Entrance Requirements
The Degree Programme in Nursing follows the general admission criteria in Finland. For more information about eligibility please see the page about application.
Entrance examination
All eligible applicants will receive invitations to the entrance examination. The entrance examination is compulsory and is held in 19-20 April 2011 only in Vaasa, Finland. Results from other entrance examinations are not accepted. The entrance examination is divided into three parts: a written test, a psychological test and an interview. There are no preparations necessary for this entrance examination.
Health and Language Requirements within Health Services
All students admitted to the Nursing program need to be in good physical and mental health and are required to provide a health certificate to the Student Health Services, Sarjakatu 2, Vaasa at the latest 2 August 2011. The health certificate is required for practice placements. Applicants applying to the Nursing programme need to consider:
- That studies and work within this area require a good mental balance.
- Illnesses that prohibit movement and/or chronic skin diseases can become a health problem during the studies or later during your career. A disease that is contagious by blood can restrict your work possibilities.
- This field of studies is not appropriate for people that use drugs or misuse alcohol and/or medicines.
Nursing students must show their ability to interact with patients in Finnish/Swedish before their first period of work practice which is in held during the second year of study. Students with no or little knowledge in the above mentioned languages need to study the languages independently during the first study year. Please check following links Arbis and EFÖ for further information about language studies in Vaasa.
