All electronic attachments must be uploaded to your Studyinfo application form. Email attachments are not accepted.

Please scan the original documents with care, always scan in colour and remember to scan all pages. If your scan is blurred, discoloured or the file is flawed, it will not be accepted. The use of PDF format is encouraged, as this ensures that the files can be opened in all operating systems.

It is always the applicant’s responsibility to make sure that the application documents meet the requirements and reach the University of Lapland by the deadline. University of Lapland does not process any application documents that have arrived after the deadline. The authenticity of all documents will be examined and the submission of forged documents will lead to automatic rejection of the applicant.

Upper secondary education certificates

A diploma or a degree certificate from upper secondary school is issued to a student who has completed the full upper secondary school. The upper secondary educational qualification gives eligibility to apply for higher education (university-level bachelor’s studies) in your home country.

Transcript of records states the degree/qualification you are completing. It should also state the scope of the degree and estimated date of graduation. The document should be provided with the official stamp of the educational institution and must be signed and clarified by an educational institution representative including a representative’s title.

Higher education certificates

A higher education degree certificate is a document issued by an institution to a student who has successfully completed all studies comprising the degree. The student has graduated. The degree certificate should include the name of the institution awarding the degree, the date of issue, the name of the person to whom the degree certificate has been issued and which title/degree the person has been awarded.

A higher education provisional/temporary degree certificate is accepted if it was issued no more than five years earlier. The five-year validity period begins from the date on which the degree was conferred and it must not expire prior to the application deadline. It is important to note that a document stating only that the student has completed all the courses is not sufficient as a temporary degree certificate.

A higher education transcript of records should include the following information:

• full titles of the units that the student has completed for the degree
• completion times of study units (or at the very least the overall study time at the institution)
• grades obtained
• credits awarded
• information on the grading scale used at the institution

The transcript must cover the full duration of the student’s studies. If the degree includes course units that the student has completed at another institution and the transferred credits are not indicated in detail on the transcript of records, a separate transcript of records for the transferred credits should be submitted. University of Lapland only accepts official transcripts of records.

If your educational documents are not in Finnish, Swedish or English, you are required to provide authorised translations of the documents in one of these three languages. into one of these languages. Authorised translations can be prepared by the awarding institution or an official translator. Translations done by the applicant are not accepted.

Each page of an official translation must bear the translator’s stamp and/or signature. Official translations must be exact translations of the original documents.

Please note that the translations are required in addition to the original documents, not instead of the original documents.

All applicants including native speakers are required to provide proof of English language proficiency in the application process. Please see all accepted ways of proving English proficiency for Bachelor’s studies.

Please see the admission criteria for the specific programme for more information on required enclosures. Links will be updated by the end of September 2026.

Bachelor’s Programme in Design (Bachelor and Master of Arts (Art and Design))