We can only accept you as a student if you have an active study right at a partner university with one of the following agreements:

• Erasmus+
• Nordplus / Nordlys
• North2North
• Bilateral mobility agreements

If your home university does not have an agreement with the University of Lapland, we do not accept your nomination.

To be accepted as an exchange student at the university of Lapland, you need to have sufficient knowledge of English, both oral and written.

The required minimum levels are at least:

• CERF: B2
• IELTS: 6
• TOEFL iBT: 87
• Or equivalents (reviewed separately)

You must prove your English skills in the SoleMOVE online application e.g. with:

• a transcript of records,
• letter from the home university
• or official language test such as TOEFL iBT, IELTS Academic or similar.

For further reference, please see the Exam English page for comparison of Common European Framework (CEF) levels and scores for the various exams.

You must have completed at least one full year of studies at a Higher Education Institution to be eligible to apply for exchange studies to the University of Lapland.

Teacher Training student
If you want to do lesson observation, teaching experience and reflection on teaching experience please see

Education student
You cannot choose teaching experience courses unless you are a Teacher Training student.

Art and Design modules in Autumn:
Design (former Industrial Design)
Graphic Design
Sustainable Art and Design

Art and Design modules in Spring:
Fashion and Textile Design
Audiovisual Media Culture
Arctic Art

We ask you to choose one of the modules and select courses for your study plan within it. The modules are designed so that there is no overlapping in timetables. It is however possible to take self-study courses from other modules.

Political Studies student
Choose courses from: Political Science, International Relations, Law, Arctic Studies Programme, China: Domestic, Global and Arctic Trajectories, Languages, UniPID (and even Administrative Sciences)

Sociology student
Choose courses from: Sociology, Cultural History, Arctic Studies Programme, UniPID (and even Tourism Research)

Social Work student
Choose courses from: Social Work, Gender Studies, Global Education, UniPID

Management/Business Studies student
Choose courses from: Management, Administrative Sciences, Political Studies, Tourism Research, UniPID

Law modules:

•  Public International Law
•  Commercial Law
•  European Union Law
•  European Constitutional Law
•  Legal Systems and Cultures

Each of these modules is made up of a variety of courses, making up more than 30 ECTS. These courses may be chosen individually as well.

You may freely choose courses also from the following studies. You find the individual courses from the study guide of the respective faculty.
Arctic Studies Program – Faculty of Social Sciences
China Domestic, Global and Arctic Trajectories – Faculty of Social Sciences
Gender Studies – Faculty of Education
Global Education – Faculty of Education
Intercultural Communication – Language Centre
Languages and Cultures – Language Centre
Research Methodology – Faculty of Social Sciences

Please note:
You may choose individual courses from the minor study programs like intercultural communication or English language and culture studies.

Network studies

In addition, ULapland exchange students may also choose courses from the Finnish universities collaboration networks. UniPID and Hilma courses are included in the Faculty of Education Study Guide and Sosnet in Social Sciences

• UniPID – Finnish University Partnership for International Development https://www.unipid.fi/students/virtual-studies/
• Hilma – Network for Gender Studies
  https://blogs.helsinki.fi/hilma-verkosto/in-english/courses-in-english/
• Sosnet – Finnish National University Network for Social Work
  Undergraduate Studies – Sosnet

Non-Erasmus+ students
Learning Agreement form is available for you to use.
You may use our or your university’s own LA form.

Responsible persons at ULapland:

• Faculty of Law and Education: Jani Suokanerva
• Faculty of Art & Design and Social Sciences: Tijl Van Daal
• Contact e-mail: incoming@ulapland.fi

Erasmus+ students
ULapland endorses Erasmus+ Online Learning Agreement and Erasmus+ Mobile App applications. During the transition period, we accept learning agreements both via OLA or as printed versions. In both cases the student has to upload PDF -version of the LA in her/his application in SoleMOVE, our mobility application tool.

Please take into account the following when preparing your (Online) Learning Agreement:

• ULapland requires you to choose minimum 25 ECTS credits of studies per semester unless otherwise agreed with your home institution. Usually your home institution requires 30 ECTS credits of studies per semester.
• Choose maximum 35 ECTS credits per semester.
• ULapland courses may last from one week to whole semester which means that your timetable may vary week to week.
• ULapland offers both lectured courses and independent study modules i.e. book exams = independent study based on informed and agreed literature in the course description, and completion of assignment.

ULapland OLA information

• Country: Finland
• Host institute: UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND
• Name in original language: LAPIN YLIOPISTO
• Add the faculty/unit: Your faculty at ULapland
• Contact person:
  • Jani Suokanerva (Law, Education);
  • Tijl Van Daal (Social Sciences, Art & Design)
• Email: incoming@ulapland.fi
• Phone: +358 40 484 4496