produce a certificate attesting that he or she is or has been covered under the statutory YEL or MYEL pension scheme for entrepreneurs. No periods of practical work placements or on-the-job learning included in a degree used to apply will be counted towards work experience. Military or non-military national service or child-care leave will not be counted towards work experience.

In addition, a translation of the work certificate into Finnish, Swedish, or English by an official (authorised) translator will be requested, if the original document is in none of these languages. The translation must be signed and stamped by the translator.

You can count your full-time work experience yourself or use free online counters, such as http://www.timeanddate.com/date/duration.html.

If your right to study as a degree student at Haaga-Helia UAS has ended and you have not received extension to complete your studies, you have the opportunity to complete the studies lacking from the degree, including the thesis, at the Haaga-Helia Open University of Applied Sciences. Studying at the Open UAS is fee-based and no study support is granted for the Open UAS studies. Instead, adult education allowance is possible under certain conditions. For a student completing a Haaga-Helia´s degree, the tuition fee is 150 euros per semester and it is paid upon registration.

How to register as an Open UAS student

1. Contact the Study Services at the Open UAS and you will receive a link to the electronic registration and payment form.
2. Fill out the registration form and put a check mark on the form under "I will complete the degree in progress in Haaga-Helia at the Open UAS".
3. When the registration form has been processed within 1-3 weekdays, you will receive a confirmation and instructions for continuing your studies by email.
4. You will receive a new student number. Your domain name and password will remain the same.

After all studies required for the degree (including the thesis) have been completed and registered, please
apply for the right to study for the degree in the open path flexible separate application. After a right to study has been granted and all credits have been transferred to a new student number, you may apply for graduation.

Please see application times and instructions: