Courses that are components of Master’s degree programmes can only be completed at Open UAS by individuals who have completed an appropriate Bachelor´s (or higher) degree suitable for the field you are studying or a post-secondary level qualification (for example, opintoasteen or ammatillisen korkea-asteen tutkinto awarded prior to 2001) in the same field.
A request to submit the required certificate will be sent by e-mail after enrolment. The required certificate must be submitted within the requested time or the registration will be cancelled.
In addition, good written and oral English knowledge is required for the studies conducted in English. When studying in Finnish, good written and oral Finnish knowledge and adequate English knowledge is required. Learning tasks are always completed in the language of instruction of the course.
Please note that if you later apply as a degree student for a Master's degree at Haaga-Helia, only a person who meets the admission requirements for Master´s level degree studies (please see below) or who the university of applied sciences otherwise considers meets the requirements for study can apply.
Requirements for Master's level degree 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.
OR - 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.
OR - 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.
OR - 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