Tuition Fees

Tuition Fees (from 1 August 2026)

  • Bachelor’s programmes: €10,500 per academic year
  • Master’s programmes: €12,000 per academic year
  • EU/EEA students are exempt from tuition fees. To check if your country is in the EU/EEA, please see here
  • Some non-EU/EEA students may qualify for an exemption. See Exemption from Tuition Fees.

For further information about tuition fees, please contact us at tuitionfee@vamk.fi  

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Principles related to tuition fees for Non-EU/EEA students
  • Non-EU/EEA students are required to pay an annual tuition fee.
  • Non-EU/EEA students must obtain a Finnish residence permit unless the whole degree programme is offered and conducted online.
  • Tuition fees are paid for the semesters for which the student is registered as attending.
  • First-year tuition fee is paid in full.
  • The student may register for non-attendance for the first academic year only for the following statutory reasons:
    • military service or alternative civil service;
    • maternity-, paternity- or parental leave;
    • illness or disability preventing the start of studies.
    • Students must provide documentation for the statutory reason. Submission deadlines are announced annually on VAMK’s website.
  • If the tuition fee is not paid by the due date, the right to study will be lost.
    • New students: due date specified in the acceptance letter.
    • Continuing students: 30 June (autumn semester) and 31 December (spring semester).
  • Students must pay for any excess semesters while attending. The fee is half of the annual tuition.
Exemption from Tuition Fees Starting from 1 December 2024

Students exempt from tuition fees

  • have started their studies before autumn 2017 are enrolled in Doctoral/PhD level studies and research study in degree programmes taught in Finnish or Swedish
  • are EU/EEA citizens or their family members (spouse / child)
  • are Exchange students

Documents accepted for tuition fee exemption

To be exempted from tuition fees, students must submit a valid accepted document to the Admission Services. Accepted documents are listed below.

  • A permanent residence permit card in Finland (Type P permit)
  • EU residence permit for third-country  citizens with long-term residence permit card in Finland (Type P-EU)
  • EU Blue Card in Finland
  • EU-family member’s residence card in Finland (You can apply for a residence card as a family member of an EU citizen if you are not an EU citizen or a citizen of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland but your family member is). You must hold this EU-family member card by yourself.
  • Temporary protection in Finland as referred to in the Aliens Act
  • EU passport to indicate the citizenship of EU/EEA/Switzerland
  • Continuous Finnish residence permit (Type A) issued for purposes other than studies

Important notes

  • Type A residence permit issued for other purposes than studies (e.g. work) in Finland no longer exempts from paying tuition fees starting from 1 December 2024,  if the first residence permit was issued for studies in Finland.
  • If you have a continuous residence permit (type A) based on family ties in Finland, and your family member originally came to Finland on a residence permit granted for studying, you are also required to pay tuition fees starting from 1 December 2024.
  •  If your residence permit (type A) is based on family ties in Finland (e.g. spouse) and your family member is a Finnish citizen, you are exempted from paying tuition fees.

Validity of exemption

  • If you have been exempted from tuition fees before the renewed law (Polytechnics Act) entered into force 1 December 2024, your exemption continues until the end of your previous exemption period (in connection with validity of your RP card). Your status may change after the exemption period, depending on your residence permit history in Finland.
  • The document must be valid at the start of the term in question, 1 January or 1 August, for the student to be entitled to the exemption.
  • If the student’s status related to tuition fees changes mid-term, the tuition fee will be exempted for the next term. The document based on which the student is exempted from the tuition fees must be valid for 1 January or 1 August.
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Refund Policy

Refund based on rejected residence permit application

  • Tuition fees may be refunded if:
    • the residence permit application is rejected; and
    • the student withdraws their application to study at VAMK before the end of the enrollment period.
  • The residence permit rejection decision must be submitted to Admission Services within the enrollment period.
  • The enrollment period is defined annually for all degree students.

Refund restrictions and right to study

  • No refund is available if the whole degree programme is offered and conducted online.
  • A tuition fee refund results in the loss of the right to study and will be reported to Migri.
  • Pending residence permit application is not a sufficient reason for refund.

Delayed residence permit process

  • If the residence permit process lasts more than one semester and the studies are not offered online, the paid tuition fee can be transferred to the next attending semester after receiving an A permit for studies in Finland.

Refund for Registration as Non-attending

  • Tuition fees may be refunded for semesters of non-attendance if the registration has been changed from attendance to non-attendance by the registration deadline set by VAMK.
  • The registration dates for the academic year are announced to all students annually.

Refund deadlines for autumn 2026 intake

  • Full refund for students admitted to the autumn 2026 intake is available until 1 October 2026.
  • 50% of the paid fee is refunded until 12 January 2027.

Refund deadlines for spring 2027 intake

  • Full refund for  bachelor’s degree students admitted to the spring 2027 intake is available until 8 March 2027.
  • Full refund for  master’s degree students admitted to the spring 2027 intake is available until 25 January 2027. 
  • 50% of the paid fee is refunded for both bachelor’s and master’s until 6 September 2027.

Refund deadlines for autumn 2027 intake

  • Full refund for students admitted to the autumn 2027 intake is available until 1 October 2027.
  • 50% of the paid fee is refunded until 12 January 2028.

Payment Instructions for New Students

  • Pay the tuition fee and confirm your study place by the deadline stated in the acceptance letter.
  • Your study place remains conditional until:
    • the original school leaving certificate has been checked by the Admission Services;
    • you have enrolled for the academic year;
    • the required tuition fee has been paid.
  • Study right will be cancelled if tuition fee is not paid until deadline.
  • The first-year tuition fee must be paid in full through the Flywire portal.
  • The applicant is responsible for any costs related to international transactions.
  • Detailed payment instructions are provided in the acceptance letter.
  • Tuition fees are paid for each attending semester.
  • Non-EU/EEA students are expected to cover living costs in Finland (€9,600 per academic year).
  • When applying for a residence permit for studies, students must provide:
    • proof of tuition fee payment;
    • proof of sufficient funds for living costs
  • More information on residence permit requirements can be found at Migri.fi

Payment Instructions for Continuing Students

For continuing years the payment is made in two installments (per semester) as follows:

  • The payment for the spring semester must be made latest by  31 December (through Flywire)
  • The payment for the autumn semester must be made latest by 30 June (through Flywire)

 

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