The School of Language, Translation and Literary Studies comprises a range of academic disciplines including Finnish, Swedish, foreign languages, translation and interpreting, and literary studies. Research is pursued in all of these fields, each of which also offers a range of doctoral-level specializations.

The eleven major subjects are: Comparative Literature, English Philology, Finnish Language, Finnish Literature, French Language, German Language and Culture, Scandinavian Languages, Russian Language and Culture, and Translation Studies in English, German and Russian.

Minor subjects include: Czech Language, Estonian Language and Culture, FAST Area Studies (Foundations in Area Studies for Translators), Finnish as a Second and Foreign Language*, Finnish Language, Culture and Society* (Suomen kieli, kulttuuri ja yhteiskunta, SKKY), General Linguistics*, Phonetics*, Spanish Language, the Russian Studies Programme, Technical Communication*, Translation Studies in Swedish*, Translation Theory*.

All of the foreign language studies are intended for a language proficiency level of ~B2-C1 (beginner-level courses are offered only in the case of Czech, Estonian and Russian within the Russian Studies Programme).

The respective languages of instruction in the degree programmes, according to the major subject, are:

1)    Finnish (Comparative Literature, Finnish Language, Finnish Literature)

2)    Finnish and the language of the major subject studies (English Philology, French Language, German Language and Culture, Nordic Languages (Swedish), Russian Language and Culture, Translation Studies in English, German and Russian)

The language of instruction in the minor subjects marked with an asterisk* is Finnish.

During the spring semester of 2011, the curriculum and teaching schedule of the School of Language, Translation and Literary Studies will follow those of the former School of Modern Languages and Translation Studies, and, for Comparative and Finnish Literature, those of the former Department of Literature and the Arts:

School of Modern Languages and Translation Studies:
Curriculum
Teaching schedule

Department of Literature and the Arts:
Curriculum
Teaching schedule

Mailing address:
School of Language, Translation and Literary Studies
33014 University of Tampere, Finland

Visiting address:
Kanslerinrinne 1, Pinni B-building
2nd floor (Comparative Literature, Finnish Literature) 4th floor (Translation Studies, Finnish Language) and 5th floor (Foreign Languages)

E-mail: ltl.info(at)uta.fi

Tel:
+358 3 3551 7657 (Swedish, foreign languages)
+358 3 3551 6040 (Finnish Language, Translation Studies)
+ 358 40 190 1561 (Literary Studies)

Fax:
+358 3 3551 7526 (Finnish Language)+358 3 3551 7146 (Swedish,  foreign languages)
+ 358 3 3551 6079 (Literary Studies)
+358 3 3551 7200 (Translation Studies)

http://www.uta.fi/ltl

e-mail: firstname.lastname@uta.fi, further information: http://www.uta.fi/english/email.html

Departmental Adviser:
Departmental Coordinator, Ms Anna Wansén-Kaseva, Room B 5027
Tel. +358 3 3551 6150, Fax +358 3 3551 7146, E-mail anna.wansen-kaseva(at)uta.fi or ltl.info(at)uta.fi

Advisers by Subject:

Comparative Literature: Studies Adviser, Ms Kirsi Elomäki, Room B 4028, Tel: +358 3 3551 6330

English Philology: Studies Adviser, Ms Emilia Mäki, Room B 5020, Tel. +358 3 3551 6145

Estonian Language and Culture: Lecturer, Mr Lembit Vaba, Room B 4023, Tel. +358 3 3551 6328

FAST Area Studies: Lecturer, Mr John Hopkins, Room B 4058, Tel. +358 3 3551 6116

Finnish Language: Studies Adviser, Ms Kirsi Venho, Room B 4028, Tel: +358 3 3551 6330

Finnish Literature: Studies Adviser, Ms Kirsi Elomäki, Room B 4028, Tel: +358 3 3551 6330

French Language: Studies Adviser, Ms Emilia Mäki, Room B 5020, Tel. +358 3 3551 6145

General Linguistics: Lecturer, Mr Urho Määttä, Room B 4027, Tel. +358 3 3551 6141

German Language and Culture: Studies Adviser, Ms Emilia Mäki, Room B 5020, Tel. +358 3 3551 6145

Phonetics: Lecturer, Mr Michael O’Dell, Room B 4021, Tel. +358 3 3551 6350

Russian Studies Programme and Russian Language and Culture (including Czech Language): Studies Adviser, Ms Sirje Lällä, Room B 5059, Tel. +358 3 3551 6757

Scandinavian Languages: Studies Adviser, Ms Sirje Lällä, Room B 5059, Tel. +358 3 3551 6757

Spanish Language: Lecturer, Mr José Santisteban, Room B 5019, Tel.+358 3 3551 6142

Translation Studies, all languages: Studies Adviser, Mr Aatu Lehtovaara, Room B 4060, Tel.+ 358 3 3551 6104