Scholarships and tuition fees

The University offers a generous scholarship programme for students who are subject to the tuition fees. The scholarship are awarded to students in the Master's and Bachelor's Programmes in the following categories:

For Master’s Degree Programmes

• 2-year scholarship that covers the entire tuition fee for 2 academic years for Master’s Degree Programmes.
• 2-year scholarship that covers 50 % of the tuition fee for 2 academic years for Master’s Degree Programmes.
• 1-year scholarship for outstanding performance during the 1^st study year. The scholarship covers the 2^nd year tuition fee.

For Bachelor’s Degree Programmes

• 3-year scholarship that covers the entire tuition fee for 3 academic years for Bachelor’s Degree Programmes.
• 3-year scholarship that covers 50 % of the tuition fee for 3 academic years for Bachelor’s Degree Programmes.
• 2-year scholarship for outstanding performance during the 1^st study year. The scholarship covers the 2^nd and 3^rd year tuition fee.
• 1-year scholarship for outstanding performance during the 1^st and 2^nd study year. The scholarship covers the 3^rd year tuition fee.

A scholarship will be granted to up to 30 % of the admitted students who are subject to tuition fees and have applied for a scholarship. Please read below how the scholarships are awarded.

In the past two years the University has awarded almost 1,5 million euros worth of scholarships that cover the tuition fee. In 2018 a total of 650 000 euros and in 2019 more than 800 000 euros was awarded to students starting their studies in Degree Programmes. The number of scholarships changes annually, in 2018 a scholarship was awarded to 60 students and in 2019 to 71 students.

You can apply for the 2-year or 3-year scholarship at the same time as applying for admission to one of our degree programmes. There is a separate application process for the scholarships for outstanding performance.

The University also offers the Fulbright-University of Turku Graduate Award for studies beyond the Bachelor level at the University of Turku. The award includes a grant of 1000€/month and a scholarship covering the tuition fee. This award is open to U.S. citizens that are accepted to one of the programmes in the University.

More information about the decisions regarding scholarships, please read the Rector's decision (18.12.2019) and the Appendix.

The University of Turku offers scholarships for students who are subject to the tuition fee. Applying for a 2 or 3 year scholarship that covers the tuition fee fully or 50% is simple: just indicate “yes” in the appropriate questions on your application form for the programme.

The 2 and 3 year scholarships are awarded based on academic merit. Extracurricular activities are not evaluated and means testing is not used. The programmes rank their applicants based on the admission criteria that may include an interview, motivation letter or relevant academic experience in addition to the grades of the previous degree. The highest ranked applicants are then proposed to the scholarship committee as candidates for the scholarships. The committee awards the scholarships to the best candidates of each programme. The candidates may be offered a full scholarship or a 50% scholarship.

All applicants who have applied for the scholarship will receive information of the decisions in their admission offer. If the admitted student has been put on the waiting list for the scholarship, they will be informed of a possible scholarship at the latest by the end of May. The scholarship must be accepted within 2-3 weeks after the decision has been published or it will be given to the next person on the waiting list, the exact dates will be given in the admission offer.

The scholarship is awarded for the duration of the degree (three years for bachelor and two years for master), but the 2nd and 3rd year of the scholarship is conditional. In order to confirm the second year scholarship the student must complete 45 credits by the end of March of their previous study year. Details will be given in the scholarship offer.

The scholarships for outstanding performance will be awarded based on studies at the University of Turku and the programme the student has been admitted to. Students who have paid for their studies during their first year(s) of studies at the University of Turku are eligible to apply for this scholarship.

The basic requirement for receiving a scholarship is 55cr with an average score of 3.0 or higher for the first year of studies. All students who fulfill this requirement will be awarded a scholarship for the next academic year.

Tuition fees will not be charged from

• citizens of EU/EEA states or Switzerland
• family members of Finnish citizens
• holders of a permanent Finnish residence permit or a long-term resident’s EU residence permit (P, P-EU)
• holders of a fixed-term continuous residence permit (A)
• holders of an EU Blue Card (a residence permit card with a marking “EU Blue Card” as the type of the permit)

The fixed-term continuous residence permit (A) must be valid at the beginning of each academic year (1 August) to exempt the student from paying tuition fees.

Fees do not apply to exchange students, regardless of their citizenship, nor to doctoral programmes.

Further information

Tuition fees will be charged from citizens of a country outside the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA)  or Switzerland.

Fees do not apply to exchange students, regardless of their citizenship, nor to doctoral programmes.

Further information

Please note that there may be exceptions to these categories. More information above: Who will not be charged?

Faculty of Education:

• Master’s Degree Programme  in Education and Learning € 10,000
• Primary Teacher Education, Bachelor´s Degree Programme (located in Rauma) and Master´s Degree Programme (located in Turku, starts in 2023) € 10,000
• Bacherlor´s Degree Programme in Early Childhood Teacher Education, Bachelor´s Degree Programme (located in Rauma) € 10,000

Faculty of Humanities:

• Master’s Degree Programme in Gender Studies € 10,000
• Master’s Degree Programme in Nordic Cultural Resilience and Social Change € 10,000 

Faculty of Law:

• Master’s Degree Programme  in Law and Information Society € 10,000

Faculty of Science and Engineering:

• Master’s Degree Programme in Biomedical Sciences € 12,000
• Master’s Degree Programme in Biosciences € 12,000
• Master’s Degree Programme in Food Development  € 12,000
• Master’s Degree Programme in Physical and Chemical Sciences € 12,000
• Master’s Degree Programme in Information and Communication Technology € 12,000
• Master’s Degree Programme in Software Engineering (located in Windhoek, Namibia) € 12,000

Faculty of Medicine:

• Master’s Degree Programme  in Biomedical Sciences € 12,000
• Master’s Degree Programme in Future Health and Technology  € 2,000
• Master’s Degree Programme in Human Neurosciences € 10,000

Faculty of Social Sciences:

• Master’s Degree Programme in East Asian Studies € 8,000
• Master's Degree Programme in Inequalities, Interventions and New Welfare State €10,000

Turku School of Economics:

• Master’s Degree Programme  in Futures Studies € 10,000
• Master’s Degree Programme  in Global Innovation Management € 10,000

The first year tuition fee has to be paid before one can register with the University.

The tuition fee covers much more than just teaching and academic guidance in your Master’s degree programme. It opens a whole range of the University’s services for you.

STUDY COURSES OUTSIDE YOUR PROGRAMME

In addition to the courses defined in your programme curriculum, you can study courses from the other programmes according to your own choice and course availability, if the degree structure of your own programme allows. There are some hundreds of courses offered in English which broadens your possibilities remarkably in creating a unique study path and an expert profile.

LANGUAGE COURSES

The University Language Centre is responsible for the language, communication and intercultural skills teaching at the University. Some of the courses in Chinese, English, Finnish for Foreigners, and Japanese are taught in English. Also, most of the more advanced classes are taught in the target language, so you can continue to develop your skills in French, German, Italian, Russian or Spanish if you have sufficient previous knowledge on any of those.

LIBRARY SERVICES

The largest academic library in Southwest Finland gives you excellent sources of information with:

• E-books 488,178 (titles)
• E-journals 26,896 (titles)
• Printed books 1,148,781 (titles)
• Printed journals 32,491 (titles)
• Maps 15,268 items

Use of our extensive library services reduces your study related costs significantly.

IT SERVICES

IT Services for you as a student include

• 24/7 IT classrooms
• wireless networks around the campus
• utu.fi e-mail account and mailing lists
• cloud storage
• scanning and printing (with quota)
• Microsoft Office programmes

SPORTS FACILITIES

With an affordable price of EUR 66/academic year you get access to the versatile sports selection of the CampusSport. The selection includes instructed sports classes (group workouts, combat sports, outdoor sports), sports shifts, five different gyms, a swimming pool and short courses.

BENEFITS OF A STUDENT UNION MEMBERSHIP

Membership of the Student Union is mandatory in Finland for Bachelor’s and Master’s -level students. In 2018 the Student Union membership fee is EUR 107. The membership brings you a number of valuable benefits, for instance:

STUDENT HEALTH CARE

As a member of the Student Union, you have the right to Finnish Student Health Service in every university town in Finland. The health services provided are general practitioners and specialists, dental care, nursing care and physiotherapy as well as x-ray and laboratory work. Services also include mental health counselling, psychotherapy and psychiatric care. The services do not cover hospital care and some specialist services or cases where you get into an accident.

LUNCH DISCOUNT

As a member of the Student Union, you can enjoy a healthy lunch at a student price of less than 3 € in one of the 7 student cafeterias on campus or in any other student cafeteria in Finland.

You can read more about benefits offered by the Student Union at www.tyy.fi/en.