Admission Procedure
The departments and faculties of the University of Turku review the applications. In case an applicant believes that there has been a mistake in the handling of the application and/or entrance examination, she/he should submit a written complaint to the faculty within 14 days of the official publication of the results.
All applicants will be notified of the admission decision. Admitted students will receive the information about admission by 17 July 2012 at the latest. Please note that the Master's degree programmes in the University of Turku will inform applicants about the admissions decision already in April-June.
Higher education institutions notify the applicant about her/his acceptance in writing. Admitted students must then confirm whether they will accept the study place offer. This confirmation is binding and it cannot be altered. If an applicant has not confirmed the study place in writing by 31 July 2012 16.15 (GMT +2), the right to enrol in the programme is forfeited. Detailed instructions on confirmation procedures will be sent to all accepted students.
In some cases, there is a possibility to be admitted in reserve and to queue for a possible place opening. The right to wait in reserve is valid until 14 August, 2012 at 16.15 Finnish time. If an opening is available for the student before this date, it will become the student's study place. If there are no places available before this date, and the student has been accepted elsewhere and has conditionally accepted the placement, the student's study place will be at that institution which had previously been confirmed.
The student can only wait for one place and is not allowed to change that place. Reserve places are not necessarily available in all Master's degree programmes. If a student is not sure that the programme she/he prefers has reserve places available, the student should contact the programme coordinator or the faculty in question before announcing his/her willingness to be in reserve.
Applicants' information is registered in the universities' applicant and enrolment register (HAREK) and the polytechnics' applicant and study place register (AMKOREK). The registers are maintained by the National Board of Education in Finland.
The applicant has the right to check his/her personal data from these registers. With the applicant's permission, the registered information can be disseminated to education authorities, Statistics Finland, the Social Insurance Institution of Finland, the employment authorities, and providers of student health care. In addition, the registrar can also disseminate registered names and addresses for marketing and education-related information purposes.
Starting of Studies and Orientation Course
Master's degree studies start in the beginning of September 2012 (exact date to be confirmed). The University of Turku arranges an Orientation Course in Tuesday 4 September for new international students before the starting of academic studies. Please read more about the right to study and registration from here.