Admission to the Bachelor's Programme in International Business, Bachelor (Mikkeli) and Master (Otaniemi) of Science in Economics and Business Administration (3 yrs + 2 yrs)

Please note that as an Aalto University student, you cannot be granted a right to pursue a degree in a study option from which you have already earned a degree or for which you have a valid right to pursue a degree.

Applicants with a right to study only for a Master of Science (Economics and Business Administration) at the Aalto University School of Business cannot be admitted through the procedures described in this document. At Aalto University, a student may have only one valid study right towards a given degree. If you accept a new study right in a bachelor's programme leading to the same degree at Aalto, your old study right will be canceled.

If you are a refugee or asylum seeker or have a refugee-like status in Finland and cannot prove your eligibility for higher education by documentation, you may be invited to an entrance examination or be required to take the SAT or ACT test.

You are required to provide additional information on the lack of requisite documentation as well as an official decision on your refugee status (decision on being granted asylum or a residence permit based on the need for international protection or a certificate of a pending application for asylum). The university will determine your eligibility based on the additional information provided.

Please note that you are also required to submit an application during the application period. Your eligibility can only be determined after Aalto University has received your application. Instructions for applying can be found on this page under the section “How to apply?”.

For more information, please contact [email protected].

Admissions to the Bachelor's Programme in International Business are organised through the national spring Joint Application to Higher Education. You can submit an application only during the application period 3–17 Jan 2024. You can also find all study options available at Aalto University at Studyinfo.

In the Joint Application to Higher Education, you can apply to a maximum of six (6) study options with one application form. You do not have to place the study options in order of preference, and you may be offered more than one study place. 

Please note that you can only accept one study place leading to a higher education degree in Finland in education that begins in the same academic term (one study place per term provision). This rule applies to all higher education.

More information on the one study place per term provision (studyinfo.fi).

Please note that If you also apply in the Joint Application to Finnish/Swedish Degree Programmes, you are required to fill out a separate application form during the application period 13–27 March 2024.  

How to apply in joint application (studyinfo.fi) 

The selection is based on an admission index, which is calculated from the grade received on the matriculation examination. Calculation of the admission index for different secondary school final examinations are described in the tables below. The admission index used in admissions is the total score calculated based on the secondary education final grades. All possible national changes to the scoring tables will be taken into consideration.

Degrees (Finnish matriculation examination, IB, EB, RP/DIA) or parts of the degrees can be combined for calculating the total scores for Admission Group I, providing that at least one of the degrees has been completed. The combination of degrees or subjects that gives the applicant the highest total score will be taken into consideration. The applicant must submit documents for all degrees or examinations that they wish to be considered in the admission by the given deadlines.

The total score which determines the order of admission of the applicants is calculated based on the secondary education final grades in the mother tongue test, the mathematics test, the language for which the applicant receives the highest points, and the two tests for which the applicant receives the highest points. A test for Finnish or Swedish as a Second Language taken instead of the mother tongue test is regarded equivalent to the mother tongue test. If the applicant has taken two mother tongue exams, the other (better performing) will be calculated as a mother tongue and the other can be calculated as an advanced language.

For applicants who have taken tests of different levels in the same subject (for instance, basic and advanced mathematics), only the grade in favor for the applicant is counted towards the score. The applicants cannot receive points for Finnish matriculation exams tests in the subjects of humanities and natural sciences taken before 2006.

In order to be admitted, the applicants must have completed with a pass grade either advanced or basic mathematics test in the Finnish matriculation exam, or equivalent IB, EB or RP/DIA exams. The grades of international diplomas are converted into their Finnish matriculation examination equivalents with the help of the IB/EB/RP/DIA diplomas table below. The total score, calculated from the applicant’s grades in the Finnish matriculation examination or on the IB/EB/RP/DIA diploma, is the academic index used to rank the applicants.

If the admission index is identical (tied score) for two or more applicants, the procedure below will be followed to break the tie:

1. the applicant who received the most points on his or her equivalent English test
2. the applicant who received the most points on his or her equivalent mathematics test
3. the applicant who received the most points on the mother tongue test
4. the applicant with the most points for the subject most advantageous to him or her out of all the remaining subjects

If there is still a tied score between applicants after the above procedure, they all will be admitted.

For applicants who complete the International Baccalaureate or European Baccalaureate in the spring of 2024 will be calculated an admission index based on their preliminary grades and if applicable, made a conditional offer of admission, but the admission result will be reviewed after the final grades have been published. If the final grades of an applicant made a conditional offer of admission is not sufficient for admission, the admission offer may be revoked or the applicant may be placed on a waiting list in the appropriate admissions group in accordance with his or her final academic index. If the final admission index of an applicant who hasn’t been admitted is sufficient for admission, they will be admitted even if this means exceeding the original number of student places available. The appendices must be submitted according to the national timetable.

If an applicant admitted in admission group I renounces his or her student place, the applicant ranked next, after any tied scores have been resolved, will be admitted. At the discretion of the university, the applicant ranked next in the same category, after any tied scores have been resolved, may be admitted to replace a student who has enrolled as non-attending.

*Other subjects included in the degree, such as IT, business, economics etc.

The points of applicants who finish their IB degree in the spring 2024 are calculated based on their Candidate Predicted Grades. The points of applicants who finish their EB degree in the spring 2024 are calculated based on the official predicted grades. If you are accepted based on predicted grades, the selection is conditional until you submit an official certificate of the final grades to Aalto University. If the points calculated based on the final grades are lower than the points calculated based on the predicted grades, your admission offer may be revoked. If your final score is higher than the predicted grades or preliminary marks, you may be admitted to a study option for which the predicted score had been insufficient.

In this admission group only applicants who have completed or will complete in spring 2024 some of the following degrees may be admitted: a Finnish matriculation examination and Finnish upper secondary school or the equivalent curriculum, or the European Baccalaureate or International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme or the Reifeprüfung/DIA (Deutsche Internationale Abitur) in Finland and the upper secondary school or the equivalent curriculum.

In admission group II admission is based on SAT or ACT test results. The official test results must arrive at Aalto University directly from the test organizer by the deadline of 24 January 2024. Please note that the last day to complete SAT test is 2.12.2023 in order for the test results to arrive at Aalto University on time. 

Only SAT or ACT tests taken on 1 Jan 2022 or later are considered. The following sections of SAT test are considered in this admission: Mathematics and Evidence-Based Reading and Writing. The following sections of the ACT test are considered in this admission: Reading, English, Maths and Science. To be eligible for admission, the applicant must achieve a minimum total score of 1200 for the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing and Mathematics sections on the SAT test or a composite score of 25 for the Reading, English, Maths and Science sections on the ACT test.

Applicants are ranked based on the total score of the SAT test's Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, and Maths sections, or the corresponding ACT score. If several applicants have received the same score, the applicant with the highest score in the mathematics section of the SAT or ACT test will be admitted.

More information about delivering the SAT and ACT scores and about the conversion of ACT test scores into SAT scores

For applicants completing an IB or EB degree, a foreign degree giving eligibility to higher education studies or a Finnish vocational degree in spring 2024, the selection is conditional until the applicant submits a copy of the final diploma to Aalto University. If the degree is not completed or the required documents are not delivered by the given deadline, the admission offer may be revoked. Please check the deadlines for delivering application documents under the section "Required application documents".

If an applicant admitted in admission group II renounces his or her student place, the applicant ranked next, after any tied scores have been resolved, will be admitted. If there are still fewer applicants admitted than places are reserved for admission group II, any unfilled student places may be moved to the quota of admission group I.

At the discretion of the university, the applicant ranked next in the same admission group, after any tied scores have been resolved, may be admitted to replace a student who has enrolled as non-attending.

In admission group III you must complete, either the SAT or ACT test, and request the test organizer to deliver your test results to Aalto University. The official test results must arrive at Aalto University directly from the test organiser by the deadline of 24 January 2024. Please note that the last day to complete SAT test is 2.12.2023 in order for the test results to arrive at Aalto University on time.

Admission is based on SAT or ACT test results. The following sections of SAT test are considered in this admission: Mathematics and Evidence-Based Reading and Writing. The following sections of the ACT test are considered in this admission: Reading, English, Maths and Science. Only SAT or ACT tests taken on 1 Jan 2022 or later are considered. To be eligible for admission, the applicant must achieve a minimum total score of 1200 for the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing and Mathematics sections on the SAT test or a total average of 25 for the Reading, English, Maths and Science sections on the ACT test.

Applicants are ranked based on the total score of the SAT test's Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, and Maths sections, or the corresponding ACT score. If several applicants have received the same score, the applicant with the highest score in the mathematics section of the SAT or ACT test will be admitted.

More information about delivering the SAT and ACT scores and about the conversion of ACT test scores into SAT scores

For applicants completing an IB or EB degree, a foreign degree giving eligibility to higher education studies or a Finnish vocational degree in spring 2024, the selection is conditional until the applicant submits a copy of the final diploma to Aalto University. If the degree is not completed or the required documents are not delivered by the given deadline, the admission offer may be revoked. Please check the deadlines for delivering application documents under the section "Required application documents".

If an applicant admitted in admission group III renounces his or her student place, the applicant ranked next, after any tied scores have been resolved, will be admitted. If there are still fewer applicants admitted than places are reserved for admission group III, any unfilled student places may be moved to the quota of admission group I.

At the discretion of the university, the applicant ranked next in the same admission group, after any tied scores have been resolved, may be admitted to replace a student who has enrolled as non-attending.

The information in the application form and reported in its appendices as well as that received through the national student admissions register affects the admissions decision. Applicants are responsible for the accuracy of the information they give and for correctly filling in the form. Any information that is given ambiguously and that affects the final result will be interpreted to the disadvantage of the applicant. Providing false or misleading information in student admissions may lead to forfeiture of an already obtained right to study or study place. Applicants must read their application instructions carefully. If any instructions are unclear to the applicant, he/she should contact Aalto University Admission Services.

Attach to your application form a copy of your valid passport or some other government-issued identity card (with photo) including information on your citizenship by 24 Jan 2024 at 3pm/15.00 (GMT +2).

Please note! If you have Finnish citizenship, you do not have to submit a copy of your passport or identity card.

If your official identification card is issued in a language other than English, Finnish or Swedish, you must also submit a translation of the document. You can translate the document yourself. The translation must be accurate.

If you are exempted from the tuition fee based on your residence permit, attach to the application form copies of both the front and back sides of your residence permit card in Finland by 24 Jan 2024 at 3pm/15.00 (GMT +2). See the residence permit types that exempt from tuition fees at Scholarships and Tuition Fees page. 

The fee-exempting residence permit must be valid at the beginning of the academic year i.e., 1 August 2024. 

A residence permit card in itself is not a valid proof of identity. In addition you must submit a copy of your valid passport or other official ID card where your citizenship is indicated.

More information on liability to pay tuition fees can be found under the section Tuition fees and scholarships. More information on tuition fees (aalto.fi).

The official SAT or ACT test results must be delivered directly by the test organiser to Aalto University by 24 Jan 2024 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+2). You must also attach a copy of the official SAT or ACT test result report to the application form by 24 Jan 2024 at 3pm/15.00 (UTC+2). Test results delivered after the deadline or solely by the applicant or test organiser are not accepted. 

More information on delivering your SAT/ACT test results to Aalto University

If you have completed the Finnish matriculation examination in 1989 or earlier, upload copies of your degree certificate on the online application form by 24 Jan 2024 at 3 pm / 15.00 (UTC+2).

If you have completed the Finnish Matriculation examination in 1990 or later, you do not need to submit a copy of your certificate.

If you have completed the IB diploma before spring 2024, attach a copy of your IB diploma to the online application form by 24 Jan 2024 at 3 pm / 15.00 (UTC+2). Attach both pages of the IB diploma (the page stating your grades and the page stating the diploma has been awarded).

If you are completing an IB diploma in spring 2024, attach a predicted grades report to the online application form by 3 Apr 2024 at 3 pm / 15.00 (UTC+3). The official final grades must be delivered by 11 July 2024 at 3 pm / 15.00 (UTC+3).

If you are completing the IB diploma in spring 2024 you must order a Transcript of Grades document to be delivered to Aalto University directly from the IBO. Aalto University will check the final grades electronically after the final results have been published. The final grades must be delivered to Aalto University by 11 July 2024 at 3 pm / 15.00 (UTC+3).

If you are accepted based on IB predicted grades, the selection is conditional until Aalto University Admission Services receives your official final grades from the IBO. If the points calculated based on the final grades are lower than the points calculated based on the predicted grades, the admission offer may be revoked. If the final score is higher than the predicted grades, you may be admitted to a study option for which the predicted grades had been insufficient.

More information on IB Diploma: www.ibo.org

If you have completed the EB examination before spring 2024, attach a copy of your degree certificate to the online application form by 24 Jan 2024 at 3 pm / 15.00 (UTC+2). Attach all pages of the diploma.

If you are completing an EB examination in spring 2024, attach a preliminary grades report to the online application form by 3 Apr 2024 at 3 pm / 15.00 (UTC+3) and a copy of your final degree certificate by 11 July 2024 at 3 pm / 15.00 (UTC+3).

If you are accepted based on EB preliminary marks, the selection is conditional until you submit an official certificate of the final grades to Aalto University Admission Services. If the points calculated based on the final grades are lower than the points calculated based on the preliminary marks the admission offer may be revoked. If the final score is higher than the preliminary marks, you may be admitted to a study option for which the preliminary marks had been insufficient.

More information on EB Diploma: www.eursc.eu

If you have completed the DIA or RP diploma before spring 2024, attach a copy of your diploma to the online application form by 24 Jan 2024 at 3 pm / 15.00 (UTC+2). Attach all pages of the diploma

If you are completing a DIA diploma in spring 2024, upload a copy of your final grades report to the online application form by 30 Apr 2024 at 3 pm / 15.00 (UTC+3). Attach all pages of the diploma.

More information on DIA/RP Diploma (in Finnish): www.dsh.fi

Upper secondary education completed outside Finland (general or vocational), e.g. a high school diploma. The qualification must give eligibility to university-level studies in the country in question.

If you have completed the degree before spring 2024, you are required to attach to the online application form by 24 Jan 2024 at 3 pm / 15.00 (UTC+2)

• A copy of your final degree certificate and
• Translations to Finnish, Swedish or English (if the original document is not in either Finnish, Swedish or English)

If you are completing the degree in spring 2024, upload to the online application form:

By 24 Jan 2024 at 3 pm / 15.00 (UTC+2)

• A copy of the most recent transcript of records or a certificate of ongoing studies issued by the school (including information on the qualification to be completed and the estimated graduation date)Translations to Finnish, Swedish or English (if the original document is not in Finnish, Swedish or English)

By 11 July 2024 at 3 pm / 15.00 (UTC+3)

• A copy of the final degree certificate and
• Translations to Finnish, Swedish or English (if the original document is not in either Finnish, Swedish or English)

More information on translations can be found below.

If you have completed the degree before spring 2019, attach a copy of the final degree certificate to the online application form by 24 Jan 2024 at 3 pm / 15.00 (UTC+2).

Please note, that if you have completed the degree in 2019 or later, you do not need to submit a copy of your certificate.

If you are completing the degree in spring 2024, the degree must be completed by 14 June 2024.

If you have completed the degree before spring 2024, attach to the online application form by 24 Jan 2024 at 3 pm / 15.00 (UTC+2)

• A copy of your final degree certificate and
• Translations to Finnish, Swedish or English (if the original document is not in either Finnish, Swedish or English)  

If you are completing the degree in spring 2024, attach to the online application form:  

By 24 Jan 2024 at 3 pm / 15.00 (UTC+2)

• A copy of your most recent transcript of records and
• Translations to Finnish, Swedish or English (if the original document is not in Finnish, Swedish or English)  

 By 11 July 2024 at 3 pm / 15.00 (UTC+3)

• A copy of your final degree certificate and
• Translations to Finnish, Swedish or English (if the original document is not in either Finnish, Swedish or English)

More information on translations can be found below. 

All application documents must be available in Finnish, Swedish or English. If the original document was written in some other language, an official translation of the documents must be submitted.

The translation is official if it has been done by the educational institution that awarded the degree or by a certified translator (authorised translator). The certified translator’s stamp and/or signature must be on the translations.

Submit scanned copies of the official translations. In addition to translations, copies of the original documents in the original language must also be submitted; translations by themselves are insufficient.

The Finnish National Agency for Education (www.oph.fi/en) maintains a register of authorised translators who are based in Finland.

Tuition fees are charged for degree programmes taught in English. Citizens of the EU, EEA or Switzerland are not required to pay tuition fees. In addition, tuition fees are not charged of applicants who possess any of the following documents:

• A permanent residence permit for Finland (marked P on the residence permit card)
• A continuous residence permit for Finland (marked A on the residence permit card), based on other grounds than studying
• An EU residence permit card in Finland for third-country nationals with long-term EU resident status (marked P-EU)
• Resident permit card in Finland for a family member of an EU citizen
• EU Blue Card in Finland
• a Brexit residence permit card, type SEU-sopimuksen 50 artikla = Right of residence under the withdrawal agreement, or P SEU-sopimuksen 50 artikla = Right of permanent residence under the withdrawal agreement

The fee-exempting residence permit must be valid at the beginning of the academic year (1 Aug 2024).

If you are exempt from tuition fees on the grounds of your residence permit, upload a copy of both sides of your residence permit card to your online application form. A residence permit card in itself is not valid proof of identity. In addition, a copy of your valid passport, or national ID card where your citizenship is indicated, is required to prove your citizenship.

For more information about determining tuition fee liability and tuition fee exemptions, see Studyinfo (studyinfo.fi). For more information on residence permit card types, see the Finnish Immigration Service (migri.fi) website.

At Aalto University the tuition fee is €12 000 per academic year for Bachelor’s degree programmes and €15 000 per academic year for Master's degree programmes.

Aalto University has a scholarship programme to support non-EU/EEA citizens who study in a fee-charging degree programme. The number of scholarships is limited.

The scholarships are granted in the form of a tuition fee waiver, covering either 50% or 100% of tuition fees. The scholarships do not cover living costs. Students are expected to cover living expenses (approx. EUR 800 per month) and other study-related costs from their own financial resources.

Non-EU/EEA citizens who are liable to pay tuition fees can apply for the Aalto University scholarship. The applicants can apply for the Aalto University scholarship on the same application form they fill in when they apply for a Bachelor's programme. It is not possible to apply for the scholarship after the application period has ended.

At Aalto University in the admission to bachelor's programmes, you can only receive one scholarship for one study option at Aalto University, including all fields of study (art and design, business and economics and science and engineering). You can still apply and be admitted to more than one study option. Please indicate on the application form your order of preference for your scholarship application for the study options at Aalto University. The applicants are ranked based on the programme’s admission criteria and the best applicants liable to pay fees may be granted scholarships. If based on your success in the admission process you would be admitted to and granted a scholarship for several study options, in this case the scholarship will be granted to the study option you have placed as a higher preference. The scholarship decision is given together with the admission decision. No appeal may be lodged against a university decision pertaining to a scholarship.   

Please note! The order of preference you indicate on the application form is binding and cannot be changed after the application period has ended. If you add or remove study options offered by Aalto University on your application form during the application period, please remember to adjust your order of preference accordingly.  

You can find more information about scholarships and tuition fees can be found at Scholarships and Fees (aalto.fi)

If you have been admitted to a study programme, you will receive a notification of this to your email. You must accept the offer of admission by the given deadline, or you will lose your offer. You can accept only one offer of admission per academic term. Accepting an offer of admission is a binding choice, and you cannot cancel or change your choice later. When you accept an offer of admission, all your other admission offers will be cancelled automatically.

Important information about accepting your study place offer and enrolment can be found at Studyinfo.

You can find statistics for the Bachelor’s Programme in International Business, including the minimum accepted scores on this website:
https://www.aalto.fi/en/study-at-aalto/statistics

The right of appeal means that you have the possibility to request rectification if you believe that there has been an error in the decision-making process. The appeal should be submitted to the Registry of the university within 14 days after the publication of the decisions. In the appeal the applicants should specify the reasons for it. The right of appeal is not intended as a mean for receiving feedback or asking for further information about the application process.

More information and instructions for appealing against the admission decision