Admision requirements

1. General Admission Requirements

The application must first fulfill the general eligibility requirements before it is sent to the Master's programme for academic evaluation. Read carefully the general admission requirements, information on admission groups, selection schedule, required application documents and application instructions on our website section admissions. See also language requirements.

In addition to the general eligibility requirements, each Master's programme has programme-specific evaluation criteria.
 

2. Programme-Specific Requirements

The admission group depends on the degree you are applying with. Only applicants with a lower university degree in “Economics and Business Administration” completed in a university in Finland apply in Admission Group 1. The name of the degree is kauppatieteiden kandidaatti, KTK in Finnish. All other applicants apply in Admission Group 2. More information on admission groups is on the admissions page.

Admission Group 1

To be considered for admission, the applicant must have completed at least 30 ECTS credits of studies in Accounting and/or closely related subjects. The studies must include:

• a minimum of two courses (at least 12 ECTS credits in total) in financial accounting, and
• a minimum of two courses (at least 12 ECTS credits in total) in management accounting, and
• a minimum of one course (6 ECTS credits in total) in financial accounting, management accounting, corporate finance, or business law.

Applicants are evaluated on the basis of the GPA of their degree granting eligibility to apply. Additional studies outside the degree are not considered for GPA. Applicants with GPA lower than 3.50 are not eligible for admission.

In case of a tie, the applicants are evaluated on the basis of the number of credits and the grades of studies in Accounting. In this case, higher education level Accounting studies outside the degree granting eligibility to apply can be considered. The applicants are not interviewed.

Admission Group 2

The applicant must have completed at least 30 ECTS credits of studies in Accounting and/or closely related subjects. The studies must include:

• a minimum of two courses (at least 12 ECTS credits in total) in financial accounting, and
• a minimum of two courses (at least 12 ECTS credits in total) in management accounting, and
• a minimum of one course (6 ECTS credits in total) in financial accounting, management accounting, corporate finance, or business law.

Academic background in Economic Sciences is considered an advantage.

Applicants are ranked on the basis of their GMAT/GRE score. In case of a tie, the applicants are evaluated on the basis of the number of credits and the grades of studies in Accounting. In case of a tie, the ranking of the degree granting institution can be considered. The applicants are not interviewed.

Evaluation of previous studies or economic sciences background will not be commented by the programme before the admission decisions have been made.

3. Contact Information

Further information:

• For information on admissions and applying instructions please read carefully the Admissions section on our website.
• Information on the studies in the Master's Programme in Accounting (in the academic year 2016-2017) is available in the online Study Guide.

Contact:

• After reading all the instructions on our website, if you have general questions on admission and applying, you can contact admissions [at] aalto [dot] fi
• For questions concerning the content or academic evaluation of the programme, please contact our Study Coordinator Sanni Pennanen, Accounting-coordinator-les-biz [at] aalto [dot] fi (accounting-coordinator-les-biz@aalto.fi). Please note that the program does not evaluate documents or previous studies of applicants in advance.