Free Mover Exchange at Haaga-Helia

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Each year around 350 international exchange students from around the world choose Haaga-Helia. Expand your career possibilities, complement your studies, gain practical skills and boost your network with us!

You can apply for a Free Mover Exchange at Haaga-Helia if your home university does not have a student exchange agreement with Haaga-Helia or your home university has a student exchange agreement, but no more open places.

Studies

  • International Business: Accounting & finances, people management, marketing and sales, SCM  

  • Business Information Technology: Software development, Digital services, ICT infrastructure and cloud services 

  • Hospitality, Tourism and Experience Management: Tourism business, Restaurant business, Accommodation business, Experience management 

  • Aviation Business: Air cargo, sales and business development, leading HR in aviation, airport business 

  • Digital Business Innovations: Sustainable business, Data handling and service design, Digital marketing 

  • Sustainable Tourism and Event Management: Sustainable tourism management, Sustainable event management 

  • Sports Coaching and Management (Autumn semester only): Coaching practice, entrepreneurship, Team culture, management 

Courses for Free Mover exchange students

Free Mover students can choose only Bachelor level courses which are open to incoming exchange students. You can study from 2 to 10 courses of your choice. Usually, 1 course has 5 ECTS (1 ESCTS = 27 hours of student workload). Normal semester is 30 ESCTS. 

You can also complete your Free Mover exchange fully virtually.

More information about courses for exchange students.

How long can you study with us?

  • 1 period (2 months)
  • 1 semester (Autumn or Spring)
  • 1 academic year 

Autumn semester: August - December

Spring semester: January - May

We strongly recommend Free Mover students to apply for the spring semester. The availability of courses and housing is limited in the autumn semester due to a large number of incoming exchange students.

More information 

Application deadlines

  • 15 April for Autumn semester
  • 15 October for Spring semester

Please note that late/incomplete applications will not be considered.

Students will be informed by 15 May / 31 October if they are accepted for Free Mover student exchange at Haaga-Helia.

Read carefully the application instructions below.

Important to know

Application process

After your home university has approved your student exchange to Haaga-Helia, please register and log into Haaga-Helia Incoming Student Exchange Portal.

Apply here for free mover exchange

Complete the Haaga-Helia Incoming Free Mover Exchange Application with required application documents.

Accepted students will receive instructions for the next steps, including tuition fee payment and Free Mover Agreement.

After confirming the tuition fee payment and signing a Free Mover Agreement, students will receive the official Letter of Acceptance for Free Mover Exchange.

Application documents

Attach the following documents to the online application (in PDF only).

  • Official certificate of attendance from home university
  • Official transcript of records from home university
  • Course plan for the free mover period (list of Haaga-Helia courses you wish to study)
  • Copy of passport (only non-EU/EEA citizens)

All these attachments must be in English. No other attachments are needed. Do not email/mail the application or the attachments to Haaga-Helia.