Eligibility

Educational background required

To be eligible to apply you need one of the following educations:

A) Finnish Matriculation examination or upper secondary education, EB, IB or Reifeprüfung examination (Click for details on the left )

B) Finnish vocational college diploma, higher vocational diploma,  or a vocational qualification in adult education A vocational qualification of three years or more in duration gives you eligibility. A vocational qualification of less than three years in duration gives eligibility to a corresponding field of study. Eligibility for polytechnic/UAS studies in a corresponding field of study may be broadened into general eligibility for polytechnic/UAS studies (click for details on the left)

C) A completed non-Finnish degree which gives eligibility for higher education in the degree awarding country. (Click for details on the left)

English language skills required

All applicants are also required to prove their skills in English.

Health requirements

Applicant, who applies to the field of Social Services and Health (at Arcada-  degree programme in Nursing), must consider whether his/her health condition enables his/her successful practical studies and work placement.

 Those applying to the field must take into consideration that:

• both studying and working in the profession requires good mental health
• the field is not suitable for a person who uses illegal drugs or misuses alcohol or pharmaceuticals
• musculoskeletal diseases, chronic dermatological diseases and allergies can become a health issue during studies or later in professional life
• blood-borne diseases can limit placement in professional life.
• A polytechnic/UAS can request that the student provides his/her criminal records extract before his/her work placement, if the work placement tasks include working with children.

 Applicant is required to give relevant information about his/her health, if the polytechnic/UAS asks for more information for admission evaluation purposes. This applies also for information about possible earlier revoked study places.