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The tuition fee is 9,500 euros per academic year for non-EU/EEA students in each Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree programme taught in English, except for the degree programmes of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Mechatronics which have a tuition fee of 10,500 € per academic year.
The fees will not concern those students who
There is a tuition fee applicable to students who are not citizens of countries of the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland. You are exempted from paying the tuition fee if you have one of the documents mentioned below.
Please read more information about tuition fees in general from Studyinfo.fi: https://opintopolku.fi/konfo/en/sivu/tuition-fees and Finnish Immigration Service: https://migri.fi/en/tuition-fees
If you have one of the following documents, you are exempted from paying the tuition fee:
You can scan the document and send it by email to the address: admissions@samk.fi
Please note that you are not exempted from paying the tuition fee if you have applied for a different type of residence permit but have not yet received a decision. A pending application does not exempt you from paying the tuition fee. For example, you are not yet exempted from paying the tuition fee if you have previously had a students’ residence permit and you have now applied for a work permit in Finland, but the application is still pending. If you have a pending application and you expect to receive the decision shortly, please contact the Admissions Office.
If you are unsure about whether you’d be subject to tuition fees, check the ‘Am I required to pay tuition fees?’ section on the Studyinfo.fi application site: https://opintopolku.fi/konfo/en/sivu/faq-about-applying-to-higher-education#tuition-fees
The admission notification e-mail will include the payment instructions for the tuition fee. Your acceptance letter will arrive from e-mail address admissions@samk.fi. Please be careful and do not trust any other e-mails that claim to be from us.
Students starting their studies in the autumn: you can pay the tuition fee for the academic year in one or two instalments. This means that you can pay the fee one semester at a time. The deadline for the tuition fee for autumn semester is in June. The deadline for the tuition fee for spring semester is in November.
Students starting their studies in January: you have to pay the tuition fee for the spring semester in one installment. For the next academic year, you have the option to pay the tuition fee in one or two installments.
Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (SAMK) refunds the paid tuition fee to the payer only in the following cases:
Please note that in all scenarios described above, you are required to request a refund in writing from the Admissions Office of SAMK by e-mail: admissions@samk.fi. These policies are non-negotiable. If you are unsure of your situation, please contact the Admissions Office in advance. Please note that in case you are granted a refund, the refund is always made to the original payer.
On the contrary, you are not eligible for a refund in the following cases:
Satakunta University of Applied Sciences’ scholarship programme is available for SAMK’s non-EU and non-EEA students who are liable to pay the tuition fee (excluding double degree students).
The scholarships are to be applied only after the studies have started (excluding the early bird discount).
The Early Bird is a discount of 1,500 € on the tuition fee of the first study year at SAMK.
All the new students who have been selected and who have accepted the study place and paid the tuition fee no later than 12 April 2024 are rewarded an early bird discount of 1,500 €. The discount will be given from the first year payment. You will receive detailed instructions on how to pay the tuition fee in your acceptance e-mail. This offer is valid only for the first year of studies.
Please note that an early bird has to pay the tuition fee in one instalment.
During the studies students can apply for a scholarship after each study year and get 50 % of the paid fee back by progressing well in studies.
You can apply for a scholarship if you:
You can find information about the application period and instructions for applying on the student intranet Oiva.
You can find information about the application period and instructions for applying on the student intranet Oiva.
The Student Ambassador Scholarship is available for the nationals of non-EU and non-EEA countries studying at SAMK in bachelor’s degree programmes taught in English.
The Student Ambassador Scholarship Programme has been created for students who have an interest in becoming involved in international activities in SAMK during their studies. The Student Ambassador Scholarship offers successful students an annual award of 200–500 euros. The Student Ambassador Scholarship can be granted more than once.
You can find information about the application period and instructions for applying on the student intranet Oiva.
The scholarships during the studies cannot be granted to a student who has been guilty of deception or otherwise breached the order of the UAS, and has been given a warning by the president as provided in the UAS Act (932/2014).
More information about tuition fees and scholarships can be found on the Oiva intranet.