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ADMISSIONS
GUIDE
2015
Main Admission,
Application period 7.27.1.2015
Masters Admission,
Application period 7.27.1.2015
INDEX
WHEN TO APPLY
TO THE APPLICANT
DEGREES
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TEACHING STAFF
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STUDY PROGRAMMES
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Sculpture
Painting
Printmaking
Time and Space Arts
Art Theory and General Studies
Praxis Masters Programme for
Exhibition Studies
Doctoral Studies Programme
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Special arrangements
Announcing the results
Appeals
Accepting the study place
One-place-per-student provision
Enrolment for the first year
Admission course assignments 20072014
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Admission criteria
Admission procedure
Application procedure
Special arrangements
Announcing the results
Appeals
Accepting the study place
Enrolment for the first year
Frequently asked questions about the Masters
admission
Frequently asked questions about applying and
about studying in Academy of Fine Arts
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SORA LEGISLATION
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FURTHER INFORMATION
WHEN TO APPLY
Applications to the University of the Arts Helsinkis
Academy of Fine Arts are submitted in the Main
admission and Masters admission procedures via the
electronic Studyinfo service.
1. MAIN ADMISSION
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS AND
MASTER OF FINE ARTS DEGREES
(210 + 120 credits, 3.5 + 2 years)
The application period begins on 7 January and ends on 27 January
2015, at 3 pm Finnish time. Fill out and submit the electronic
application form at www.studyinfo.fi.
The artistic work samples and appendices will be submitted separately, during the period of 20 and 21 April 2015. Please check the delivery address and times on the student
admissions site of the University of the Arts Helsinki (www.uniarts.fi)! Work samples
must reach the Academy no later than Tuesday 21 April 2015 at 4.15 pm Finnish time in
cases when they are sent by post as well.
2. MASTERS ADMISSION
MASTER OF FINE ARTS
(120 credits, 2 years)
The application period begins on 7 January and ends on 27 January
2015, at 3 pm Finnish time. Fill out and submit the electronic
application form at www.studyinfo.fi.
A copy of the electronic application, with appendices, and the portfolio are to be submitted directly to the Academy of Fine Arts by Tuesday 10 February 2015, no later than at
4.15 pm Finnish time.
The application period for studies starting in autumn 2015 was 1.9.-13.10.2014.
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TO THE APPLICANT
Main Admission,
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Masters Admission,
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Markus Konttinen
Dean of the Academy of Fine Arts
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Masters Admission,
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provide the student with the artistic, cognitive and theoretical basic abilities and skills
required from a visual artist. After completing
their degree, the students have the resources
they need to work as visual artists and to carry
on to the studies leading to a Masters degree
and lifelong learning.
The Master of Fine Arts degree (higher
university degree) aims to offer the students
the resources to function as an independent
and analytical artist in society and the world.
Masters of Fine Arts have a thorough command of the instruments of fine arts and an
understanding of the current significance and
history of those instruments. They are qualified to act as experts and developers of fine
arts and are ready to continue to postgraduate
education in art.
The objective of the Doctor of Fine Arts degree (postgraduate degree) is that the students
have a profound understanding of their own
field of interest and achieve the qualifications
needed to create high-level, artistically mature
work and that they are able to carry out independent, innovative research in their own field.
There are three separate admission procedures for the Academy of Fine Arts. In the Main
admission procedure, students are selected to
complete the Bachelors and Masters degrees,
which total in 5.5 years of study. In the Academy
of Fine Arts Masters admissions, students are
selected to complete the two-year programme
leading to the Master of Fine Arts degree.
Applicants with a lower university degree or
equivalent competence are eligible to apply in
Main Admission,
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ACADEMY
OF FINE ARTS
DEGREES
Main Admission,
Application period 7.27.1.2015
Masters Admission,
Application period 7.27.1.2015
DEGREE STRUCTURE
Basic Studies 40 cr
Orientation 2 cr
Introduction to Study Programmes 20 cr
Art History 10 cr
ICT studies 8 cr
Language Studies 8 cr
Intermediate Studies 162 cr
Major Subject Compulsory Studies 45 cr
Independent Studio Work 30 cr
Theoretical Studies: Art in Contemporary
Society I 17 cr
Drawing and Perception 10 cr
Elective Studies 50 cr
Bachelors Thesis 10 cr
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of fine arts mentioned above. These qualifications will enable the student to keep abreast of
the development of fine arts as well as apply
the knowledge and skills they have gathered to
their work. Completion of the BFA degree also
offers the students suitable qualifications for
the studies leading to a Masters degree and
for lifelong learning. It also provides them with
good communication and language skills.
Main Admission,
Application period 7.27.1.2015
The MFA degree aims to offer the student resources for acting as independent and analytical
artist in society and the world. The Masters of
Fine Arts have profound command of the artistic
media and understand their contemporary significance as well as their history. They can set goals
and objectives for themselves and are qualified to
act as experts and developers of fine arts. In addition, they have the necessary qualifications for
postgraduate studies in fine arts as well as good
communication and language skills.
DEGREE STRUCTURE
Advanced studies 120 cr
Artistic Studies: Critical Studies
and Practice 50 60 cr
Theoretical Studies: Art in
Contemporary Society II 20 30 cr
Masters Thesis 40 cr
If the student has not completed the language studies required for the Bachelor of
Fine Arts degree at an earlier stage,
he/she must complete them in addition to
the Advanced studies (120 study credits)
described above.
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240 credits,
4 years
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
(240 CR.)
170 cr
70 cr
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component and a theoretical written component. A thesis can also be entirely theoretical.
The production component comprises
one or more demanding visual art productions that demonstrate the authors artistic
maturity. The productions are presented or
performed publicly. Exhibition curating is also
accepted as a production component.
The theoretical component is an independently prepared work, published as a book
or in some other format (e.g. electronically),
which has not been published earlier in its
entirety. The theoretical component can be a
monograph or it can consist of several publications or manuscripts accepted for publication (cf. integrated article thesis). The texts
must be part of the same thematic whole and
satisfy the quality criteria for doctoral theses. In the theoretical component, the author
analyses his/her own artistic practice and/
or produces new knowledge on the research
topic by means of some other practice-based
method.
The application period for studies starting
in autumn 2015 was 1.9.-13.10.2014.
Main Admission,
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TEACHING STAFF
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STUDY PROGRAMMES
Main Admission,
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Masters Admission,
Application period 7.27.1.2015
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Main Admission,
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SCULPTURE
Masters Admission,
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PAINTING
in contemporary art; i.e., the visual characteristics of works with conceptual meaning and
how their visual structures express meaning.
She discusses these topics in her doctoral
thesis in Fine Arts (Ulos sulkeista Nykytaiteen teosmuotojen tulkintaa) to be reviewed in
November 2014. In her lectures, Silja Rantanen
interprets works by modern and contemporary
artist from the artists perspective. The goal is
to introduce culture to students of painting in
its broad, general sense, without restricting the
perspective into artistic or intellectual moulds.
Lecturer Harri Monnis theme, extending
over a number of years, is the connection
between the imagery and material aspects
of moving image and painting and its theory.
In his study modules, Harri Monni further
explores the concept of painting by drawing
parallels between it and other methods of
expression, such as printmaking and written
texts and examines the influence of performance practices in new painting.
Lecturer Pivi Takalas instruction focuses
around the analysis on the language of painting.
She addresses the basic elements of painting,
including the surface and visual representations
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Main Admission,
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methods in the contemporary arts. A command of the history and theory of contemporary art is a prerequisite for being able to
examine not only current art trends but also
the contemporary world in a broad, independent and critical manner.
Instruction in Art Theory and General
Studies opens up connections and builds bridges between various matters and perspectives.
The instruction deals with a diversity of questions connected to art history and philosophy.
Attention is also paid to points such as practicing written skills and understanding the ways
in which the art world functions, both essential
to professional work as an artist.
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OBJECTIVES
AND CONTENTS
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Professor (100%) Anita Sepp,
anita.seppa@uniarts.fi
Professor (50%) Jan Kaila,
jan.kaila@uniarts.fi
Research Coordinator Michaela Brnn,
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Main Admission,
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MAIN ADMISSION
2015 BACHELOR
AND MASTER OF
FINE ARTS
ADMISSION CRITERIA
An applicant who demonstrates talent in fine
arts and has an eligible educational background
can be accepted to the Academy of Fine Arts
to pursue the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and
carry on to the Master of Fine Arts degree.
The following degrees make an applicant eligible to apply to the Academy, as indicated by the
Universities Act (558/2009, 37): matriculation
examination, a polytechnic Bachelors degree,
a higher vocational qualification, a vocational
upper secondary qualification, a vocational
qualification awarded on the completion of
education of at least three years in duration
or a foreign education entitling the applicant
to apply for equivalent university studies. The
Academy can also decide to accept an applicant without a degree if the Academy deems
the applicant to possess suitable cognitive and
practical skills for the studies.
The artistic abilities expressed by the applicant, the basis for admission in addition to
the eligible background studies, are examined
through the work samples the applicant presents and the work he/she demonstrates at the
admission course.
ADMISSION PROCEDURE
The basic degree student admission procedure
of the Academy of Fine Arts is conducted by
the Admission Board and the admission juries,
made up of professors and Lecturers of the
Academy together with student representatives.
The composition of these organs varies from
year to year. Members can also be invited from
outside the Academy for the admission juries.
The admission procedure for the regular
admission is divided into two phases. The
admission jury for main admission chooses
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APPLICATION PROCEDURE
The Main Admission of Academy of Fine Arts are
organised as a part of the nation-wide Joint Application to Universities.
FIRST PHASE
1. Fill out and submit the
electronic application form at
www.studyinfo.fi. Print out a paper
copy of your electronic application
form. The application period begins
on 7 January 2015 and ends on 27
January 2015 at 3 pm Finnish time.
If for some reason you cannot fill out the electronic application form on the online service, you can requesta paper
copy of the form from the Academy of Fine Arts by phone
+358-45-1393624 or by mail (Academy of Fine Arts P.O. Box
10. FI-00097 UNIARTS, indicate Order for application form
on the envelope) or by e-mail kuva.hakijapalvelut@uniarts.fi
(write application form order to the subject field). Indicate
your name, specific postal address and your telephone
application form
The original work samples (no more than
five, more detailed instructions below)
And the following appendices to the
application:
Description form for the work samples (you
Main Admission,
Application period 7.27.1.2015
Masters Admission,
Application period 7.27.1.2015
WORK SAMPLES
The artworks must express the applicants
aspirations in fine arts. You must include
original artworks to allow the admission jury
to get the best possible feeling of and insight
into the works
You can submit up to five (5) works. The works
can be drawings, paintings, sculptures, prints,
and works of photography, video, conceptual or
media art. Do not send images of your works,
send the original works. Only submit moving
image in digital format!
Mark your name on every work and detail
your work samples on the separate description form for the sample works. (You can
print out a copy of this form on the student
admissions site of the University of the Arts
Helsinki www.uniarts.fi)
HOMEPAGES
The admission jury will not have the opportunity to look at the applicants homepages.
Applicants invited to the second phase/admission course will collect their sample works and
art works done during the admission course
only after the final results of the student admission are published (check the address and dates
and times on the student admissions site of the
University of the Arts Helsinki, www.uniarts.fi).
If you wish the Academy to mail the works
back to you, you must state so in your form
for the artworks. You are responsible for the
postage (include a sufficient number of stamps
in the original delivery). If the works are delivered by airmail to the Academy, they must
be packed so that the original package can be
reused for mailing the works back. Otherwise
the Academy will charge you with the packaging costs (20/package).
If it is not possible to include postage for returning the works samples, the return freight
must be paid, in advance, to the bank account
of the University of the Arts Helsinki:
Paid to: Taideyliopisto
Bank details: FI16 1745 3000 1578 77
BIC/SWIFT: NDEAFIHH
Reference code: 15354.
An invoice or other means of proof of the completed bank transfer must be included with the
work samples.
The work samples will be returned in June,
after the student admission results have been
published.
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Masters Admission,
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Main Admission,
Application period 7.27.1.2015
SECOND PHASE
ADMISSION COURSE
Information about those accepted into the next
phase/invited to the Admissioncourse will be
published on Monday 11 May 2015 on the out
door of Academy of Fine Arts (Elimenkatu 25
A, Helsinki, Finland) and on the student admissions site of the University of the Arts Helsinki
(www.uniarts.fi) for those applicants who have
authorised the publication of their name on the
website. The applicants selected for the Admission course will also be sent an invitation to the
course by e-mail and by post. Other applicants
will not receive an e-mail/ letter informing
them of the matter.
The admission course will begin on Monday
18 May 2015 and end on Saturday 23 May
2015. It is an all-day course with working
hours usually from 9 am to 5 pm daily.
The attendants must bring the equipment they
need (drawing and painting equipment at the
minimum). There may be a small fee for the
course arrangements and additional materials.
During the admission course the attendants
are given assignments, whose nature and content change yearly. (You will find examples of
Admission course assignments below).
SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS
If the applicant requires special arrangements at
the entrance examination because of a sensory
or physical disability or other corresponding
reason, he or she must get in touch with the
Academy of Fine arts Admissions Office before
the end of the application period. To clarify
for the need of special arrangements and the
nature of the disability or other condition, the
applicant must submit a medical certificate
by a specialist or other corresponding expert
statement to the Academy of Fine arts Admissions Office. To verify a case of dyslexia, a
statement by a special needs teacher, psychologist, or a speech pathologist is sufficient. A decision by the Matriculation Examination Board
about special arrangements is also sufficient to
verify the need for special arrangements.
APPEALS
In case an applicant is not satisfied with the
results of the student selection, she/he may
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ONE-PLACE-PER-STUDENT
PROVISION
An applicant may accept only one study
place in one main subject leading to a higher
education degree during any one semester
(this provision is for those admissions procedures that are part of the Finnish Joint Application to Universities; the Main Admission
to the Academy of Fine Arts is a part of the
Joint Application to Universities). A semester is defined as either the autumn semester
or the spring semester, the autumn semester
starting 1 August and ending 31 December
and the spring semester starting 1 January
and ending 31 July (The Universities Act,
Section 38).
ADMISSION COURSE
ASSIGNMENTS 20072014
2007
The written assignment What I Saw is compulsory and carried out on Tuesday. Choose two
or three other assignments and carry them out
during the admission course. You can make one
or more works on each assignment you choose.
1. What I Saw. Two short films are screened a
couple of times on Tuesday. Write a commentary
on what you saw. The assignment is compulsory.
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2008
1. Man and Space
2. Hernesaari
3. Dialogue
4. Nature Morte
2009
1. Approaching painting. Consider the essence of painting.
2. Create/mark/point out a space or react to
a space. You are free to explain your solution.
If the space is physical, it must be situated in
the Kaikukatu 4 facilities. Present the documentation if the space is somewhere else.
3. Use the text enclosed as starting point for
an art piece/art pieces. The participants are
required to carry out at least one work for each
assignment. You can also choose to make several works for an assignment. The technique
and the medium are free.
2010
1. Surprising combination. Combine two
things normally not associated with each other.
They can be things of whatever status: characteristics of form, concrete things or abstract
phenomena. To elaborate: density refers to
form, a French horn is a concrete thing and
xenophobia is an abstract phenomenon. The
distinctions are not clear-cut. A tulip and a
fare- well are concrete things but a tulip is
more concrete than a farewell. yet a farewell is less abstract than xenophobia. Sameness can be formal, concrete or abstract.
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2013
During the admission course, carry out 13
of the following assignments. Free choice of
medium.
1. Look around
2. A change
3. About sensing
2014
During the admission course, carry out series
of works about 13 of the following topics
1. Look around you
2011
1. Viivana Online
4. Surprising combination
2. Light
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2012
Main Admission,
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3. Here
Complete works on at least two (of the aforementioned) themes. use at least two techniques
that you can choose freely. At least one of the
works must be a drawing.
You can combine things of the same or different level, for example an outcast with Friday or angular with moist.
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ADMISSION CRITERIA
GENERAL ELIGIBILITY
The following degrees make an applicant
eligible to apply for studies leading only to the
Master of Fine Arts degree: an eligible Bachelors degree, an eligible polytechnic Bachelors
degree or an eligible foreign education entitling
the applicant to apply for equivalent university
studies. The Academy can also decide to accept applicants without a degree if they deem
the applicant to possess suitable cognitive and
practical skills for the studies. The Academy
can require a person accepted as a student
to augment their qualifications to acquire the
skills necessary for the MFA studies.
ADMISSION PROCEDURE
The student admission procedure for basic students of the Academy of Fine Arts is conducted
by the Admission Board and the admission
juries, made up of professors and lecturers of
the Academy together with student representatives. Members can also be invited from outside
the Academy for the admission juries.
The admission procedure of the Masters Admission is divided into two phases. The Master
admissions jury chooses (in the first phase) the
applicants to be invited to the interview, based
on the applications, portfolios and appendices
submitted by the applicants. After the interviews, the admission jury selects (in the second
phase), the applicants it will propose to the
Admission Board, based on the interviews and
possible supplementary demonstrations of
work submitted. The Admission Board makes
the final proposition to the Dean on who should
be selected as students for the basic degrees,
and the Dean then approves the new students
to be admitted at the Academy of Fine Arts.
Points are not issued for the applications,
appendices, portfolios or interviews.
The admission jury can propose an applicant to
be admitted without an interview. The admission jury may suggest that the applicant be
placed in a study programme different to that
of the applicants own preference.
instructions below)
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
FIRST PHASE
Applications for the Masters Programmes
at the Academy of Fine Arts shall be sub38
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MOVING IMAGE/VIDEOS
Edit the material submitted so that the length
of all of your works does not exceed five minutes and that all the works can be viewed on a
single device.
The accepted format for moving image/video
works is:
A digital file, in H264 compression, saved on
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PORTFOLIO
Carefully consider what to include in your portfolio. The size of the portfolio may not exceed A3
paper size. Present your artistic works in you
portfolio do not deliver original art works to
Academy of Fine Arts.
The admission jury will not have the opportunity to look at the applicants homepages.
INSURING PORTFOLIOS
HOMEPAGES
SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS
SECOND PHASE
INTERVIEWS FOR APPLICANTS IN
THE SECOND PHASE
Interviews will be carried out during weeks
14, 15 and 16 in March and April 2015. Information about those accepted into the second
phase/invited for an interview will be published
on Friday 13 March 2015 on the out door of
Academy of Fine Arts (Elimenkatu 25 A,
Helsinki, Finland) and on the student admissions site of the University of the Arts Helsinki
(www.uniarts.fi) for those applicants who have
authorised the publication of their name on
the website. All applicants in the second phase
are also submitted a separate invitation for the
interview by post or e-mail indicating the exact
time and place of the interview. Other applicants will not receive an e-mail/letter informing them of the matter.
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APPEALS
In case an applicant is not satisfied with the
results of the student selection, she/he may
Main Admission,
Application period 7.27.1.2015
You can accept a study place using the Studyinfo service, or with the notification included in
the letter of acceptance; the latter must be submitted to the Student Admissions Service of
the University of the Arts Helsinki. The study
place must be accepted no later than 15 July
2015 by 3 pm Finnish time. More information
is available at: www.studyinfo.fi. The contact
information and opening hours of the Student
Admission Service of the University of the Arts
Helsinki for the summer of 2015 will be posted
together with the admissions procedure results
at the University of the Arts Helsinkis student
admissions site at www.uniarts.fi
Masters Admission,
Application period 7.27.1.2015
FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS ABOUT MASTERS
ADMISSION
I will get my BFA degree in early
summer. Can I still participate in
the Masters admission of the same
spring?
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FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS ABOUT APPLYING
AND ABOUT STUDYING IN
ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS
Finnish language courses are highly recommended for foreign degree students who wish
to acquaint themselves with the Finnish language, culture and the country.
Main Admission,
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Are there requirements for the minimum or maximum size of the portfolio?
APPLICANTS AND
STUDENTS ACCEPTED
INTHE ACADEMY OF FINE
ARTS 20072014
Main Admission
Masters Admission
Admitted / Applicants
Applicants / Admitted
17 (4%)
485
2007
165
24 (5.5%)
441
2008
186
1007
2009
231
20 (8.7%)
23 (2.5%)
892
2010
241
22 (9.1%)
25 (2.8%)
883
2011
265
23 (2.7%)
863
2012
230*
21 (9.1%)*
24 (2.8%)
869
2013
247**
24 (9.7%)**
596
2014
205*
25 (2.4%)
25 (4.2%)
28 (17%)
21 (11.3%)
20 (7.5%)
24 (11.7%)*
*The figures for the 2012 and 2014 Masters admission do not include the figures for the Praxis Masters Programme.
**In 2013 there were no admission in Praxis Masters programme
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SORA LEGISLATION
Please note! The Academy of Fine arts will not apply any of the above mentioned restrictions
to student admissions.
Drug tests during studies and an extract from the criminal records
In certain limited cases, students may be obligated to present a drug test certificate. This
primarily concerns situations where testing is necessary to ascertain a students ability
to function, provided that certain additional conditions specified in detail by law are met.
Students admitted to the university in 2012 or later may be requested to provide an extract
from the criminal records for the assessment of their ability to study. Such an extract may
be requested only from students whose studies include practical training or other activities
involving work with minors. The extract will be requested before the beginning of the practical
training or other activity. To ensure the safety of minors, it is necessary to ascertain that the
student about to begin practical training has no criminal record of certain serious crimes
(sex offence, murder, aggravated assault and battery, aggravated burglary and robbery and
narcotics offence).
Main Admission,
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In order to promote patient and client safety as well as the safety of minors, restrictions will
be applied to student admission starting from the beginning of 2012. Such restrictions will
pertain to the following fields: medicine, dentistry, logopedics, psychology, pharmacy, social
work and teacher education. Admission to the above fields requires that the applicants state
of health and ability to function allow them to complete practical tasks and training related
to studies. Limitations related to health or the ability to function are not an impediment to
admission if their effects can be eliminated through reasonable measures such as special
arrangements. In any case, the purpose is not to unnecessarily hinder the access of disabled
persons or persons suffering from physica or mental limitations to education. Restrictions on
student admission will be applied only in cases where it is evident that the applicant cannot participate in education due to his or her state of health or ability to function. Check for
field-specific restrictions, if any, set by each university. Further information is also available
from the admission services and academic affairs offices of universities.
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FURTHER
INFORMATION
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