Language Requirements for Master's degrees

• 92 (with a minimum of 20 in Writing section)
• When completing the TOEFL Registration Form, please fill in University of Oulu's Institution Code 0229 in the Score Report Recipient field. University of Oulu will verify the TOEFL results through the online verification system provided by ETS. Upload a test score report to the electronic application.
• TOEFL scores are valid for two years from the test date.
• We only accept scanned final test results, not temporary results or applicant's screenshots from online pages.

Please note that as TOEFL rDT has been unavailable since April 2021 and there are no longer valid test scores, we no longer accept TOEFL rDT.

• 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 per each section)
• Upload a test score report to the electronic application. University of Oulu will verify the IELTS results through the online verification system.
• IELTS test report forms are valid for two years.
• We also accept IELTS Academic Online.
• Please note that we do not accept IELTS One Skill Retake.
• We only accept scanned final test results, not temporary results or applicant's screenshots from online pages. This also applies to IELTS Indicator!

• 62 (with a minimum of 52 in Writing section)
• Once you receive your test score, send it to University of Oulu from your PTE account. After this, university should have access to your test results within 48 hours. Be advised that online language test results will only be accepted from the test organiser.
• Remember to also upload a test score report to the electronic application.
• The PTE Academic scores are valid for up to two years from the date of the exam.
• We only accept scanned final test results, not temporary results or applicant's screenshots from online pages.

• Pass Level A, B, C or level C1 certificate
• No expiry date for test result.
• We only accept scanned final test results, not temporary results or applicant's screenshots from online pages.

• Pass Level A, B, C
• No expiry date for test result.
• We only accept scanned final test results, not temporary results or applicant's screenshots from online pages.

• Skill level 5 in the following subtests; reading, writing, listening and speaking
  • Applicant must complete the test at advanced level to receive skill level 5.
• Upload a copy of the National Certificate of English Language Proficiency by Finnish National Board of Education to the electronic application. University of Oulu will verify the results from the test organiser.
• No expiry date for test result.
• Please note that this test is only available in Finland. National language proficiency certificates from other countries are not accepted.
• We only accept scanned final test results, not temporary results or applicant's screenshots from online pages.

Online degrees and degrees completed on offshore campuses are not accepted as proof of language skills

Please note that the document must clearly state that the language of education is English

Upload a copy of the transcript of records of Bachelor, Master or Doctoral`s degree conducted in English language to the electronic application. If original document is not issued in English, Finnish or Swedish, translation to one of the languages is also required.

The degree must be completed in one of the following countries:

• EU/EEA country
• Australia
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belize
• Botswana
• Cameroon
• Canada
• Dominica
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Great Britain
• Grenada
• Guyana
• Hong Kong
• India
• Jamaica
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Malawi
• Namibia
• New Zealand
• Nigeria
• Philippines
• Rwanda
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Sierra Leone
• Singapore
• South Africa
• Switzerland
• Tanzania
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Uganda
• The United States
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

• credits must be completed at a Finnish University or a University of Applied Sciences.
• Courses can include e.g. internships and language courses as long as the language of instruction can be verified to be English.
• the transcript of records must be clearly stating the language of instruction as English.
• Upload a copy of transcript of records from a Finnish university or a university of applied sciences in Finnish, Swedish or English.
• Studies conducted in English at a university outside of Finland for example during student exchange are not accepted.

You can prove your language skills with a degree completed in a Finnish university or university of applied sciences if you have demonstrated foreign language proficiency in the English language in accordance with the Government Decree on University Degrees (794/2004) or University of Applied Sciences Degrees (1129/2014).

Submit your educational documents following the instructions for degrees completed in Finland. Upload also a copy of your degree certificate and transcript of records that show that you have met the foreign language proficiency requirement in the English language to the application system. The transcript you use to prove your language skills must clearly show that you have completed an English language course with a mention that it is in accordance with the Government Decree on University Degrees (794/2004) or University of Applied Sciences Degrees (1129/2014). Please note that the decree number may have changed throughout the years, which means that your transcript of records may have a different decree number. If the statement concerning English language is otherwise valid, this is not a problem. The University of Oulu reserves the right to evaluate the validity of the transcript and the statement.