If your home university does not have a student exchange agreement with the University of Helsinki, but you would like to complete a part of your degree at the University of Helsinki (UH), you can apply for the visiting student status.
English language certificate: please submit a language certificate* with the following minimum scores: TOEFL iBT 79/ TOEFL ITP 550, IELTS 6.0, Duolingo English test 100, or a certificate of English on CEFR B2 level from a language teacher, such as University of Helsinki's own language certificate (PDF) or an equivalent certificate. If you are applying for the visiting student status for thesis / research work, your supervisor at the University of Helsinki can confirm sufficient language skills in their invitation letter. If they do, additional language certificate is not required.
Equivalent certificates which have a conversion scale to TOEFL, IELTS or CEFR are accepted, if you upload a conversion scale with the certificate. Please note that TOEIC is only accepted if it includes results for all four subsections. The language certificate must be written in English, Finnish or Swedish.
NB! Erasmus+ Online Linguistic Support (OLS) based language certificates are not accepted.
* Not required for students who meet at least one of the following:
1) Native speakers of English, Finnish or Swedish
2) Applicants whose degree is taught entirely in English or have graduated from an English-taught high school
3) Students studying at universities in Nordic countries, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Hong Kong, or Singapore are exempt from providing proof of their English language skills.
4) Applicants who will use Finnish or Swedish as their main language of study during the exchange. For proving your Finnish skills, please provide a certificate of B2 Finnish or use YKI 4, the Finnish National Certificates of Language Proficiency or the equivalent. For proving your Swedish skills, please provide CEFR B2 or above.