International Teacher Education for the Digital Era

In most cases the eligibility to apply for teacher education studies can be obtained with:

• a Bachelor's degree
• a minimum of three years of professional work experience

In the field of Social Services and Health:

• a UAS Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of work experience corresponding to the content of the degree OR
• a Master’s degree and 3 years of professional work experience.

Applicants who seek qualification as general subject teachers are required to have a relevant Master’s degree.

English proficiency must be sufficient, e.g. B2-level. To participate in the studies, applicants must have sufficient proficiency in English to follow theoretical instruction, engage in small group work, complete written assignments and complete teaching practice.

The recognition of the degree as equivalent to a tertiary level degree completed in Finland must be attached to the application in the following cases:

• You have completed the degree on which your eligibility is based outside the Nordic countries (Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland).
• You have completed your tertiary level degree outside Finland in another Nordic country and the degree belongs to the field of social services and health, and/or
  • based on the degree, you are seeking qualification as a so-called general subject teacher, and/or
  • the degree is less than three years in scope, and/or
  • you are not a citizen of any of the Nordic countries.

The degree, with which you apply, must be formally recognized by the Finnish National Agency for Education or the Ministry of Education of Finland, and an official statement of recognition from one of these bodies must be attached with the application.

The requirement for general subject teachers in vocational education is in most cases a relevant Master’s degree. In the student selection process to Professional Teacher Education, applicants who have studied e.g. one of the following subjects as the major subject in their Master’s degree can be considered teachers of general subjects: languages, philosophy, psychology, literature, culture research, statistics, political science, law, math, physics, chemistry and health education.

Without copy of the decision, your application will not be considered.

The student selection procedure is based on a national admission point scoring system. The admission criteria can be found in the Studyinfo.fi -service.

The admission point scoring system is updated annually, which means that the acceptance scores are not comparable year-to-year.

Summarised overview of the admission points:

Learning sessions 2026 - 2027 will be published later.

• 5 June 2025 at 12 - 14: info session (online)  
• 27 August 2025 at 10 - 16: face-to-face learning session in Jyväskylä
• 28 August 2025 at 9 - 15: face-to-face learning session in Jyväskylä  
• 10 September 2025: learning group (online)  
• 23 September 2025 at 9 - 15: hybrid learning session  
• 7 October 2025 at 9 - 15: hybrid learning session  
• 28 October 2025: learning group (online)  
• 19 November 2025 at 9 - 15: hybrid learning session
• 9 December 2025: learning group (online)  
• 20 January 2026 at 10 - 16: face-to-face learning session in Jyväskylä  
• 21 January 2026 at 9 - 15: face-to-face learning session in Jyväskylä  
• 11 March 2026 at 9 - 15: hybrid learning session  
• 21 April 2026 at 9 - 15: hybrid learning session  
• 12 May 2026 at 9 - 15: hybrid learning session