Tuition Fees and Scholarships 

Tuition fee is not charged from students who are citizens of countries in the EU/EEA/Switzerland. 

Students who have one of the following, are exempted from tuition fees: 

• an EU Blue Card 
• continuous (type A) residence permit in Finland. Please note that from the spring 2022 onward the legislation has changed and the new students applying for student visa will receive continuous residence permit A based on their study place (previous residence permit B). This permit, however, will not give exemption from the tuition fee. The grounds for the permit are stated in the card (student). 
• permanent (type P) residence permit in Finland 
• an EU residence permit for third-country citizens with long-term residence (type P-EU) in Finland 
• EU Family Member’s Residence Card in Finland 
• Brexit permit 

Document proving the right for exemption must be submitted before the tuition fee is charged. The document must be valid on the 1st of August in order for you to be exempted from the tuition fee for the autumn semester and on the 1st of January in order for you to be exempted from the tuition fee for the spring semester. 

If a student’s residence permit status changes during studies, the student must provide copies of documents to be exempted from tuition fees. If a document is provided after paying the tuition fee, the payment will be returned to the student regarding the period after the delivery of the document, starting from the beginning of the month when the document is delivered. If the new residence permit will not give exemption from the tuition fees, student has to pay the tuition fee starting from the semester after the residence permit has expired. 

The first-year tuition fee is paid in one part. This applies also to transfer students, students who have been selected on the basis of their Open UAS or previous UAS studies and students studying for a double or joint degree. If you are a transfer student, please note that the first-year tuition fee referred here applies to your first year at Oamk as well. 

The tuition fee for the rest of the academic years is charged in two parts. 

• The payment link for the autumn term (5 000 €) is sent in May-June after you have enrolled as present for the upcoming academic year. The due date for the autumn term of the tuition fee is the 31st of July. 
• The tuition fee for the spring term (5 000 €) is charged in October. The due date for the spring term of the tuition fee is the 31st of December. 

If you fail to pay the tuition fee within the given due date, you will lose your right to study. 

You can be granted scholarships a maximum of 6 000 € at most as follows: 

• A scholarship of 3 000 € for completing level 3 of YKI. You must have completed at least three of the four subtests in the YKI test at proficiency level 3 or higher. 
• A scholarship of 3 000 € for completing level 4 of YKI. You must have completed at least three of the four subtests in the YKI test at proficiency level 4 or higher. 

Please note when applying for a scholarship: 

• You must be a tuition fee paying and attending student. 
• The grant is a one-time grant with regard to its level. One certificate can only be used to apply for a grant from one proficiency level. 
• You are responsible for paying the charges related to completing the National Certificate of Language Proficiency. 
• A grant awarded for language proficiency is primarily deducted from the next tuition fee. 

The Finnish Language Scholarship is awarded by the Grant Committee after you have taken the exam and presented the diploma. You can apply for the Finnish Language Scholarship after the diploma is issued. Send an e-mail to Grant Committee grantcommittee@oamk.fi and you will receive more detailed information for the scholarship application. 

The first-year tuition fee is paid in one part. There are no scholarships for first-year students. This applies also to transfer students, students who have been selected on the basis of their Open UAS or previous UAS studies and students studying for a double or joint degree. If you are a transfer student, please note that the first-year tuition fee referred here applies to your first year at Oamk as well. 

The tuition fee for the rest of the academic years is charged in two parts. 

• The payment link for the first part (4 000 €) is sent in May-June after you have enrolled as present for the upcoming academic year. The due date for the first part of the tuition fee is the 31^st of July. 
• The second part of the tuition fee (4 000 €) is charged in October. The due date for the second part of the tuition fee is the 31^st of December. 

If you have completed at least 55 credits during your previous academic year, you will be awarded a scholarship of 2 400 € which will be deducted from the second part of the tuition fee. The Grant Committee will check the number of study credits of each tuition paying student and informs students in October whether they are awarded for a scholarship. The deadline for completed credits is the end of the previous academic year (July 31^st). If you are awarded a scholarship, the second part of the tuition fee is 1600 €.

• Compensated credits are not recognized when monitoring study progress if they are completed before the current study right. 
• If a student has enrolled as an attending student for one term and as an absent student for another term, they must complete 55 credits during their attendance to receive a refund on the next academic year’s tuition fee. 
• If a student completes more than 55 credits during an academic year, any studies exceeding 55 credits will be taken into account when awarding a scholarship for the next academic year. 

If your studies continue after your optimal study time has ended, you will be charged 4 000 € for each additional semester to complete the program. There are no scholarships available for additional semesters. 

In order to be awarded the graduating student’s scholarship, you have to graduate within your optimal study time (Degree Programme in Nursing / International Business 3,5 years and Degree Programme in Information Technology / Mechanical Engineering 4 years). If you do not graduate within your optimal study time, you are not entitled for the graduating student´s scholarship. 

If you graduate within your optimal study time, you will be refunded a scholarship of 2 400 €. This scholarship will be paid to a bank account indicated by you. 

Students of Nursing and International Business will also be refunded the last autumn term scholarship of 1200 € after graduation if they have completed at least 55 credits during their previous academic year and the scholarship has not been reduced from the autumn term tuition fee. 

You can apply for the graduating student´s scholarship after the Degree Certificate is issued. Send an e-mail to Grant Committee (grantcommittee@oamk.fi) in which you inform your graduation date and your bank account information: 

• IBAN account number 
• Name of the bank 
• The address of the bank (if not a Finnish bank account) 
• BIC / SWIFT -code (if not a Finnish bank account) 

The first-year tuition fee is paid in one part. There are no scholarships for first-year students. This applies also to transfer students, students who have been selected on the basis of their Open UAS or previous UAS studies and students studying for a double or joint degree. If you are a transfer student, please note that the first-year tuition fee referred here applies to your first year at Oamk as well. 

The tuition fee for the second and the rest of the academic years is charged in two parts. 

• The payment link for the first part (4 000 €) is sent in May-June after you have enrolled as present for the upcoming academic year. The due date for the first part of the tuition fee is the 31^st of July. 
• The second part of the tuition fee (4 000 €) is charged in October if you have not completed at least 55 credits during your previous academic year. The due date for the second part of the tuition fee is the 31^st of December. 

If you have completed at least 55 credits during your previous academic year, you will be awarded a scholarship which covers the second part of the tuition fee (4 000 €). The Grant Committee will check the number of study credits of each tuition paying student and informs students in October whether they are awarded for a scholarship. The deadline for completed credits is the end of the previous academic year (July 31^st). 

• Compensated credits are not recognized when monitoring study progress if they are completed before the current study right. 
• If a student has enrolled as an attending student for one term and as an absent student for another term, they must complete 55 credits during their attendance to receive a refund on the next academic year’s tuition fee. 
• If a student completes more than 55 credits during an academic year, any studies exceeding 55 credits will be taken into account when awarding a scholarship for the next academic year. 

If your studies continue after your optimal study time has ended, you will be charged 4 000 € for each additional term to complete the program. There are no scholarships available for additional terms. 

In order to be awarded the graduating student´s scholarship, you have to graduate within your optimal study time (Degree Programme in Nursing / International Business 3,5 years and Degree Programme in Information Technology 4 years). If you do not graduate within your optimal study time, you are not entitled for the graduating student´s scholarship. 

If you graduate within your optimal study time, you will be refunded a scholarship of 4 000 €. This scholarship will be paid to a bank account indicated by you. 

Students of Nursing and International Business will also be refunded the last autumn term scholarship of 2 000 € after graduation if they have completed at least 55 credits during their previous academic year and the scholarship has not been reduced from the autumn term tuition fee. 

You can apply for the graduating student´s scholarship after the Degree Certificate is issued. Send an e-mail to Grant Committee grantcommittee@oamk.fi in which you inform your graduation date and your bank account information: 

• IBAN account number 
• Name of the bank 
• The address of the bank (if not a Finnish bank account) 
• BIC / SWIFT -code (if not a Finnish bank account) 

The tuition fee for Master’s degree is 10 000 € for one academic year (=two terms) and 5 000 € for each additional term to complete the program. 

The first-year tuition fee of 10 000 € is always collected from new students in one part even if they begin their studies in the spring term. 

The tuition fee for an additional term is charged after you have enrolled as present for the upcoming semester. The due date is the 31st of July for the autumn term tuition fee and 31^st of December for the spring term tuition fee. 

If you have accepted your study place for autumn 2024 intake and graduate within your optimal study time, you will be refunded 10 % of the tuition fee as a scholarship. 

The optimal study time for a 60-credit degree is one academic year and 1,5 years for a 90-credit degree. If you do not graduate within your optimal study time, you are not entitled for a scholarship. 

Scholarships are awarded by the Grant Committee. You can apply for the graduating student´s scholarship after the Degree Certificate is issued. Send an e-mail to Grant Committee (grantcommittee@oamk.fi) in which you inform your graduation date and your bank account information: 

• IBAN account number 
• Name of the bank 
• The address of the bank (if not a Finnish bank account) 
• BIC / SWIFT -code (if not a Finnish bank account) 

If you have accepted your study place for spring 2024 intake or before and graduate within your optimal study time, you will be refunded 25 % of the tuition fee as a scholarship. 

The optimal study time for a 60-credit degree is one academic year and 1,5 years for a 90-credit degree. If you do not graduate within your optimal study time, you are not entitled for a scholarship. 

You can also apply for The Finnish Language Scholarship of 2000 € if: 

• you have been selected for degree studies beginning before autumn 2024. 
• you are a tuition fee paying and attending student
• you have an intermediate diploma of the YKI language test in Finnish in which you have achieved at least three of the test’s four components on the level 3 or higher. 

Scholarships are awarded by the Grant Committee. Send an e-mail to Grant Committee (grantcommittee@oamk.fi) after the Degree Certificate / Finnish Language Diploma is issued and you will receive more detailed information for the scholarship application. 

For applying the graduating student’s scholarship you need to inform your graduation date and your bank account information: 

• IBAN account number 
• Name of the bank 
• The address of the bank (if not a Finnish bank account) 
• BIC / SWIFT -code (if not a Finnish bank account)