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TAMK annual review 2024: Education key figures

Education key figures provide essential insights on applicants, students and graduates across various fields of study as well as the employment paths of graduates in 2024.

Applicants

We had 36 100 applicants to our degree programmes.
43 % of the applicants were primary applicants.
The amount of applicants was 20 % more than in 2023.
In Finnish programmes, there were 3,4 applicants per study place.
In English programmes, there were 9 applicants per study place.

Source: Education administration's reporting portal Vipunen 23.1.2025

New students

Education202220232024
Social welfare and health care professionals118110321242
Engineers108511941149
Bachelors of Business Administration678690729
Bachelors of Culture and Arts138144150
Master builders and construction architects114108120
Bachelors of Hospitality Management8911499
Music pedagogues484224
Musicians121221
Total334533363534

Source: Education administration's reporting portal Vipunen 23.1.2025

Number of students

We had 11 493 degree students in total.
We had 477 students in professional teacher education.
We had 11 970 students in total.

Number of students (Bachelor's and Master's degrees)

Education202220232024
Engineers388040744191
Social welfare and health care professionals331733063432
Bachelors of Business Administration224423192358
Bachelors of Culture and Arts555549579
Bachelors of Hospitality Management369360342
Master builders and construction architects345363399
Music pedagogues177162132
Musicians545160
Total109411118411493

Number of students in professional teacher education

202220232024
483468477

Number of graduates

The total number of graduates was 2255.
254 students graduated from professional teacher education.

Bachelor's and Master's degree graduates

Education202220232024
Social welfare and health care professionals751797771
Engineers621627696
Bachelors of Business Administration396412472
Bachelors of Culture and Arts100103108
Bachelors of Hospitality Management878487
Master builders and construction architects496873
Music pedagogues343939
Musicians14139
Total205221912255

Source: Education administration's reporting portal Extra-Vipunen 23.1.2025

Professional teacher education graduates

Education202220232024
Teacher education221246213
Special needs teacher education191617
Study counsellor education181524
Total258277254

Gaining employment

71 % of our graduates already had a job at the time of graduation.
67 % of graduates are employed in Pirkanmaa.
92 % of graduates are employed one year after graduates.

Best employability (Bachelor's degrees)

DegreeEmployment rate
Paramedic94 %
HVAC engineer91 %
Automotive engineer91 %
Master builder90 %

Source: AVOP questionnaire and career monitoring survey