Bachelor’s Programme in Software and Systems Engineering (HEBUT Double Degree)

About the course

A software and systems engineering degree taught in English, covering object-oriented programming, discrete mathematics, networks, smart systems and software quality management through project-based learning. It is a double degree with Hebei University of Technology (HEBUT) in China leading to a B.Sc. (Tech.) and M.Sc. (Tech.), but the whole degree is completed in Lahti.

Entry requirements for Irish students

• Finnish universities accept a foreign school-leaving qualification if it gives eligibility for higher education in the country where it was awarded, so a completed Leaving Certificate that meets Irish college entry rules should count. No Finnish body sets minimum Leaving Cert grades, subjects or Higher/Ordinary levels, and CAO points are not converted. LUT publishes no Ireland-specific rules on the programme page, so confirm with LUT admissions.
• For school qualifications completed outside Finland, LUT requires your upper secondary qualification plus a language test or a SAT/OMPT result. If you meet all the requirements you are admitted without competition while places remain. Check LUT’s technology rolling-admission criteria page for the exact score thresholds.
• English: proof of English is required. The programme page suggests a language test is needed by applicants without a school qualification from an English-speaking country, but it does not name Ireland or give minimum scores, so confirm with LUT whether your Leaving Certificate is accepted as proof.

How to apply

1. Check the criteria (September 2026)Read LUT’s technology bachelor’s rolling admission criteria and decide whether to use SAT, OMPT or an English test. Book any test early.
2. Apply on Studyinfo (from 1 Sept 2026)Apply on Studyinfo.fi between 1 September 2026 and 30 April 2027. You can apply to only one LUT programme at a time, and this one closes once its places are filled, so apply early.
3. Upload documentsUpload your school documents and test results as LUT instructs. Documents not in English need an official translation.
4. Accept and send final resultsAccept your offer and send your final Leaving Certificate results once they are issued in August 2027. Confirm LUT’s deadline for final documents.

Costs

• No tuition fees for EU/EEA citizens. Non-EU/EEA students pay EUR 12,000 a year (LUT offers them scholarships of EUR 3,000 a year for years 2-3, subject to conditions) and a EUR 100 application fee. On LUT’s other HEBUT programme pages EU/EEA applicants do not pay the application fee; confirm for this programme.

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