After joint application

The results of the joint application process and other spring application processes are published in accordance with a nationwide schedule from 16 June onwards.

The Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI) sends a separate email to the applicant for each individual application. The email specifies the programme to which the applicant has been chosen and/or if he or she has been placed on a reserve list. If a young person has entered their guardian’s email address on the application form, the guardian will also be notified of the young person’s admission into a school.

You may accept or decline the study place by using links included in the EDUFI email. We recommend accepting or declining the study place electronically. 

Every applicant must inform the relevant educational institution that they accept the proposed study place no later than on 30 June 2022.

The educational institution to which the applicant has been accepted may inform accepted applicants of their decision by regular mail or e-mail. In most cases, their decision letter specifies what additional information the applicant must send to the educational institution in addition to the (electronic) confirmation they have already provided for the study place in question.

The results of the joint application process are also published online, although these results only include applicants who have agreed to this online publication in the relevant application form. Institutions providing vocational special needs education and training usually inform applicants of their results by regular mail only.

If you are offered only one study place, it is important that you accept it. Otherwise, you do not have an upper secondary education place to continue your compulsory education studies. This means you must continue seeking other study places. If you accept a study place, you will not be dropped off another one's reserve list. More details on compulsory education can be found on the Ministry of Education and Culture website(extrernal link). 

If you have applied for more than one study place, you should accept one of the offered study places and decline the rest using the links included in the relevant emails. You cannot study at multiple institutions at the same time.

If you accept a study place offered to you based on your reserve list position, remember to decline the study place you accepted earlier by contacting the relevant institution. Reserve lists remain valid until 19 August 2022.

• Accept one study place in a programme you want to begin.
• Confirm your place electronically using the link provided in the relevant EDUFI email.
• If you have sent multiple applications, decline all the places in which you do not want to study.
  

• The educational institution will send the admission decision to the accepted applicants either by email or post.
• The names of the accepted applicants will be published on the educational institutions’ websites if the applicant has agreed to the publication on the application form.
• On the website of each general upper secondary school, you can find operating instructions about accepting a place. You can also see information about what you need to do in addition to online acceptance. 
• You should submit any documents that indicate your potential special support needs to the educational institution by the start of the autumn term.
• The names of those who have been admitted into a school in Espoo will be published on the website of Espoo general upper secondary school, if they have agreed to the publication on the application form. You can find the admission results of general upper secondary schools here.(extrernal link)

• The educational institution will send the admission decision to the accepted applicants either by email or post.
• The names of the accepted applicants will be published on the educational institutions’ websites if the applicant has agreed to the publication on the application form.
• See the school’s website or admission decision for information on what to do in addition to online acceptance. 
• You should submit any documents that indicate your potential special support needs to the educational institution by the start of the autumn term.
• You can find information about accepting a place at Omnia on this website (in Finnish).(extrernal link)
  

Students accepted into an institute providing vocational special needs education

• The educational institution will send the admission decision to the selected applicants either by email or post.
• See the school’s website or admission decision for information on what to do in addition to online acceptance. 
• You can find information about accepting a place at Live on this website (in Finnish).(extrernal link)

Students accepted into other forms of education

• See the school’s website or admission decision for information on what to do in addition to online acceptance. 

• If you have not received a study place for continuing your compulsory education studies, you are required to seek other study places.
  If you did not receive a study place, please get in touch with your study counsellor (opo) or request help from Ohjaamotalo(extrernal link).
• Students who have applied to an educational institution that provides intensive special needs support will also receive assistance and counselling from the education institution they applied to during the joint application period.
• You can apply for a place to study via Studyinfo(extrernal link). In the continuous application process, you can even apply in the summer.
• You can apply for general upper secondary or vocational studies that lead to a qualification, but, at the minimum, you should apply for preparatory education for upper secondary qualification (TUVA). In Espoo, TUVA education is provided by Omnia(extrernal link).
• If you feel you need intensive support in your studies, you can apply for TUVA education in an educational institution that provides intensive special needs support. 
  • Educational institutions providing intensive special needs support in Finland(extrernal link)
  • In Espoo, intensive special needs support and education is provided by Live.(extrernal link)

• The Outreach Youth Work counsellors will help each student apply for other study places and advise and support them with this and other related issues. 

• For advice and help, please see the Outreach Youth Work web pages.(extrernal link)
  The counsellors can be reached by phone at 043 824 3453 or via email at etsivanuorisotyo@espoo.fi. 

• If a young person who is required to participate in compulsory education is left without a study place, does not accept any study place, or discontinues ongoing studies without an alternative study place; as required under the 'Compulsory Education Act' (Oppivelvollisuuslaki), the authority of the young person's home municipality will direct the young person into a predetermined study place. The authority will hear the young person and their guardian before determining the study place. The obligation to apply for studies ends when the young person turns 18. In Espoo, the party responsible for guidance and monitoring is The Upper Secondary Education Unit's Education Planning Chief.
• Under certain conditions, it is possible to apply for a temporary suspension of the compulsory education requirement. The decisions to accept such applications are also made by The Upper Secondary Education Unit's Education Planning Chief.
• Read more about the extension of compulsory education