Instructions on how to confirm the offered study place

The results of the student selection from the Haaga-Helia joint application have be published on My Studyinfo -service on 23 November 2023.

Note that you can confirm only one study place per academic term (1.8.–31.12. or 1.1.–31.7.) in Universities of Applied Sciences and Universities in Finland. When you have confirmed a study place, all other study programmes that you have applied to and that begin during the same academic term will be cancelled automatically.

Confirm your study place online on My Studyinfo -service (www.studyinfo.fi) by 1 December 2023, 15:00 Finnish time (GMT/UTC+3). If you get selected from a waiting list, we will inform you when to confirm the study place at the latest. You will lose the study place if you do not confirm the offered study place by the deadline.

In order to be able to use My Studyinfo, you need personal online banking codes from a bank in Finland or a Finnish mobile certificate or Finnish electronic ID-card. If you are not able to use My Studyinfo, you can confirm the study place by using the confirmation link you have received by email.

In case you are not able to confirm your study place online, please contact us for further instructions. Contact information at the end of this page

If you need a confirmation of accepted study place, we can send it to you by request. Please contact the study services.

Reserve place

If you do not get selected by 24 November 2023 and you are placed on the waiting list, you still have a chance to be selected from a reserve place until 12 December 2023 at 15:00 Finnish time.

There will be a tuition fee applicable to students who are not citizens of countries of the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland. If you are liable to pay, pay the tuition fee and submit a copy of the payment receipt to admission services by 1 December 2023 at 15:00 Finnish time (GMT/UTC+3) at the latest. The deadline and instructions for the payment are stated in the acceptance email sent by Admission Services. You will lose your study right if you do not pay the tuition fee by the given deadline.

Early Bird discount

An applicant who accepts the offered study place within 7 days and pays the tuition fee for the first semester by 1 December 2023 at 15:00 Finnish time, will be given an Early Bird discount. The Early Bird discount is a 50% reduction of the first semester’s tuition fee. The acceptance email from Haaga-Helia will include detailed instructions for payment. Please note that in order to qualify for the Early Bird discount, an applicant must meet both of the deadlines i.e. study place acceptance within 7 days and payment of tuition fee by 1 December 2023 at 15:00 Finnish time.

The Early Bird discount only applies if an applicant is accepted by 24 November 2023. If the applicant has been accepted to Haaga-Helia from 25 November 2023 onwards, they have to pay the full tuition fee for the spring 2024.

New students who are exempted from paying the tuition fee, can ignore this step.

More information about tuition fees

Students must enrol as present or absent for each academic year. Enrol as present or absent for the academic year by 1 December 2023, 15:00 Finnish time (GMT/UTC+3) online on My Studyinfo -service (www.studyinfo.fi). You will lose your study right if you do not enrol for the academic year by the given deadline.

If you get selected from a waiting list, we will inform you when to enrol for the academic year at the latest. 

If you are required to pay tuition fee, you cannot enrol yourself to the academic year before the fee is paid and all the documents are submitted to Admission Services. After Admission Services has received all required documents and verified the payment, you will receive instructions how to make the enrolment for the academic year.

According to the Universities of Applied Sciences Act, a student may enrol as absent for the first academic year only due to legal reasons (Act 932/2014):

1. Military service according to the Conscription Act (1438/2007), Non-Military Service Act (1446/2007), or Women's Voluntary Military Service Act (194/1995) in Finland
2. The student needs time off their studies to take care of a child in regard to the child’s birth or adoption (14.1.2022/52)
3. An illness or injury, which prevents you from beginning the studies (affects your right to be absent later)

You must prove the legal reason for your absence by documents:

1. Call-up order (palveluksen aloittamismääräys)
2. You require a leave of absence from your studies due to birth or adoption of a child: Kela's certificate regarding maternity, paternity or parental allowance period or, if the certificate has not yet been received, a medical certificate regarding the pregnancy (or corresponding certificates from the authorities of other countries regarding statutory parental leave).
3. Sickness allowance decision or, if no decision exists, a medical certificate. The medical certificate must state that this condition prevents you from beginning your studies. Your own notification is not an adequate clarification.

The documents must be submitted in Finnish, Swedish or English. If the legal reason covers only one academic term of the first academic year, you may still enrol as absent for the whole first academic year.

Documents proving legal reasons for absence must be submitted to Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Admission Services at Pasila campus (Ratapihantie 13, 00520 Helsinki) by 1 December 2023 at 15:00 Finnish time (GMT/UTC+3). If you choose to send the documents by email, please take security issues into account. Documents that contain confidential information (e.g. health information) can be send to Admission services via secure mail system.

See contact information at the end of this page.

The admission of a student is conditional until Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences has checked the applicant’s school and other relevant certificates (copies and originals). Attach the required certificates and translations to your application by 1 December 2023 at 15:00 Finnish time (GMT/UTC+3). 

You must attach the required certificates and translations to your application even if you enrol as absent for the first academic term. You will lose the study place if you do not provide required certificates by the deadlines given in the acceptance notification or if you have given inadequate or false information about your grades or other factors.

If you get selected from a waiting list, we will inform you when to submit the documents at the latest. 

What copies of required certificates should I submit?

NB If you have already submitted copies of certificates and translations to Haaga-Helia during the application period (4.9.-14.9.2023), you do not need to submit them again.

Bachelor’s degrees

If the educational qualification used for applying (marked on the application form) is any of these, you need to attach a copy of your degree certificate to your application by 1 December 2023 at 15:00 Finnish time (GMT/UTC+3):

• A copy of Vocational Qualification completed in Finland before year 2017
• A copy of Further or Specialist Qualification completed in Finland before year 2018
• A copy of Matriculation examination completed in Finland before year 1990
• A copy of Finnish upper secondary school syllabus
• If the degree certificate is not in English, Finnish or Swedish, you must also attach a copy of translation made by an authorized translator.
• A copy of a certificate which proves that you are exempted from paying tuition fee. If you submitted the copy during the application period (4.9.-14.9.2023), you do not need to submit it again. Please note that your residence permit needs to be valid on 1 January 2024, for you to get exemption from paying tuition fee for the spring term.

IB graduates submit a Transcript of Grades by 27 December 2023 at 15:00 Finnish time (GMT/UTC+3).

EB graduates submit a final certificate by 27 December 2023 at 15:00 Finnish time (GMT/UTC+3).

Master’s degrees

All those selected must save in their application on by 1 December 2023 at 15:00 Finnish time (GMT/UTC+3), signed official work certificates certifying at least two years (24 months) of work experience acquired after completing the degree. If the original work certificate is not in Finnish, Swedish or English, then in addition to the work certificate, a translation of the work certificate into Finnish, Swedish or English by an official language translator is also required. Please note that the employment contract is not valid for verifying work experience.

If you have enrolled as absent, attach your school and work certificates to your application and submit the certificates proving the legal reason for your absence to Admission Services by 1 December 2023 at 15:00 Finnish time (GMT/UTC+3) by post or email (delivery address below).

Delivery address for certificates proving the legal reason for your absence:

Haaga-Helia UAS, Admission Services
Ratapihantie 13, FI-00520 Helsinki, Finland
e-mail: admissions@haaga-helia.fi

If you choose to send the documents by email, please take security issues into account. Documents that contain confidential information (e.g. health information) can be send to admission services via secure mail system.

We will contact you directly, if you have to present your original documents to Admission Services/Study Services at the start of your studies. The University of  Applied Sciences can verify your work experience directly from your employer. Students enrolled as absent will show their original certificates when they enrol as present and start their studies.

The University of Applied Sciences will withdraw the admission, if the applicant has given inadequate or false information in the application process. Falsifying a document is a crime according to Finnish legislation.

Please note that Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences does not take any responsibility for incomplete or missing documents or delays in postal service.

See contact information at the end of this page.