Bachelor’s Degree in Tourism (Bachelor of Hospitality Management)

About the course

A full-time, campus-based hospitality and tourism management degree (210 ECTS) at KAMK’s Kajaani campus. Students specialise in either Hospitality Management or Wellbeing from Arctic Nature, and international students also study Finnish. The official programme title includes ‘full-time’, so make sure you pick the full-time version on Studyinfo.

Entry requirements for Irish students

• KAMK accepts a foreign school qualification that gives eligibility for higher education in the country where it was awarded. A completed Leaving Certificate that meets Irish entry rules should therefore qualify. KAMK sets no minimum Leaving Cert grades or Higher Level subjects and does not use CAO points. Confirm with admissions@kamk.fi.
• Leaving Cert grades are not used to rank you. Certificate-based selection is only for the Finnish Matriculation Exam, IB, EB or Abitur/DIA. In the joint application, Leaving Cert applicants are ranked by the online International UAS Exam (23 March 2027) or the SAT, with a minimum of 400 in Evidence-Based Reading and Writing and 400 in Maths (KAMK SAT code 7787). In the rolling round, selection is by certificate or SAT, and applicants without an accepted English certificate may be interviewed.
• You must prove good English. The UAS rules accept EU schooling taught and assessed entirely in English, but the language of instruction must be clearly shown on your educational documents. The Leaving Cert certificate does not say this. A letter from your school confirming English-medium teaching can support your documents, but it may not be accepted on its own. The safest option is an accepted test such as IELTS Academic 6.0, PTE Academic 55 or TOEFL iBT (3.5 on the new scale). Gaelscoil students will need a test. KAMK says rolling-admission applicants who apply with an SAT score do not need separate proof of English.

How to apply

1. Choose your roundRolling admission opens 27 Aug 2026 and closes once its 10 places are filled, or on 10 Dec 2026 at the latest. The joint application runs 7 to 21 Jan 2027 (25 places).
2. Apply on Studyinfo.fiSubmit the application and upload your Leaving Cert documents or a school statement by the given date, plus proof of English: an accepted test result, or a school letter confirming you were taught in English.
3. Take the selection testFor the joint application, sit the online International UAS Exam on 23 Mar 2027, or have SAT scores (400+ in each section, code 7787) received by 29 Mar 2027.
4. Accept and confirmJoint application results come by 31 May 2027. Accept by 13 Jul 2027. Your place stays conditional until KAMK checks your original certificates when studies start in autumn 2027.

Costs

• No tuition fee for EU/EEA citizens. KAMK charges tuition only to non-EU/EEA students, and the 100 euro application fee also applies only to applicants from outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland. Irish citizens pay neither.

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