HARD COPIES TO BE MAILED FOR THE DEGREE THAT YOU APPLIED WITH
If having applied with a finished upper secondary degree the hard copies (not originals!!) for the following documents
- Degree Certificate
- Transcript of Records
must be provided according to the given specific instructions for the degree you had to apply with.
The required documents must be received
- by LUT Admissions Services at Lappeenranta Campus as requested
- 31 July 2025 at 15:00 (UTC+3)
The deadline is the same when providing us with the electronically verified documents by Digitary or by the awarding institution.
** In case of the documents not reaching us at Lappeenranta Campus by the given deadline and/or as requested, your place will be automatically revoked without any exceptions due to not having been able to meet with the requirement that is an official part of the admission process.**
The instructions on how the documents must be processed or certified and mailed depend on the country where the degree was completed.
Mailing address:
LUT University
Admissions Services / Bachelor's programmes
Yliopistonkatu 34
FI-53850 LAPPEENRANTA Finland
Tel: +358 29 446 2111
Customs notification:
To avoid your documents to get stuck in the customs, do not indicate any monetary value to your documents when mailing them. In case of your documents get stuck in the customs, you are responsible for actions required for them to be delivered to LUT University.
DEGREE COMPLETED IN COUNTRIES WITH COUNTRY-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
DEGREE COMPLETED IN OTHER COUNTRIES
If the institution having awarded you the degree you applied with is located in the listed countries you must choose one of the following methods (1-4) for providing us with the required documents.
- African countries
- Bangladesh
- China
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Malaysia
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
- Vietnam
1. Documents provided according to country-specific requirements
For each one of these listed countries there is a special way of providing the documents that must be fully followed.
See the full instructions for each country
and carefully follow them accordingly.
2. Documents electronically verified by Digitary
Instead of following the method for providing the documents according to the country-specific requirements we also accept the required educational documents electronically verified by Digitary.
3. Documents electronically verified by the awarding institution
Instead of following the method for providing the documents according to the country-specific requirements we also accept the required educational documents electronically verified by the awarding institution.
The documents must either bear a digital verification element on them or they must be verifiable from an official online verification system. In case of there are codes or passwords needed for the verification in the latter case, you must provide us with them.
Emailed copies without any true electronic verification element are not accepted.
4. Documents verified by Finnish Digital and Population Data Services (DVV)
If already residing in Finland you have an option to have the Finnish Digital and Population Data Services (Digi- ja väestötietovirasto, DVV) take the required copies for your original documents and provide us with the copies officially certified by them.
Further information: Notarisation process
If the institution having awarded you the degree you applied with is located in any other country except for the ones with country-specific requirements, you must choose one of the following methods (1-5) for official certification for providing us with the required documents.
Whenever the original educational documents not issued in English, official translations in English are required in addition to the documents in original language.
If having completed the degree you applied with in Finland, there is no need to provide us with any documents as the degree is a verifiable one from the national database.
1. Official certification by the awarding institution
The easiest way to get officially certified copies for your original documents is most likely to turn to the awarding institution and have them provide you with the certified copies according to the given specifics:
- Copies are taken from the original documents
- Copies include each page of the original documents
- Copies bear an original stamp of the awarding institution
on each page of the document
- a generic stamp "Certified true copy" is not accepted
- Copies bear an original signature of the certifying officer
Photocopies without an official certification will not be accepted.
Whenever the original educational documents not issued in English, Finnish or Swedish, official translations in English are required in addition to the documents in original language.
2. Documents electronically verified by the awarding institution
Electronically verified documents sent by email are accepted instead of the certified paper copies.
The documents must either bear a digital verification element on them or they must be verifiable from an official online verification system. In case of there are codes or passwords needed for the verification in the latter case, you must provide us with them.
Emailed copies without any true electronic verification element are not accepted.
3. Official certification by legalisation
If not able to have your educational documents officially certified by the awarding institution, you can get them officially certified through a process called legalisation.
Legalisation is divided into two different methods depending on whether the country where the degree was awarded is a signatory to the Hague Convention of 1961 or not.
A. Apostille
Apostille Certificate is required if the degree was awarded in a country that is a signatory of the Hague Convention of 1961.
An Apostille Certificate can be done by stamping the document with a specific Apostille stamp or, on a separate Apostille Certificate.
B. Legalisation
Legalisation is required, if the degree was awarded in a country that is not a signatory of the Hague Convention of 1961.
- The first legalisation for the document must be done by the Foreign Ministry of the degree-awarding country
- The second legalisation for the document must be done by a Finnish Embassy or Consulate to that country having completed the first legalisation.
4. Documents verified by Finnish Digital and Population Data Services (DVV)
If already residing in Finland you have an option to have the Finnish Digital and Population Data Services (Digi- ja väestötietovirasto, DVV) take the required copies for your original documents and provide us with the copies officially certified by them.
Further information: Notarisation process
5. Documents electronically verified by Digitary
We also accept the required educational documents electronically verified by Digitary.
OFFICIAL TRANSLATIONS
An official translation must be one of the following:
- Issued by the awarding institution
- An officially certified copy of a translation issued by the awarding institution
- Translated by an official translator
- An officially certified copy of a translation made by an official translator
Each translation must bear the translator's stamp and/or signature.
The official Diploma Supplement in English will be considered as a translation for the Degree Certificate as well.