Bachelor's application

Are you applying to an English-taught bachelor's degree programme at Arcada? On these pages you will find all the information you need.

Next application

Autumn joint application 31 August–10 September 2026

For applicants who have a nursing degree from outside the EU/EEA

  • Nursing TopUp

The other separate and spring joint applications 2026 for studies starting in autumn 2026 are closed. Please revisit these pages later for updated information about application 2027.


There are several different application periods open for those applying to an English-taught bachelor's degree programme at Arcada: through a separate application and through a joint application.

Separate application 13 November 2025–21 May 2026 

For applicants who wish to apply to

  • Information Technology
  • International Business
  • Mechanical and Sustainable Engineering

through

  • an SAT test or
  • an OMPT test or
  • a certificate/diploma of completed upper secondary education from one of the following countries: Estonia, India, Latvia, Morocco, Türkiye or Vietnam.

Spring joint application 7–21 January 2026

For applicants who wish to apply to

  • Nursing TopUp
  • Information Technology
  • International Business
  • Mechanical and Sustainable Engineering.

Nursing TopUp is for applicants holding a

  • nursing degree from outside the EU/EEA.

The business and engineering programmes are for applicants holding one of the following:

  • Finnish 12-year education
  • International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma education
  • European Baccalaureate (EB) education
  • Reifeprufung/Deutsches Internationales Abitur completed in Finland

For more information on each application, please visit our Separate application and Joint application pages. Click on the subpage links below to learn more about applying to Arcada's bachelor's programmes.

Separate application

On this page you can find information on how to apply to our bachelor's degree programmes in the separate application 13 November 2025–21 May 2026.

Joint application

On this page you can find information on how to apply to our bachelor's degree programmes through joint applications in 2026.

Online path 2026

On this page you will find information on how to apply to Arcada's Online path for studies starting in autumn 2026.

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.

Application dates

On this page you can find a summary of ongoing, upcoming and closed applications to our bachelor's degree programmes.

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