Study right based on previous studies

The application form is on Studyinfo.filaunch.

It is possible to apply around the year. The application period is open at all other times except during the second joint application period in March. Your application will be processed within approximately 3-4 weeks. Processing times may be longer at the end of semesters. Please note that applications will not be handled during holiday periods (week 8, summer vacation, week 43 and Christmas holidays).

Please upload all the required attachments on the application form before sending it.

When your study right begins:

• If you apply between 24 March and 30 September and get accepted, your study right for degree studies begins in the fall semester.
• If you apply between 1 October and 8 March and get accepted, your study right for degree studies begins in the spring semester.
• If you are required to pay the tuition fee, your study right can only start from the beginning of the next academic semester because the tuition fee must be paid fully before the beginning of semester.

Follow your email:

• Please follow your email as you may be asked for more information to support your application. Remember to follow your email’s spam folder as well, in case our emails arrive mistakenly there.
• You will receive the decision to your email as soon as the decision has been made. Study right will be set so that it matches the completed studies and/or based on your PSP.

Language skills assessment:

• We may require you to demonstrate that you have an adequate level of proficiency in the language of instruction for the degree programme.
• If a language certificate is necessary, we will contact you via email after you have submitted your application.

Accepting the study place and registering as a student:

• If the study right is admitted, you need to accept the study place within seven days.
• When you accept the study place, you will be registered as a degree student to our system. After that you can, for example, get a study certificate and join the Student Union. As a member of the Student Union, you get a student card, and you will get to use student benefits and discounts.
• If you don’t accept the offered study place, you can apply for a degree student again later.
• If a study right can not be admitted to you, you will be informed about it by email and you will be advised on how to proceed in the future.

Health care fee:

• Please remember the FSHS student health care feearrow_forward: when you are a degree student enrolled as present, you need to pay the healthcare fee for students in higher education for the whole semester. You will not receive an invoice, but you must pay the fee on your own initiative.

Regarding application options 4-5: the number of available study places varies by degree programme. Some degree programmes or groups don’t have available study places or there might be only few study places available.

SAMK collects tuition fees from non-EU/EEA students.

Those applying to study in the field of Health Care and Social Services must have good health status and functional capacity to be capable of completing practical assignments and work placement periods as part of the studies. SAMK has the right to receive the health status information required for the evaluation of admission as well as information from another higher education institution about possible pending proceedings regarding the withdrawal of the study right.

One Study Place per Term Provision: This separate application is included in the one study place per term provision. According to this provision, a student may accept only one study place leading to a higher education degree in Finland in education that begins in the same academic term. This rule applies to all higher education.

1. You have completed 45 ECTS for bachelor’s degree at a Finnish Open UAS (Open path studies), and you want to become a degree student.

• You may apply to become a degree student as soon as you have completed 45 credits of degree-related studies at a Finnish Open UAS.
• If you have completed your studies at another Finnish UAS, you need to attach a transcript of your studies to the application form.
• If you apply to become a degree student immediately after you have completed the required pathway studies at Satakunta UAS, you will be granted the study right and you can continue studying in the same study group where you completed your pathway studies. Study right will be set that it matches the completed studies.
• If necessary, save your unfinished work and any required materials to your own computer. If there is a break of more than 30 days between the end of your SAMK Open UAS study right and the start of your new degree study right, you will lose the content in Moodle, email, and other SAMK systems.
• If you apply to become a degree student later, your eligibility to apply will be assessed and your completed studies will be compared to the valid curriculum. There might have been changes in the curriculum and it may be that the same degree program in which you completed your credits is no longer available at Satakunta UAS. For these reasons, we recommend applying as a degree student as soon as you have studied the required number of credits at an open university of applied sciences.

2. You have completed 30 ECTS for master’s degree at a Finnish Open UAS (Open path studies) and you want to become a degree student.

• You may apply to become a degree student as soon as you have completed 30 credits of degree-related studies belonging to a master’s degree at a Finnish Open UAS.
• You must submit copies of certificates which prove your eligibility to apply to master’s degree in question: suitable bachelor’s or master’s degree and at least 24 months of required work experience after graduation. Please check the requirements from Admissions Criteria of the degree programme you are applying to. If you have completed your studies at Satakunta Open UAS, you do not have to submit a transcript of your studies as we can check your credits from our student management system.
• We will assess your studies and eligibility when you apply. Requirements for background education and work experience, as well as curricula may change, so we will compare the studies you have completed with the current curriculum and check to see if eligibility is met. There might have been changes in the curriculum and it may be that the same degree program in which you completed your credits is no longer available at Satakunta UAS.
• If necessary, save your unfinished work and any required materials to your own computer. If there is a break of more than 30 days between the end of your SAMK Open UAS study right and the start of your new degree study right, you will lose the content in Moodle, email, and other SAMK systems.

3. You have unfinished bachelor’s or master’s degree at Satakunta UAS and you have completed all the studies missing from the degree at Satakunta Open UAS. You can graduate immediately.

• Fill in the application only after the completion of every course you have taken in the Open UAS has been recorded in Peppi. Your thesis and maturity test must also be graded.
• If you have completed all of the studies the (unfinished degree and the open UAS studies) at Satakunta UAS, you do not have to submit any attachments. If you have completed your studies at some other Finnish UAS, please attach study transcripts to the application form. Alternatively you can share a link to your completed studies at My Studyinfo.
• If you are applying to master’s degree, please submit copies of your study certificates which prove your eligible education. Please check the requirements from Admissions Criteria of the degree programme you are applying to.
• Your studies will be assessed together with the student counsellor of the faculty.

4. You have completed 60 ECTS or more for a bachelor’s degree in a Finnish UAS and are applying to become a degree student. Completed studies are a part of an unfinished bachelor’s degree. Satakunta UAS offers studies in a similar or close field.

• You must have at least 60 credits of such studies which can be included in the degree programme you are applying to. Please compare your studies to the valid curriculum of the degree programme you are applying to and start to fill in a recognition form.launch
• You can find the curricula in the study guide.launch
• Save the recognition form to your computer and fill it in with the help of the transcript from your previous studies.
• Attach the recognition form and a transcript of your studies or a link to your completed studies at My Studyinfo to the application form.
• Your studies and your recognition form will be assessed together with the student counsellor of the faculty and we will create you a preliminary study plan.
• The number of available study places varies by degree programme and study group.
• Study right will be set so that it matches the completed studies and/or based on your personal study plan.

5. You have completed 10 ECTS or more (60 credits degree) or 30 ECTS or more (90 credits degree) for master’s degree in a Finnish UAS and are applying to become a degree student. Completed studies are a part of an unfinished master’s degree. We offer studies in a similar or close field.

• Studies must be such as they can be included to the degree programme you are applying to. Please compare your studies to the valid curriculum of the degree programme you are applying to and start to fill in a recognition form.launch
• You can find the curricula in the study guide.launch
• Save the recognition form to your computer and fill it in with the help of the transcript from your previous studies.
• Attach the recognition form and a transcript of your master studies or a link to your completed studies at My Studyinfo to the application form.
• If you have completed your studies at Satakunta Open UAS, you do not have to submit a transcript of your studies but you do need to submit the recognition form.
• You must submit copies of certificates which prove your eligibility to apply to master’s degree in question: suitable bachelor’s or master’s degree and at least 24 months of required work experience after graduation. Please check the requirements from Admissions Criteria of the degree programme you are applying to.
• Your studies and your recognition form will be assessed together with the student counsellor of the faculty and we will create you a preliminary study plan.
• The number of available study places varies by degree programme and study group.
• Study right will be set so that it matches the completed studies and/or based on your personal study plan.