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Tampere University

Future is in your hands

The world needs people who have the courage and skills to tackle environmental and sustainability challenges around us and find solutions. Be one of us!

Our two-year Master's Programme educates professionals in environmental engineering and circular economy. With us you will learn about processes and technologies to produce clean water, to recover nutrients and metals and to minimize pollution and to support sustainable use of natural resources. You will thus become expert in promoting environmental sustainability.

To be a successful student in our Master’s Programme, you should have a background in an applicable field of engineering, for example in environmental engineering, biotechnology or natural sciences. We appreciate proficiency in mathematics, a strong motivation and vision for the future.

Our courses provide a wide range of topics from molecular biology level up to waste and wastewater treatment and their automation. This allows you to sharpen your focus on, for example sustainable environmental technologies, digital applications, advanced bioprocesses or governance for circular economy. The professional training and Master’s thesis work allows you to start building your career and networks in the environmental sector.

With the acquired tools and understanding of environmental sustainability, and with the engineering mindset, you will have excellent career opportunities in different fields of environmental engineering. The graduates can be employed for example as process engineers, consultants or project managers in industries and municipalities. If you want, you may also continue your studies towards a doctoral degree.

Specialization themes

1. Sustainable Solutions for Water and Waste Management
2. Digital Innovations in Environmental Technologies
3. Advanced Bioprocesses for Circular Economy
4. Governance for Circular Economy

Do you have the skills and courage to tackle environmental challenges? We think you do

Environmental Engineering

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Applying to Tampere University Master's Programmes

Type

Master's degree

Degree earned

Master of Science (Technology)

Planned duration

2 years

Extent of studies

120 ECTS

City

Tampere

Campus

Hervanta Campus

Tuition fee for non-EU/EEA citizens

12000 €

Link to scholarship programme

Scholarships available

Study objectives

The focus of Environmental Engineering (MSc) programme is to educate experts in environmental engineering, highlighting individual study plans and career pathways.

After completing the Master’s Degree Programme in Environmental Engineering, you will for example be able to:

Understand the potential to promote environmental sustainability using systems thinking and engineering mindset
Understand partnerships between decision makers, business, organisations and individuals and therefore collaborate and discuss with different actors and stakeholders
Design water, wastewater, and waste treatment processes
Develop systems to promote circular economy, for example in nutrient recycling and renewable energy production
Evaluate environmental impacts of processes and products using life-cycle assessment tools
Interpret and report scientific data and draw conclusions
Use language, communication and collaborative skills in a professional setting

More about the language of instruction

The official language of the programme is English, meaning that all the courses, exams and student services are arranged in English. Consequently, proficiency in both written and spoken English is an absolute prerequisite. Students are required to submit an approved certificate of their language proficiency when applying for admission. In addition, students are required to complete a course in the Finnish language. The course provides them with an introduction to everyday Finnish and Finnish culture.

Study contents

The studies are composed of two blocks:

Common core studies are compulsory for all students. They give you the basic information you need at the beginning of your studies when you explore the different opportunities for choosing your major studies. Common core studies also include guidance in writing and presenting your Master’s thesis.
Major studies are a combination of compulsory and complementary courses. The compulsory courses process engineering, life cycle assessment, design of water treatment processes, environmental governance and living lab working – give basis of sustainability thinking and engineering practices. Complementary courses can be selected from our wide range of topics from molecular biology level up to waste and wastewater treatment processes and their automation. This allows you to choose a field of specialization, for example sustainable environmental technologies, digital applications, advanced bioprocesses, or governance for circular economy. The topic of your Master’s thesis can be chosen to reflect your specialization theme and the experience that you acquired during the traineeship.
Elective studies: You may also select up to 10 ECTS of courses based on your own interests. These can be for example language or communications studies. TAU offers a wide variety of courses to select from.

Structure of studies

Career opportunities

After completing the programme, you will be qualified to pursue a wide range of career opportunities in the different fields of environmental engineering and circular economy. Our graduates are eligible to work for example in municipalities, companies and organizations as a developer, process engineer, consultant, researcher or project manager in positions where knowledge and skills in environmental engineering are required. Following the successful completion of the programme, you will also be eligible to apply for admission to doctoral programmes in Finland or abroad.

Co-operation with other parties

Carefully read through the general eligibility criteria and the programme-specific eligibility criteria and see whether you meet them. For additional questions on applying, application documents and application process, please contact our Admissions office. For questions regarding the content of the programme, please contact enveng.studies.tau [at] tuni.fi.

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Tampere University master's programme application period 2021

9 December 2020 - 13 January 2021 3:00 p.m. (GMT+2)

Eligibility criteria

Eligibility criteria in the Master's degree programmes consist of two parts: Tampere University's general eligibility criteria, and programme-specific eligibility criteria, which specify and/or add information to the general criteria. You must meet both to be considered eligible. Applicants who do not meet both the general eligibility and the programme-specific eligibility criteria will not be selected as students in Tampere University.

General eligibility

To be eligible to apply to a Master’s degree programme at Tampere University, you must have:

Bachelor’s degree - nationally recognized first cycle degree*
- which corresponds to at least 180 ECTS (European credits) or to three years of full-time study
- from a relevant field for the Master’s degree programme that you’re applying to
- from an recognised institution of higher education
- The Bachelor’s degree completed in a university outside Finland must provide eligibility for university-level master’s degree studies in the country in which it was awarded.
AND a good command of the English language for academic purposes. For more information, please see Language requirements.

*Please see detailed information on the General eligibility criteria web page.

Applicants in their final year of the Bachelor’s degree are eligible to apply if the degree will be completed by 31 July 2021. In this case, they would be accepted conditionally. Please see special instructions for applicants in the final year of the Bachelor's degree.

Admission to studies leading directly to a master's degree will be based on the applicant’s bachelor's degree conferred by a university or a university of applied sciences. Depending on programme-specific admission requirements, the programme may take into account skills previously acquired by applicants when considering applications.

A previously completed master’s degree will not make applicants ineligible for admission. However, applicants who are applying for admission to pursue a second master’s degree will only be admitted for particularly weighty reasons.

Programme-specific eligibility criteria

Each Master's degree programme can define more detailed eligibility criteria including, for example, more specific requirements of the applicant's previous education. These criteria will be decided and published yearly for the following application round.

The previous degree should be from a field closely related to the Master's programme you are applying to. In the Master’s programme in Environmental Engineering the previous degree has to be in one of the following (or highly related) fields: Environmental Engineering or other applicable field with proficiency in mathematics and either chemistry or physics. Applicants with other BSc degrees containing environmental engineering studies may be considered. Examples of such degrees: biotechnology, chemical engineering, energy engineering or civil engineering.

For applicants who have completed their degree in a University of Applied Sciences (AMK) or a University in Finland the required minimum GPA is the same as in the admission to the Master’s degree programmes offered in Finnish.

Minimum GPA for bachelor's degree completed in a Finnish University of Applied Sciences (AMK)	Minimum GPA for bachelor's degrees completed in a Finnish university (yliopisto)
3,5/5	3,0/5

An admission score will be calculated for all applicants who meet the minimum requirements. When counting the unrounded GPA weighted by ECTS only the courses (incl. thesis) with numeric grade value are taken into account.

If you have not yet graduated from your current institution, you may receive a conditional offer of admission. The offer will be withdrawn if your final GPA falls below the minimum requirements.

Language skill requirements

When applying to a Master’s programme at Tampere University, you must submit evidence of your good command of the English language for academic purposes. You have two options of demonstrating your English language proficiency: language tests or previous studies.

In both cases you must submit a document as a proof of language skills. Please see detailed instructions and additional information on the language requirements web page.

English language tests and the minimum result requirements

Test name	Minimum test result
TOEFL iBT / TOEFL iBT Special Home Edition	92 overall with no section below 20
IELTS (academic) / IELTS Indicator	6.5 overall with no section below 5.5
PTE (academic)	62 overall with no section in Communicative Skills below 42
C1 Advanced	C
C2 Proficiency	C1
Finnish National Certificate of Language Proficiency (English)	Proficiency level 5

*The previous CAE and CPE have been renamed as C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency

Previous studies

It is possible to be exempted from submitting a language test score if you have completed particular studies listed by Tampere University that demonstrate your good command of English for academic purposes. Only studies that fulfill the criteria will be accepted so if you apply without a valid language test result, carefully examine the exemptions listed by Tampere University and how to submit documents.

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Admission procedure

Students are selected to the programme from those applicants who submit a complete application (application and sufficient application documents by the deadline) and fulfil the official eligibility criteria.

The student selection is made by an admissions committee based on the academic qualifications and merits shown in the application documents. Please note that not all applicants fulfilling the requirements can be admitted.

Students admitted to a Master’s degree programme may be required to complement their earlier degree with complementary studies. The complementary studies will be decided at the faculty case by case, maximum 60 ECTS credits).

Scoring

The number of eligible applicants annually exceeds the number of students that can be accepted. The student selection is made by an admissions committee on the basis of the academic qualifications and merits shown in the application documents.

Student admission will be based on the faculty’s academic assessment of applicants’ prior degree and the merits presented in their application documents. Applicants will be ranked according to an admission score that is calculated based on their existing degree, proficiency in the English language and other supporting factors.

Admission points (maximum 100 points) are given in the following categories:

Previous qualifications maximum 60 points
English language skills maximum 10 points:
Other relevant factors that support the application maximum 30 points

An admission score will be calculated for all applicants who meet the minimum requirements. The main supporting documents attached to the application, which are considered when calculating the admission score, are a CV and a letter of motivation.

How to apply

Admissions step-by-step checklist

Check the general eligibility and programme-specific eligibility criteria of the programme/s you wish to apply. You are allowed to apply to three programmes at the same time.
Read through the instructions on how to apply and start preparing your application documents as early as possible!
Take a language test if required, please see the language requirements.
When the application period opens, fill in the online application at Studyinfo.fi during the application period and upload required enclosures to the application. The application period is 9 December 2020 at 8.00 GMT+2 - 13 January 2021 at 15.00 GMT+2.
Upload all required enclosures and send the educational documents by post to Tampere University Admissions Office within two weeks, by 27 January 2021 at 15.00 GMT+2. The documents must reach the University by the given deadline and they must be delivered according to the country-specific requirements, if applicable.
You can apply for a scholarship on the application form, if applicable.
Wait for the admission results to be announced at the end of March 2021.
If you are offered a study place, remember to accept it by the given deadline. Pay the tuition fee if required.
Start preparing for your arrival in Finland well in advance.
Register as a student and join the Tampere University community when the studies start in August 2021!

Additional information on application process in detail.

Online application form

The online application form will be available only during the application period only at Studyinfo.fi. The application period starts on 9 December 2020 at 8 am (GMT+2) and ends on 13 January 2021 at 3 pm (GMT+2).

Enclosures

You will need to upload copies of all required documents as enclosures on the application form. In addition to the general application enclosures, some programmes have listed additional programme-specific enclosures that are needed when applying to these programmes.

You will need to upload all required enclosures on your application form online at Studyinfo.fi. In addition to uploading, you must submit officially certified copies of your educational documents to Tampere University Admissions Office by post. Applicants whose degrees have been awarded in certain countries need to pay special attention to the documentation and documents from these countries must be submitted in a particular way. These country-specific requirements must always be followed first and foremost, prior to the regular requirements.

Applicants must post the educational documents to Tampere University Admissions Office so that they arrive by 27 January 2021 at 15.00 GMT+2. You can find the list of the required general application enclosures and further instructions on the Application documents webpage.

There are no programme-specific enclosures when applying to this programme.

Admission results and appeals

Open university route applications

Separate application (Open University Masters' Routes in English) 2021

Application period for Open University Masters' Routes in English 17.3.-31.3.2021 15:00

Admissions based on Tampere University open university route studies

Eligibility criteria

You will be eligible to apply for admission through this route if you are currently studying on the Open University MSc route in Tampere University and completing a set of required courses by 30 June 2021 and your academic performance meets the requirements. The MSc route studies define for which degree programme the applicant can apply for.

The Degree Requirements of Tampere University will apply to the granting of a study right to applicants applying through the Open University route.

Language skill requirements

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Admission procedure

How to apply

Enclosures

Waiting list procedure

Admission results and appeals

The admission results for the Open University route will come out no later than 9 July 2021. We will notify all applicants of our admission decision. You can also log in to My Studyinfo at studyinfo.fi to check the status of your application.

Applicants are entitled to appeal a decision where they feel that the assessment of their application has not met the standards. Such an appeal must be made in writing and submitted to Tampere University within 14 days of the release of the admission results. Appeals must arrive before 15.00 on the final day of the appeal period. If the results are not released on the announced date, the fourteen-day appeal period will begin to run on the day following the release of the results.

The appeal should be delivered in one of the following ways:

1) Scan the document and send it by email to tau [at] tuni.fi (pdf or docx)

2) Send the document by post and deliver it to: Admissions Office, FI-33014 Tampere University, Finland

3) Deliver the document in person to the Info Desk of the Main Building at our City Centre Campus: Kalevantie 4, 33100 Tampere

The possible reconsideration of an application following receipt of an appeal will not affect the admission of other applicants.

For additional information, please contact the Tampere University Admissions Services.

Apply via Studyinfo.fi portal

Environmental Engineering

Future is in your hands

Specialization themes

Do you have the skills and courage to tackle environmental challenges? We think you do

Meet our teachers and students

Interested in applying?

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Environmental Engineering

Future is in your hands

Specialization themes

Do you have the skills and courage to tackle environmental challenges? We think you do

Meet our teachers and students

Interested in applying?