General Admission Criteria
Novia UAS follows the general admission criteria for the joint application system to degree programmes in English. The general admission criteria also apply in the additional application. All applicants must meet the requirements for eligibility to be invited to the entrance examinations.
General eligibility is given by:
- completed Finnish upper secondary education or the Finnish matriculation examination
International Baccalaureate, Reifeprüfung or European Baccalaureate examination - a vocational college diploma or higher vocational diploma (e.g. in engineering)
- a vocational qualification of at least three years duration, completed in vocational upper secondary education and training, referred to in the Vocational Education and Training Act (630/98), or an earlier corresponding qualification
- combined education programmes of at least three years duration, referred to in the Act on Youth-level Education and the Polytechnic Experiment (391/91)
- a vocational qualification in adult education of at least three years duration, referred to in the Vocational Adult Education Act (631/98)
- a foreign degree or qualification which gives eligibility for higher education in the awarding country
