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Tuition fees

Tuition fees for non-EU/EEA area degree students

Bachelor’s degree programmes taught in English have tuition fees. Degree students who are not citizens of countries of the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland and who have started their studies 1 August 2017 and onwards are required to pay the tuition fee. Please see from the Studyinfo website whether or not you are required to pay the tuition fee.

If you are a Finnish citizen, you are not required to pay tuition fees.

As of 1.1.2023 at Karelia UAS the tuition fee for non-EU/EEA students are:
– Inter­na­tional Business 9 000 € / study year
– Indus­trial Management 9 000 € / study year
– Infor­mation and Commu­ni­cation Technology 10 000 € / study year.

Refund policy

Schol­arship criteria as of 1.1.2023

Karelia UAS provides fee-paying students schol­ar­ships based on Finnish language skills and study perfor­mance.
Second-and third-year students can be awarded with a schol­arship two times during their studies based on the following criteria.

Second year students:

  • the number of credits earned, minimum of 55 credits. If the number of student’s credits exceeds the minimum 55 credits, the exceeding number of credits will be taken into account in following academic year.
  • level A2.1 level of Finnish profi­ciency gained during the previous academic year: minimum grade of 3/5 of Finnish language studies

The amount of the schol­arship for second-year students is 50% of the tuition fee.

Third year students:

  • the number of credits earned, minimum of 55 credits.
  • level A2.2 of Finnish profi­ciency gained during the previous academic year: minimum grade of 3/5 of Finnish language studies

The amount of the schol­arship for third year students is 3000 €.


An incentive schol­arship
of EUR 500 will also be awarded if the student achieves the Finnish profi­ciency level of B1 in the National Language Profi­ciency certificate test (YKI). Student can take the test once during the studies funded by Karelia UAS. The proce­dures for conducting the test are described in separate instructions.


When student graduates within the time limit of the degree, she/ he will be awarded by scholarship:

  • Inter­na­tional Business, 3,5 years, 2 250 €
  • Indus­trial Management, 4 years, 2 250 €
  • Infor­mation and Commu­ni­cation Technology, 4 years, 2 500 €


If student:

  • does not graduate during 3,5 years (Inter­na­tional Business), 4 years (Indus­trial Management and ICT), s/he has a right to study one year immedi­ately following this set of duration without a separate permit. Student is required to pay the tuition fee for exceeding semester. Schol­arship will not be paid if study time exceeds 3,5 / 4 years.
  • graduates during the semester, the tuition fee paid will not be refunded,
  • is found guilty of plagiarism, the schol­arship committee has the right to reclaim the scholarship.