How to apply for transfer
Read the admission criteria below.
Timetable and application options
Autumn application period is 1 - 15 November 2024 by 3.00 p.m Finnish time.
Spring application period is on 1 - 15 May 2025 by 3.00 p.m. Finnish time.
You can apply on studyinfo.fi.
Transfer application period for English conducted degree programmes:
Degree programmes in spring and autumn application
- Purchasing and Logistics Engineering
- Automation and Robotics
- International Business Management
- Sport Business Management
Degree programmes in spring application
- Nursing
- Tourism Management
- Information and Communication Technology
- Business Information Technology
- International Business
Please note! If you want to apply for Master of Engineering or Master of Health Care programmes, you must apply through the joint application.
Eligibility
Transfer can be applied if you meet the following criteria:
- You have been an attending student at least one academic term
AND
- You have a study entitlement in an corresponding or equivalent degree programme in some other university of applied sciences or university in Finland
OR
- You have a study entitlement at Jamk and are willing to transfer in another degree programme, so that your current degree title or the language of instruction does not change. The possibilities are as follows:
- International Business <-> Liiketalous
- Purchasing and Logistics Engineering <-> Logistiikka
- Information and Communication Technology <-> Tieto- ja viestintätekniikka
- Nursing <-> Sairaanhoitaja
- Purchasing and Logistics Engineering -> International Business
- Business Information Technology <-> Tietojenkäsittely
- Tourism Management <-> Palveluliiketoiminta
- Tourism Management <-> International Business
- Tourism Management <-> Business Information Technology
Required attachments on the application form are
- official study certificate and
- official transcript of records.
Without the above mentioned documents, the application cannot be taken into consideration.
You can also attach a list of your current studies that will be completed during the ongoing academic term.
The attachments must be on the application form in spring transfer application by 15 May 3 p.m. Finnish time and in autumn transfer application by 15 November 3 p.m. Finnish time.
Admission criteria
Decisions on the transfer applications will be made as case by case according to the Admission Criteria presented below. Jamk cannot accept all transfer applicants.
- Your studies have been progressed normally: 55 ECTS credits/academic year or 27,5 ECTS credits/academic term. An applicant can take into count all the studies which will be at the transcript of records in the end of academic term
- You have a realistic possibility to graduate during the standard study time. Study right does not start from the beginning or be extended after transfer.
- In case there are more applicants than available study places, total amount of study credits, academic performance and the reasoning given in the application are taken in account.
If the language of instruction changes, an interview is required in order to determine your language skills corresponding to the new language of instruction. The interview will be assessed as passed/failed.
Please note!
- Degree student of a foreign institution cannot apply for transfer. You can apply for an admission in joint application in January.
- If you apply to a different field than to the field you are currently studying in, you have to apply in joint application in January.
Student’s study right will end in the current university and will be transferred to Jamk in the beginning of the next academic term.
After transfer, a transfer student may enroll for non-attendance for the first academic year only in the case of illness that prevents you from starting your studies, pregnancy/parenting leave, or military service. If you are going to enroll for non-attendance, you need to provide a document that proves one of these reasons for absence.
Additional requirement (Health and social studies)
The admission of such transfer student whose right to study has been revoked in another educational institution based on one's health or ability to function and whose right of study has not been restored later on the basis of a medical certificate, are considered separately. The right to study may be revoked if a selected transfer student has concealed a previous revocation of right to study. (Polytechnics Act 352/2003 a §, 1 subsection)
Additional requirement (Information and Communication Technology)
When you apply for transfer to Information and Communication Technology, an interview will be required in order to determine your suitability to the field and language skills (English).
Tuition fee and scholarship
When a transfer student accepts a study place via the transfer process, the study right ends in the present university and starts at Jamk in the beginning of the next academic term.
The starting date of the study right in the previous University of Applied Sciences where the student is transferring from determines the applied tuition fee and scholarship regulations at Jamk.
The credits for the scholarship are counted from the student’s transcript of records of the previous UAS. The scholarship can be received only for the standard study period and only for the semesters one has enrolled for attendance. Therefore, the fee must be paid for all semesters and academic years for which the student enrolls as attending student, including any possible extension period.
Notice that if you have already paid the tuition fee for the next academic year to your previous UAS, it will not be transferred to Jamk.
Results
- Results will be announced before 30 June (studies begin in autumn) or 15 December (studies begin on January).
- Study place have to be accepted 31 July (studies begin in autumn) at the latest, or 31 December (studies begin on January) at the latest, depending on the application period.
- Studies will always start beginning of the next academic term.
After transfer, a student may enroll for non-attendance for the first academic year only in the case of illness that prevents you from starting your studies, pregnancy/parenting leave, or military service. If you are going to enroll for non-attendance, you need to provide a document that proves one of these reasons for absence.
Appeal
If you are not satisfied with the student admission decision, please contact Jamk Admission Services by e-mail. If the student admission decision is still not reasonable, you may submit an appeal within 14 days of receiving the notification of the decision (sent by e-mail).
Appeal based on personal circumstances (difficult life situation, misunderstanding, health reasons) and so on will not be considered as valid reasons for appeal.
Student admission decision can be changed only if it is clearly shown that Jamk has not followed the student admission criteria. Therefore, the appeal must be well-grounded and it should contain accurate information on where the Jamk has not followed the criteria.
Submit the appeal by post or by e-mail:
Jamk Study Affairs Board / Sirpa Tuomi
Rajakatu 35
40200 Jyväskylä, Finland
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