Tuition fee - FAQ
Frequently asked questions
The first-year tuition fee must be paid during the LAB application process and the payment deadline is defined in your admission letter.
After the first year, the payment deadlines depend on the starting semester (Autumn/Spring). Students must pay the tuition fee for the entire academic year at the same time. However, if you plan to graduate in one semester on your final year, you can pay for one semester only.
- Students studying in Autumn starting groups are invoiced in May each year. Everyone is invoiced 50% of the full year's fee. The scholarship credits are checked in August after the summer break.
Students studying in Spring starting groups are invoiced in November each year. Everyone is invoiced 50% of the full year's fee. The scholarship credits are checked in January after the Christmas break. Students who haven’t completed enough credits for the next year’s tuition fee scholarship will receive payment instructions for the remaining 50% payment during January.
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
If you have not paid your tuition fee by the date set:
- you will receive a reminder.
- if the payment is neglected, you will lose your study right.
- after losing your study right you are able to apply for restart by paying the tuition fee + 50€ handling fee.
You will receive the payment instructions for your first payment with your admission letter. For the next years the LAB scholarship team will contact you with payment information.
We recommend that you make the payment via Flywire:
The tuition fee deadline for the future study years is 31 May / 30 November. If you have not paid your tuition fee by the deadline, you will receive a reminder. If neglecting the tuition fee payment, your study right will be closed and you are not able to continue your studies. You may apply for restoring later by paying the tuition fee and a 50 EUR office fee.
All studies completed at LAB University of Applied Sciences during your current study time are considered. If you complete at least 60 credits per year, you are eligible for the scholarship.
When only attending one semester during one billing year, the scholarship credit limit is 30 ECTS.
You are exempted from paying a tuition fee as long as you have one of the Finnish residence permits. If you have a Finnish residence permit card allowing you to get exempted from paying the tuition fee during the application period but it expires before starting your studies, you are required to pay the tuition fee. You must e-mail a copy for your new Finnish RP card to LAB.scholarships@lab.fi as soon as possible after having received it. If the status no longer allows you to get exempted from paying the tuition fee, the tuition fee will be charged from you.
If you paid for the whole academic year but graduated during the first semester, the next semester will be refunded. You will need to ask for a refund by 30.9. (Autumn semester) or 31.1. (Spring semester).
If quitting your studies, you will lose the tuition fee that you have paid for that ongoing semester (50% of the total payment). The rest 50% of the payment for the next semester will be refunded to you. You can claim a refund of the tuition fee from scholarships by 30 September / 31 January.
Yes, you do have to pay the tuition fee even if going for exchange studies or for an internship abroad.
Yes, we will take these completions into account. After receiving from student services a tuition fee payment instructions and If you know that you are going the get more credits during the spring /autumn semester and you will reached 55 / 60 credits during the previous academic year, please let us know and send us an email: LAB.scholarships@lab.fi
The amount is 8000€, because you have not completed enough credits during your previous academic year.
If you only attended one semester during one billing year, the credit limit for the scholarship is 30 ECTS.
You are exempted from paying tuition fee if you are a citizen of the United Kingdom, having entered Finland before 1 January 2021 and having one of the following:
- Right of Residence under the Withdrawal Agreement, or a proof from Finnish Immigration Service for having applied to register your EU Right to Residence in Finland under the Withdrawal Agreement
- Residence Permit Card with Right of Permanent Residence by virtue of the Withdrawal Agreement,
or a proof from Finnish Immigration Service for having applied for Residence Permit Card with Right of Permanent Residence by virtue of the Withdrawal Agreement
For further information, please see the About Brexit webpage by Finnish Immigration Service MIGRI.
Without a tuition fee payment, you cannot continue your studies to the next semester. If the payment has not been made by the start of the semester, all unpaid (or partially paid) study rights will be automatically closed.
However, you do have the right to register as non-attending for a maximum of two semesters during your study right. The right for absence cannot be availed during the first academic year. When registered as non-attending, you won't need to pay the tuition fee.
If you only attended one semester during one billing year, the credit limit for the scholarship is 30 ECTS.