Häme University of Applied Sciences, also known as HAMK, is a higher education institution with several campuses throughout the most populated area of southern Finland. HAMK offers inspiring higher education and customer-oriented applied research to over 7200 students.
HAMK has strong links to business and industry, and have four research units which support the business and industry within the region . Therefore, they can offer their students authentic learning environments and assignments for the benefit of both the students and enterprises. These links with the business world have given HAMK graduates one of the highest employment rates in Finland. HAMK also has a very high rate of graduates that start their own businesses.
The Ministry of Education and Culture closely oversees the quality of teaching in all higher education institutions in Finland, including Häme University of Applied Sciences.
Häme University of Applied Sciences offers 4 bachelor’s level programs fully in English.
At Häme University of Applied Sciences, the duration of your studies and the credits you get from them depend on which program you have chosen. Listed below, you may find some general information about the total ECTS that you will receive by the time you graduate from a given program.
Students who are from non-EU/EEA countries are required to pay a fee of €8700 per academic year for bachelor’s degrees in English.
The tuition fee for the academic year must be paid at the time of confirming the study place. The fee must be paid at once and cannot be paid in installments.
The scholarship will be granted annually after the student has fulfilled the conditions for the scholarship. The scholarship can be granted at the earliest after studying for one semester.
The application process is fast and simple. The students are accepted on a first come, first served basis which means that if you meet the minimum requirements, you will be accepted.
Note: Original copies must be shown when arriving in Finland.
You will be invited to an entrance exam after you have submitted your application. You cannot apply for International Business with SAT results. The invitation will be sent by e-mail approximately two weeks before the exam. Entrance examinations are organized six times during the admission period and the applicants will always be invited to the next possible exam after submitting the online application as well as the required attachments. You cannot choose the exam date by yourself.
Exam: The entrance examinations are organised online. The entrance examination consists of an essay, a section measuring mathematical/logical thinking and an interview. The examination includes a compulsory section measuring English language proficiency. The essay is the test for written English and the interview is testing the applicant’s oral skills. Applicants are not given separate points for the language test but the language test is graded on a pass/fail basis.
You must pass all parts of the examination in order to be able to be selected for admission. If you fail to reach the minimum points in any of the examination parts or in the total score, you will be disqualified from the entrance examination. Applicants that pass the written entrance examination will be invited to online interviews.
Interview: The purpose of the interview is to get an idea of the applicant’s English language level, as well as to get to know them on a more personal level. There will be questions asked which relate to international business studies, as well as some general questions about the student and their goals for their studies and future.
If you choose SAT, HAMK requires a minimum score of 400 from Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, and 400 from Mathematics. Only new SAT scores taken after 1 March 2016 are accepted. You need to request the test score report to be sent to HAMK directly from the testing center. HAMK’s code is 6894.
If you choose entrance examination, you will be invited to the entrance examination after you have submitted your application. The invitation will be sent by e-mail approximately two weeks before the exam. Entrance examinations are organized five times during the academic year and the applicants will always be invited to the next possible exam after submitting the online application and the necessary attachments. You cannot choose the exam date by you.
The entrance examinations are organized online. Applicants that pass the written entrance examination will be invited to online interviews that are organised within one week after the written entrance examinations.
Exam: The entrance examination measures study skills and aptitude for technological fields (logical reasoning skills and basic competence in mathematics and physics/chemistry), as well as English language proficiency. The language test is compulsory for all applicants and it will be assessed on a scale of pass/fail. Only applicants passing the language test will be considered for admission.
Note: All documents need to be translated to English, if the original document is not in English. The translations need to be signed and stamped by the translator.
If you fulfill the admission requirements, you will receive an acceptance from the university within 3 weeks from submitting your application. Only then can you start your residence permit application process.
More than 100 partner institutions around the world where students can go for exchange studies.
One of the highest graduate employability rates in Finland.
New, and very modern campus facilities, with state of the art equipment in every classroom.