Bachelor's application

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

There are two application periods for those applying to an English-taught bachelor's degree programme at Arcada:

  • Separate application 13 November 2025–21 May 2026, apply here !
    • For applicants who wish to apply 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, Turkey or Vietnam.
  • Joint application 7–21 January 2026
    • For applicants holding a Finnish 12-year education, International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma education, European Baccalaureate (EB) education or Reifeprufung/Deutsches Internationales Abitur.
    • For applicants who have a nursing degree from outside the EU/EEA.

For more information, please visit our Separate application and Joint application pages.

Separate application

On this page you can find information on how to apply to our bachelor's degree programmes in the separate application.

Joint application

On this page you can find information on how to apply to our bachelor's degree programmes in the joint application 7-21 January 2026.

Application dates

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