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University of Jyväskylä · Finland

Business Innovation and Sustainability

Science-based business studies focused on sustainability, international business, corporate responsibility, innovation management, strategy and entrepreneurship.

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Where
JyväskyläFinland
Degree
BScEconomics and Business Administration
Length
3 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027
Apply by
21 January 2027
Admission
SelectiveIB grades · 30 places
EU/EEA fee
Free
More facts
Degree
BScEconomics and Business Administration
Length
3 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027

Deadlines

  1. 21 January 2027

    Joint application closes
    Hard deadline
    Details

    The national window, on Studyinfo.fi, closing at 15:00 Finnish time on 21 January. Six months before IB results, so you apply on predicted grades. Aalto, the University of Helsinki and LUT are not in it: each runs its own application (Aalto closes on 22 January, Helsinki's IB group on 23 March, LUT's rolling admission on 30 April). Åbo Akademi's bachelor's programmes are in the second joint application, in March.

    One form, maximum six programme choices. Opens 7 January 2027 at 08:00 and closes 21 January 2027 at 15:00 Finnish time (UTC+2). Studyinfo's own record of the joint application ("Joint Application to Higher Education, Spring 2027", run by the Finnish National Agency for Education) gives exactly that, and Tampere, Metropolia, Jamk, Xamk, Study in Finland, Jyväskylä, Turku, Oulu and Arcada agree. Aalto is not part of it: its English-taught bachelor's programmes have their own application on Studyinfo, open 7 January 08:00 to 22 January 2027 15:00. Both dates are right; they are two different applications.

    Source

  2. 28 January 2027

    Application attachments due
    Hard deadline
    Details

    One university's published date. Check your own programme's.

    Jyväskylä's attachment deadline, and also the deadline for English-proficiency proof and individual arrangements for the International UAS Exam.

    Source

  3. 1 April 2027

    IB predicted grades due on Studyinfo (time to be announced)
    Hard deadline
    Details

    Published by Jyväskylä as "Deadline for submitting predicted grades on to your online application form on Studyinfo.fi: 1 April 2027", with the exact time still to be announced. Turku set 31 March in the 2026 cycle — that is a date from a cycle that has already passed, kept here only as a warning that Turku runs a day earlier than Jyväskylä, and its 2027 date had not been published by September 2026. If Turku is on your list, assume 31 March until Turku says otherwise.

    Source
All dates for this programme (3 more)

  1. 7 January 2027

    Joint application opens
    DetailsSource

  2. 6 July 2027*

    IB results released
    DetailsSource

  3. 13 July 2027

    Official final IB grades due, and deadline to accept your place
    Hard deadline
    Details

    How a January application meets July results: offers are made on predicted grades and confirmed by the final ones.

    Jyväskylä's published date, comfortably after IB results are released in early July.

    Source

* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in Finland

What it is

You study the management of business innovation, sustainable management, new business creation, decision-making and the sustainability transition, with electives in digital marketing, responsible management and entrepreneurship. Related disciplines include accounting, commercial law, corporate communication, environmental management, economics, marketing and strategy. Courses run in smaller groups with direct contact with faculty, you follow a personal study plan, and exchange and company traineeships are options. Graduates work in consulting, corporate responsibility, sustainable business and sales, or continue to master's programmes in international business, environmental management or digital marketing.

What you need

  • Any IB Mathsminimum 2 · National business threshold: grade 2 in any IB maths.
Requirements in full

Every IB applicant at University of Jyväskylä

Everyone must prove English, with no waivers: an IB Diploma completed in English, English A, or English B at 5 counts. Selection rules differ by programme and are in the Studyinfo criteria.

Where it says so

Its entry requirements

Check it on jyu.fi

How places are decided

    • IB grades
    • Test score (SAT, ACT or similar)
    Group 1: 12 places ranked on IB grades with the national business table, 10 kept for first-time applicants. The other 18 go on SAT (1100+) or ACT (22+).
Sources (3)
  1. Business Innovation and Sustainability at JYU — checked 2026-09-26
  2. Entry requirements
  3. IB applicants at JYU

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