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.
Upcoming application rounds
Autumn joint application 31 August–10 September 2026
For applicants who have a nursing degree from outside the EU/EEA
- Nursing TopUp
Separate application 30 October 2026–19 April 2027
For applicants who wish to apply to
- Information Technology
- International Business
- Mechanical and Sustainable Engineering
through
- an ACT test or
- an OMPT test or
- an SAT test or
- a certificate/diploma of completed upper secondary education from one of the following countries: Estonia, Germany, India, Latvia, Morocco, Poland, South Africa, Thailand, Türkiye or Vietnam.
Spring joint application 7–21 January 2027
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.
