🇫🇮 38 institutions · 8,718 programmes
Finland publishes how hard it is to get in.
Most countries don't. Finland reports how many people put each programme first and how many places it has — so you can see that acting at the Theatre Academy draws 87 applicants per place, and plenty of programmes draw fewer than two. 1,775 of these degrees are taught entirely in English.
Students
358k
across universities and universities of applied sciences.
Competition published
26%
of programmes — 2,225 of 8,718. The rest don't publish their place count.
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Fees
Free for EU/EEA students; institutions set their own fees for everyone else, and none of it is open data.
What “applicants per place” means, and what it isn't
It is the number of people who named that programme as their first preference, divided by the number of study places, in the joint application. Ten applicants per place means ten first-choice applicants competing for each seat.
It is deliberately notan acceptance rate. Vipunen splits every programme across selection queues, and dividing those admitted by those who applied within a queue gives a median of 100% — a number that looks precise and means nothing. Where a programme offered places but nobody put it first, we say so rather than printing “0.0 per place”, which would rank it as the easiest in Finland.
Hardest programmes to get into
First-preference applicants per study place, 2025 joint application.
| Programme | Places | First-choice applicants | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Näyttelijäntaide, suomenkielinen, teatteritaiteen kandidaatti ja maisteri (3 v + 2 v) | 12 | 1047 | 87.3 |
| Bachelor of Business Administration, Business Information Technology, full-time studies, Helsinki, Finland | 44 | 3216 | 73.1 |
| Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing (aimed at immigrants) | 28 | 1742 | 62.2 |
| Elokuvaohjaus, taiteen kandidaatti ja maisteri (3 v + 2 v) | 2 | 110 | 55 |
| Elokuva- ja tv-käsikirjoitus, taiteen kandidaatti ja maisteri (3 v + 2 v) | 2 | 75 | 37.5 |
| Maisterihaku, psykologian maisteriohjelma, psykologian maisteri (2,5 v) | 10 | 291 | 29.1 |
Every institution
Universities (13)
Research universities awarding bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.
Universities of applied sciences (22)
Ammattikorkeakoulut — professionally oriented, a distinct track rather than a lesser one.
Other institutions (3)
Specialist and military institutions.
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