The School of Language, Translation and Literary Studies was founded on 1 January 2011. The School grants degrees in the Humanities. The basic degrees in this School are the Bachelor of Arts degree, which is a lower university degree, and the Master of Arts degree, which is a higher university degree. The postgraduate degrees are the Licentiate of Philosophy degree (filosofian lisensiaatti in Finnish) and the Doctor of Philosophy degree.  

The degrees consist of programme-specific studies, optional courses and compulsory language and communication courses. In each degree programme, studies are comprised of systematic study modules, i.e. basic, intermediate and advanced studies. Students write a Master’s thesis to complete their Master’s degree. A shorter Bachelor’s thesis is required for the Bachelor’s degree. Moreover, students take a written maturity test based on the subject of their Bachelor’s thesis to demonstrate their skills in the Finnish language and academic writing.

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.

All of the foreign language studies are intended for students whose language proficiency level is B2–C1 (on the CEFR scale). Beginner-level courses are offered only in Czech and Estonian.

The seven degree programmes (DP) offered are:

• DP in English Language, Literature and Translation
• DP in Literary Studies
• DP in Scandinavian Languages
• DP in French Language
• DP in German Language, Culture and Translation
• DP in Finnish Language
• DP in Russian Language, Culture and Translation

The respective languages of instruction in the degree programmes are:

1) Finnish (DP in Literary Studies, DP in Finnish Language) or

2) Finnish and the language of the subject being instructed (DP in English Language, Literature and Translation, DP in Scandinavian Languages, DP in French Language, DP in German Language, Culture and Translation, DP in Russian Language, Culture and Translation).

Additional study modules are offered in e.g. Czech Language, Estonian Language and Culture*, Finnish Language and Culture* (Suomen kieli ja kulttuuri), General Linguistics*, Phonetics*, Spanish Language, Russian Studies.

The language of instruction in the study modules marked with an asterisk* is Finnish.