The maturity test is a statutory demonstration of the professional maturity and excellent writing skills in the Finnish language of the person completing a post-secondary degree. The factual content of a maturity test for a bachelor’s degree is reviewed by the thesis tutor, and the language is checked by a teacher of the language in which the maturity test is written, who has been appointed by the Language Centre for the unit. You can find the name of the language consultant in Elmo student intra under Kielten opiskelu (Study of languages).
The maturity test is graded pass or fail. Note: To pass the test, the length must be 3000–3500 characters. Things assessed in the text:
- Content: comprehensibility of the bulletin, key results of the thesis and its usefulness to the field, and competent treatment
- Language: independence of the text (the content of the bulletin is understandable even if the reader has not read the thesis), consistency of the treatment (the structure of a bulletin), formal style and understandable language and spelling.
The instructions for writing the maturity test for a master’s degree are provided separately.