Upon successful completion of the course, students will have a good command of the essential Finnish vocabulary and be able to distinguish the lexical differences between the standard language and the spoken language. Students will also be able to recognise the most common derivational types in Finnish and produce regular derived words. In addition, they will be able to make and resolve different compound words into their parts, and be familiar with some of the most common idiomatic expressions.

In cases where more students register for a course than space allows, priority is assigned as follows:

1. First priority is given to the degree students of the University of Tampere.
2. Second priority is given to the exchange students of the University of Tampere.
3. Third priority is given to the Tampere3 students and to the high school students of the UTA Teacher Training School.

In addition, there is a quota of 5 for the Open University students in every group.