University entrance exams to go ahead on campus

This year’s university entrance exams in Finland will be held in person on campuses and at examination centres, industry body Unifi has announced, reports Yle.

Unifi, the organisation that represents Finland’s universities, said plans for the examinations had been “drawn up taking into account the prevailing pandemic situation and the necessary safety arrangements. We have estimated that conducting physical entrance examinations is the best way to ensure the fairness of student admissions in these circumstances. We have prepared carefully for the process and are confident that the entrance examinations can be carried out with thoroughly considered safety arrangements,” said Petri Suomala, who chairs Unifi’s meetings for vice-presidents for education.

Programmes that have already announced they will hold entrance examinations remotely will carry out those exams as planned. Entrance examinations for arts subjects will be held both remotely and in person, Unifi said.
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