Study Political Science in Finland: programmes, fees and entry requirements

Finland has 5 undergraduate programmes in Political Science at 5 universities in 5 cities. At public institutions EU students typically pay no tuition fee; non-EU students no tuition fee.

Always check current information on the official website of the university before you apply.

Taught in: Finnish (4), Swedish (1)
Selection: entrance exam, Studyinfo (Opintopolku) joint application

All Political Science programmes in Finland

Programme	University	City	Language	Length	EU fee / year	Non-EU fee / year
Utbildningsprogrammet i samhällsvetenskaper (Vasa), politices kandidat och politices magister (3+2 år)	Åbo Akademi University (Vaasa)	Vaasa	Swedish	5 yr	€0	€0
Politiikan tutkimuksen koulutus, Yhteiskuntatieteiden kandidaatti ja maisteri (3 v + 2 v)	Tampere University	Tampere	Finnish	5 yr	€0	€0
Politiikan ja viestinnän kandiohjelma	University of Helsinki (Helsinki)	Helsinki	Finnish	5 yr	€0	€0
Politiikkatieteiden ja sosiologian tutkinto-ohjelma, yhteiskuntatieteiden kandidaatti ja maisteri (3 v + 2 v)	University of Lapland	Rovaniemi	Finnish	5 yr	€0	€0
Poliittinen historia ja valtio-oppi, kandidaatti ja maisteri (3 v + 2 v)	University of Turku (Turku)	Turku	Finnish	5 yr	€0	€0

How admission works in Finland

Applications go through Studyinfo (Opintopolku), the national portal of the Finnish National Agency for Education: in one joint application you can apply to up to six programmes. For studies starting in autumn 2027, programmes taught in English are in the first joint application, 7–21 January 2027, and programmes taught in Finnish or Swedish in the second joint application, 9–23 March 2027; a few programmes have separate applications. Selection is based on Finnish matriculation examination grades (certificate-based selection) and on entrance exams; holders of foreign school diplomas are usually selected through an entrance exam or under criteria set in each programme's admission rules. Applicants from outside the EU/EEA and Switzerland pay a €100 application fee.

Sources

Universities Act 558/2009 § 8–10 and Universities of Applied Sciences Act 932/2014 § 12–13 (Finlex): degree education is free; a tuition fee covering at least the cost of the education must be charged only for bachelor's and master's programmes taught in a language other than Finnish or Swedish ("muuhun kuin suomen- tai ruotsinkieliseen ... koulutukseen"), and not from citizens of the EU/EEA or persons treated as such under an agreement with the EU (Switzerland), their family members, holders of an EU Blue Card, permanent or EU long-term residence permits, checked 19 October 2026

How the figures are collected and calculated: Data and sources.