The YKI Test

Registration for YKI tests is done online. You can only register for a test during its listed registration period. You can check upcoming the test dates and their corresponding registration periods here. Please note that places for the Finnish YKI tests often fill up quickly. You can log into the service using Suomi.fi e-identification. If you cannot use Suomi.fi e-identification, identify yourself with your email.

For 2025 the fees for the tests are as follows:

The link to complete the payment online will be sent to you after registration. This message comes from address noreply(a)opintopolku.fi. The payment link is valid for 1-3 days depending on your registration time. You can see the expiration date for your test fee in the email with the payment link.

You can read more about the registration process, the terms and conditions, and test fees here

You can apply for a special arrangement for your test if you have a difficulty, problem, illness or disability that impacts your ability to take the test. Special arrangements only apply to the test situation and won’t affect the grading of your test.

Application for special arrangements is done after registering for the test, but must be done within the registration period. To apply, you must fill an application form which is sent to the test centre. You also must provide a specialist account, which is sent separately.

You can find detailed instructions on how to apply, as well as the application form on the National Agency of Education’s website.

Before your test day, the test centre you have booked to sit your YKI test at will communicate to you via e-mail the exact location and time of the test.

If you have booked to complete a YKI-test at Finnbrit, you will receive information from us about the test time and our location closer to the test day. If you have not received any messages, and the test day is getting close, please contact us.

When you arrive, you will be asked to present a valid official identity document.

Please note that such documents as driving licences or residence permit cards are not official identity documents.

Acceptable documents are:

• • a passport

• • an identity card

• • a refugee travel document

• • an identity card issued by the Finnish Defence Forces with a chip and a photo.

You can find more information about the test day here.

Results are published by the Finnish National Agency for Education. Certificates are usually posted around 2 months after your test dates. You can find the dates on which recent test results have been sent out, on the website of the National Agency for Education.

You can find out more information and familiarize yourself with the grading, the release of results, and the possibility of reassessment on the website of the National Agency for Education, here.

The registration for YKI test will be confirmed after you have paid the test fee. Paid registration for YKI test is binding. In line with the terms and conditions for the YKI tests, you cannot change the level, the language or the test centre, and the registration is personal.

You may reschedule your registration once for another YKI test of the same language and level at the same test centre. The new test date cannot be more than one year after the original test day. If the next test is held more than a year from the original test day, you may reschedule your registration to the next YKI test of the same language and level. To reschedule, you must contact the test centre before the test day.

If you have registered for a YKI-test at Finnbrit and would like to reschedule, please contact us. You can find contact details for other test centres here.

Note that you can not change your test centre, city, the language or the level of the test.

If you cannot participate in the test that you registered for, you may apply for a test fee refund from the Finnish National Agency for Education. Before the test begins, inform your test centre that you cannot participate in the YKI test. You can find out more about the conditions for the test fee refund, and how to apply, on their website.