Tuition Fees

The tuition fee can be paid in its entirety for a full academic year, or in installments for each academic semester (autumn/spring). Students are responsible for paying the fee through Paytrail. It's possible to pay with the most common credit cards as MasterCard, Visa, or American Express. Novia UAS will cover possible transaction fees. Payments are also possible through bank transfer if you have a Finnish bank account.

If there are payment issues the Student must immediately contact Student Services or Admissions Services (new students). 

Deadline for paying the tuition fee for the next academic year is 1 September. If the tuition fee is paid in installments, the spring semester fee is due by 1 January and the autumn semester fee is due by 1 September.

Tuition fees for students admitted in fall semester 2023

This section also applies to students who have their right to study reinstated in the fall semester 2023

Non-EU/EEA students are liable to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees for the academic year 2023-2024 (1 August 2023 - 31 July 2023) are set per degree programme. The tuition fee for Bachelor degree programmes is 8000 euro per academic year and the tuition fee for Master degree programmes is 10 000 euro per academic year. The tuition fee might be adjusted according to the inflation. Full-time studies correspond to 60 ECTS/academic year. The total fee will vary according to the number of academic semesters needed to complete the studies. The studies may be completed in fewer academic semesters only in exceptional cases. 

Tuition fees for students admitted between fall semester 2017 and fall semester 2022

Non-EU/EEA students are liable to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees for students admitted between fall semester 2017 and fall semester 2022 is 6000 euro per academic year for Bachelor degree programmes and 9000 euro per academic year for Master degree programmes. Full-time studies correspond to 60 ECTS/academic year. The total fee will vary according to the number of academic semesters needed to complete the studies. The studies may be completed in fewer academic semesters only in exceptional cases.

Am I exempted from tuition fees?

Students that hold one of the following documents are exempted from paying the tuition fee:

• Passport or identity card  that indicate the citizenship of EU/EEA/Switzerland
• Continuous residence permit card in Finland, Type A permit issued for purposes other than studies
• Permanent residence permit card in Finland (type P)
• EU residence permit for third country citizens with long-term residence permit card in Finland (type P-EU)
• EU Blue Card in Finland
• EU Family Member's Residence Card in Finland
• Brexit residence permit , Type SEU = Right of residence under the withdrawal agreement, or type P SEU = Right of residence under the withdrawal agreement
• Proof from the Finnish Immigration Service that the student has registered, or applied for registration for EU right to residence in Finland (UK-citizens)
• Note! A continuous residence permit (type A permit) issued for studies does not exempt from tuition fees.

The document/residence permit exempting from tuition fees must be valid through 1 August for the fall semester and through 1 January for the spring semester.

If you wish to be exempted from the tuition fees at Novia UAS you must provide documentation proving the grounds for exemption from the tuition fee. Provide a copy of the document(s) when confirming your study place or 14 days from the date of admission if you are selected from the waiting list. Send the copies to the Admissions Services using Novia's secure e-mail.

The tuition fee liability does not concern students that have enrolled at Novia UAS before 2017 or are enrolled in a Swedish degree programme.

Early bird tuition fee

Fee-paying students who are admitted to our English degree programmes through the Joint Application for Higher Education are entitled to an early bird tuition fee for their first study year if they fulfill the following criteria: 

• Confirm their study place within two weeks from the notice of admission.
• Pay the tuition fee no later than 31 May 2023.
• Have not earlier been offered the early bird tuition fee for the same degree programme.
• The early bird tuition fee is valid for the first year of studies and amounts to 50 % of regular tuition fee. Students may choose to pay the early bird tuition fee for the first academic year or for the first semester.

The early bird tuition fee is only offered once per degree programme. If an applicant, who has been offered the early bird tuition fee in a previous application, re-applies to the same degree programme, they will not be entitled to the early bird tuition fee.