Applying during gap year

These instructions are for students who take a gap year after IB and apply to further education during the gap year and also for students who have failed IB and wish to continue to further education.

Firstly, please remember that students ate still allowed to get guodance counselling from Ressun lukio counsellors for 1 year after graduation if they have not started studies at higher education. Gudance is also available in Ohjaamo. There is almost 70 Ohjaamo centers in Finland. They offer help in matters related to work, education and everyday life. More info HERE.

Applying to Further education after IB

Graduated students

• Remember that you can contact your counsellor and book a meeting about your application process. 

  • If you plan to apply abroad, we cecommend you contact the counsellor in early autumn.

  • If you plan to apply to Finland, the meeting can take place later for example in October - November.

  • If you plan to take Finnish Matriculation examinations, for autumn session you need to register through Tarja Ryan immediately after IB results are released in July. For spring Matriculation examination session registration is in October - Mid November. Link for registration is on Ressun lukio national side frontpage. Remember that Matriculation examination is very different from IB exam

    • You need to do it on your own computer

    • You need to know how to use Abitti and you need to be able to boot the computer

    • You should revise the content of national curriculum

  • Adult high schools are good place to practice the skills mentioned above

• Applying to Finland after graduation

  • In graduation ceremony received 

    • School Leaving Certificate (proof of taking all IB courses)

    • IB diploma (two papers: IB diploma and IB diploma programme results)

• Applying to UK after graduation

  • After graduation you must apply as individual candidate and add your IB results here yourself 

  • Ask the teacher recommendation by email well in advance (meaning that the first contact to the teacher should be done XX.YY.)

Failed students

• Remember that you can contact your counsellor and book a meeting about your options.

• You will receive 

  • School Leaving Certificate (proof of taking all IB courses)

    • With this certificate you are eligible to apply to Universities of applied sciences in Finland

  • IB certificates of the subjects you did pass

    • With these certificates you might get accepted to some foreign firther education institutions.

• Registering to IB retakes - contact KAPU

• Autumn retake results are released normally on XX.YY.

  • If you pass, you will receive your IB certificate from KAPU in XX - contact KAPU