We list 25 Information Technology programmes in Finland — 20 bachelor's and 5 master's, every one taught in English, and every one at a university of applied sciences.
Indian students approach IT abroad expecting a master's-led market: apply after a BTech, pick a research university, pick a ranking. Finland's IT catalogue is built the other way round, and understanding why changes who should be looking at it.
All 25 are UAS, and that is not a gap in our data
By institution: Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (5), Laurea (2), LAB (2), South-Eastern Finland UAS Xamk (2), Centria (2), Jamk (1) and Haaga-Helia (1), with the rest across the same sector.
Finland separates research universities from universities of applied sciences, and professional IT education lives in the second. A UAS degree is built around practice, projects and a substantial placement rather than around theory and a research thesis. That is a deliberate design, not a lesser version of a university degree.
The practical consequence is the one we keep returning to: a UAS master's normally expects prior work experience in the field. The five master's on this list are aimed at people already working in IT. The 20 bachelor's have no such expectation.
Which makes this a school-leaver's route
Twenty English-taught IT bachelor's at EU institutions, with no work-experience requirement, is an unusual thing to find. Set against the obvious alternative — a BTech at home, then a master's abroad — the Finnish bachelor's route gets you into the European labour market several years earlier, with a student permit that allows an average of 30 hours of work a week while you study (Migri) and placements that are a credited part of the degree rather than something you arrange yourself.
It also costs three or four years of living abroad rather than one or two, which is the honest other side of that.
Where they are
By city: Helsinki (7), Espoo (2), Jyväskylä (2), Lahti (2), Kouvola (2), Kokkola (2) and Kuopio (2).
Seven of 25 in the capital, the rest scattered across small and mid-sized cities — the same shape as International Business Administration. Outside Helsinki the living costs are materially lower, which matters when the residence permit already asks for €800 a month — €9,600 for a year or more — in your account before you travel, money that cannot also be the tuition money (Migri).
What it costs
Non-EU/EEA students pay tuition for English-taught Finnish degrees. The official portal Study in Finland publishes a typical range of €9,000–€20,000 per year, plus a €100 application fee. We hold no verified fee for any Finnish programme — each listing links to its official page, which is the number to act on. Finland has no government scholarship scheme; the fee waivers that exist are institutional and usually cover tuition rather than living costs.
Who it suits
A student finishing school who wants a practical IT degree inside the EU, in English, with the funds available and the patience for three or four years abroad. The post-study permit runs up to two years and can be claimed any time within five years of graduating (Migri), so the runway afterwards is long.
It suits you less if you already hold a BTech and want a research-led master's — for that, look at Finnish engineering, where the research universities are properly represented, or at Computer Science in Germany.
Browse the set: Information Technology in Finland, all Finnish bachelor's programmes, or read our guide to studying in Finland first.
Catalogue figures counted from our published listings on 6 October 2026. Finnish rules cited from Migri and Study in Finland on the same date; both change, so check the linked page.