Tuition and scholarships for Bachelor’s degree programmes

Tuition fees are charged from Bachelor’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 person is a student of Centria UAS enrolled as present, student is obliged to pay tuition fees. 

• Student can enroll for as many courses as student wishes, the tuition fees stay unchanged
• Student can gain unlimited amount of credits per semester, the tuition fees stay unchanged
• Student who decides NOT to participate in the education anyhow (no enrollments for courses, no credits gained), will still be charged the tuition fees, since the fees are based on the study right

There are no tuition fees for those students who

• have started their studies before 1 August, 2017
• are citizens of EU/EEA/Switzerland
• have an EU Blue Card
• have a continuous residence permit card in Finland, Type A permit (NB: A continuous residence permit (A-type permit) granted for studying in Finland (from 15 April 2022 onwards) doesn’t exempt you from paying the tuition fee)
• have a permanent residence permit card in Finland, Type P permit
• have an EU residence permit for third-country citizens with long-term residence permit card in Finland (Type P-EU)
• have an EU Family Member’s Residence Card in Finland

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:

Tuition fees and scholarships

Early bird discount

Student gets an early bird discount of 1500 € 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 and scholarships of students continuing their studies

Tuition fees for the second and following academic year are paid in halves. The first invoice to cover expenses for the fall semester studies will be always sent out in the spring semester (May). The second invoice will be sent out in the following fall semester (November). However, the second half of the tuition fee will not be charged if student qualifies for a scholarship. Scholarship application is sent to our students every fall via email during September/October.

Centria UAS offers a 50 % scholarship as a waiver to all students who complete 60 ECTS (study credits) in the previous academic year. Scholarship will not be granted for studies exceeding regular completion time. Scholarship is only granted based on the scholarship application which must be sent during the scholarship application period.

If student applies and qualifies for the scholarship, student will not receive an invoice in fall semester (November).

Refund policy

If an applicant receives a negative residence permit decision and based on that is not able to start studies at the beginning of fall semester, the tuition fee can be under certain conditions refunded.

• In order to be able to get the tuition fee back, applicant needs to send a copy of the negative decision from the Immigration Office to admissions@centria.fi, as well as attach a copy of an original payment receipt and filled ‘tuition fee refund’ application. Also, the applicant has to be able to prove that he or she has applied for the residence permit well in time (as soon as possible after receiving the admission letter and paying the tuition fee), to be able to start the studies at the beginning of his or her starting semester.
• Applicant is not able to apply for a tuition fee refund if he or she has withdrawn the residence permit application himself or herself and that way interrupted the residence permit process and forced the Immigration Office to abort the application process.
• If negative residence permit decision is received, applicant should notify Centria UAS as soon as possible. Tuition fees will not be refunded after the given due date has passed.
• The detailed refund policy is always mentioned in the acceptance letter, which is sent to newly accepted students along with notification of student selection.

Students (starting their studies in fall 2023) 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 30 September 2023 the latest. After the deadline, full tuition fees will not be refunded even if a negative decision is received.

If a negative decision is received after this but before 31 December 2023, half of the paid tuition fee (spring semester) can be refunded based on application. To receive refund of half of the paid fee, the negative decision as well as the notification of withdrawal have to be submitted to Centria by 31 December 2023 the latest.

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.