SAMK: Nursing Program Entrance Exam Requirements
The Bachelor of Health Care in Nursing program at SAMK (Satakunta University of Applied Sciences) will use an entrance examination as the selection method; however, applicants are still required to submit academic certificates, transcripts of records, and an English language test result.
SAMK Entrance Examination
The online entrance examination consists of two parts:
- Written part
- All applicants are invited to take the 1st part, written part, of the online entrance examination. Written part measures applicant’s learning skills, mathematical skills, motivation and understanding of written English. The details of the written part will be given in the invitation mail.
- After the written part, 110 applicants with the highest score will be invited to and sent instructions for the online interview. Before sending the invitations to the interview, eligibility i.e. school certificate and English language test result of each applicant whose result in written part would be good enough for an invitation is checked. Only eligible applicants are invited to take the interview.
- Online interview
- In the online interview, 110 applicants will be interviewed through a video negotiation platform with his/her own computer, webcam, headset/microphone and Internet connection.
- Applicant’s skills of understanding and producing spoken English are measured.
- Applicant is given a time of 10 minutes for the interview by invitation – the applicant cannot change the date and the time of the interview. Applicants are required to get at least 50 per cent of the online interview’s maximum points.
The final student selection is done in the order of the sum of the written part’s and the online interview’s points. Only applicants who have passed both the written part and the online interview are available for selection.
Student Selection Schedule
- Invitations and instructions for completing the written part of the online entrance examination are sent.
- The online entrance examination is organized as follows:
- The written part is open for completion first. The timetable will be provided in the invitation.
- The invitations and instructions for the online interview are sent. Online interviews are organized with a Webex-based application. Each eligible applicant is given one time and one web address for the interview – the time and the address cannot be changed.
- The results of student selection are given, and student selection ends.
Special Requirements for Degree Programme in Nursing
Those applying to study in the field of Health Care and Social Services must have a sufficiently good health status and functional capacity to be capable of completing practical assignments and work placement periods as part of the studies. Information about health requirements in this field is available on UAS websites and on the Opintopolku.fi (Studyinfo.fi) service.
Those applying to the field should bear in mind that:
- Studying and working in a profession of this field require good mental balance.
- The field is not suitable for illegal drug users or for alcohol or legal drug abusers.
- Conditions such as musculoskeletal diseases, chronic skin diseases, allergies, and mental health disorders may lead to health issues during studies or later in working life.
- Several operational units of social and health care treat patients that are exposed to infections, and work in those units requires that the staff’s immunization is in order.
Satakunta University of Applied Sciences may cancel admission for the following reasons:
- An applicant fails to submit certificates by the deadline specified by the university of applied sciences.
- An applicant has provided false information about his or her grades.
- It is obvious that the student, in terms of his or her health status and functional capacity, does not meet the admissions criteria (Polytechnics Act 932/2014).
- An applicant has concealed the cancellation of his or her prior study entitlement (Polytechnics Act 932/2014).