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TAMK Student's Handbook

Scholarships for fee-paying students

Bachelor's degrees (studies started latest 2020)

Students in years 2-4 (if applicable) can be awarded Academic Award scholarship waivers as follows:

Maximum 50% Academic Award scholarship waiver:  student gains certain credit amount / academic year (cumulative)

You can see the cohort-based models at the bottom of the page.

All students are notified of their personal status after the study records are checked on 15 August annually. Studies counted in the check must be from the previous academic year(s) so evaluated latest 31 July. Student is notified of the awarded scholarship waiver and/or any amount due and owing and payment must be received by 31 August.

At the time of graduation, degree programme can put students' names forward to the TAMK R&D Fund for Academic Excellence scholarships to be awarded for exceptional work during studies. It can - for example - be based on particularly successful thesis work or practical training.


Bachelor's degrees (studies started 2021-)

Students in years 2-4 (if applicable) can be awarded Academic Award scholarship waivers as follows:

25% Academic Award scholarship waiver:  student gains 60 credits / academic year (cumulative)

All students are notified of their personal status after the study records are checked on 15 August annually. Studies counted in the check must be from the previous academic year(s) so evaluated latest 31 July. Student is notified of the awarded scholarship waiver and/or any amount due and owing and payment must be received by 31 August.

25% Finnish language skills scholarship waiver: student can provide TAMK with a Finnish language proficiency test (YKI) result annually by 15 August to be awarded a further waiver based on language skills. The same level results cannot be used twice (Basic / Intermediate / Advanced) and the results must be from the previous 12 month period.

At the time of graduation, degree programme can put students' names forward to the TAMK R&D Fund for Academic Excellence scholarships to be awarded for exceptional work during studies. It can - for example - be based on particularly successful thesis work or practical training. 


Master's degrees

Students in year 2 (if applicable) can be awarded Academic Award scholarship waivers as follows:

25% Academic Award scholarship waiver:  student gains 45 credits / academic year

50% Academic Award scholarship waiver:  student gains 60 credits / academic year

All students are notified of their personal status after the study records are checked on 15 August annually. Studies counted in the check must be from the previous academic year(s) so evaluated latest 31 July. Student is notified of the awarded scholarship waiver and/or any amount due and owing and payment must be received by 31 August.

At the time of graduation, degree programme can put students' names forward to the TAMK R&D Fund for Academic Excellence scholarships to be awarded for exceptional work during studies. It can - for example - be based on particularly successful thesis work or practical training.

Published: 20.6.2019
Updated: 13.10.2022