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Finland Applications through the national Studyinfo joint round in January for the August intake

Laurea University of Applied Sciences Scholarship

Laurea runs campuses across the Greater Helsinki region — Espoo, Vantaa, Kerava, Hyvinkää and Lohja — which is the practical selling point: you are inside Finland's largest labour market rather than in a remote university town, and Laurea's degrees are built around Learning by Developing, where coursework is delivered through real projects with employer partners. English-taught Bachelor's programmes include business management, service design, nursing, security management and restaurant entrepreneurship. Non-EU tuition sits around €9,500-11,000 a year and the scholarship covers 50-100% of it, renewed annually against credit completion. Nursing is worth flagging specifically for Sri Lankan applicants: Finland has a documented shortage of registered nurses, and a Finnish nursing degree leads to registration with Valvira, though Finnish language competence becomes essential for clinical practice.

Laurea University of Applied Sciences

University-funded

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Waiver

50-100% of Tuition (~€9,500-11,000/yr)

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Location

Greater Helsinki — 5 Campuses

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Model

Learning by Developing with Employer Projects

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Non-EU/EEA Citizen

The fee waiver applies to tuition-liable students from outside the EU/EEA. Sri Lankan passport holders qualify.

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Recognised Upper-Secondary Qualification

Sri Lankan A-Levels or an equivalent. Applicants holding a relevant Sri Lankan diploma should request a credit assessment, which can shorten the degree.

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National UAS Entrance Examination

Admission to Finnish universities of applied sciences runs through a shared entrance examination testing reasoning, English and subject skills. Results carry most of the selection weight.

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English Proficiency

IELTS 6.0 or equivalent, or a pass in the English section of the entrance exam. Note separately that clinical nursing practice in Finland requires Finnish language competence — plan for that from the first year if nursing is your target.

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Apply through Studyinfo in January

Finland runs a single national application portal with a strict January deadline for the August intake. There is no late submission and no rolling admission.

Prepare for and sit the entrance exam

Register during the application window. Preparation materials are published in advance; candidates who work through them consistently outperform those who do not.

Submit certified documents

Officially certified A-Level or equivalent certificates
Passport copy and English proficiency evidence
Any prior diploma transcripts for credit assessment

Accept the offer and confirm the waiver band

The scholarship band is stated in the offer. Confirm the annual ECTS threshold required to keep it and plan your first-year study load accordingly.

Residence permit and arrival

Apply to Migri for the student residence permit with proof of funds and health insurance. Allow two to three months from Sri Lanka, and note that student residence permits allow up to 30 hours a week of work.

Why Laurea?

Laurea teaches around 8,000 students across five campuses in the Greater Helsinki region and is known nationally for its Learning by Developing pedagogy, where students work on live projects with companies and public organisations from the first year. Being inside the Helsinki metropolitan area gives students direct access to Finland's deepest job market for placements and post-graduation employment.