Language Requirements for Bachelor's degrees
All documents that prove your language skills must be attached to your online application for University of Oulu by the application deadline. It is always the applicant’s responsibility to make testing arrangements for her/himself and to make sure the test results are delivered on time. Be advised that it may take several weeks before the test results are published, and thus we recommend you to book your test well in advance. We only accept scanned final test results, not temporary results or applicant's screenshots from online pages.
The authenticity of the test results will be automatically checked with the test organiser. In cases of a test result is found to be a forgery, the application will be automatically rejected.
Please note, that the language test result must be valid for a minimum of one day during the application period!
| English language test | Minimum requirement |
|---|---|
| IELTS Academic or IELTS Academic online | Overall score of at least 6.0, with a minimum score of 5.5 in each section. |
| TOEFL iBT or TOEFL iBT Special home edition | Overall score of 4.0, with a minimum score of 3.5 in each section (for tests taken on or after 21 January 2026) Overall score of 78 (for tests taken before 21 January 2026) |
| PTE Academic | Overall score of at least 62, with a minimum score of 61 in Writing |
| Cambridge C1 Advanced | Grade C or higher |
| Cambridge C2 Proficiency | C1 level or higher |
| YKI (Finnish National Certificate of Language Proficiency) | YKI test in English; level 4 in all skills |
Find the requirements and other important information for each language test below.
| Qualification | Minimum requirement |
|---|---|
| Finnish Matriculation Examination – English, advanced level (A-language) | Magna cum laude approbatur (M) or higher |
| International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB) | Diploma completed in English or English A (Literature / Language and Literature / Literature and Performance) passed or English B with a minimum grade of 5 (good) |
| European Baccalaureate (EB) | English as L1 passed or English as L2 or L3 with a minimum grade of 7 |
| Reifeprüfung (RP) or Deutsches Internationales Abitur (DIA), German School of Helsinki | English taken as an A-language, with a pass grade in the written examination or a minimum grade of 8 in the oral examination |
Find the requirements and other important information for each upper secondary qualification below.
