Cooperation with agents

In order to strengthen and diversify our international student recruitment, Arcada cooperates with a number of student recruitments agencies located in different parts of the world.

Agents cooperating with Arcada

Currently, Arcada cooperates with the following agencies:

Apprentis Global Education, Morocco
Asia Renko Consulting Oy, Vietnam
Finclass Education Limited, Thailand
Fintrust, Finland (recruits from Egypt, Middle East and North Africa MENA region)
Holiday Story Company Limited "Next Move Finland", Thailand
ICES Turkey, Türkiye
RG International, India (also recruits from UAE and South Africa)
SNY COSMOS Overseas Edu Consultants P Ltd, India
Tonyle Company Limited, Vietnam
Trawise Company Limited, Vietnam

Information to applicants

Arcada cooperates with a limited number of external student recruitment agents. These partners are authorized to provide guidance to prospective students and to support them throughout the application process. Application via commercial actors, such as agents, does not give applicants any advantage when applying to higher education institutions. It is possible for applicants to apply to all degree programmes in Finland without the assistance of an agent, for example via the national application portal Studyinfo .

The agents receive a commission from Arcada for each tuition fee–paying student they successfully recruit. This commission is paid by Arcada and does not affect the applicant’s costs in any way.

Arcada does not charge any application fees of its own. The only mandatory application fee for applicants to Arcada is the national application fee, which is administered centrally through the Finnish national application system. Applicants should never be asked to pay additional fees to Arcada or on Arcada’s behalf.

If an applicant chooses to work with an agent, any service fees charged by the agent are solely between the applicant and the agent. These fees are not required by Arcada and are not connected to the admissions process.

Become an agent for Arcada

Are you interested in becoming an agent for Arcada? Please fill out this form as part of our screening process. After that, we will review your information and contact you if we feel that our institution is a match for you.

Notice to Russian educational agencies and other commercial collaborators

Arcada expresses sympathy and support for Ukraine, its citizens and its entire higher education community.

The Ministry of Education and Culture has issued a recommendation that all collaboration with Russian institutions and private agencies are suspended until further notice. Arcada adheres to the Ministry's recommendation.

All individual members of the Arcada community will continue to be treated equally and with respect.