New students admitted to Master’s studies at the Academy of Fine Arts
The Master’s admission for the Academy of Fine Arts was conducted as a separate admission in autumn 2019. The application period was from the 14th of August to the 28th of August 2019. 172 applications were submitted through the Studyinfo online application system, of which 160 were eligible to apply based on proved language proficiency and the required advance assignments. Based on the evaluation of the compulsory appendices and portfolios, 46 applicants were invited to the interviews and 44 of them attended to the interview.
The following 23 applicants are admitted, and the following 16 applicants are selected to be on reserve:
Sculpture
Fox, Maija
Sederlöf, Nora
Taulu, Anssi *
Vainio, Jere *
Yau, Mandy
Reserve list:
1. Käyhkö, Maija
2. Härkönen, Henrik
3. Zhao, Wenjuan
Painting
Applicant has not authorised publication of their name on the website
Happonen, Taru
Hyvönen, Einari
Applicant has not authorised publication of their name on the website
Paakkonen, Mikko
Reuter, Oliver
Suikkanen, Saimi
Xiao, Zhiyu
Reserve list:
1. Vanonen, Juha
2. Baistrocchi, Giulio
3. Vihervuori, Virpi
4. Applicant has not authorised publication of their name on the website *
Printmaking
Bredenberg, Anna *
Hamada, Natalie
Immonen, Essi
Reserve list:
1. Hyrri, Juliana
2. Halonen, Jemiina
3. Höijer, Jemena
Time and Space Arts
Cemin, Laura
Hoogerdijk, Sjors
Applicant has not authorised publication of their name on the website
Martikainen, Aleksi
Matveinen, Anna
Prokofyeva, Daria
Wongsing, Poomin
Reserve list:
1. Samborska, Justyna
2. van der Rijt, Arvid
3. Applicant has not authorised publication of their name on the website
4. Chotipatthamanon, Sakonpat
5. Applicant has not authorised publication of their name on the website *
6. Pluciennik, Marek
* Supplementary studies are required: second domestic language 3 credits, foreign language 5 credits as well as maturity test 0 credits.
The Academy of Fine Arts will send an email on 14 November 2019 to those who are accepted as students and those on the reserve list. Some e-mail clients may treat our messages as spam; please check your e-mail spam folder as well. The admitted applicants will receive more information about the admission procedure, on accepting the study place, and on how to enrol for the academic year by. Applicants can also inquire the results via e-mail (kuva.admissions@uniarts.fi).
New students are to accept their study places by 3.00 pm Finnish time on 28 November 2019.
Paper format portfolios can be collected from the attendees in the info of the Academy on 2 December 2019 at the earliest and on 10 January 2020 at the latest (visiting address Elimäenkatu 25 A, Helsinki). Uncollected portfolios or portfolios without sufficient reply postage will be destroyed.
Members of the admission jury will give feedback on the phone to those applicants who were interviewed, but were not admitted, at specific times, local Helsinki time if requested. Applicants receive more detailed information on how to request feedback via e-mail. Feedback cannot be given at another time.