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Faculty of Social Sciences
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Contact information: Faculty Office: Unioninkatu 37 (P.O. Box 54) 00014 University of Helsinki Phone +358-(0)9-1911 (University) Fax +358-(0)9-191 24835 |
Entrance Examination 2006
Admission criteria for admissions in 2006 was accepted by the Faculty Council 7 December 2005. Entrance examination for international applicants is arranged 8 June 2006 at the University of Helsinki, Finland between 9 A.M. and 1 P.M. The street address is Unioninkatu 40, lecture hall 1. Entrance examinations are not organized abroad. The deadline for submitting applications was 31 January 2006. Information on Examination
Information on ExaminationAt the entrance examination 2006 the subjects are divided into four groups:
Applicants can be admitted to only one subject. It is possible to apply for a maximum of three subjects, but it is strongly recommended that these subject are from the same group since one can only answer to one set of questions at the examination. If the applicant answers more than one set of questions, s/he will be evaluated on basis of the answers in which s/he has the least points If the applicant is applying for subjects of different groups, s/he must decide at the examination, at the latest, which set of questions s/he answers and which subject is his/her priority number 1 (2 and 3). The idea of the groups is that if the applicant manages to have over 2/3 of the points, but the quota for his/her first priority is already full, s/he can still be accepted to some other subject of his/her group presuming that his/her points are higher than the points of other applicants for this subject. Quotas for International Degree StudentsHere are the quotas for new international degree students admitted to Study at the Faculty of Social Sciences in general admission 2006:
Please note, that international degree students are not accepted to the Department of Communication in general admission 2006. Required ReadingRequired reading for the entrance examination 2006: Group 1 (Sociology, Social Policy, Social Psychology and Social and Cultural Anthropology): Bauman, Zygmunt and May, Tim: Thinking Sociologically, 2nd edition (Blackwell 2001), (ISBN 0-631-21928-5). AND Kivisto, Peter: Key Ideas in Sociology. Second Edition. Pine Forge Press 2003. (NB! IN TOTAL TWO BOOKS!) Group 2 (Economics): Begg, David- Fisher, Stanley- Dornbusch, Rudiger: Economics, 7th or 8thedition, chapters 1-3, 4-9, 19-21, 23, 26-29 (Mc Graw Hill 2002 USA; ISBN 0-07-709947-8 ) AND Mendelson, Elliott: Beginning Calculus, 2nd edition or newer, (McGraw Hill, USA, ISBN 0-07-041733-4). Group 3 (Political Science, Social Sciences History, Moral and Social Philosophy and Development studies): Heywood, Andrew: Politics, 2nd edition (MacMillan 2002), (hardcover ISBN 0333986296, softcover ISBN 0333971310). Group 4 (Statistics): Mendelson, Elliott: Beginning Calculus, 2nd edition or newer, (McGraw Hill, USA, ISBN 0-07-041733-4) AND Schaum's Outline of Introduction to Probability and Statistics, Part I, ( Descriptive Statistics and Probability, pages 1-209), (McGraw-Hill, USA, ISBN: 0070380848). IMPORTANT: Please note, that for some subjects you have to read two books and for other only one. However, the amount of reading is more or less the same. The applicant has to answer all questions in the set of questions of the group of the subject s/he applied for. The questions are given in English. Answers may be given in Finnish, Swedish or English. The use of dictionaries is not allowed. The answers are graded on a scale of 0-6. The maximum total is 36 points. The applicant must obtain at least 2/3 of the maximum points available in the field of his/her choice in the entrance examination. See examples of general admission. It should be noted that each group has its own entrance examination book. In other words, some of the subjects have the same entrance examination book and also the same questions. The applicant must confirm at the examination, to which subject s/he applies for. Notification of ResultsThe results of the examination are announced on the Faculty's bulletin board (Unioninkatu 37, first floor). Examinees will be sent a letter regarding the results. Examination Questions from Previous YearsEntrance examination questions from previous years are available as pdf-files. Please note, that application procedures and required reading have changed over the years. The purpose of these questions is to give the applicants a general idea of the type of examination questions.
Conditional AdmissionWhen accepted to study at the Faculty of Social Sciences for a Bachelor's degree after being admitted in the entrance examination, the student first receives a two-year conditional admission. During these two years the student has to complete a certain amount of language and other studies. The required studies to be completed are:
All the credits must be obtained at the university of Helsinki. After the student has met with these requirements, s/he is granted the right to complete a degree at the University of Helsinki. It should be pointed out that the above-mentioned requirements are by no means impossible to achieve, if studies are taken seriously. This conditional admission is not applicable to citizens of the Nordic countries, and it does not apply to those applicants who have finished their upper secondary school in the Nordic Countries (Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark or Finland) and have received a diploma to confirm this. All applicants accepted at the entrance examination have the right to study to Master of Social Sciences (M.Soc.Sc). However, they will first have to complete the lower degree, Bachelor of Social Sciences (B.Soc.Sc.). |
