Master's Degree
Aim for Master's Degree through the Open University Route Studies
Open University Route Studies (Master's Level)
For you, who
- aim for a Master's degree
- have completed a bachelor's degree, but are not yet eligible for a Master's Degree Studies due to lack of work experience
- have applied to study for a Master’s Degree, but have not been accepted yet
- have suitable higher education qualification, Finnish vocational college diploma or a Finnish higher vocational diploma
- are looking for a flexible model to study
- want to complete supplementary studies, but not a full degree
- want to apply for a degree through the Open University Route and get accepted without entrance exams
To enter Master's level studies, you have to have a bachelor's degree first. You can also have a suitable higher education qualification, Finnish vocational college diploma or a Finnish higher vocational diploma in the field (vocational college diplomas were awarded mainly in Finland in the 1990s). When applying for a degree, applicants who apply with any other degree than with the relevant higher education degree specified above, are considered case-by-case based by their educational background and work experience.
You can start the Route Studies in Jamk Open University of Applied Sciences even without fulfilling the work experience requirement. The work experience needs to be completed if you apply for a degree later.
Why Route Studies?
- The studies include the entire first year studies
- Studying takes place in the same group with degree students
- Master's Degree studies completed in the Jamk Open UAS will be included in your degree if you later become a degree student
- You can apply through the Open University Route for degree programmes
You can apply for degree studies when you have completed 20-30 credits of Master's Degree studies in Jamk Open UAS. The studies may consist of study path courses or individual courses - as long as they are suitable for the degree programme. Through the Open University Route, you avoid entrance exams in most cases. At Jamk all those who apply through theh Open University Route are accepted to Master's degree programmes.
200€
Route study fee / semester
At Jamk Open University of Applied Sciences the fee for Route Studies is 200 € per semester (starting 1 Jan 2025). The full study year will therefore cost 400 €. Route studies are free-of-charge (until 31 July 2025) for unemployed jobseekers, laid-offs and asylum seekers as well as Jamk alumni from Bachelor's Degree Studies (for the time period of two years after graduation).
Note! For students, who have started and successfully completed their Route Studies in autumn semester 2024, the studies for spring semester will still cost 150€. So if you've already in Route Studies, the academic year will cost 300€ altogether.
Note! For students, who have started and successfully completed their Route Studies in autumn semester 2024, the studies for spring semester will still cost 150€. So if you've already in Route Studies, the academic year will cost 300€ altogether.
Route Studies 2, Master-level
Enrolment for students currently doing Open University Route 1 -studies
100 %
are accepted
All eligible applicants (suitable degree, work experience, open studies) who apply through Master's Level open study path are accepted to degree studies at Jamk.