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University of Eastern Finland · Finland

Data Engineering

Broad foundations plus specialised data technology, in a combined five-year bachelor's and master's, taught on either the Joensuu or the Kuopio campus.

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Where
Joensuu or KuopioFinland
Degree
BScTech
Length
3 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027
Apply by
21 January 2027
Admission
SelectiveTest score (SAT, ACT or similar) · 80 places
EU/EEA fee
Free
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Degree
BScTech
Length
3 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027

Deadlines

  1. 21 January 2027

    Joint application closes, 15:00 Finnish time
    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. 1 April 2027

    IB predicted grades due
    Hard deadline
    DetailsSource

  3. 13 July 2027

    Final IB grades due
    Hard deadline
    DetailsSource
All dates for this programme (2 more)

  1. 7 January 2027

    Joint application opens
    DetailsSource

  2. 6 July 2027*

    IB results released
    DetailsSource

* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in Finland

What it is

You study computer science, mathematics and engineering together with the legal, ethical and economic sides of data, with a focus on data technologies across the whole pipeline, from collecting and storing data to analysing it. Through freely chosen minor studies you can lean towards data storage, data analysis or machine learning. A bachelor's thesis and an internship are part of the degree, and the master's thesis is typically practical work done in a company. The three-year bachelor's flows directly into the two-year master's within the same programme, and it is taught on the Joensuu and Kuopio campuses.

What you need

  • 10 of the 40 places per campus go to certificate-based (IB) applicants; the other 30 are chosen on SAT and a video.
Requirements in full

Every IB applicant at University of Eastern Finland

Selection differs by programme: some keep a small certificate-based group for IB holders, others use an entrance exam course, interview or SAT. An IB in English, English A, or English B at 5 proves English.

Where it says so

Its entry requirements

Check it on uef.fi

How places are decided

    • Test score (SAT, ACT or similar)
    • IB grades
    Per campus: 30 places on SAT (1250+, maths 650+) plus a video; 10 on certificates such as the IB, 5 of them for spring-2027 graduates. No waiting list.
Sources (3)
  1. Bachelor's and Master's Degree Programme in Data Engineering at UEF — checked 2026-09-26
  2. Entry requirements
  3. IB applicants at UEF

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