Apply for student exchange outside the EU/EEA region for the academic year 2025–2026 or year 2026
Would you like to study abroad for one semester or one academic year?
The application period for student exchange destinations outside the EU/EEA region begins on Wednesday October 9th and ends on Wednesday October 23th, 2024 (at 3 PM)
- Students from all faculties are welcome to apply.
- Exchange destinations open for application: Asia, Middle East and Africa, Australia and New Zealand, USA and Canada, Latin America. North2North (arctic area). Destinations in the UK are not open in this application round. Information about available exchange destinations will be updated until 25th of September. Individual destinations may still be updated until the 9th of October.
- For most destinations the application round concerns the academic year 2025–2026. Exceptions:
- Africa: exchanges start in spring 2026.
- Latin America: one-semester exchanges either autumn 2025 or spring 2026; full-year exchanges usually refer to spring + autumn 2026. Please check for destination-specific semester details from our destination pages.
- You can apply to a maximum number of 4 universities.
- Applicants are required to have completed at least 30 ECTS credits of university studies prior to the application deadline.
- The exchange placements are open for undergraduate or graduate (seeking Master’s) students.
- Language skills in the host country’s language are required for some of the universities, but there are possibilities to study in English as well. First check the language information for the destination you wish to apply to via our Exchange opportunities page. If you need further information after that, please see the Instructions for proving your language skills.
- The last day to supplement your application is October 30th.
If you are not chosen to any exchange destination you applied to, you can still be offered the possibility to be selected for an exchange with an offer for available places left over, without having to send a separate application.
The application is done in the Mobility Online system. Check the instructions of the application process and the required attachments here. The attachments must be uploaded to the Mobility Online system by the application deadline.
The decisions of placements will be sent to applicants via email between December 4th and 5th. Note! If you are offered a place, you must accept it on Mobility Online within 7 days of receiving the offer.
More information
Would you like to go on exchange? Info session on student exchange
Would you like to go on exchange? events Finnish event on zoom (has slides in English and you can ask questions in English) 2nd of October 2024 16:15-18:00.
Application clinics
Once you've decided on the destination(s) you will apply to, come and work on your Mobility Online application with the assistance of International Exchange Services specialists. You can ask about questions related to the application at the same time.
Tue 15.10.2024 at 2.15–4 PM in Soc&Kom, Thu 17.10. at 10.15-12 in Kumpula and Thu 17.10. at 1.15–3 PM in Viikki, read more at Application clinics