Incoming exchange students

Please, first be in contact with the Erasmus Coordinator of your home institution if you are planning to apply for Erasmus+ exchange to Centria UAS. You can send your application to us after being nominated by your home university in email. Centria UAS is using an application system called SoleMOVE, and this is where you will need to fill in your application and send the required documents to us.

How should I apply?

Soon after we received your nomination from your home institution, we will create you a SoleMOVE profile, and contact you shortly in email regarding further details and steps, so you can start your application. Please check your junk folder as well, since our SoleMOVE email will be sent from a noreply address. The steps are described in the email, as well as in the below points:

1. Before doing any further actions, please thoroughly read this webpage for exchange students. All information and updates can be found here, including courses and other details regarding the 2023/24 academic year.
2. After reading this webpage and familiarising yourself with the instructions, you can activate your user account for our SoleMOVE application system through the link you find in the email. It is recommended that you use Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browser.
3. Your userid is mentioned in the email, and you can set up your new password during your first login.
4. Once you read and accepted the data processing conditions and you are logged into your profile, you need to click on “Application form for incoming student mobility“. Do not click on “Application form for short student mobility”.
5. Within “Application form for incoming student mobility”, please select either study or traineeship as your mobility type. If you are planning to take courses in Centria UAS, you are applying for studies, if you are planning to spend your practice (e.g. in the hospital), you are applying for traineeship. Except a few cases, students are usually nominated by their home institutions for studies. It is crucial that you select the right mobility type, as the application form appearing will be different. Do not select “Combined study and traineeship”.
6. Once you selected the right mobility type, an application form will appear. Please fill in all pages of the form, attach your enclosures, and keep saving your progress. Compulsory fields are marked with a *, and the system will not let you proceed until you fill those spots in. Enclosures that you need to attach to your SoleMOVE application are the following:
   • Learning Agreement (or Online Learning Agreement): You may address this document to the responsible person of the degree programme you are applying to. You can get this information from the Centria Factsheet. Besides this, you will also need the lists of courses available for exchange students to prepare the document. When you are ready, please attach the Learning Agreement to SoleMOVE, or send it to us in OLA. We will sign it for you on our part later.
   • A clear portrait photo of yourself
   • Transcript of Records issued in English from your home institution
   • Motivation Letter explaining the reasons why you wish to study in Centria UAS (max. 1 page).
   • Proof of Language Qualification confirming your skills in English. You need to be on a minimum (CEFR) B2 level to study and to communicate with others during your exchange. Proof can be either one of the most common and internationally used academic tests, a certificate from your home country clearly stating your level, or a declaration written by an English language teacher in your home institution. Native speakers do not need to provide a certificate.
   • Passport, or National Identity Card in case of EU citizens
   • Health Insurance Certificate with adequate cover, that you are planning to use during your exchange. In case of EU citizens, European Health Insurance Card is accepted.
7. If you wish to return later to finish your application, you can always access your SoleMOVE profile if you click on the given link in the email. When entering, please first choose Centria University of Applied Sciences as your institution, then pick “Local” as your login method. After that you will be able to log in with your username and password that you set previously.
8. Once you are done, it is crucial that you check and send the application. The deadline to send your application is the 1st of November 23:59, according to (EEST) Finnish time, 2023. Any late application sent after this deadline will be disregarded, so it is cucial that you are ready in time. It is highly advised that you start as early as possible, so we can help you if you experience any trouble with the system.
9. Please note that you will not be able to edit your data once you sent your application. If sending was successful, you will receive an automatic mail from the system, confirming this. At that point, you are done with the application and you are waiting for us to process it. This will happen in the following days after the 1st of November 2023. Due to the increased interest in our exchange programmes, and the large volume of nominations we receive from our partners, please note that the quality of your application and the amount of applicants may influence your chance to be accepted for a mobility to Centria UAS.

When should I apply?

The application period for the Autumn semester and the whole academic year lasts until the 1st of November 23:59, according to (EEST) Finnish time, 2023. If you are a student nominated only for the spring semester of the 2023/24 academic year, you will need to apply during the autumn application round, and as of right now, you do not yet have any tasks regarding this matter. You will receive your SoleMOVE credentials later during the autumn.

Contact details

If you have any questions, please, contact the International Coordinator of Centria UAS via incoming@centria.fi.

Please, first be in contact with the International Coordinator of your home institution if you are planning to apply for exchange studies to Centria UAS. You can send your application to us after being nominated by your home university in email. Centria UAS is using an application system called SoleMOVE, and this is where you will need to fill in your application and send the required documents to us.

How should I apply?

Soon after we received your nomination from your home institution, we will create you a SoleMOVE profile, and contact you shortly in email regarding further details and steps, so you can start your application. Please check your junk folder as well, since our SoleMOVE email will be sent from a noreply address. The steps are described in the email, as well as in the below points:

1. Before doing any further actions, please thoroughly read this webpage for exchange students. All information and updates can be found here, including courses and other details regarding the 2023/24 academic year.
2. After reading this webpage and familiarising yourself with the instructions, you can activate your user account for our SoleMOVE application system through the link you find in the email. It is recommended that you use Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browser.
3. Your userid is mentioned in the email, and you can set up your new password during your first login.
4. Once you read and accepted the data processing conditions and you are logged into your profile, you need to click on “Application form for incoming student mobility“. Do not click on “Application form for short student mobility”.
5. Within “Application form for incoming student mobility”, please select either study or traineeship as your mobility type. If you are planning to take courses in Centria UAS, you are applying for studies, if you are planning to spend your practice (e.g. in the hospital), you are applying for traineeship. Except a few cases, students are usually nominated by their home institutions for studies. It is crucial that you select the right mobility type, as the application form appearing will be different. Do not select “Combined study and traineeship”.
6. Once you selected the right mobility type, an application form will appear. Please fill in all pages of the form, attach your enclosures, and keep saving your progress. Compulsory fields are marked with a *, and the system will not let you proceed until you fill those spots in. Enclosures that you need to attach to your SoleMOVE application are the following:
   • Learning Agreement (or Online Learning Agreement): You may address this document to the responsible person of the degree programme you are applying to. You can get this information from the Centria Factsheet. Besides this, you will also need the lists of courses available for exchange students to prepare the document. When you are ready, please attach the Learning Agreement to SoleMOVE, or send it to us in OLA. We will sign it for you on our part later.
   • A clear portrait photo of yourself
   • Transcript of Records issued in English from your home institution
   • Motivation Letter explaining the reasons why you wish to study in Centria UAS (max. 1 page).
   • Proof of Language Qualification confirming your skills in English. You need to be on a minimum (CEFR) B2 level to study and to communicate with others during your exchange. Proof can be either one of the most common and internationally used academic tests, a certificate from your home country clearly stating your level, or a declaration written by an English language teacher in your home institution. Native speakers do not need to provide a certificate.
   • Passport, or National Identity Card in case of EU citizens
   • Health Insurance Certificate with adequate cover, that you are planning to use during your exchange. In case of EU citizens, European Health Insurance Card is accepted.
7. If you wish to return later to finish your application, you can always access your SoleMOVE profile if you click on the given link in the email. When entering, please first choose Centria University of Applied Sciences as your institution, then pick “Local” as your login method. After that you will be able to log in with your username and password that you set previously.
8. Once you are done, it is crucial that you check and send the application. The deadline to send your application is the 1st of November 23:59, according to (EEST) Finnish time, 2023. Any late application sent after this deadline will be disregarded, so it is cucial that you are ready in time. It is highly advised that you start as early as possible, so we can help you if you experience any trouble with the system.
9. Please note that you will not be able to edit your data once you sent your application. If sending was successful, you will receive an automatic mail from the system, confirming this. At that point, you are done with the application and you are waiting for us to process it. This will happen in the following days after the 1st of November 2023. Due to the increased interest in our exchange programmes, and the large volume of nominations we receive from our partners, please note that the quality of your application and the amount of applicants may influence your chance to be accepted for a mobility to Centria UAS.

When should I apply?

The application period for the Autumn semester and the whole academic year lasts until the 1st of November 23:59, according to (EEST) Finnish time, 2023. If you are a student nominated only for the spring semester of the 2023/24 academic year, you will need to apply during the autumn application round, and as of right now, you do not yet have any tasks regarding this matter. You will receive your SoleMOVE credentials later during the autumn.

Contact details

If you have any questions, please, contact the International Coordinator of Centria UAS via incoming@centria.fi.

Nordplus is the Nordic Council of Ministers´ most important programme for lifelong learning with more than 10,000 participants from the Nordic and Baltic regions every year.                   

Currently, Centria participates in three Nordplus Networks, two in the field of music and one in the field of medical sciences.

Nordtrad (folk music network) – for more details, please, contact annika.myllari@centria.fi.

Sibelius (classical music network) – for more details, please, contact annika.myllari@centria.fi.

Nordlink (Nursing) – for more details, please, contact katja.heikkiniemi@centria.fi.

The Health Africa Network was founded in 1996 and has been actively collaborating with its Southern partners until the present day in the fields of health care, social work and nutrition.

Partners in Africa

Ministry of Education and Sports, Ministry of Health, Uganda
Mpigi Health Centre, Uganda
International Health Sciences University (IHSU) Kampala, Uganda
Maseno University, Kisumu, Kenya

University Partners in Finland

Centria University of Applied Sciences
Häme University of Applied Sciences
Kajaani University of Applied Sciences
Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences
Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences
Tampere University of Applied Sciences
Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences
Vaasa University of Applied Sciences

Application Deadline

Applications concerning student mobility during the next academic year, i.e. both autumn and spring semesters, should be submitted by 10th February to Timo Kinnunen.

Applications Information

More information regarding the application process and application forms are available from Timo Kinnunen.

Please, first be in contact with the International Coordinator of your home institution if you are planning to apply for virtual exchange studies to Centria UAS. You can send your application to us after being nominated by your home university in email. Centria UAS is using an application system called SoleMOVE, and this is where you will need to fill in your application and send the required documents to us.

Due to the limited number of virtual spots on the courses in the remote model of studies, the places will be distributed on a first-come-first-served basis.

How should I apply?

Soon after we received your nomination from your home institution, we will create you a SoleMOVE profile, and contact you shortly in email regarding further details and steps, so you can start your application. Please check your junk folder as well, since our SoleMOVE email will be sent from a noreply address. The steps are described in the email, as well as in the below points:

1. Before doing any further actions, please thoroughly read this webpage for exchange students. All information and updates can be found here, including courses and other details regarding the 2023/24 academic year.
2. After reading this webpage and familiarising yourself with the instructions, you can activate your user account for our SoleMOVE application system through the link you find in the email. It is recommended that you use Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browser.
3. Your userid is mentioned in the email, and you can set up your new password during your first login.
4. Once you read and accepted the data processing conditions and you are logged into your profile, you need to click on “Application form for incoming student mobility“. Do not click on “Application form for short student mobility”.
5. Within “Application form for incoming student mobility”, please select either study or traineeship as your mobility type. If you are planning to take courses in Centria UAS, you are applying for studies, if you are planning to spend your practice (e.g. in the hospital), you are applying for traineeship. Except a few cases, students are usually nominated by their home institutions for studies. It is crucial that you select the right mobility type, as the application form appearing will be different. Do not select “Combined study and traineeship”.
6. Once you selected the right mobility type, an application form will appear. Please fill in all pages of the form, attach your enclosures, and keep saving your progress. Compulsory fields are marked with a *, and the system will not let you proceed until you fill those spots in. Enclosures that you need to attach to your SoleMOVE application are the following:
   • Learning Agreement (or Online Learning Agreement): You may address this document to the responsible person of the degree programme you are applying to. You can get this information from the Centria Factsheet. Besides this, you will also need the lists of courses available for exchange students to prepare the document. When you are ready, please attach the Learning Agreement to SoleMOVE, or send it to us in OLA. We will sign it for you on our part later.
   • A clear portrait photo of yourself
   • Transcript of Records issued in English from your home institution
   • Motivation Letter explaining the reasons why you wish to study in Centria UAS (max. 1 page).
   • Proof of Language Qualification confirming your skills in English. You need to be on a minimum (CEFR) B2 level to study and to communicate with others during your exchange. Proof can be either one of the most common and internationally used academic tests, a certificate from your home country clearly stating your level, or a declaration written by an English language teacher in your home institution. Native speakers do not need to provide a certificate.
7. If you wish to return later to finish your application, you can always access your SoleMOVE profile if you click on the given link in the email. When entering, please first choose Centria University of Applied Sciences as your institution, then pick “Local” as your login method. After that you will be able to log in with your username and password that you set previously.
8. Once you are done, it is crucial that you check and send the application. The deadline to send your application is the 1st of November 23:59, according to (EEST) Finnish time, 2023. Any late application sent after this deadline will be disregarded, so it is cucial that you are ready in time. It is highly advised that you start as early as possible, so we can help you if you experience any trouble with the system.
9. Please note that you will not be able to edit your data once you sent your application. If sending was successful, you will receive an automatic mail from the system, confirming this. At that point, you are done with the application and you are waiting for us to process it. This will happen in the following days after the 1st of June 2023. Due to the increased interest in our exchange programmes, and the large volume of nominations we receive from our partners, please note that the quality of your application and the amount of applicants may influence your chance to be accepted for a mobility to Centria UAS.

When should I apply?

The application period for the Autumn semester and the whole academic year lasts until the 1st of June 23:59, according to (EEST) Finnish time, 2023. If you are a student nominated only for the spring semester of the 2023/24 academic year, you will need to apply during the autumn application round, and as of right now, you do not yet have any tasks regarding this matter. You will receive your SoleMOVE credentials later during the autumn.

Contact details

If you have any questions, please, contact the International Coordinator of Centria UAS via incoming@centria.fi.

Centria UAS is able to provide an applicant with a practical placement in our premises, laboratories, and partner organizations, if availability allows. Usually, we organize the placements in the following fields:

• Technology (IT, Automatization of Production, Industrial Engineering, Chemistry, etc.),
• Social Services,
• Nursing,
• International Relations,
• etc.

How to proceed?

To start the whole process, please prepare the following documents:

• CV to show your qualifications and experience,
• Motivation Letter in which you discuss what kind of placement you are looking for and what is the field of your interest.

Send the documents to incoming@centria.fi to consult, if Centria is able to provide you with a suitable offer. We will reply to your inquiry later, and let you know whether there is an opportunity for you to spend a traineeship period in Centria UAS. If so, we will let you know how to proceed.

When should I apply?

For most of our fields, there is no specific deadline to apply for practical placements. Centria handles applications for placements all year long. However, for nursing trainees, due to the low number of available spots, we have established application deadlines. In case you wish to apply for the following Autumn, please contact us latest until the 15th of March, and if you are planning to come for the next Spring, let us know latest until the 15th of October.

Contact details

If you have any questions, please, contact the International Coordinators in Centria via incoming@centria.fi.