Bachelor’s Programme in Business Administration (BSc Economics and Business Administration)

About the course

A three-year, full-time business degree (180 ECTS) taught in English on campus in Vaasa. Students take a track in Industrial Management, International Business, Marketing, or Accounting and Finance, plus two profiling modules such as Digital Economy, AI and Machine Learning, or Energy Transition. Graduates can go on to a two-year Master’s.

Entry requirements for Irish students

• The University of Vaasa requires the general eligibility for higher education. Under Finnish rules, a foreign school-leaving certificate qualifies if it gives entry to university in the country where it was awarded, so a completed Leaving Certificate that meets Irish university entry rules should count. The university publishes no minimum H grades, subjects or Higher Level requirements for the Leaving Cert, and CAO points are not used. Leaving Cert holders apply through rolling admission, where eligible applicants are admitted in the order they apply until the course is full. Confirm your eligibility with admissions.
• The university’s pages mention no entrance exam, SAT or interview, and no maths requirement. The detailed admission criteria are on Studyinfo.fi. Only applications that include all the required documents are assessed. Official copies of your results must be sent electronically through a verification service (Truecopy, Gradintel or Parchment), emailed from your school’s official address, or posted as officially certified copies.
• English: completing secondary education in English in an EU/EEA country meets the requirement. The Leaving Cert does not say what language you were taught in, so ask your school for a letter confirming it was English. If you cannot show this, you need IELTS Academic 6.5 (at least 5.5 in each section), TOEFL iBT 92, PTE Academic 62 or a Cambridge C1/C2 result at grade C or higher. Gaelscoil students should expect to take one of these tests.

How to apply

1. Watch for the 2027 roundRolling admission for autumn 2027 will probably open on Studyinfo.fi around October 2026. For 2026 entry it ran from 23 October 2025 to 31 March 2026. Places go in the order people apply, so apply early.
2. Prepare documentsGet official copies of your most recent school results, a passport copy, and a school letter confirming you were taught in English. Book IELTS or TOEFL if you need one.
3. Apply on Studyinfo.fiFill in the University of Vaasa rolling-admission form and upload all the required documents. An incomplete application is not assessed. If you are still in school you can get a conditional offer.
4. Send final resultsFor 2026 entry you had to finish school by 31 July and send final results by 14 August. Leaving Cert results normally come out later than that, so agree an arrangement with admissions before you accept.

Costs

• No tuition for EU/EEA and Swiss citizens. Non-EU students pay 10,000 euro a year for this Bachelor’s. The 100 euro application fee applies only to non-EU/EEA applicants.

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