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This is a list of the universities in Finland.Institutions of higher education are designated as universities by Finnish legislation. [1] Only universities have the right to confer degrees in the categories of alempi korkeakoulututkinto/lägre högskoleexamen (bachelor's degree) and ylempi korkeakoulututkinto/högre högskoleexamen (master's degree) and doctoral degrees.
The Polytechnic (University of Applied Sciences since 2006) is a higher education vocational institute in Finland. There are 24 different universities of applied sciences across the country. There are 24 different universities of applied sciences across the country.
The master's degree programme in universities of applied sciences takes two years and can be undertaken in conjunction with regular work. [40] After the master's degree, the remaining degrees (Licentiate and Doctor) are available only in universities. All master's degrees qualify their recipients for graduate studies at doctoral level.
Master's theses are typically graded with either the above scale, or by the Latin system used in high school matriculation exams, see above. Contrary to the upper secondary school however, the grade laudatur is typically used very rarely (significantly less than 5% of theses). Indeed, laudatur is often reserved for exceptional students and it ...
The requirement for Master's studies at a Centria is a Bachelors' level degree and at least two years of relevant work experience gained after the Bachelor's degree. The UAS Master's degree, which is 60–90 credits and usually takes 1–1,5 years, is equivalent to a university Master's degree in the labour market. Ylivieska Campus - bird's eye ...
University Admissions Finland (UAF) was a centralised application service for international Master's degree student applicants for eleven Finnish universities.After the application round for the autumn 2018 intake, University Admissions Finland closed down and the application processing was transferred over to each individual university for the future application rounds.
Haaga-Helia offers Bachelor and Master level courses in business, information technology, sport and leisure education, hospitality, tourism and event management, journalism, and vocational teacher education. It has about 11,000 students, of whom 1,000 are international students, and about 730 employees, of whom over 400 are full-time teachers.
The Docents' Association of the University of Helsinki recommends use of associate professor for docents in Finland but this can be confusing as associate professor is also a tenure track title in some Finnish universities. From 1994 to 2009, the designation docent also referred to a position, which sometimes caused confusion.