Separate Application with SAT, GMAT or GRE
for the Master´s Degree Programmes 10.2.-25.4.2025 3pm
Apply on Studyinfo for International Business Management
Apply on Studyinfo for Project Management (Business)
Apply on Studyinfo for Project Management (Engineering)
Selection Method 1
- GMAT (500 points) or
- GRE 150 points in both the quantitative and verbal reasoning sections
Acceptable GRE tests are the GRE General Test and the GRE Revised General Test. VAMK
also accepts also GMAT™ Online exam and GRE® General Test at home. GRE Subject Test
results are not considered in student selection.
Sending GMAT score results to VAMK, please visit: mba.com/exams/gmat-exam/scores/sending-your-score
GMAT and GRE test results must be delivered to VAMK by the end of the application period (see above). Additionally, you must submit an application at Studyinfo and meet the eligibility criteria for the master’s degree studies (bachelor’s degree in a relevant study field and at least 24 months of work experience).
Instructions for Ordering the GRE Score Report:
Test results must be delivered to UAS Admission Services by the end of the application period directly from the test center.
- Vaasa UAS GRE designated institution code is 1426.
- Detailed information about the GRE General Test and GRE Subject Tests, including score use guidelines and score interpretation materials, is available in the GRE Scores section on the GRE website
Selection Method 2
- SAT (550/550 points for both Evidence Based Reading and Writing / Mathematics sections)
Instructions for Ordering the SAT Score Report:
- The (electronic) score report should be ordered directly from the test center and must be delivered to Vaasa UAS by the end of the application period.
- Vaasa UAS’s SAT designated institution code is 6860.
- Only the new version of SAT test (completed after March 2016) is accepted.
- Score reports printed and sent by the applicant are not taken into consideration.
Eligibility
- Project Management (Master of Business Administration) Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business administration or Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality Management completed in Finland or an equivalent degree completed outside Finland gives eligibility to apply. Additionally, 24 months of work experience is required from a related field (business or tourism) from the date of award of Bachelor’s degree.
- Project Management (Master of Engineering) Bachelor’s or Master´s degree in engineering completed in Finland or an equivalent degree completed outside Finland gives eligibility to apply. The work experience requirement is 24 months after graduation in the subsequent field.
- International Business Management (Master of Business Administration) Bachelor´s or Master´s degree in Business Administration or Bachelor in Hospitality Management completed in Finland or equivalent bachelor or master degree completed outside Finland gives eligibility to apply. Additionally, a Finnish post-secondary or higher vocational level diploma in a corresponding field completed in Finland gives eligibility. 24 months of work experience required from a related field (business) from the date of award of Bachelor’s degree or Finnish post-secondary or higher vocational level diploma.
Work Experience
In order to be eligible, applicants must have two years of work experience accumulated from the date of award of the final degree certificate and obtained no later than 31 July for the spring application period and no later than 31 December for the autumn application period.
Universities of applied sciences also accept work experience obtained after completion of a post-secondary or higher vocational level diploma in Finland (in any field of education) but prior to taking the higher education degree. In such cases, too, at least two years of work experience obtained in a relevant field is required.
Entrepreneurship will be accepted as work experience if an applicant can produce a certificate attesting that he or she is or has been covered under the statutory YEL or MYEL pension scheme (YEL = statutory pension scheme for entrepreneurs; MYEL = statutory pension scheme for farmers, forest estate owners, fishers and reindeer herders and their family members). Enterprising activities abroad should be substantiated with comparable official documents.