First familiarize yourself with the course selection and choose one primary course you would most like to attend and if possible, a secondary course you could take if you’re not accepted to the primary course.

If you’re choosing on-site courses, check out the summer school practical matters regarding housing, visa etc. Make sure you’ll be able to come to Finland for the contact teaching period 4-15 August.

After choosing the course and tentatively planning your stay you can apply by filling out the application form in Konsta system. Read more about the application process.

The application deadline is 17 April 2025. We cannot accept late applications.

You will get a confirmation e-mail from the summer school staff in late April 2025, if not already earlier. We will begin sending confirmations as soon as we have had enough registrations for the course. You will also be notified if you are not chosen for the summer school.

Read more about the application and acceptance process.

You can take maximum of two online courses or one online course and one on-site course. It is not possible to take two on-site courses due to the intensive on-site period in August.

To sign-up to multiple courses you have to send in the application form twice.

There is no actual participation fee. The course fees vary depending on the course that you are taking. The course fees in 2025 will vary between 225€ and 1100€. The course prices are decided by the host institutions organising the courses.

The voluntary social programme has an additional fee, it costs max. 130 euros.

In addition to the course fee (and the social programme) you have to pay for accommodation and living in Turku if you have chosen a contact teaching course. Read more about housing and living costs in Turku.

The course fee includes the teaching, grading and participation to the course. Accommodation, living costs or social programme are not included.

After getting a confirmation e-mail sent from the summer school staff, you’ll get the course fee payment information from the institution that organises your course. This information may come several days later than the confirmation e-mail and it is sent from a different e-mail address. Pay the course fee according to the information sent to you.

It may be possible for some hosting institutions to do payment via bank transfer. Contact summerschool@utu.fi for details. It is not possible to pay with cash.

Turku Åbo Summer School does not offer any scholarships.

It depends on the course whether it has requirements for previous studies. The prerequisities are stated in the course descriptions. 

There are courses that are organized completely online. You can take part in these courses from home. 

Most of the courses have a contact teaching period in Turku 4-15 August 2025. If you choose one of these courses, you have to be physically in Turku at least 4-15 August 2025. It is not possible to participate in the contact teaching period online. 

On-site courses may have some work outside the contact teaching period that you can do anywhere.

Whether the course is organised online or on-site is stated in the course description.

You will receive a certificate of completing the course and credits from the hosting institution after the summer school.

Turku Åbo Summer School cannot arrange housing for the participants. We have collected some special accommodation offers and other tips for affordable housing here. 

There is no on-campus accommodation in Turku. Student housing is organized by Student Village Foundation (TYS) that unfortunately cannot offer housing for summer school students.

Some non-EU/EEA citizens need a visa to enter Finland. You can find a list of those countries and further information about the entry requirements on the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland website. 

If you need an official Letter of Acceptance for your visa application, you may ask it from us by e-mail on summerschool@utu.fi after your course registration and payment has been completed. Unfortunately, this is the only help we can offer in the visa application process.

Taking part in the Orientation Day is highly recommendable but not mandatory for on-site course students. The first social programme activities are organised during the weekend before contact teaching period so take that into account when tentatively planning your stay.

On-site classes are held Mon 4.8.–Fri 15.8.2025. The orientation is on Fri 1.8.2025 and the social programme starts then. 

If you fly to Finland, you will most likely arrive to Helsinki-Vantaa airport. Turku also has an airport of its own. It takes about 2 hours to Turku via bus or train from Helsinki-Vantaa airport.

Other means of transport to Finland include ferry, train and bus options.

You can always cancel your participation. Whether you get the money back or not depends on when you cancel. Read more about our cancellation and refund policy.

You do not need to know Finnish to participate in the Summer School.

Higher education students in Turku may apply to become Event Tutors. We will post more about the application process in our social media around spring. Event Tutors participate in the social programme events.