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2026 intake
Restoration of right to study
Renewed right to study
Who is this application for?
This page is helps for former or current students who want to continue or complete their studies at South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (Xamk).
Choose the application option that best matches your situation:
- Restoration of right to study application – for students who have lost their right to study because they did not enrol as attending or non-attending for the academic year.
- Renewed right to study application application – for students who want to complete an unfinished degree and whose studies at a Finnish university of applied sciences were interrupted no more than five years ago.
- Discretionary extension of study right– for current students who will not graduate within their study right period (regular study time + 1 year). The application must be submitted before the study right ends. The application is available in LUX
- Application on the basis of Open UAS studies – for applicants who have completed Open UAS studies in Finland and want to apply for degree studies based on those studies.
Application steps made easy
Step 1:
Check your eligibility
See the programme-specific admission criteria.
Step 2:
Choose programmes
Familiarise yourself with the degree programmes open for application.
Step 3:
Submit application
Fill in the application form during the application period.
Step 4:
Upload attachments
Upload required certificates to your application form by the deadline.
Browse your study possibilities in this intake
Bachelor of Business Administration, Business Analytics
Bachelor of Business Administration, Digital International Business
Bachelor of Culture and Arts, Game Design
Bachelor of Engineering, Bioproduct Technology
Bachelor of Engineering, Efficient Supply Chain Management
Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology
Bachelor of Engineering, Water Technology and Sustainability
Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing
Bachelor of Health Care, Physiotheraphy
Bachelor of Hospitality Management, Tourism and Hospitality Business
Innovation-Driven Business Growth
Sports Medicine and Exercise Physiology
Virtual Production
Your essential application guides
How to apply?
Restoration of right to study
A student must enrol as attending or non-attending for each academic year.
A student who has lost the right to study due to failure to enrol can apply for restoration of the right to study, provided that the study right has not yet expired. A student who is liable to pay tuition fees and who has lost the right to study after not paying the fee and not enrolling as non-attending, or after having the tuition fee refunded to them, can also apply for restoration. The decision is made by the Director of Education.
Renewed right to study
Students can apply for renewed right to study to complete an unfinished degree without applying for a new study place in the joint application. This option is available when studies at a Finnish university of applied sciences were interrupted no more than five years ago. The decision is made by the Director of Education.
Timetable
Applications are submitted electronically. Please check the application form for the current application period and deadline.
For restoration of right to study, the restored study right usually begins at the start of the next semester. For renewed right to study, the study right may also begin during a semester, depending on the decision and the student’s situation.
Eligibility criteria for restoration of study right
This application is for students who have lost their right to study after failing to enrol as attending or non-attending for the academic year and who want to continue their studies at Xamk.
Before You Apply
- Make sure your transcript (if required) is available electronically.
- Be prepared to complete the online payment.
- The application, attachments and payment are submitted at the same time.
- It is not possible to return to the application after submission.
After Submitting the Application
- You will receive an automatic confirmation email after submission.
If you do not receive the email, please check your spam folder.
- The application is processed by the Student Affairs Office and the degree programme.
- You will be notified of the decision by email.
⚠️ Important:
If you are liable to pay tuition fees, the tuition fee must be paid within 7 days of the decision.
If you have any questions, please contact the Student Affairs Office via the Xinfo service.
Students can apply for restoration if:
- they failed to enrol and lost their right to study, and
- their study time has not yet ended.
Students who are liable to pay tuition fees may also apply if the right to study ended because the tuition fee was not paid and enrolment was not completed, or the tuition fee was refunded. Please note that limitations may apply in tuition fee cases.
The semesters that a student has neglected to enrol as attendant or non-attendant are counted together as a non-attendance time. If the maximum amount of semesters for non-attendance has already been used, the time of absence caused by failed enrolment shortens the right to study time.
Attachments
- Attach an up-to-date transcript of records (PDF) if students have previously studied as attending students.
- No attachments are required if studies were not started as an attending student.
Eligibility criteria for renewed right to study
Students can apply for renewed right to study for a bachelor’s degree when they want to complete an unfinished degree and their studies at a Finnish university of applied sciences were interrupted no more than five years ago. For bachelor’s degrees, the amount of missing studies can be no more than 60 credits. For master’s degree programmes, there is no credit limit for the amount of missing studies.
- Make sure your transcript (if required) is available electronically.
- Be prepared to complete the online payment.
- The application, attachments and payment are submitted at the same time.
- It is not possible to return to the application after submission.
After Submitting the Application
- You will receive an automatic confirmation email after submission.
If you do not receive the email, please check your spam folder.
- The application is processed by the Student Affairs Office and the degree programme.
- You will be notified of the decision by email.
⚠️ Important:
If you are liable to pay tuition fees, the tuition fee must be paid within 7 days of the decision.
If you have any questions, please contact the Student Affairs Office via the Xinfo service.
- Applicants continue in the same or a corresponding degree programme they started at a Finnish university of applied sciences, with the aim of graduating.
- The studies at a Finnish university of applied sciences were interrupted no more than five years ago.
- Applicants have been denied the right to study for one of the following reasons:
a. They resigned from a degree programme, or
b. Their period of right to study ended, or
c. They were considered to have resigned due to failure to enrol and were denied the right to study. - The number of missing credits is no more than the amount corresponding to one year of studies (60 cr). There is no credit requirement for master’s degree programmes. Credits earned in an Open University of Applied Sciences or another University of Applied Sciences in Finland are also taken into account.
- If required, applicants pass an interview or entrance examination satisfactorily.
- The resources of the department allow students to be admitted to the degree programme.
Degree programmes in humanities, social services, healthcare, and marine engineering have requirements related to health conditions. Applicants are asked about their health, and if the health requirements are not met, students are denied the right to study.
The maximum period of renewed right to study is three semesters. The study right can begin in the middle of a semester, and that semester is included in the total number of semesters.
Students studying with renewed right to study do not have the right to enrol as non-attending, and they cannot apply for a discretionary extension to their studies.
The right to study can be renewed only once, except in situations where all three semesters have not yet been used.
- Attach an transcript of records (PDF) (verified by the institution’s signature and stamp)
- Applicants also need information about the previous right to study, such as the number of completed credits and the date when the study right ended.
- Applicants also need a scheduled plan for completing the studies missing from the degree. If support is needed with the study plan, applicants can contact the teacher responsible for the degree programme. If necessary, the Student Affairs Office can provide contact details.
Before filling in the application, have the study information, the online payment details, and the transcript of records ready in electronic form. The application, attachments, and payment must all be submitted at the same time, and it is not possible to return to the application later.
The decision on the application is sent by email to the address given on the application form. Students who are granted renewed right to study do not have the right to enrol as non-attending, and they cannot be granted a discretionary extension to the study time.
FAQ
There is a handling fee of 50 euros charged for the application (Council of State Decree 932/2014 3 §).
- The fee is paid electronically when submitting the application.
- The fee is non-refundable, even if the application is rejected.
Accepted payment methods:
Visa, Mastercard, or American Express credit cards
Finnish online banking credentials
The application, attachments and payment are all submitted at once and it is not possible to return to the application later.
The Finnish higher education institutions charge tuition fees for students outside the EU/EEA area. The fees concern the study programmes conducted in English. Further information on who is required to pay the tuition fees can be found on the Studyinfo.fi service. If you are liable to pay the application fee, you are generally also liable to pay tuition fee for the studies.
Payment instructions
- Pay the tuition fee online via Flywire service
- The available payment methods can be found from the service after selecting the country of origin for the payment. For most countries, bank transfer is one of the available options.
- Before paying, read the instructions at Xamk website Instructions for tuition fee payment. You can also find Xamk refund policy and scholarship scheme on the same website.
- If someone else is paying the tuition fee for you, please make sure to forward the payment instructions in detail to the relevant person.
Flywire provides a secure global payment network that simplifies paying your fees from your home country and countries around the world. Payment options can include bank transfers, credit cards, e-wallets and more, typically in your home currency for most countries.
Important! When paying the fee for August 2026 intake, include the following details in the payment form to avoid problems with payment tracking:
- Amount of the tuition fee: Bachelor’s degree 10 700 euros (full fee), Master’s degree 13 500 euros (full fee).
- Degree programme
- Learner ID (given on your offer of admission)
- Academic year/semester: academic year 2026-2027
If you pay with bank transfer: when making a SWIFT international transfer, you should always select “OUR” in the Details of charges section to avoid banks deducting additional fees for your transfer after completing your payment.
Tuition fee must be paid in one instalment within 3 weeks from the admission. The payment due date cannot be extended and the payment cannot be split into more than one instalment.
- the scholarship based on study progress: a 20% discount on the following year’s tuition fee with good study progress
- Xamk Award: raise your discount on the following year’s tuition fee from 20% to 25-35% with creditable integration and active participation in the local community
- Studies in Finnish language and culture: get additional deductions on the following year’s tuition fee by completing studies in Finnish language and culture.
- scholarship for humanitarian reasons (Ukrainian citizens)
Read more about scholarships: Tuition fees and Scholarships – Xamk
See examples on the tuition fee and scholarship timetable: Instructions for tuition fee payment – Kaakkois-Suomen ammattikorkeakoulu Xamk
The paid tuition fee can be refunded to new students in the following cases only:
- Residence permit for the studies arranged on campus is not granted.
- Your enrolment status is changed to non-attendant after paying the fee but before the enrolment deadline (August 2026 intake: 9 July 2026, January 2026 intake: 27 November 2025).
- You receive a document that exempts you from the tuition fee after paying the fee but before deadline for tuition fees and exempting documents. The deadlines are given in the application timetables.
Please note that the fee cannot be refunded for other reasons, for example if you
- withdraw your residence permit application or
- transfer to another higher education institution or
- give up the study place at Xamk for some other reason.
Refund policy in detail: Instructions for tuition fee payment – Kaakkois-Suomen ammattikorkeakoulu Xamk
Entry into Force of the One Study Right Rule on 1 August 2026
The legislative amendments related to the One Study Right Rule (amendments to the Universities Act and the Universities of Applied Sciences Act) have been confirmed. This means that in the future, a student’s study rights at the same or lower level will be terminated if they accept a new study right leading to a degree. The aim of the legislative changes is to provide the opportunity to complete a higher education degree to as many people as possible who do not yet have a degree or a previous study right.
The provisions apply to universities’ lower and higher university degrees, universities of applied sciences’ bachelor’s degrees, and master’s degrees from universities of applied sciences. Doctoral degrees, commissioned education degrees, international joint and double degrees, and degrees from the National Defence University and the Police University College are excluded from the regulation.
The Finnish National Agency for Education is preparing the implementation of the legislative changes in the Studyinfo services. In the future, when a student accepts a study place, they will lose their existing study rights. At the moment of acceptance, the applicant will be shown which study rights will be terminated as a result. The decision to accept a study place—and thereby terminate previous study rights—is binding and cannot be changed afterwards.
The legislation enters into force on 1 August 2026. The One Study Right Rule will be applied for the first time in application rounds starting after 1 August 2026, in which students are selected for studies beginning on or after 1 January 2027. The rule will be in effect in the autumn joint application. It is important to note that a student’s previous study rights are terminated only when they accept a new study place; otherwise, existing study rights do not need to be relinquished.
According to the legislation in Finland, an applicant has a right to request for adjustment to the decision concerning student selection within 14 days of publishing the results of student admission.
If you believe that there has been a mistake in the student selection and the admission criteria have not been applied correctly, you must first contact admission services at the university of applied sciences where the student admission decision has been made. If the decision was made at Xamk, contact: admissions@xamk.fi.
If this does not clarify the matter, you can make a written request for adjustment to the decision regarding student admission.
A request for adjustment must specify the name and contact information of the person making the request, the decision that the request for adjustment concerns, the points of the decision that adjustment is sought for and the grounds for the request for adjustment. If necessary, supporting documents can be attached to the request.
The request for adjustment concerning student selection at South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences is addressed to the Examination committee and delivered to:
South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences
Examination committee
Paraatikenttä 7, 45100 Kouvola
or
by email to tutkintolautakunta@xamk.fi, topic of the message stating “Request for rectification for the Examination committee”.
Are you a new student beginning your journey with us? We got you covered!
Congratulations on your study place! Find all the essential steps, from confirming your study place to your first days on campus.
The New Student guide at Xamk provides practical information to help students prepare for their studies and settle into life in Finland. It covers the key steps to take after accepting a study place, including confirming enrolment, submitting required documents, and paying tuition fees if applicable.
Essential info for international applicants
Did you know that Finnish education system consistently ranks as one of the best in the world, and Xamk is known to be at the top of the Universities of Applied Sciences in the country.
Studying in Finland offers an opportunity to gain a high-quality education in a safe, innovative, and international environment. Before applying, it is important to understand how the Finnish education system works and what everyday life as a student in Finland involves. Check these key things you should know to help you prepare for your application and future studies with confidence.
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Education Quality and Teaching Style
Finnish higher education is known for its high quality, research-based teaching, and practical learning approach. Studies often focus on independent work, critical thinking, teamwork, and project-based assignments rather than frequent exams. You are expected to take responsibility for your own learning.
Tuition fees and Scholarships
Higher education is free for EU/EEA and permanent residents. Find information on Xamk’s fees and scholarships for Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees here.
Cost of living
Although tuition may be affordable compared to many other countries, the cost of living in Finland can be relatively high. You should budget for housing, food, transportation, study materials, and personal expenses. Students are required to show proof of sufficient financial resources when applying for a residence permit. All degree students at Xamk are responsible for covering their own tuition fees and living expenses.
Student life
Student life in Finland is active and supportive. At Xamk, we will do our best to create an inspirational learning environment and support our students. Therefore, we have created services, which will help our students not only enjoy their studies, but also their lives in Finland!
Live to learn.
Do you want to update, expand or deepen your expertise? With Xamk Pulse learning happens your way. Whether you are interested in an individual course or more extensive studies, you can pick and choose from a wide variety of courses offered by Pulse.
Contact Admission Services
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