Please note that as an Aalto University student you cannot be granted a right to pursue a degree in a study option if you have already earned a degree or have a valid right to pursue one in that study option.

At Aalto University, a student may have only one valid study right for a given degree. If you accept a new study right in a bachelor's programme leading to the same degree at Aalto, your previous study right will be cancelled.

There are no places reserved for first-time applicants in the Bachelor’s Programme in International Business.

If you are a refugee or an asylum seeker, or have a refugee-like status in Finland and cannot prove your eligibility for higher education through documentation, you may be required to take the SAT or the ACT.

You are required to provide reliable explanation of the degree that gives you eligibility to apply, additional information on the lack of requisite documentation, as well as the official decision on your refugee status. This can include a decision on being granted asylum, a residence permit based on need for international protection, or a certificate of a pending application for asylum. The University will determine your eligibility based on this additional information.

Please note that you are also required to submit an application during the application period. Your eligibility will only be determined after we have received your application. For detailed instructions on how to apply, please see the section How to apply?

For more information, please contact [email protected].

In Admission Group I, admission is based onthe SAT or the ACT test results. Only applicants who fulfill the general eligiblity requirements for higher education, but have not completed or are not currently completing one of the below qualifications, can be selected in this admission group:

• Finnish matriculation examination, 
• International Baccalaureate Diploma, 
• European Baccalaureate Diploma or 
• Deutsches Internationales Abitur or Reifeprüfung diploma, completed in Finland

For example, if you are completing a high school diploma in Vietnam or the A-levels, you belong to this admission group.

To be eligible for admission in Admission Group I, you must complete the SAT (Evidence Based Reading and Writing and Mathematics sections) or the ACT (Reading, English, Mathematics and Science sections) test. Applicants are ranked based on their SAT total scores or converted ACT scores. 

The official SAT or ACT test results must be delivered directly by the test organiser to Aalto University by 30 January 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+2). You must also attach a copy of the official SAT or ACT test result report to your application form by 30 January 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+2). Test results delivered after the deadline or solely by the applicant or test organiser are not accepted.

Instructions for delivering the SAT and ACT test scores and their conversion tables

The test scores are valid for two years. Only the SAT or the ACT tests completed 1 Jan 2023 or later will be considered in the 2025 admissions. The highest valid score is taken into consideration, if you have taken both the SAT and the ACT test or taken tests multiple times. 

All applicants are required to attain the minimum scores below for the SAT total score or for the ACT composite score and for the SAT or ACT Mathematics section score.

In the case of a tied score, the applicant with the higher section score from the test section of Mathematics will be admitted. If the applicant has several valid test scores, the highest Mathematics section score will be considered.

If you have not graduated at the time of applying and are offered a study place, the admission is conditional until you submit a copy of your final diploma to Aalto University Admission Services. If the diploma is not completed or the required documents are not delivered by the given deadline, the admission offer will be revoked. Please check the deadlines for delivering application documents in the Required application documents section.

More information about the tests 

More information about the SAT test can be found at http://www.collegeboard.org/. More information about taking the SAT test in Finland can be found at https://www.samsuomi.fi/en/sat-tests/

The ACT test is currently not organised in Finland. The closest test center is in Tallinn, Estonia. More information about the ACT test can be found at https://global.act.org/.  

Please note that the SAT and ACT tests are very popular and can be fully booked before the final registration date. Make sure to register for the test well in advance. Aalto University does not organise these tests and does not answer enquiries concerning them. 

In Admission Group II, admission is based on the SAT or the ACT test results. Only applicants who have completed or are currently completing one of the below qualifications, can be selected in this admission group:

• Finnish matriculation examination, 
• International Baccalaureate Diploma, 
• European Baccalaureate Diploma or 
• Deutsches Internationales Abitur or Reifeprüfung diploma, completed in Finland

To be eligible for admission in Admission Group II, you must complete the SAT (Evidence Based Reading and Writing and Mathematics sections) or ACT (Reading, English, Mathematics and Science sections) test. Applicants are ranked based on their SAT total scores or converted ACT scores. 

The official SAT or ACT test results must be delivered directly by the test organiser to Aalto University by 30 January 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+2). You must also attach a copy of the official SAT or ACT test result report to your application form by 30 January 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+2). Test results delivered after the deadline or solely by the applicant or test organiser are not accepted.

Instructions for delivering the SAT and ACT test scores and their conversion tables

Only the SAT or the ACT tests completed 1 Jan 2023 or later will be considered in the 2025 admissions. The highest valid score is taken into consideration, if you have taken both the SAT and the ACT test or taken tests multiple times. 

All applicants are required to attain the minimum scores below for the SAT total score or for the ACT composite score and for the SAT or ACT Mathematics section score.

In the case of a tied score, the applicant with the higher section score from the test section of Mathematics will be admitted. If the applicant has several valid test scores, the highest Mathematics section score will be considered.

For applicants completing an IB or EB Diploma, the admission is conditional until you submit a copy of the final diploma to Aalto University Admission Services, or for IB diplomas, until Aalto University Admission Services receives the final grades from the IBO. If the diploma is not completed or the required documents are not delivered by the given deadline, the admission offer will be revoked. Please check the deadlines for delivering application documents under the section Required application documents.

More information about the tests 

More information about the SAT test can be found at http://www.collegeboard.org/. More information about taking the SAT test in Finland can be found at https://www.samsuomi.fi/en/sat-tests/

The ACT test is currently not organised in Finland. The closest test center is in Tallinn, Estonia. More information about the ACT test can be found at https://global.act.org/.  

Please note that the SAT and ACT tests are very popular and can be fully booked before the final registration date. Make sure to register for the test well in advance. Aalto University does not organise these tests and does not answer enquiries concerning them. 

In Admission Group III, admission is based on the grades obtained in the Finnish Matriculation Examination, IB, EB or DIA/RP diplomas. If you have in addition to the Finnish Matriculation examination taken any subject tests in the IB, EB, or DIA/RP diploma, the best combination score is considered, provided that at least one of the degrees is complete. 

The selection is based on an admission index, which is calculated from the grade received on the matriculation examination. Calculation of the admission index for different secondary school final examinations are described in the tables below. The admission index used in admissions is the total score calculated based on the secondary education final grades. 

For applicants who complete the International Baccalaureate or European Baccalaureate in the spring of 2025 will be calculated an admission index based on their preliminary grades and if applicable, made a conditional offer of admission, but the admission result will be reviewed after the final grades have been published. If the final grades of an applicant made a conditional offer of admission is not sufficient for admission, the admission offer may be revoked or the applicant may be placed on a waiting list in the appropriate admissions group in accordance with his or her final academic index. If the final admission index of an applicant who hasn’t been admitted is sufficient for admission, they will be admitted even if this means exceeding the original number of student places available. 

Minimum grade requirements 

In order to be admitted, the applicants must have completed with a pass grade either advanced or basic mathematics test in the Finnish matriculation exam, or equivalent IB, EB or RP/DIA exams. The grades of international diplomas are converted into their Finnish matriculation examination equivalents with the help of the IB/EB/RP/DIA diplomas table below. The total score, calculated from the applicant’s grades in the Finnish matriculation examination or on the IB/EB/RP/DIA diploma, is the academic index used to rank the applicants. 

Calculating the scores 

The total score which determines the order of admission of the applicants is calculated based on the secondary education final grades in:

• the mother tongue test
• the mathematics test
• the language for which the applicant receives the highest points and 
• the two tests for which the applicant receives the highest points. 

A test for Finnish or Swedish as a Second Language taken instead of the mother tongue test is regarded equivalent to the mother tongue test. If the applicant has taken two mother tongue exams, the other (better performing) will be calculated as a mother tongue and the other can be calculated as an advanced language.

For applicants who have taken tests of different levels in the same subject (for instance, basic and advanced mathematics), only the grade in favor for the applicant is counted towards the score. The applicants cannot receive points for Finnish matriculation exams tests in the subjects of humanities and natural sciences taken before 2006.

Tie-breaker rules 

If several applicants have the same score, the procedure below will be followed to break the tie:

1. the applicant who received the most points on his or her equivalent English test
2. the applicant who received the most points on his or her equivalent mathematics test
3. the applicant who received the most points on the mother tongue test
4. the applicant with the most points for the subject most advantageous to him or her out of all the remaining subjects

If there is still a tied score between applicants after the above procedure, they all will be admitted.

*Other subjects included in the degree, such as IT, business, economics etc.

The points of applicants who finish their IB degree in the spring 2025 are calculated based on their Candidate Predicted Grades. The points of applicants who finish their EB degree in the spring 2025 are calculated based on the official predicted grades. If you are accepted based on predicted grades, the selection is conditional until you submit an official certificate of the final grades to Aalto University. If the points calculated based on the final grades are lower than the points calculated based on the predicted grades, your admission offer may be revoked. If your final score is higher than the predicted grades or preliminary marks, you may be admitted to a study option for which the predicted score had been insufficient.

Attach a copy of your valid passport or some other government-issued identity card (with photo) including information on your citizenship to your application form by 30 January 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+2).

Please note that if you have Finnish citizenship, you do not have to submit a copy of your passport or identity card.

If your name has changed after your studies and your name in the passport does not match your study documents, an official proof of name change is required. Submit a copy of an official document of your name change issued by a governing body. This can be, for example, a marriage certificate if your family name has changed in marriage.

If your official identification card is issued in a language other than English, Finnish or Swedish, you must also submit a translation. You can translate the document yourself, but it must be accurate.

If you are exempted from the tuition fee based on your residence permit, attach copies of both the front and back sides of your residence permit card in Finland to your application form by 30 January 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+2). See Scholarships and Tuition Fees for more information about residence permits that grant exemptions from tuition fees. 

The residence permit that exempts you from tuition fees must be valid at the beginning of the academic year (1 August 2025). If your residence permit expires before August, you are considered liable to tuition fees at the time of applying. In case you receive a document that exempts you from tuition fees after the application period, you must submit a copy of the document to the university as soon as possible.

A residence permit card alone is not a valid proof of identity. In addition, you must submit a copy of your valid passport or other official ID card that indicates your citizenship.

More information on tuition fees (aalto.fi)

You must attach a copy of the official SAT or ACT test result report to your application form by 30 January 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+2). In addition, the official SAT or ACT test results must be delivered directly by the test organiser to Aalto University by 30 January 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+2). Test results that are delivered after the deadline, or solely by the applicant or test organiser are not accepted. 

More information on delivering your SAT or ACT test results to Aalto University

If you have completed the Finnish matriculation examination in 1989 or earlier, attach copies of your diploma to your application form by 30 January 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+2).

If you have completed the Finnish Matriculation examination in 1990 or later, you do not need to submit a copy of your diploma, as we receive your information electronically.

Please note that any high school diploma awarded outside Finland does not qualify for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma. The International Baccalaureate is a special programme and only students who have studied at a school that participates in the International Baccalaureate programmes can be awarded an IB Diploma. 

If you have already graduated or will graduate before applying

If you have completed your IB Diploma before spring 2025, attach a copy of your diploma to your application form by 30 January 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+2). Attach both pages of the IB Diploma (the page stating your grades and the page stating the diploma has been awarded). 

If you have graduated in November 2024 and have not yet received your IB Diploma, attach a report of your final grades (a screenshot of the results is enough) to your application form by 30 January 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+2). You must also order a Transcript of Grades document to be delivered to Aalto University directly from the IBO by 30 January 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+2).

If you are graduating in spring 2025

If you are completing your IB diploma in spring 2025, attach your predicted grades report to your application form by 28 February 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+3). 

Official final grades must be delivered to Aalto University by 10 July 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+3).You must order a Transcript of Grades document to be delivered to Aalto University directly from the IBO. Aalto University will check the final grades electronically from the IBO after the final results have been published. 

If you are accepted based on IB predicted grades, the selection is conditional until Aalto University Admission Services receives your official final grades from the IBO. If the scores calculated based on the final grades are lower than the scores calculated based on the predicted grades, the admission offer may be revoked. If the final score is higher than the predicted grades, you may be admitted to a study option for which the predicted grades had been insufficient.

Please note that any European high school diploma does not qualify for the European Baccalaureate (EB) Diploma. The European Baccalaureate is a special programme and only students who have studied at a school that participates in the European Baccalaureate programmes can be awarded an EB Diploma. 

If you have already graduated or will graduate before applying

If you have completed your EB Diploma before spring 2025, attach a copy of your diploma to your application form by 30 January 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+2). Attach all pages of the diploma.

If you are graduating in spring 2025

If you are completing your EB Diploma in spring 2025, attach your preliminary marks report to your application form by 28 February 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+3) and a copy of your final diploma by 10 July 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+3).

More information (dsh.fi)

If you have already graduated or will graduate before applying

If you have completed your DIA or RP diploma in Finland before spring 2025, attach a copy of your diploma to your application form by 30 January 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+2). Attach all pages of the diploma.

If you are graduating in spring 2025

If you are completing your DIA diploma in Finland in spring 2025, attach a copy of your final grades report to your application form by 30 April 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+3). Attach all pages of the diploma.

Upper secondary education completed outside Finland, for example a high school diploma or A-levels (excluding the International Baccalaureate Diploma and the European Baccalaureate Diploma, which have different requirements). The qualification must give eligibility to university-level studies in the country in which it was awarded.

If you have already graduated or will graduate before applying

If you have completed the qualification before spring 2025, attach to your application form by 30 January 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+2)

• A copy of the final diploma
• Translations to Finnish, Swedish or English (if the original document is not in either Finnish, Swedish or English). More information on translations can be found below.

If you are graduating in spring 2025

If you are completing the qualification in spring 2025, attach to your application form:

By 30 January 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+2)

• A copy of the most recent academic transcript or a certificate of ongoing studies issued by the school. The academic transcript must include the title of the qualification you are completing, and it must indicate that you are on the final year of upper secondary education. For example, if you study in a country where the duration of primary and secondary education is 12 years, you must submit an academic transcript that indicates that you are currently on the 12^th grade. 

  Alternatively, you can submit a certificate of ongoing studies issued by your school. The certificate must state the title of the qualification you are completing and the estimated completion date of your studies.

• Translations to Finnish, Swedish or English (if the original document is not in either Finnish, Swedish or English). More information on translations can be found below.

By  31 July 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+3)

• A copy of the final diploma
• Translations to Finnish, Swedish or English (if the original document is not in either Finnish, Swedish or English). More information on translations can be found below.

If you have already graduated or will graduate before applying

If you have completed the qualification before spring 2019, attach a copy of the final diploma to your application form by 30 January 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+2).

Please note that if you have completed the qualification in 2019 or later, you do not need to submit a copy of your diploma, as we will receive your information electronically.

If you are graduating in spring 2025

If you are completing the qualification in spring 2025, it must be completed by 13 June 2025.

If you have already graduated or will graduate before applying

If you have completed the degree before spring 2025, attach to your application form by 30 January 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+2)  

• A copy of the final degree certificate
• Translations to Finnish, Swedish or English (if the original document is not in either Finnish, Swedish or English). More information on translations can be found below.   

If you are graduating in spring 2025

If you are completing the degree in spring  2025, attach to your application form:  
By 30 January 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+2)  

• A copy of the most recent academic transcript/transcript of records  
• Translations to Finnish, Swedish or English (if the original document is not in either Finnish, Swedish or English). More information on translations can be found below.   

By 31 July 2025 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+3)   

• A copy of the final degree certificate
• Translations to Finnish, Swedish or English (if the original document is not in either Finnish, Swedish or English). More information on translations can be found below.

All application documents must be available in Finnish, Swedish or English. If the original document was written in some other language, an official translation of the documents must be submitted. 

The translation is official if it has been done by the educational institution that awarded the degree or by a certified translator (authorised translator). The certified translator’s stamp and/or signature must be on the translations. 

Submit scanned copies of the official translations. In addition to translations, submit copies of the original documents in the original language; translations by themselves are insufficient.  

The Finnish National Agency for Education (www.oph.fi/en) maintains a register of authorised translators who are based in Finland.

Most non-EU/EEA citizens are required to pay tuition fees. 

Citizens of the EU, EEA or Switzerland are not required to pay tuition fees. In addition, students who have any of the following documents issued by the Finnish Immigration Service do not have to pay tuition fees: 

• A permanent residence permit for Finland (marked P on the residence permit card)
• A continuous residence permit for Finland (marked A on the residence permit card), based on other grounds than studying. If you have a continuous residence permit card in Finland (type A) issued for studies, you are liable to pay tuition fees.An EU residence permit card in Finland for third-country citizens with long-term EU resident status (marked P-EU)
• Resident permit card in Finland for a family member of an EU citizen
• EU Blue Card in Finland
• A Brexit residence permit card, type SEU-sopimuksen 50 artikla = Right of residence under the withdrawal agreement, or P SEU-sopimuksen 50 artikla = Right of permanent residence under the withdrawal agreement 

Note that the above information on residence permits that exempt from tuition fees may change due to amendments proposed by the Government to the Universities Act. The information will be updated as the legislative process progresses and the law enters into force. More information on the proposed amendments can be found on the Government's website.

The residence permit that exempts you from tuition fee must be valid at the beginning of the academic year (1 August 2025).

If your residence permit expires before August, you are considered liable to tuition fees at the time of applying. In case you receive a document that exempts you from tuition fees after the application period, you must submit a copy of the document to the university as soon as possible.

If you are exempt from tuition fees on the grounds of your residence permit, upload a copy of both sides of your residence permit card to your online application form. A residence permit card alone is not a valid proof of identity. Additionally, a copy of your valid passport, or a national ID card indicating your citizenship, is required to prove your citizenship.

For more information about determining tuition fee liability and tuition fee exemptions, see Studyinfo. For more information on residence permit card types, see the Finnish Immigration Service website.

Aalto University offers a small number of scholarships to fee-paying students. Scholarships can be awarded to the best applicants admitted to the programmes. 

Aalto University Excellence Scholarships are granted in the form of a tuition fee waiver. The scholarships do not cover living costs. Students are expected to cover living expenses (approx. EUR 800 per month) and other study related costs from their own financial resources.

Non-EU/EEA citizens who are liable to pay tuition fees can apply for the Aalto University Excellence Scholarship directly on the Studyinfo application form. It is not possible to apply for the scholarship after the application period has ended.

The scholarship decision is given together with the admission decision. According to the Universities Act, no appeal may be lodged against a university decision pertaining to a scholarship.

You can find more information on scholarships and tuition fees at Scholarships and Fees.

The rectification request procedure gives you the possibility to appeal your admission results if you believe that there has been an error in the admission decision-making process. The rectification request must be submitted to the University Registry within 14 days of the publication of the admission results. The University will not process rectification requests received after the deadline or before the publication of the results. Rectification request must contain the grounds for your request. Rectification requests are not intended to be used as a tool for requesting feedback or additional information on the admission process, including admission results.

Instructions for requesting rectification to student admissions will be updated in spring 2025.