Supplementary application
Autumn 2026 intake
Application open
3 – 6 August 2026
Who is this application for?
This application path is designed for those who want to apply for degree programmes that still have study places available after the main application rounds. It is particularly suitable for:
- Late Applicants: Individuals who missed the earlier application periods but are still looking to start their studies at South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (Xamk).
- Second Chance Seekers: Students who applied during the joint application but were not admitted or did not receive a study place that met their goals.
- Quick Starters: Applicants who are ready to begin their studies on short notice, as the period between the application and the start of studies is often brief.
Please note that if you have already accepted an offer of admission from a study programme beginning in autumn semester 2026 in a higher education institution in Finland, you cannot accept another offer of admission in the degree programmes in supplementary application.
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
Advanced Practice Nursing in Acute Care
Bachelor of Engineering, Bioproduct Technology
Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology
Virtual Production
Your essential application guides for supplementary application
How to apply?
The application form is submitted on Studyinfo. You can find the link to the application form from this website during the application period. The link is also available in the programme details on Studyinfo.
You can only submit one application form in the supplementary application. If you submit several application forms, only the newest one will be taken into consideration and all others will be deleted.
You can make changes to study programmes on the application form only during the application period. You can make changes on your application form through a link in the confirmation email sent to your email address after submitting the application form, or by contacting the Admission Services. If you have online banking codes from a bank in Finland, a Finnish mobile certificate or Finnish electronic ID-card, you can also make changes through My Studyinfo service.
Removing or adding study programmes on the application form cannot be done after the application has closed but updates on other information on the application form are possible.
- Application opens: 3 August 2026 at 8.00 am UTC+3.
- Application closes: 6 August 2026 at 3.00 pm UTC+3.
- The deadline for accepting the offer of admission is 7 days from the notice of admission.
- If you are required to pay tuition fee, also the tuition fee must be paid by the same deadline. The Early Bird scholarship is not available in the supplementary application.
- Studies begin in autumn semester 2026.
Eligibility criteria
The eligibility criteria are decided on a yearly basis for each application and degree programme separately.
See the programme-specific admission criteria and the required application documents on Studyinfo by clicking the programme name below.
Bachelor of Engineering, Bioproduct Technology
You can apply for this program through Xamk’s supplementary admissions process if you have completed the following in Finland:
- the upper secondary school curriculum and/or the matriculation examination
- a vocational upper secondary qualification or equivalent prior studies (120 study weeks or 180 competence points) or
- a vocational basic qualification, vocational qualification, or advanced vocational qualification obtained through a competency-based examination, or an equivalent prior qualification.
Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology
You can apply for this program through Xamk’s supplementary admissions process if you have completed the following in Finland:
- the upper secondary school curriculum and/or the matriculation examination
- a vocational upper secondary qualification or equivalent prior studies (120 study weeks or 180 competence points) or
- a vocational basic qualification, vocational qualification, or advanced vocational qualification obtained through a competency-based examination, or an equivalent prior qualification.
You can apply to a Master’s degree programme if you have completed
- an appropriate UAS bachelor’s degree or another appropriate higher education degree and
- at least two years of work experience in a relevant field after completing the higher education degree. As a relevant field is regarded both the field being applied to and the field of the previous higher education degree.
As regards to the appropriate degrees and relevant work experience, the requirements are confirmed separately for each programme and application round. Generally a prior bachelor’s degree in the same field of study is required.
See the programme-specific admission criteria and the required application documents on Studyinfo by clicking the programme name below.
Master of Culture and Arts, Virtual Production
You can apply to this Master’s degree programme if you have completed:
- Higher education degree in the field of Culture or Technology
- at least two years of work experience in a relevant field after completing the higher education degree. As a relevant field is regarded both the field being applied to and the field of the previous higher education degree.
Master of Health Care, Advanced Practice Nursing in Acute Care
You can apply to this Master’s degree programme if you have completed:
- Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing, Paramedic or Public Health Nursing or
- a corresponding post-secondary level vocational qualification (opistoasteen tutkinto), awarded by a vocational college in Finland (e.g. sairaanhoitaja qualification that was begun before the year 2000, prior to the change in the educational system in Finland) or
- a corresponding degree awarded by a higher education institution outside Finland, and
- at least two years of work experience in the relevant field after completing the higher education degree.
Attachments
Qualifications used for applying are verified either from the national database in Finland or from the certificate copies uploaded on the application form. All documents required for the application are uploaded on the application form on Studyinfo by 7 August 2026 12.00 pm UTC+3. Ensure that the documents you upload are clear and legible, and can be opened, preferably as PDF or JPG documents. Unclear or illegible images or documents that cannot be opened will not be considered. You can return to the submitted application form through a link included in the confirmation email you receive from Studyinfo.fi service after submitting the application. If you have online banking codes from a bank in Finland, a Finnish mobile certificate or Finnish electronic ID-card, you can also upload attachments through My Studyinfo service.
During the application process, Xamk may contact the applicant’s educational institute and request information from their original school certificate. Applicant still must upload certificates to application form by the given deadlines.
The student admission is conditional until all information and certificates used for applying have been checked. Original certificates are checked in the beginning of studies on campus. Your study place can be withdrawn if you have given false information about your qualifications or fail to submit the required documents.
The required documents include
- passport, EU/EEA country identity card with a photo or Finnish driver’s license
- document exempting from application / tuition fees (if applicable), see exempting documents on Xamk website
- degree certificate and transcript of records / statement of marks for the eligible qualification
- certificate of change of name (if applicable): if your name on the qualification certificates is not the same as your name on your passport, a certificate of change of name is required (e.g. certificate of marriage).
The required documents include
- passport, EU/EEA country identity card with a photo or Finnish driver’s license
- document exempting from application / tuition fees (if applicable), see exempting documents on Xamk website
- degree certificate and transcript of records / statement of marks for the eligible qualification
- work certificates (minimum 2 years / 24 months) from the field after graduation
- official translation of all documents that have not originally been written in English, Finnish or Swedish
- certificate of change of name (if applicable): if your name on the qualification certificates is not the same as your name on your passport, a certificate of change of name is required (e.g. certificate of marriage).
Additional requirements for work certificates
The work experience can be accumulated from the date of award of the higher education degree and obtained no later than 6 August 2026.
You must provide a work certificate written by the employer and confirmed by the employer’s signature/stamp as proof of employment. The work certificate must include the date of issue/signature, date when the employment has started and ended, contact information for the employer, tasks and work hours in case of part-time employment. If the employment is continuing, a temporary work certificate (including a date of issue/signature) must be provided. If the original work certificate has been written in any other language than Finnish, Swedish or English, you must in addition upload a copy of an authorized translation of the work certificate in one of the before-mentioned languages to your application form.
In addition, please note that
- Work contracts, offer letters or pay slips are not acceptable work certificates.
- Entrepreneurship is accepted as work experience if you can produce a certificate attesting that you have been covered under the statutory YEL or MYEL pension scheme in Finland. Enterprising activities abroad should be substantiated with comparable official documents.
- Work experience is counted in full months. Part-time work is converted into its full-time equivalent: 150 hours or 20 working days lasting at least 7 hours per day correspond to one month of work.
- Work experience does not have to be continuous or obtained working for the same employer. The amount of work experience considered for simultaneous employments may not exceed the amount considered for full-time employment.
- Military or non-military national service, women’s voluntary military service or child-care leave will not be counted towards work experience.
Student selection
In the supplementary application, Xamk organises own entrance examinations or uses other student selection methods. The student selection points are valid only for this application period. Please note that applying to many degree programmes may require taking part in several entry exams or submitting many student selection tasks.
Students are selected based on a video interview.
The video should be uploaded to the application form by 13 August 2026.
Instructions for the video will be published when the supplementary application period begins on 3 August.
Students are selected based on an interview.
Interviews are organised on 11 August 2026 starting at 10 am on Mikkeli campus.
Students are selected based on pre-task and interview. Pre-task should be uploaded to the application form by 9 August 2026.
Students are selected based on pre-material and interview.
Students are selected based on a pre-material and an interview. Along with the interview invitation the applicants will receive the pre-material on which the individual interview will be based.
FAQ
Applicants who are not citizens of the EU, EEA or Switzerland are required to pay an application fee in order to apply to higher education studies. If you are from outside the aforementioned area and you are applying to Bachelor’s or Master’s level studies, you will need to pay the application fee which is 100 euros. If you are liable to pay the application fee, you are generally also liable to pay tuition fee for the studies.
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.
- Before paying, read the instructions at Xamk website.
- 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.
- Tuition fee must be paid in one installment within 7 days from the admission.
- The payment due date cannot be extended and the payment cannot be split into more than one installment.
- 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
Read more about grounds for refund: Tuition fees and Scholarships – Xamk
If you are entitled to a refund, contact the Student Affairs Advisor (contact information on the New Student’s website > Programme-specific instructions) immediately when the situation arises. Please note that the refund request must be submitted within 6 months of the date of the relevant decision or action for it to be considered. The payment is always refunded to the same payment method or account from which the payment was originally made.
Steps to follow when you have received an offer of admission:
- Accept the offer of admission
- Enroll as student or pay the tuition fee
- Non-EU citizens: Apply for a residence permit and Book appointment to the Finnish Embassy
- EU citizens: EU-registration
- Apply student housing
- Register with the Digital and Population Services Agency
More information: New student – Kaakkois-Suomen ammattikorkeakoulu Xamk
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
Xamk’s Admissions Services primarily assists with matters related to applying for degree studies. You can contact us by phone or through our online form.
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Degree education in Finnish:
- +358 44 702 8891
- +358 40 585 6610
Degree education in English:
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