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Tuition and scholarships for Master’s degree programmes

Tuition fees are charged from Master’s level students studying in languages other than Finnish or Swedish. Tuition fees will be charged from citizens of a country outside the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland.

Tuition

Students pay tuition fees based on their study right, NOT on the amount of gained credits nor enrollments to courses. If a person is a student of Centria UAS enrolled as present, student is obliged to pay tuition fees.

There are no tuition fees for those students who

More information considering the tuition fees and who is obliged to pay them, can be found on the Studyinfo.fi site and accessed by using the link below:

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.

Tuition fees and scholarships

Centria has set the tuition fees for the Master’s degree programmes to be 10,000 € per academic year.

Student gets an early bird discount of 1000 € of the first year’s tuition fee if the study place is accepted and the tuition fee paid within two weeks after the notification. The discount will be reduced from the first year’s payment. Detailed instructions on how to pay the tuition fee will be sent along with an acceptance letter.

Tuition fees for the second year are paid in halves. 

Centria has set the tuition fees for the Master’s degree programmes to be 7500€ per academic year.

Student gets an early bird discount of 1000 € of the first year’s tuition fee if the study place is accepted and the tuition fee paid within two weeks after the notification. The discount will be reduced from the first year’s payment. Detailed instructions on how to pay the tuition fee will be sent along with an acceptance letter.

Tuition fees for the second year are paid in halves. 

For students who started their studies in 2022: Centria UAS offers a scholarship programme for students who are subject to paying tuition fees. (Applicable tuition fee must be paid in full according to instructions, no installments possible).

Master’s students can apply for scholarship after graduation by contacting tuitionfee@centria.fi for further instructions.

Please notice that applicants admitted to a Master’s degree are not entitled to early bird discount.

Refund policy

If an applicant receives a negative residence permit decision and based on that is not able to arrive on campus, the tuition fee can be under certain conditions refunded.

Students starting their studies in fall 2024 who wish to apply for the tuition fee refund after receiving a negative residence permit decision, will get a full refund of the tuition fee (after the handling fee deduction of 250 euros) if certain conditions are met. The negative decision as well as the notification of withdrawal have to be submitted to Centria by 31 August 2024 at the latest. After the deadline, full tuition fees will not be refunded even if a negative decision is received.

For students who started their studies in 2022: Students who study online in distance learning mode and wish to apply for the tuition fee refund after receiving a negative residence permit decision will get a full refund of the tuition fee (after the handling fee deduction of 250 euros) if they choose not to continue their studies. The negative decision, as well as the notification of withdrawal, must be submitted to Centria by 31 December 2022 the latest (for students starting in fall 2022). This is an exception to the refund policy due to the Covid-19 pandemic. After the deadline, tuition fees will not be refunded even if a negative decision is received.

Refund handling fee

Please note that students accepted to Centria UAS in 2021, and students accepted in future years, in case of applying for a tuition fee refund, will be charged 250€ to cover the refund administrative costs.