Tuition Fees

Tuition Fees for Non-EU/EEA Students

The tuition fees for Bachelor and Master degree programmes starting from 1.8.2024.

  • 9500 euros per academic year for Bachelor’s degree programmes conducted in English language.
  • 10 500 euros per academic year for Master’s degree programmes conducted in English language.

*For students from EU/EEA countries, the tuition fees are exempted. To check if your country is in the EU/EEA, please see here.

*Non-EU/EEA students with certain specifications can also get exemptions from tuition fees. Please see below in the criteria and guidelines, under the section of Exemption of the Tuition Fee for more detail.

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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 (starting from 1 August 2017).
  • Non EU/EEA students are required to obtain a Finnish residence permit to be eligible to study in VAMK unless the whole degree programme is completely offered and conducted online.
  • The tuition fees are always paid for the academic years for which the student is registered for
    attendance.
  • 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; or an illness or disability that prevents the student from starting the studies. The student must present a document that proves such a statutory reason. Deadlines for submitting the document are defined separately for each academic year and are announced on VAMK’s website.
  • If a student subject to tuition fees does not pay the fee by its due date, they will lose their right to study.
    For new students, the due date is the last confirmation date specified for the joint application process.
    For continuing students, the due date for the next academic year is 30 June. Students starting during the spring term must pay the fee by 31 December.
  • Students must also pay the fee for any excess terms during which they are in attendance (one termat a time). The fee is half of the annual tuition.
Exemption from Tuition Fees Starting from 1.12.2024

The fees will not concern those non-EU/EEA students who

  • 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

To be exempted from tuition fees, the student subject to tuition fees must present a valid and accepted document. The student shall deliver the document to the Admission  Services. The following documents are accepted for exempting the student from tuition fees:

  • 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
    • NB: Type A residence permit issued for other purposes than studies (e.g. work) in Finland no longer exempts from paying tuition fees starting from 1.12.2024,  if the first residence permit was issued for studies in Finland.
    • NB: 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 1.12.2024.
    • NB: If you 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.

If you have been exempted from tuition fees before the renewed law (Polytechnics Act) entered into force 1.12.2024, your exemption continues until the end of your previous exemption period (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.

Refund Policy
  • The tuition fees may be refunded to the student if their application for a residence permit in Finland is rejected and the student revokes their application for studies in VAMK before the end of the enrollment period during which the application has been made. The rejection decision on the residence permit must be delivered to the applicant services within enrollment period when revoking an application for studies on the grounds of a rejection decision by the Finnish Immigration Services. If the whole degree programme is completely offered and conducted online, no refunds are possible, as participation does not require residence permit.The refund of the tuition fee causes the loss of the right to study, and VAMK shall report this to the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri).
  • Pending residence permit application is not a sufficient reason for refund.
  • If the residence permit application process has lasted more than one semester and the studies are not offered online, the student can transfer the paid tuition fee after receiving the A permit granted for studying in Finland to the next semester of attendance.The tuition fees may be refunded to the student for terms for which they are absent, if they have changed their registration for attendance into non-attendance by the registration date specified by VAMK. The registration dates for the academic year are announced to all students annually.

Payment Instructions

  • Tuition fee must be paid and study place confirmed latest by 28.11.2024 (application period in autumn)
  • Tuition fee must be paid and study place must be confirmed latest by  10.7.2025 (application period in spring).
  • Study place is conditional until the original school leaving certificate has been checked by the Admission Services and student has enrolled for the academic year and paid the required tuition fee.
  • Study right will be cancelled if tuition fee is not paid until deadline.
  • Tuition fee should be paid in full in euros (by using Flywire portal).
  • Admitted applicant is responsible for any possible costs caused by international transaction.
  • Detailed payment instructions will be included in the acceptance letter for admitted applicants.
  • Tuition fee is paid for each attending semester
  • Students who are not citizens of an EU/EEA country are also expected to cover living costs in Finland during studies (9600 euros per academic year). Receipt of paid tuition fee and a proof of sufficient funds for living costs should be provided to the Finnish Embassy when applying the residence permit for studies. More information on residence permit requirements can be found at Migri.fi
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