• The scholarship is a 50% reduction on the annual tuition fee.
• A student must complete 60 credits during the first academic year to be eligible for the scholarship.
• During the second and third year, the credits must accumulate steadily over the duration of your studies:
  • Bachelor's degree programmes: 60 credits after the first year, 120 credits after the second year and 180 credits after the third year.
  • Master's degree programmes: 20 credits after the first year, 40 credits after the second year.

Possible Recognition of prior learning (RPL) is not valid when considering scholarships. Only credits completed at LAB University of Applied Sciences during your study time will be taken into consideration. CampusOnline and exchange studies are considered into your studies, if they are completed during your active study time at LAB University of Applied Sciences.

Please note: The ECTS limit has been raised to 60 ECTS starting Academic year 2021–2022 (as of 1 August 2021). This policy will be applied until the end of the normative study time. If only attending one semester during the billing year,the credit limit for the scholarship is 30 ECTS.

There are no more scholarships available for students who started their studies prior to autumn 2021.

In the case of a transfer student from another Finnish higher education institution, it is sufficient to have completed 60 credits at the previous institution and therefore to be eligible for scholarship.

A student must complete 60 credits during the first academic year to be eligible for the 50% scholarship. During the second and third year, the credits must accumulate steadily over the duration of your studies. Bachelor's degree programmes: 60 credits after the first year, 120 credits after the second year and 180 credits after the third year. Master's degree programmes: 20 credits after the first year, 40 credits after the second year.

Possible Recognition of prior learning (RPL) is not valid when considering scholarships. Only credits completed at another Finnish higher education institution during your study time will be taken into consideration. CampusOnline and exchange studies are considered into your studies, if they are completed during your active study time in Finnish higher education institution.

The annual tuition fee is determined according to the current tuition fee policy at LAB.

In the case of a internal transfer student (a person changing degree programmes or study programmes within LAB), it is sufficient to have completed 60 credits at LAB UAS and therefore to be eligible for scholarship.

A student must complete 60 credits during the first academic year to be eligible for the 50% scholarship. During the second and third year, the credits must accumulate steadily over the duration of your studies. Bachelor's degree programmes: 60 credits after the first year, 120 credits after the second year and 180 credits after the third year. Master's degree programmes: 20 credits after the first year, 40 credits after the second year.

Possible Recognition of prior learning (RPL) is not valid when considering scholarships. Only credits completed at LAB University of Applied Sciences during your study time will be taken into consideration. CampusOnline and exchange studies are considered into your studies, if they are completed during your active study time at LAB UAS.

The annual tuition fee remains as it has been from the beginning of your studies at LAB.

After completing path studies (i.e. first-year studies, no additional studies via Open UAS are available), if you are admitted as a degree student, the tuition fee for students from the non-EU/EEA countries per academic year is 8000 € for Bachelor’s Degree Programmes and 9000 € for Master’s Degree Programmes. Because of your path studies you are entitled to have 20% discount of your first year degree studies. 

For your first year as a degree student no scholarships are available.

A student must complete 60 credits during the first academic year to be eligible for the 50% scholarship. The credits completed during your path studies will not be considered. During the second and third year, the credits must accumulate steadily over the duration of your studies. Bachelor's degree programmes: 60 credits after the first year, 120 credits after the second year and 180 credits after the third year. Master's degree programmes: 20 credits after the first year, 40 credits after the second year.

Possible Recognition of prior learning (RPL) is not valid when considering scholarships. Only credits completed at another Finnish higher education institution during your study time will be taken into consideration. CampusOnline and exchange studies are considered into your studies, if they are completed during your active study time in Finnish higher education institution.

The annual tuition fee is determined according to the current tuition fee policy at LAB.

If you do not graduate in the designated time, you are obligated to pay the tuition fee for the next semester. No scholarships are available for overtime. In case of overtime, please contact LAB.Scholarship@lab.fi

Starting from 2021 the yearly bachelor’s payment is 8 000 EUR or 4 000 EUR with the 50% scholarship. Corresponding master’s payments are 9 000 EUR and 4 500 EUR. For earlier intake groups the yearly amounts will remain unchanged.

Deadlines 

Students studying in Spring starting groups are invoiced in October. Payment deadline for 4000 EUR is 31.10.

Students studying in Autumn starting groups are invoiced in May. Payment deadline for 4000 EUR is 31.5.

*The scholarship credits are checked in August and January.

• Students who haven’t completed enough credits for the next year’s tuition fee scholarship, will receive payment instructions for the remaining 4000 EUR after the credit check.

If you have completed the required amount of ECTS during previous academic year but are waiting for missing grades to be registered in Peppi after the academic year end (31 July / 31 December), please contact LAB.scholarship@lab.fi.