The Rolling Admission application period for degree programmes conducted in English for applicants who in their past have completed the SAT tests (new version taken after March 2016) or have acceptable certificates, will be arranged between 5-31 May 2025. For applicants who are accepted in this application round, the studies are set to begin in August 2025.
This application is not part of the Joint application of Higher Education. For this reason, it is only possible to apply via the Centria / Direct application with SAT results to Bachelor’s degrees / year 2025 or Centria / Direct application, certificate-based selection to Bachelor’s degrees / year 2025. The application process takes place at Studyinfo.fi when the application period is ongoing.
This application round works on a basis of a rolling admission; eligible students will be accepted already during the application round, on the first-come first-serve basis until all available places are filled. Applicants can be admitted if they submit a valid application, attach required documents, and meet eligibility requirements.
Applications are checked as they are submitted. It is the applicants’ responsibility to submit the application with all the required documents and pay the application fee in time (if required). Only applications with the required attachments and paid application fees will be checked and can be considered. Study places are filled in order so it is important to pay the application fee as soon as possible.
If you have not submitted all the required documents and paid the application fee by the deadline your application will not be considered.
SAT-scores must be delivered between 5 May – 7 June 2025. Only applications and SAT scores which have been delivered during the application period are valid.
Certificate-based selection
In the certificate-based selection you can apply to two Bachelor’s degree programmes. If you are eligible, you will be offered a study place in the programme first on your list. If that programme is already full, you will be offered a study place in the programme you have selected as your second choice.
You are eligible to apply in the certificate-based selection if you have a qualification that provides eligibility for higher education studies in EU/ETA-area, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Turkey or Nepal and have acceptable grades. Those graduating in spring/summer 2025 are also conditionally eligible and are required to submit a certificate of graduation and predicted grades.
Finnish applicants are required to have grades for Finnish matriculation examination.
Also following International matriculation examinations are accepted:
- International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma completed in an IB World School
- European Baccalaureate (EB) Diploma completed in a European School
- Reifeprüfung (RP) or Deutsches Internationales Abitur (DIA) degree completed in Finland).
These qualifications are scored similarly to the Finnish matriculation examination in certificate-based selection.
Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees and vocational qualifications are not considered in the certificate-based selection.
You will also need to submit acceptable proof of English language skills. You can find the list of accepted documents here.
Bachelor of Business Administration, Business Management
Bachelor of Business Administration, Business Management (ERP)
Bachelor of Business Administration, International Business Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing
To be eligible to apply for these degrees you will be required to submit a certificate and transcript with a grade in English comparable to an US grade B as well an overall GPA comparable to US grade B.
If the GPA is not clearly stated on your certificate or transcript it will be counted based on the grades on your certificate.
You will also need to submit acceptable proof of English language skills. You can find the list of accepted documents here.
Bachelor of Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology, blended learning
Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology, daytime studies
Bachelor of Engineering, Industrial Management
To be eligible to apply for these degrees you will be required to submit a certificate and transcript with grades both in English and Mathematics comparable to an US grade B as well an overall GPA comparable to US grade B.
If the GPA is not clearly stated on your certificate or transcript it will be counted based on the grades on your certificate.
Applicant is obligated to provide a certificate that is comparable to the educational certificates provided currently by the education system in their home country.
You will also need to submit acceptable proof of English language skills. You can find the list of accepted documents here.
Lowest accepted average: average equivalent to grade 3 “good” on Centria grading scale (1-5). The requirement equals to grade C on the European Credit Transfer System and grade B on the United States grading scale:
Centria – ECTS
5 – A
4 – B
3 – C
2 – D
1 – E
0 – F
Centria – US
5 – A
4 – B+
3 – B
2 – C
1 – D
0 – F
Every application is evaluated individually as the grading systems vary by country.
The applicants who satisfy all the admission criteria will be accepted in the order that they have submitted their complete application. An application is considered complete when Centria UAS has received the application in Studyinfo and all required documents.
If you are required to pay the application fee, your application is considered only after the fee has been paid.
The admission process is based on rolling admission and the number of study places is limited. Once the study places have been filled, new applicants cannot be accepted to study.
If any of the compulsory attachments is missing have not been delivered, the processing time for your application is prolonged, and your chances for admission are lower.
If you have questions regarding the application process, please contact admissions@centria.fi.
Applying with SAT scores
When applying with SAT scores one applicant can apply only for ONE programme. Only one application from an applicant will be taken into consideration.
For this specific direct application round, the following education give applicants eligibility to apply for Bachelor´s programmes in the SAT application:
- the studies required for graduating from the Finnish upper secondary school or a Matriculation Examination
- International Baccalaureate (IB) degree;
- Reifeprüfung or Deutsche Internationale Abitur (DIA) degree completed outside Finland
- European Baccalaureate (EB) Diploma
- a Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification covering 120 credits or 180 competence points or a corresponding earlier Finnish vocational degree covering at least 80 credits;
- a Finnish post-secondary or higher vocational level diploma;
- a Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification or a further or specialist vocational qualification as a competence-based qualification, or a comparable previous qualification;
- a foreign qualification that provides eligibility for higher education studies in the country in question
- Bachelor´s degree and Master´s degree
Centria University of Applied Sciences uses discretionary admission, which means that the applicant could be considered eligible even if he/she did not meet the general admission criteria. Discretion may come into question in the following situation:
- The applicant’s (who are not a citizen of an EU/EEA country) final certificate will not be available by the end of the application period, and therefore a photocopy of it cannot be sent by a set date. The applicant can further proceed in the application process if he or she can provide an official temporary certificate or statement of results which is given by the organization awarding degrees (for example in Nigeria or Ghana an official statement of results sent to Centria directly from WAEC or NECO or in Kenya statement of results sent directly from the KNEC). The certificate should also state the scope of the degree and estimated date of graduation.
- If the applicant is a refugee or in a refugee-like situation and formerly obtained qualifications cannot be proven through documentary evidence, Centria can excuse the applicant and he or she can proceed in the application process. In this case, an applicant must prove the refugee status by a decision made by a competent authority and send a copy of the decision (a decision on asylum or a residence permit granted by a need for protection) to the Admissions office by a set date.
Required documents of eligibility
Following page you can find answers to applicants’ most frequently asked questions related to eligibility requirements for the Bachelor Degree Programmes and required study certificates and documents by country.
Admission criteria
Applicants can apply for all Bachelor programmes except the Nursing programme with the SAT results. Only results from the new SAT test (taken after March 2016) are acceptable.
- Centria UAS requires applicants to score a minimum of 500 points from evidence-based reading and writing and a minimum of 500 points from Mathematics. Essay results are not required.
- Score reports should be ordered electronically by applicants directly from the test center and need to be delivered to Centria UAS by 7 June 2025 at the latest.
- Reports printed or sent by the applicant him/herself are not acceptable.
- Centria´s designated SAT code is 7819.
General instructions in rolling admission
Filling the application
Applicants start the application process by filling an online application form during the application period at Studyinfo.fi. The application is publicly accessible to everyone via the internet, and the admission process follows predefined admissions criteria. Therefore, no stakeholders outside the institution can have influence over the selection process itself. When filling the application form, applicants are advised to double-check if the given postal address is up to date and the given email address is functional.
A functional email address is particularly important in order to be able to be contacted later on with decisions and further guidelines. The email address provided in the application form will be taken as the official channel of communication and will not be changed later in the process. Once the application has successfully been registered, including a copy of the education certificate, applicants receive an application number. If an application number is received, applicants do not have to contact Centria´s Admissions office to confirm that the application has arrived.
The deadline for filling in the application and submitting it is 31 May 2025, 3 pm Finnish time. After submitting the application, applicants can still make changes to the application until the end of the application period. After that, it is still possible to attach documents to the application, but no other changes are possible. The deadline for submitting attachments is 7 June 2025, 3 pm Finnish time.
Application fees
Starting from 1 Jan 2025, applicants from outside the EU, EEA or Switzerland are required to pay an application fee in order to apply to higher education studies.
If you are from outside the aforementioned area and you are applying to studies in Finland, you will need to pay the application fee.
The application fee is 100 euros. You are going to receive a payment link to your email address after submitting your application at Studyinfo.fi. You can pay the application fee with the following global payment methods:
- VISA
- Mastercard
- Apple Pay
In addition to these, you can pay the application fee with Finnish bank payment methods (given that you have access to these methods).
The application fee does not guarantee that you will be offered admission to studies.
More information and details concerning the application fee will can be found here – STUDYINFO.FI – APPLICATION FEE
English language skills
Centria reserves the right to evaluate the applicants English language skills by an interview.
Admission results
All accepted applicants will be informed about their admission by first-come first-serve basis by e-mail. Acceptance letters will be sent already during the application period. It is essential to apply with a valid email address so the results are will reach the applicants. After being admitted, in order to be able to start their studies, applicants still have to accept the study place by logging into Studyinfo.fi and accepting the offered study place. The deadline for accepting the offered study place is 10 July 2025, 3 pm Finnish time. If applicants have problems using the Internet and accessing the Studyinfo.fi, a pdf form can be provided by the Admissions office. By accepting the study place, applicants also register themselves as a present for the first academic year. If applicants wish to register as absent, they have to check the Enrolment section of Centria´s website to see if they are eligible to apply for such status and consult it further with the Admissions office.
AMOUNT OF OFFERED STUDY PLACES
Bachelor of Business Administration, Business Management 15 (10 via certificate-based selection, 5 SAT)
Bachelor of Business Administration, Business Management (ERP) 15 (10 via certificate-based selection, 5 SAT)
Bachelor of Business Administration, International Business 15 (10 via certificate-based selection, 5 SAT)
Bachelor of Engineering, Chemical Engineering 15 (10 via certificate-based selection, 5 SAT)
Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology, blended learning 15 (10 via certificate-based selection, 5 SAT)
Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology, daytime studies 15 (10 via certificate-based selection, 5 SAT)
Bachelor of Engineering, Industrial Management 15 (10 via certificate-based selection, 5 SAT)
Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing 5 (only certificate-based selection is used)
The applicants who fulfill all the admission criteria will be accepted in the order that they have submitted their complete application. Please note that the number of study places is limited.
In case an applicant believes a mistake has been made in student selection, they may file a claim for adjustment after the publication of the student selection results.
Claims for adjustment have to be filed within 14 days after the publication of results. Appeal based on personal circumstances will not be considered as valid reason for appeal. Student admission decision can be changed only in those cases where it is clearly shown that the UAS has not followed the student admission criteria. Therefore, the claim of adjustment must be well-grounded and it should contain accurate information on where the UAS has not followed the criteria.
Claim for adjustment can be delivered via email to admissions@centria.fi or by post
Admissions Office
Centria University of Applied Sciences
Talonpojankatu 2
67100 Kokkola
FINLAND
Tuition fee payment
Please notice that some applicants are obligated to pay tuition fees. If you are not an EU/EEA- citizen or if you do not have a document that exempts you from paying the tuition fees, you are obliged to pay them.
Please note that Centria UAS uses Flywire to accept payments from international students worldwide. This is the only accepted way to pay the tuition fee. Centria does not approach students with any other payment methods. Please only use the payment link provided in the conditional offer letter.
More information about the tuition fees and scholarships can be found here.
Residence permit
Once a tuition fee is paid, we advise students to immediately start the residence permit process. The precondition for obtaining a residence permit is a letter of acceptance from the university, a tuition fee payment confirmation, a valid health insurance coverage with a reliable and solvent company or institution, as well as a proof of sufficient funds in order to be able to self-support a student life in Finland. Further information can be found on the website of the Finnish Immigration Service.
Degree programmes included in the SAT application
Admissions Services
If you have further questions do not hesitate to contact Centria’s Admissions Services. If you are contacting the Admissions Services and you already have an application number, please state it in your email to ease the recognition process.