Apply for master’s programmes

The application period is 7 January – 21 January 2026. The application must be submitted before 21 January, 15:00 (UTC+2). 

• Prepare the required application enclosures well in advance and submit an application in the Studyinfo portal. Applications cannot be submitted after the deadline, so make sure you submit the application on time.
• Select the degree programmes to which you wish to apply on the application form. Fill in the application form carefully and completely and read all information and instructions on the application form.
• If you are liable to pay an application fee , the fee will be collected in connection with submitting the application form. The fee must be paid, otherwise the application will not be processed. There are no application fee waivers.
• Remember to submit the application, as it is not possible to save a draft. After submitting the application you will receive a confirmation email. You will be able to return to your application and modify it until the end of the application period.

All enclosures must be uploaded to the application before 28 January, 15:00 (UTC+2).

If you do not submit the required enclosures to the application form, your application will not be processed further and your application will be rejected.

Please fill in only one application form in the Joint application. If you submit multiple applications, only the newest one will be considered.

All applicants are informed of the results by email to the address submitted on the application form.

If your degree programme has an interview phase in the admission process, you are notified by email about whether you are invited to the interview phase or not.

Applicants who are offered a study place receive an acceptance letter including instructions for how to accept the study offer. If you are offered a study place, you must accept it before 9 July 2026, 15:00 (UTC+3).

Accepted applicants will also receive a welcoming letter together with the result email. Please refer to the letter for detailed instructions on how to proceed.

If your admission is conditional, see instructions for conditionally accepted applicants.

A student is liable to pay tuition fees to the University of Lapland if they are not a citizen of a European Union / European Economic Area country or Switzerland and if they do not have a type of residence permit to Finland which exempts them from the fee.

More information on who is required to pay tuition fees.

A student accepts their study place, registers as an attending student and pays the annual tuition fee EUR 13 000 and the student union membership fee EUR 61 (EUR 13 061 in total) by 9 July 2026 in one installment. 

In case the student has been granted a scholarship or takes advantage of the early bird discount, the correct payment amounts can be seen under Scholarhips below.

University of Lapland has partnered with Flywire to accept payments from international students worldwide. Flywire provides a secure global payment network that simplifies paying tuition fees from countries around the world. Payment options can include bank transfers, credit cards, e-wallets and more, typically in your home currency for most countries.

Payment instructions and student-specific tuition fee amounts are sent to accepted applicants by email from hakijapalvelut(at)ulapland.fi and to continuing students by email from opinto(at)ulapland.fi. You will find a link to the payment portal in the email.

You can find step-by-step instructions from Flywire student guide and get in touch with their multi-lingual 24/7 support team here (external site, link opens a new tab). 

If you for some reason are not able to pay via Flywire, please contact the email address from which you received the payment information for an alternative option to complete the payment. 

Master’s Degree Scholarship

Applicants who are liable to pay tuition fees may apply for a Scholarship of 6 000 € / academic year on the same application form used for applying to the degree programme. The scholarships are allocated according to the applicants’ success in the application process. The scholarship is awarded for the full duration of the 2 year Master’s Degree programme. The scholarship for the second year is granted on the condition that the student progresses in their studies as required.

Scholarships are granted for 20 % (one fifth) of the full intake of students per degree programme.

A student accepts their study place, registers as an attending student and pays the remaining of the annual tuition fee EUR 7, 000 and the student union membership fee EUR 61 (EUR 7, 061 in total) by 9 July 2026.

In accordance with section 46 of the Universities Act, student union membership is mandatory for all master’s degree students.

It is not possible to appeal against the scholarship decision.

The scholarship does not cover living costs. All students are required to finance their living by themselves.

First year students: Early Bird scholarship

A student receives an Early Bird scholarship of 10% (EUR 1,300) for the first year tuition fee if the student accepts their study place and pays 90% of the annual tuition fee EUR 11 700 and the student union membership fee EUR 61 (EUR 11, 761 in total) within two weeks of the publication of admission results.

In accordance with section 46 of the Universities Act, student union membership is mandatory for all master’s degree students.

The scholarships are awarded for the duration of the normative time for completing the degree (2 years for a master’s degree) on the condition that the student progresses in their studies according to the normative schedule.

In order to retain the scholarship, the student must complete at least 60 credits with good academic success (GPA at least 3/5) in your first academic year (full degree is 120 credits). The credits must be for courses included in the degree requirements. If the student completes less than 60 credits, or has poor academic success in the first academic year (GPA less than 3/5), the student will lose the second year scholarship entirely.

The tuition fee per academic year is 8 000 EUR.

All students subject to tuition fees will be granted a tuition fee waiver for their first academic year of studies:

• 25 % of accepted students: 100 % waiver, 8 000 EUR
• 25 % of accepted students: 80 % waiver, 6 400 EUR
• 50 % of accepted students: 60 % waiver, 4 800 EUR

It is not possible to appeal against the tuition fee waiver decision.

The tuition fee waiver does not cover living costs. All students are required to finance their living by themselves.

Conditions:

The tuition fee waivers are awarded for the duration of the normative time for completing the degree (2 years for a master’s degree) on the condition that the student progresses in their studies according to the normative schedule.

In order to retain the waiver, you must complete at least 55 credits in your first academic year (full degree is 120 credits). The credits must be for courses included in the degree requirements. If you complete less than 55 credits in the first academic year, you will lose the second year tuition fee waiver entirely.

It is also possible to earn a 100 % tuition fee waiver for the second year of studies by completing at least 60 credits of studies included in the degree requirements in the first academic year.

Please see the refund policy.

An applicant who does not agree with an admission decision of the University of Lapland may submit a rectification request within fourteen (14) days of the publication of the results. The rectification request must be received by the University of Lapland before 15:00 (3 p.m.) local Finnish time on the day of deadline.

In the rectification request the applicant is to state which decision should be rectified, how the decision should be rectified and on what grounds the decision should be rectified in the proposed way. In other words, the applicant must point out the mistake in the evaluation of the application.

Direct your rectification request to the Dean of the faculty in question and deliver it in one of the following ways:

• Send it as an encrypted email at https://securemail.ulapland.fi/, in which case the recipient is to be kirjaamo@ulapland.fi
• Send it as a regular email to kirjaamo@ulapland.fi
• Delivered as a hard copy to Lapin yliopiston kirjaamo, Yliopistonkatu 8, PL 122, 96101 Rovaniemi

An applicant may lodge an appeal against the rectification request decision to the administrative court. The outcome of the admission process shall not turn against the interests of the person requesting rectification thereto or anyone already admitted to the university.