Nominations should be done in SoleMOVE or by secure e-mail taking into consideration GDPR:

• For the nominations in SoleMOVE, send us your valid e-mail address to incoming@ulapland.fi. We will create a user account and send your username and password for you to nominate through the system safely.
• If you must nominate through e-mail, please use our secure email and send the information to incoming@ulapland.fi.

If you have difficulties to make the nominations within these deadlines, please contact us incoming(at)ulapland.fi.

We ask for the following information:

1. home university
2. applicant’s name (first name/last name)
3. date of birth
4. gender (female/male, prefer not to say)
5. valid e-mail address
6. duration of the exchange
7. EU subject area at home institution
8. EU Subject area code at Ulapland (see below)

Exchange student application deadlines

• May 15 for autumn semester and full academic year
• October 15 for spring semester

Students will apply using SoleMOVE online application system. Application guidelines for students can be found below. If you have difficulties to make the application within these deadlines, please contact us incoming(at)ulapland.fi.

Publication of results
Applicants will be informed of acceptance/rejection latest

• June 15 for autumn semester and full academic year
• November 15 for spring semester

The decision is a message generated from the SoleMOVE application system to the applicants e-mail. Please check also your trash box as generated messages sometimes end up there.

Academic year 2025–2026

• Academic year 19.08.2025 – 29.05.2026
• Autumn semester 19.8.2025 – 19.12.2025
• Spring semester 7.1.2026 – 29.5.2026

Please use one of the following codes:
Faculty of Education:
0110 Education
0113 Teacher training without subject specialization
0114 Teacher training with subject specialization

Faculty of Art and Design
0210 Art Education, Fine Art
0211 Audiovisual Media Culture
0212 Design (Graphic, Industrial, Textile Art and Material Studies)

Faculty of Social Sciences
0310 Social Sciences
0312 Political Sciences
0313 Psychology
0411 Accounting
0413 Management and administration
0414 Marketing and advertising
0923 Social Work
0314 Sociology and cultural studies
1015 Tourism Research
0319 Arctic Studies Programme

Faculty of Law
0421 Law

Languages
0230 Languages

See ISCED codes from the list above
Country: Finland
Host institute: UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND
Name in original language: LAPIN YLIOPISTO
Add the faculty/unit: Your faculty at ULapland
Contact person: Jani Suokanerva (Law, Education); Tijl Van Daal (Social Sciences, Art & Design)
Email: incoming@ulapland.fi
Phone: +358 40 484 4496

SCHAC identifier: ulapland.fi
Organisation ID (OID): E10200892
Participant Identification Code (PIC): 998208474
PADOR-code / EuropeAid-ID: FI-2007-DOJ-2711196452
Erasmus Charter number: 101014800
Erasmus+ code: SF ROVANIE01
Country code: FI
Language code: FI

Faculty of Art and Design
The faculty departments will make the decision on students acceptance. Students who meet the eligibility criteria, required language skills (English B2), are selected based on previous studies, study plan and portfolio. If there are more applications than places available we will negotiate with the student and offer an alternative program/plan if possible.

Other faculties
Students who meet the eligibility criteria and the required language skills (English B2), are selected based on previous studies and study plan. If there are more applications than places available we will negotiate with the student and offer an alternative program/plan if possible.

Grading System
Finnish universities use numeric grading scales. In the University of Lapland, the scale used is from 5 (excellent) to 1 (sufficient). Please note that some courses are given only on a pass/fail basis without any further grading. In this case the mark ‘pass’ appears on the transcript. Every successfully passed course and examination is recorded on the student’s personal transcript. Failed courses or not completed courses are not marked. Below is a comparisons table with other grade scales. Please note that the comparison is meant to be descriptive and not normative.
The grading scale is comparable to the ECTS grading scale, as shown below. However, there is one important difference: the ECTS system is based on an expectancy of the distribution of different grades, the Finnish system is not. That means that in the Finnish system there is no rule or expectation as to how big a proportion of the participants in any given course can be given what grade; each student is graded on his/her individual performance, not in relation to the performance of others.

Ulapland grading scale
Excellent 5
Very good 4
Good 3
Satisfactory 2
Sufficient 1

European grade definition
A
B
C
D
E
F

The US scale
A +
A
B
C
D
F

Ulapland grading scale

5
4
3
2
1
Pass / fail: no grade given, no assessed assignments or exam included in the course

Definitions:
5 EXCELLENT: outstanding performance with only minor errors
4 VERY GOOD: above the average standard but with some errors
3 GOOD: generally sound work with a number of notable errors
2 SATISFACTORY: fair but with significant shortcomings
1 SUFFICIENT: performance meets the minimum criteria

We acknowledge that there are many different grading systems in Europe. The ECTS grading scale has been developed to help institutions to “translate” the grades awarded by the host institutions into their own grading scales. ECTS grade does not replace the local grade and higher education institutions make their own decisions on how to apply the ECTS grading scale to their own systems.
The ECTS system is based on mutual trust and confidence in the academic performance of the institutions involved. This said we feel that students should have opportunity to obtain the grade that they deserve i.e. with the highest grade they should receive highest grade possible.