Bachelor of Social Sciences Completed in a University
Bachelor's Degree in a field other than Social Sciences Completed in a University
If you have a Master's degree in Social Sciences (yhteiskuntatieteiden maisteri) or will complete it before starting LUT Master's studies, you are not eligible to apply.
You can apply with a Master's degree (in a field other than Social Sciences) only if it was completed in a university before the two-tier degree system (no separate Bachelor's degree awarded).
Bachelor of Social Sciences Completed in a University of Applied Sciences
Bachelor's Degree in a field other than Social Sciences Completed in a University of Applied Sciences
Applicants having completed a Master's Degree are eligible to apply but only with the Bachelor's Degree.
Applicants having completed a Master's Degree with the prior degree completed on a secondary or higher secondary level are not eligible to apply.
Bachelor of Social Sciences Completed in a University, all countries
Bachelor's Degree in a field other than Social Sciences Completed in a University, all countries
Applicants having completed a Master's Degree in a university are eligible to apply but only with the Bachelor's Degree.
You can apply with a Master's degree only if it was completed in a university before the two-tier degree system (no separate Bachelor's degree awarded).
Applying with a combination of a 2-year Bachelor's + 2-year Master's Degree completed in certain countries is accepted when the combination of these two degrees is equivalent only to a Finnish Bachelor's Degree.
Bachelor of Social Sciences Completed in a University of Applied Sciences, EU/EEA countries and Switzerland
Applicants having completed a Master's Degree are eligible to apply but only with the Bachelor's Degree.
Applicants having completed a Master's Degree with the prior degree having been completed on a secondary or higher secondary level are not eligible to apply.
Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree
The degree must be equivalent to a corresponding Finnish Bachelor's Degree by the number of academic years and ECTS credits.
The degree must provide eligibility to apply to university level Master's studies in the country where the degree was awarded in.
Requirements for the degree-awarding university
The university must be recognized by the national education system of the country in question.
To be eligible to apply, you must have completed following studies by the application deadline:
a minimum of 24 ECTS credits of studies supportive to Social Sciences
If you have not listed the required studies on your application form as requested, your application is incomplete and will not be forwarded for academic evaluation.
These studies must have been completed in one or two of the following university groups:
a University, all countries
a University of Applied Sciences, EU/EEA countries and Switzerland
The programme admissions committee reserves the right to decide whether the studies completed qualify the applicant to apply to the programme.
Social Sciences and Political Sciences, including for example:
Administrative Sciences, Human Geography, Philosophy, Economic or Social History, Management and Organisational studies, Political Communication, Political Economy, Political Sciences, Science and Technology Studies, Social Policy, Social Work, Sociology
To be eligible to apply, the arithmetic GPA of the degree you apply with must be
a minimum of 3.00 on the scale of 1.00 - 5.00
The arithmetic GPA will be first checked and verified by LUT University. In case the original grading scale not being on a scale of 1.00 - 5.00, the arithmetic GPA will be converted by LUT University on this scale during the evaluation process. Finally, the arithmetic GPA with two decimals will be evaluated.
The arithmetic GPA evaluated in the LUT selection process is
an arithmetic average of grades for all individual courses and the grade of the Final Thesis included in the degree you have to apply with
that are completed at the time of applying
that have been evaluated on a numerical, verbal or letter-based grading scale
that are listed on the official Transcript of Records
What is excluded from the arithmetic GPA?
Failed grades
Courses evaluated only with "pass" or "fail" grades
Large modules, unless the individual courses in the module are not evaluated separately.
Courses without a related study unit such as ECTS credit, credit, credit hour etc.
Courses completed outside the degree
Courses completed outside the degree that have been credited or compensated, unless the degree-awarding university having graded them on a numerical, verbal or letter-based grading scale.
You must prove your proficiency in English with one of the following:
one of the accepted language tests
a degree in higher education completed in English in an EU/EEA country or in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom or the United States of America
a degree in higher education completed in Finnish or in Swedish in Finland
where all the important information regarding to applying in general is given.
You must list the programme-related studies on your application form in ECTS credits by each course under the related field of study and indicate the total ECTS credits for all the listed courses.
In case of your courses not originally listed in ECTS credits on your Transcript of Records, you are responsible for converting the original study units (credits, credit hours etc.) to ECTS credits according to the following conversion.
How to get the conversion factor?
Divide 180 ECTS credits (= the total credits for a LUT Bachelor’s Degree) by the total number of all the original study units (credits, credit hours etc.) you have completed for the Bachelor’s degree that you are applying with
As a result you will get a factor for the following conversion.
How to convert your study units to ECTS credits?
Multiply the original number of study unit (credits, credit hours etc.) for your courses with the factor explained above
As a result you will have your courses in ECTS credits
Case example:
The total study units completed for your Bachelor’s Degree are 120 credits and you need to convert a course with 2 credits to ECTS credits. Divide 180 ECTS credits by 120 credits >> the conversion factor is 1.5 Multiply 2 credits with the factor 1.5 >> your course is equal to 3 ECTS credits.
Do not round up the result for the converted ECTS credits. If the result is 3.84 ECTS credits, you must also list the course with exactly 3.84 ECTS credits.
In your application form, you must indicate the original study units in total for your Bachelor's degree.
If you have completed a combination of degrees that together correspond to a Bachelor's degree, you must indicate the total number of original study units for all those degrees.
If applying with an unfinished degree, you must indicate the total scope of studies that is expected to be completed for being able to graduate.
Language Test result when required Upload a scan for the test result or a screenshot from your test account. The result is always electronically verified from the test database.
Additional educational documents when required + official translations when required Upload a scan for the original(s). When proving your proficiency in English with another degree apart from the one you are applying with. When having completed programme-specifically required university-level studies not included in the degree you are applying with.
Passport or ID card with nationality Upload a scan for the document or card.
Finnish Residence Permit Card Upload a scan for the card, if having one, both front and back.
What is an unfinished Bachelor's Degree?
You have not yet graduated = you have not been awarded your Degree Certificate or the Provisional Degree Certificate
Having completed all your studies does not mean that you have graduated unless having been awarded the Degree Certificate or the Provisional Degree Certificate.
If not being able to upload your Degree Certificate or Provisional Degree Certificate by the supplementary deadline, you must identify your status on the application form as "not yet graduated".
When applying
Indicate the estimated date of graduation on your application form.
No official statement for the date required from the home university.
Upload your latest Transcript of Records to your application form
plus the official translation (when required)
The Transcript of Records must include the name of the degree to be awarded.
If not included, an additional statement issued by the awarding university about the name of the degree must be uploaded to your application form.
If admitted
If admitted, you must be able to
Graduate by 31 August 2025
Provide us with the following documents by 31 August 2025 at 15:00 (UTC+3)
Scan for your original Degree Certificate
Scan for your original Transcript of Records
Provide us with the following documents by 5 September 2025 at 15:00 (UTC+3)
Scans for the official translations in English for both the documents (when applicable)
Official translations required, if the original documents are not issued in English, Finnish or Swedish.
The documents must be provided according to the given instructions despite of the country the degree was awarded in.
If not being able to meet with both requirements by the given deadlines, your right to study in the programme will automatically be cancelled and you will lose your place without a possibility to claim it back.
Evaluation
Before the academic evaluation begins, the admission committee checks the programme-specific requirements. The applicants who meet the requirements will proceed to the academic evaluation.
The evaluation process does not include an interview as the final selection of applicants is based on the educational background. It will be evaluated based on the required information given on the application form and the required application documents.
Only a limited number of applicants will be admitted.
Academic Success, max. 6 points
Arithmetic GPA for the degree you must apply with is scored as follows:
3.00 - 3.49 = 3 points
3.50 - 3.99 = 4 points
4.00 - 4.49 = 5 points
4.50 - 5.00 = 6 points
For further information, please see Arithmetic GPA evaluated in the process under Admission Criteria.
Previous Relevant Studies, max. 8 points
Studies relevant to the programme are scored as follows:
24 - 40 ECTS credits = 2 points
41 - 59 ECTS credits = 4 points
60 - 79 ECTS credits = 6 points
80 ECTS credits or more = 8 points
On the application form, you must
list the courses in English, also when they have been completed in Finnish and
upload an official Transcript of Records in English.
For further information, please see Previous programme-related studies under Admission Criteria.