Admission results: Master of Fine Arts, autumn 2021
The results of the Master's admissions will be published on November 10, 2021.
The Master’s admission for the Academy of Fine Arts was conducted as a separate admission in autumn 2021. The application period to Master’s studies in fine arts was from the 11th of August to the 25th of August 2021. The applications were submitted electronically via the Studyinfo system.
Altogether 208 applications were submitted of which 198 applicants were deemed eligible or conditionally eligible to apply based on their language skills, educational background and the required advance assignments. Based on the applications, 51 applicants were invited to the interviews and 50 of those invited attended the interview.
The following 24 applicants are admitted as new students to the 2-year education leading to a master’s degree in fine arts, and the following 13 applicants are selected to be on reserve (applicants grouped by subject area, applicant’s study language in brackets):
Master of Fine Arts (2-year education)
Sculpture
- Çaginli, Baran (English)
- Creutzburg, Lennart (English)
- Nissinen, Sanna (Finnish)
- Pekkala, Anna (Finnish)
- Virkkunen, Tua (Finnish)
Reserve list:
- an applicant who has not authorised publication of their name on the website
- an applicant who has not authorised publication of their name on the website
- Häkkinen, Sofia (Finnish)
- Vehviläinen, Petra (Finnish)
Painting
- Hetemäki, Laura (Finnish)
- an applicant who has not authorised publication of their name on the website
- an applicant who has not authorised publication of their name on the website
- Kassinen, Benjamin (Swedish)
- Lowe, Laura (Finnish)
- Saarinen, Janne (Finnish)
- Tuominen, Henri (Finnish)
- Villanueva, Niina (Finnish)
Reserve list:
- Hanikka, Mirja (Finnish)
- van der Jagt, Katinka (English)
- Hallman, Niklas (Finnish)
- Is, Tanja (Finnish)
Printmaking
- Halonen, Jemiina (Finnish)
- Koljonen, Tanja (Finnish)
- Mäki-Patola, Liina (Finnish)
- Sajedi, Maryam (English)
Reserve list:
- Herlevi, Janika (Finnish)
- Pitkänen, Kukka (Finnish)
Time and Space Arts
- Çal, Doğa (English)
- Coffin, Alyssa (English)
- an applicant who has not authorised publication of their name on the website
- Koskinen, Ville (Finnish)
- Martikainen, Linda (Finnish)
- an applicant who has not authorised publication of their name on the website
- Silvestrini, Tanja (English)
Reserve list:
- Arjoma, Vera (Finnish)
- Kuusa, Laura (Finnish)
- Richter, Johanna Marie (Joma) (English)
The Academy of Fine Arts will send information to applicants about the admission results also by e-mail on 10 November 2021. Some e-mail clients may treat our messages as spam; please check your spam folder as well. Applicants can also inquire the results via e-mail (kuva.admissions@uniarts.fi).
Admitted students are to accept the offered study place latest by 24 November 2021 (3:00pm, local time in Finland). New Master’s students will start their studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in January 2022.
Members of the admission jury will give feedback on the phone to those applicants who were interviewed, but were not admitted, at specific times if requested. Applicants receive more detailed information on how to request feedback via e-mail. Feedback cannot be given at another time.
Rectification request
Applicants can apply for rectification of the admission decision from Uniarts Helsinki under the Universities Act (558/2009), section 82. The purpose of a written request for rectification is to give the applicant the possibility to appeal and request for rectification if there is a reason to believe that there has been an error in the decision-making process. The rectification procedure is not intended as a means for receiving feedback or asking for further information about the admissions process.