Certificates

In order to demonstrate eligibility for UAS studies, applicants must attach copies of their educational documents by the given date to the online application. In addition a copy of an official Finnish, Swedish or English translation of the certificate must be attached to the application if the diploma is not written in one of these languages. The translation must be by the authorized translator and must include the translator’s signature and stamp.

Applicants with following degrees must attach the copies of their certificates to their application by the given date:

• A Finnish competence based specialist vocational qualification
• A Finnish competence based further vocational qualification
• Applicants completing their IB examination in IB schools or European Baccalaureate examination of European schools in the spring of applying must provide a copy of their Predicted Grades / Temporary Certificate
• Non-Finnish qualifications

Applicants graduating in the spring of the application must deliver copy of the final diploma to the Admission Services in connection to accepting the study place.

All supportive documents should be attached to the online application. If for some reason you wish to send the documents by post or courier services to Oulu University of Applied Sciences, please follow the instructions below:

When you send a consignment of documents to Finland:

• Send the consignment of documents as a letter. Do not send it as a parcel.
• Do not determine a value for the letter, when sending it. Do not indicate even the amount paid for a passport to the authorities, such as the amount of stamp duty, or the value of the concluded insurance for the consignment.  
• If the country of dispatch requires the consignor to determine a value for the consignment of documents, the value is zero (euros or other currency).
• The goods description for the consignment should be, for example, documents.

For further information regarding the consignment of documents to Finland, please contact Finnish Customs directly

All selected students, Finnish and international, must bring their original documents to be verified by the Admission Services on the first day of their studies. The original documents must be equivalent to the copies delivered during the application period.

The applicant who has enrolled present and does not bring the original certificates to be checked or does not change the enrolment of presence into enrolment of absence will forfeit the right to study.

In co-operation with Finnish authorities, the Admission Services will automatically inform the Finnish Immigration Service about the cancellation of the study place. Also the non-appearance of an enrolled student coming to Finland with a student’s residence permit will be reported to the authorities.

The student selection is not final until the original diplomas have been checked. This applies to all applicants, Finnish and international. If the student fails to deliver original documents to the Admission Services by the given deadline, Oamk will cancel the offered study place.