The entrance examinations of the arts can cost the applicant hundreds of euros

”This Really not an equal system for everyone. Not everyone can afford this. ”

That’s what says Terhi Tikkinenwhose daughter is looking for an art education. Applying for three educational institutions will cost parents about a thousand euros.

The daughter seeks to study visual communication in Aalto University in Helsinki and Metropolia at the University of Applied Sciences and Kouvola in Xamk.

At Aalto University, the entrance exam is three-day and two-day in Metropolia. At Xamk, the test was one -day.

The family lives in Tampere, so the biggest expenses come from accommodation and travel tickets.

Dart He rented an apartment hotel for himself and his daughter during the Metropolia entrance exams.

« Of course, the daughter would have done well alone, but she said she was more comfortable when someone else takes care of the accommodation and arrival and can focus on preparing for the exam. »

Airbnb apartment was also rented for the Kouvola One-day entrance exam, so that the entrance exam would not be missed at least due to the late train.

There are still several days ahead of accommodation in Helsinki due to the Aalto University exams.

« The daughter is at work, but with a zero, so she has no such funds. »

Since the daughter is not yet a student, train and bus tickets have to pay the adult price.

In the family There is art, so there were a lot of art supplies in the family. If it hadn’t been, they would have become a big expense.

« I saw an entrance exam package on the pages of a coaching company and the cheapest set was a couple of hundred euros. »

Although Tikkinen can afford to pay for his children’s entrance exam costs, he wonders why the system must be so complicated.

“Why do art areas not agree to collaboration with collaboration so you don’t have to travel around Finland for entrance examinations?

Wave-In the Teaching Deputy Dean in Teaching at the University Rasmus Mountain says that several days of entrance examinations are necessary for justice.

« We have a lot of applicants and we want to make sure that the right people are selected for training. If you do really short exams, you can easily go to a lottery game. »

Vuori says that several days entrance examinations ensure that the most suitable people can enter the educational institution.

« With only a few places to study, it is a big investment in the university for a student. It is also a promise to the student that he or she is suitable for the industry. »

The joint search with other educational institutions in the field does not believe that each educational institution emphasizes slightly different skills.

« If you think about a symphony orchestra, there is a separate expert for each player who has been training the player since Junnus. In the same way, the knowledge profile you are looking for in the art areas is always a little different. »

According to Mountain, some searches, for example, are looking for a person who can calculate structures and visualize them from three -dimensional. In the second search, one can look for a person who perceives the sound world and sound description.

Mountain says he hopes that no one’s search will be caught by money.

« We want to find all talented students in Finland and that’s why we have tried, for example, to keep the supply list affordable. »

Terhi Tikkinen thinks that some applicants will be eliminated due to costs.

« We are a middle -class family, so we can afford to pay for these, even though it is stinging. But there is no large part. »