Scholarships for students admitted in 2025 or before
The scholarship system of the University of Turku was changed for the 2026 intake. Students who were admitted in 2025 or before follow the scholarship programme described on this page.
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.
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.
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.
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 or 55 credits by the end of June of their previous study year. Details will be given in the scholarship offer.
Eligibility criteria for this scholarship:
- You are an active student at the University of Turku, studying in one of the international programmes.
- You are a citizen of a country outside the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland.
- You have paid the tuition fee for studies during the first (or also first and second for BA students) study years.
- Students studying in double degree programmes are eligible for the scholarship if the tuition fee in the programme is over €3,000 and there are no other scholarships offered within the programme. The student must also be liable to pay tuition to the University of Turku for one or two semesters of the academic year the scholarship would cover. The University of Turku does not offer scholarships that would cover the tuition fee in another university or cover a tuition fee retroactively.
- You have earned at least 45 credits that count towards the minimum degree requirements by the end of March or 55 credits by June 30. If a BA applicant is applying after 2 years, they need to have at least 100 credits by the end of March or 110 by June 30.
- The average grade of studies included in the degree is 3.0 or higher.
Please see more information on intranet (requires utu credentials)
When you have completed all the required study attainments (inc. thesis) but the administrative work related to graduation will not be completed until after 31 July
The extra scholarship for graduation can be awarded both to students who have received a scholarship to cover the tuition for their studies and to students who have paid for their studies.
In case you do not graduate by July 31 within the limits of the granted scholarship, but have completed all the required study attainments (including a submitted thesis), the evaluation of the thesis and the administrative work related to graduation can be completed during the next semester. In these cases, you receive an additional grant for one semester.
Please note if you began your studies in the spring semester or have received a discretionary extra scholarship for one semester only the deadline can also be 31 December.
See more information on intranet (required utu credentials).
The Finland Scholarship was a scholarship category for the best non-EU/EEA applicants who were admitted to Master’s degree studies at the University of Turku in 2022-2024. From 2022 to 2024, each international Master’s programme of UTU could award a Finland Scholarship to their applicant(s) with most merit. Applicants chosen to double degree programmes or who choose a double degree option couldn't receive a Finland Scholarship. The number of Finland Scholarship recipients per programme depended on the programme quota.
The Finland Scholarship covered the tuition fee and included a separate 5,000 € grant for expenses in starting the studies in Turku, Finland. The 5,000 € grant was paid to a Finnish bank account during the first semester, after the student had enrolled as an attending student at the University of Turku and moved to Finland.
As part of the Finland Scholarship decision, the scholarship recipient was also granted a conditional second year scholarship to cover 100% of the second year’s tuition fee. In order to confirm the second year scholarship the student had to complete 45 credits by the end of March or 55 credits by the end of June of their previous study year. Details were given in the scholarship offer.
The University of Turku granted Finland Scholarships as part of the national Finland Scholarship programme, funded by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture.