Entrance examinations, pre-reading materials and advance assignments

International UAS Exam is a joint digital entrance exam of Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS), used for selecting students to study programmes leading to a degree and conducted in English. The entrance exam will be used for the first time in the first joint application round in spring 2022.

The entrance exam consists of two phases organised remotely online:

1. First phase: written examination

The exam is organised on 9 February 2022 at 12:00 noon Finnish time (UTC/GMT+2).

2. Second phase: group interview

Group interviews are organised between 2.–16.3.2022. All eligible applicants who have passed the written exam will be invited to the group interview.

The final student selection is made on the basis of the written exam (60%) and the group interview (40%).

In the entrance examination, the applicants’ readiness for UAS studies are assessed. The entrance exam does not include any advance reading materials or pre-assignments.

More information can be found in uasinfo.

The entrance exam is used in the following Haaga-Helia's Bachelor's degree programmes:

• Business Information Technology, full-time studies
• International Business, full-time studies
• Digital Business Innovations, full-time studies
• Hospitality and Tourism Experience Management, full-time studies

The following Haaga-Helia's Bachelor's degree programmes use their own exams:

• International Business, blended learning
• Sports Coaching and Management, full-time studies

•       Entrance examination: online-exam 28 to 30 March 2022
  • More information will be published later

• Entrance examination: Pasila campus on 5 April 2022
  • More information will be published later

The majority of Haaga-Helia's bachelor degree programmes use International UAS online exam. You can participate in the international UAS exam from your own country. Please check detailed information for each application period from Studyinfo.fi. Master's degree programmes, International Business, blended learning and Sports Coaching and Management arrange their own examinations.

As an option to entrance examinations, you can also apply with SAT scores. Please read more about applying with the SAT test. It is possible to take the SAT test outside Finland.

Haaga-Helia has published some example entrance examinations of Bachelor's degree programmes. All available examples can be found from this page above.

The questions and the right answers of the UAS entrance exam will not be published.

You will receive an invitation to the entrance examination by email. Invitations will be sent a few weeks before the entrance examination.

Approximately one week before the UAS entrance exam, you receive a personal link in the email address you have given in your Studyinfo application. The link is also available at My Studyinfo in your own application. The personal link will be sent to all applicants that have applied for a study programme using the International UAS Exam. All eligible applicants who have passed the written UAS exam will be invited to the second phase.

As an alternative to entrance examinations you can apply for some of our degree programmes conducted in English with the SAT test. The SAT test is an exam used by many colleges and universities to make admissions decisions. It is a multiple-choice, pencil-and-paper test administered by the College Board. https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat

You can apply to Haaga-Helia without the SAT test as well.