FITech offers a wide range of study options for different needs. The courses offered through FITech are available for all Finns and people permanently living in Finland. You need a Finnish personal identity code and Finnish e-identification (e.g. online banking access codes) to apply.
Please remember to check the course-specific prerequisite criteria before applying. Prerequisites can be acquired, for example, through previous studies, work experience or personal interest. If you meet the prerequisites, you can apply to the course.
For funding reasons, FITech’s target groups are divided into adult learners and degree students. Most FITech courses are open for both adult learners and degree students. Some courses are only available for adult learners, which means that degree students cannot study those courses through FITech.
Adult learners
Adult learner is a person who is not currently studying for a degree in a Finnish university or university of applied sciences. If you are, for example, working, unemployed, high school/vocational school student, doctoral student in a university, or outside the workforce, apply as an adult learner. Adult learners apply for courses in Studyinfo (Opintopolku).
Degree students
Degree student is a person who is studying for a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a Finnish university or university of applied sciences (AMK/YAMK). Students who have registered as absent are also considered degree students. If you study at an open university, you are not a degree student.
Depending on the course, degree students apply for FITech studies either in Studyinfo or in the cross-institutional study service (RIPA). Energy-themed studies will be the first FITech studies to move to the RIPA service, and you can recognise them from the text at the bottom of the course page advising to apply in RIPA. Other courses are, for the time being, applied for in Studyinfo.
Degree students: applying in Studyinfo
Degree students from all FITech universities and other higher education institutions that have joined FITech’s teaching cooperation agreement can apply for courses in Studyinfo. See the higher education institutions whose students can apply for autumn courses in Studyinfo (PDF file).
FITech universities include Aalto University, LUT University, Tampere University, University of Eastern Finland, University of Jyväskylä, University of Oulu, University of Turku, University of Vaasa and Åbo Akademi University. If the course is organised by your home university, apply for the course in the university’s own system.
Degree students: applying in RIPA
In RIPA, courses are open to degree students whose higher education institution and study programme are covered by FITech’s cross-institutional study agreements. As of 1 August 2026 there are two agreements:
- FITech Energy I
- FITech Energy II
The FITech Energy I agreement includes bachelor’s-level courses offered by FITech universities. Degree students at Finnish universities and universities of applied sciences whose institution and degree programme are included in the agreement may apply to these courses in RIPA. See the institutions and study programmes included in the FITech Energy I agreement (PDF file).
The FITech Energy II agreement includes master’s-level courses offered by FITech universities. Degree students at FITech universities whose degree programme is included in the agreement may apply to these courses in RIPA. See the institutions and study programmes included in the FITech Energy II agreement (PDF file).
Applications for FITech courses available in RIPA open on 1 August 2026. Read more about cross-institutional studies.
FITech reserves the right to make changes.
