Below you can find detailed information about the exchange study selection criteria. Please contact your study programme's study counsellor if you wish to discuss whether and when it would be possible to go abroad or how the exchange study would fit in your LUT degree.

• A ranking number is calculated for all applicants, and the selection is based mainly on this score.
   
• However, each university is targeted for certain degree programmes or study fields (as listed on the LUT Mobility-Online portal's information on each university), and the students in these fields are prioritized. In other words, a student with a lower ranking number might win the selection against a higher-scoring student from other degree programmes. Students majoring in other fields can still be selected if there are not enough applicants for the fields mentioned for each university.
   
• Your grade point average (GPA) should be at least 2.0.
• Bachelor students have to complete their first year before starting their exchange.
• If you started your LUT studies directly in a Master's Degree Programme, only the credits completed during your first LUT semester will be taken into account when considering the pace of your studies.
• You cannot apply for exchange in your home country.
• The Head of Degree Programme may reject your application, if it would mean postponing your graduation or the exchange period does not suit your LUT degree. Doing your thesis while on exchange is not possible, and the credits earned from the thesis can not be included in your exchange study learning agreement. You should aim to complete 30 ECTS credits per semester at the receiving university – simultaneous LUT online courses will not be counted towards this amount.
   
• Accepting the exchange study offer means commitment. After accepting the offer, canceling is only possible in exceptional situations, for example due to health-related reasons. However, matters related to work or change of study plans are usually not considered as such reasons. A notification about the cancellation must always be sent to both LUT and the receiving university. Applicants cancelling their exchange without a valid reason, or fail to notify both universities about the cancellation, cannot be selected for exchange studies during the next application round.

Ranking number:

LUT Mobility-Online will calculate your ranking number when you enter the required information in the application form. 

• The number of credits is the amount stated on the Transcript of Records included in your LUT Mobility-Online application. The transcript can be downloaded on Sisu. Courses registered later than this will not be included in the calculation.
• The Grade Point Average (GPA) is marked on your Transcript of Records. The GPA for all your credits on Sisu is used for calculation (not the GPA for a certain study level).
• The current semester will also be included in the number of semesters. NB! One academic year has two semesters.
• If you started at LUT directly in a Master's programme and you are still on your first year: mark 1,5 as the number of semesters present.

If you have held at least one of the positions listed below, one semester will be deducted from your number of semester – this will improve your ranking number. The application system has a section to mark this, and the system will calculate it accordingly. Report also the timing on the Any other remarks field.

• Tutor for international students, tutoring secretary, study advisor, student union board member, chairperson of a guild, LUT Summer School secretary, ESN (Erasmus Student Network) Lappeenranta chairperson, LUTES chairperson.

Going abroad for a second time?

• It's possible, provided that the first exchange was during your bachelor studies, and the second one would be during your master's studies – if your studies have advanced on schedule.
• However, it is not possible to go on exchange twice during bachelor studies or twice during master's studies.
• Going to the same university twice is not allowed.
• Consult your degree programme's study counsellor about the possibility to go abroad for a second time.