Student selection

Foreign degree seeking applicants

The Faculty of Humanities offers over 40 subjects, of which 13 lead to graduation in the field. The students are selected either to degree programmes.

A successful applicant has obtained the first academic degree, normally a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, from an institution of higher education. As a rule, the Bachelor’s degree is the lower academic degree. This degree should be equivalent of at least three years of full-time studies (180 ECTS).

Please note that Finnish is the main language of instruction for all degree programmes subjects at the Faculty of Humanities, excluding English Philology, German Philology, Nordic Philology (Swedish) and Saami Language. Finnish language proficiency is always tested with all applicants.

The applicant must be proficient in a language that is the main teaching language of the degree programme when seeking admission to the Faculty of Humanities (see the instructions given in section III in the application form).

To indicate the proficiency, the proof must be submitted (a proficiency certificate of the language in question).

The University does not arrange preparation courses or a preparatory year prior to the beginning of actual degree studies.

 

Degree programmes to apply for

• Archaeology
• Cultural anthropology
• English philology
• Finnish language
• German philology
• History
• Information studies
• History of Science and Ideas
• Literature
• Nordic philology
• Saami culture
• Saami language

 

Deadline for applications is March 30th 2012. Make sure your application reaches the Faculty of Humanities by the end of the application period. There is only one intake per year.

Incomplete or late applications will not be considered. All application material should be mailed to the Faculty. Applications cannot be sent by e-mail or fax. Please read carefully all information given in the application form in order to avoid misunderstanding and/or incomplete applications.

How to apply? Application form is available here.