Language requirements

• Score of 6.5 or higher

It usually takes at least 13 days for the results of the test to be published after you have taken it. The score will be cross-checked with the database of the organizer of the test. University of Lapland also accepts IELTS Indicator test results for the time being.

The scores are valid for two years after the test date. On the application form, you must provide the Test Report Form (TRF) number when requested. Additionally, please upload your test results report to the application form.

• Score of 92 or higher

University of Lapland accepts the TOEFL iBT test as well as the TOEFL iBT Home Edition (online version) as evidence of your English language skills. The TOEFL scores are valid for two years after the test date. Please note, as the TOEFL PBT test is no longer offered, it will not be accepted.
Upload your TOEFL score report to the online application form. TOEFL language tests must be reported to University of Lapland with the institutional code 8264. Please make sure you use the correct institutional code. University of Lapland will verify the TOEFL results through the online verification system provided by ETS. The scores can be accessed approximately 1-2 weeks after the delivery order has been made.

• Score of 62 or higher
  

Test results for PTE Academic are typically available within five working days following the test session. Once you receive your test score, send it to University of Lapland from your PTE account. Choose Finland as the ‘Country’, ‘University of Lapland’ as the ‘Institution’ and click ‘Search’. Then select the university you want to send your results to and confirm your request. After this, University of Lapland should have access to your test results within 48 hours. Be advised that online language test results will only be accepted from the test organiser.

Provide your Score Report Code on the application form when requested, and attach your PTE certificate to the application form.

• Score C
  

For C1 Advanced, please attach your test certificate to the application form and provide your Statement of Results number. A test certificate without the Statement of Results number is not sufficient for proving your language proficiency.

• Score Level C1
  

For C2 Proficiency, please attach your test certificate to the application form and provide your Statement of Results number. A test certificate without the Statement of Results number is not sufficient for proving your language proficiency.

• Skill level 5 in the following subtests; reading, writing, listening and speaking
  
  - Upload a copy of the National Certificate of English Language Proficiency by Finnish National Board of Education to the electronic application. University of Lapland will verify the results from the test organiser.
  - No expiry date for test result.
  - Please noticet that this test is only available in Finland. National language proficiency certificates from other countries are not accepted.

• a Bachelor’s, Master’s or Doctoral degree in English in one of the EU or EEA countries, or in Australia, Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, the United Kingdom, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, New Zealand, Nigeria, the Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, the United States, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Online studies or studies completed on offshore campuses outside the accepted countries/area cannot be used to indicate language skills, even if the degree-awarding institution is located in one of the accepted countries.
  
• Document needed: Copy of degree certificate and transcript of records of the degree in original language from an institute in one of the above-mentioned countries clearly indicating that the language of instruction for the degree was English. If the degree has not been completed yet, a current transcript of records is required. If the original document is not issued in English, Finnish or Swedish, translation into one of these languages is required. If the documents do not indicate the language of instruction, an additional statement from the institution confirming the language of instruction is required as well.

• English as foreign language as part of a Bachelor's or Master's degree taught in a Nordic country (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden).
• Finnish degrees: You can prove your language skills with a degree completed in a Finnish university or university of applied sciences if you have demonstrated foreign language proficiency in the English language in accordance with the Government Decree on University Degrees (794/2004) or University of Applied Sciences Degrees (1129/2014). 
• Document needed: Copy of transcript of records of the Bachelor's (or higher) degree from a Nordic university in original language AND copy of your bachelor’s (or higher) degree certificate/diploma from a Nordic institution of higher education. The documents from Finnish institutions must clearly state the language skills in the degree have been demonstrated in accordance with the Government Decree on University Degrees (794/2004) or University of Applied Sciences Degrees (1129/2014).
• Incomplete degrees: the course that meets the foreign language proficiency requirement must be registered in your transcript of records by the deadline for submitting application enclosures.

• Document needed: Copy of the transcript of records from your degree studies in a Finnish higher education institute.

• 20 ECTS of exchange studies in a completed degree at higher education level in English in one of the Nordic Countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, or Sweden)
• Document needed: Copy of the transcript of records from your exchange studies in the above mentioned countries.