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A Bachelor of Science (BSc) in a relevant field of study (Astronomy and/or Physics). The BSc must be awarded from a full university (i.e. an institution with the right to award doctorate degrees) and the BSc must correspond to the level of Bachelor's degree as awarded at Finnish universities in terms of its extent (at least 180 ECTS, or European credits), or to three years of full time study. The BSc formally qualifies the applicant to access the Master's programme.
The applicant shall give evidence of his/her educational background by submitting officially attested copies of certificates in time and, in addition, the accepted student will have to show the original documents in the appropriate Faculty in order to be able to register at the university.
The contents of formally eligible students' previous degrees do not always correspond to the academic level in the programme. Students can be required to complete additional Bachelor level studies while studying for the Master's Degree. These additional studies (max. 60 ECTS) are not part of the Master's Degree. The extent and contents of the additional studies are defined individually for each student when a personal study plan is created in the beginning of his/her studies. Depending on the amount of additional studies, the study time for the Master's Degree can be more than the targeted study time, which is 2 years.
All applicants must prove their knowledge of English in one of the ways accepted by the Faculty. The language requirements are given on http://www.utu.fi/en/units/sci/studying/MDPs/language/Pages/home.aspx
The application period is 2 December 2013 - 31 January 2014 for studies starting in September 2014. Students graduating after the application deadline may apply, on the condition that the application includes a statement from the home institution stating the expected date of graduation. In this case, a certified copy of the original degree certificate (in the original language), and an English, Swedish of Finnish translation (or a Diploma Supplement), must arrive at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences by (Finnish Summer time). Applications arriving after the deadline are not considered. Postmark dates on the applications will not be taken into account; the applications must arrive at University Admissions Finland before the above deadline.
After filling in the template the applicant must print and sign it and send it together with necessary enclosures to University Admissions Finland (located in Helsinki), where the applications are preprocessed. After this all applications are forwarded to the universities, where the contents of the complete applications are evaluated and the admission decisions are made.
The following documents must be sent by the applicant:
Please see http://www.utu.fi/en/studying/masters-degree-programmes/Apply/Pages/Country-specific-document-requirements.aspx for country specific requirements in the way of certifying the copies and submitting the documents.
In general, the application documents required as officially certified copies must bear the official stamp and signature of an authorized university official from the degree awarding institution or a notary public. All translations must be made by an authorized translator. If copies of translations are submitted those must also be officially certified.
The following document is optional and does not affect the application in any way. It is simply asked for identification purposes when handling the applicant's documents, which sometimes contain the applicant's name in different forms:
Applications sent by e-mail or fax are not accepted. Application documents will not be returned to the applicant nor is it possible to apply with the same submitted documents in later application periods. Incomplete applications will not be processed.
During the application round, a secondary/high school certificate may be requested from the applicant, if this is necessary for determining the length of the applicant's previous education (this concerns degrees from a minority of countries).
In addition to submitting officially attested copies of educational certificates, the admitted applicant will have to show the originals of his/her educational documents (degree certificate and transcript of study records) at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences in order to be able to register with the university after arrival in Finland.
A maximum of 20 students are accepted to the astronomy track. All students are required to start the studies in the beginning of the autumn semester, and there is no separate admission for the spring semester.
If you use a courier service please also mark down the University Admissions Finland's phone number +358 (0)9 191 23528
Applications sent by e-mail or fax are not accepted. Application documents will not be returned to the applicant. Incomplete applications will not be processed.
