How to apply for exchange studies at Tampere University of Applied Sciences

You are eligible to apply if you are studying as a degree student at a university which has a valid agreement on student exchange (such as Erasmus+, Nordplus, FIRST or bilateral student exchange) with TAMK. Our Erasmus+ code is SF TAMPERE06.

Once we have received nominations from our partner universities, we will send the link to the online application form by email to the nominated students. We will not publish the link to the online application on our website and cannot consider paper applications.

Requirements:

Students applying to TAMK as exchange students must have completed at least one year of study at their home university before the exchange at TAMK starts.

Visiting or non-degree free-mover students:

You can participate in an exchange if there is an official agreement between your home university and TAMK. Unfortunately, TAMK does not accept students outside of these agreements (usually known as visiting or non-degree free-mover students). If your university does not have an agreement with TAMK please inquire your own international office about what other universities your university has agreements with, or about developing an agreement with TAMK.

Length of the exchange:

The length of a study exchange may be one or two semesters, depending on the terms of the bilateral agreement between TAMK and the partner university concerned:

• Autumn semester (August - December)
• Spring semester (January - May)

Students need to fill in the online application form and submit it with all the required enclosures before the deadline.

Please note that the application is complete and will be processed only after you have followed all the steps of the application system and entered all the required information.

An applicant must first be nominated for the exchange by the home university. The applicant will then receive instructions from TAMK on how to fill in and download the application documents online. The exchange is confirmed after both the home university and TAMK have officially approved the exchange.

We cannot offer any clinical training in hospitals or clinics in autumn 2023. However, we can offer theory studies for exchange nursing students.

Student exchange application periods:

• 1 - 30 April for autumn semester and whole academic year
• 16 September - 15 October for spring semester only

The nomination deadline is two weeks before the application deadline. For detailed nomination instructions, please see the information provided below in the Nomination instructions section.

All required documents have to be submitted in English. When filling in your application after the nomination, you will need to download the following application documents:

• Passport-size photo
• Motivation letter (max. 1 page) Tell about your background, expectations for exchange etc. NB! Nursing/Physiotherapy students should also tell about their previous placements.
• CV (free format)
• Official transcript showing your course grades from your home university.
• Proof of knowledge of English if education in the home university is not given in English. You can also fill in the 

  DownloadTAMK English language skills form.pdf

• Online Learning Agreement Please list the courses you are planning to take at TAMK. Please note that you can choose courses from the studies for exchange students from your degree programme and from free-elective courses. Your final acceptance to the courses will be confirmed after your arrival.
• NOTE! For applicants to the Degree Programme in Music also AEC Application Form (.doc), AEC Learning agreement (.doc), and demo recording link.

NOTE! Exchange students on the following TAMK degree programmes must also send certain health test results after they have been accepted as exchange students at TAMK:

Tuberculosis screening for students who come from Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Ecuador, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Romania, Russia, South Korea, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda and Vietnam, must also send max. 6 months old doctor's statement on an X-Ray Thorax at least 1 week before arrival. The statement should be clearly stated in English. For further information, please see

DownloadGuidelines for students and educational institutions on tuberculosis screening

Hospitality Management
Students taking culinary courses from the Hospitality Management degree programme must send max. 30 days old negative Salmonella test result at least 1 week before arrival by e-mail. The results should be clearly stated in English.

The required level of knowledge of English at TAMK is B2 on Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

If education in the home university is not given in English, exchange students must submit certificates by the application deadline as follows:

• Certificate of knowledge of English (at least B2) written by university staff, preferably your English teacher or
• a score report of one of the following language tests:
  • TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) - 80/Internet-based, 550/paper-based
  • IELTS Academic (International English Language Testing System) - 6.5

Copies of the test scores are accepted. Please keep in mind that test results are valid only for two years.

If you have a diagnosed illness, learning difficulty or disability, we will do our very best to be able to provide you support for your studies at TAMK. Examples of such reasons are deafness, visual impairment or other sensory impairment, dyslexia, panic disorder or Asperger’s syndrome. Please include this information in your application form.

Students coming to TAMK through the Erasmus+ or Nordplus programme also have the opportunity to apply for an accessibility grant. Please contact your Erasmus+ or Nordplus coordinator of your home university for more information. If you come to TAMK through an agreement other than Erasmus+ or Nordplus, please inquire about the possibility of applying for an accessibility grant from your home university.

If you have special requests concerning student housing, please contact the Tampere Student Housing Foundation (TOAS).

All applicants must be officially nominated by their home university by filling in an e-form. The link to the e-form will be sent to all partners by 15.9. / 15.3. Our Erasmus+ code is SF TAMPERE06. The nomination must include the following information for each student:

• Erasmus code of the sending university
• Last name
• Given name(s)
• Date of birth (dd.mm.yyyy)
• Gender
• Email
• Duration of exchange (mm.yyyy - mm.yyyy)
• EU subject area at the sending university
• EU subject area at TAMK

The link to the online application form will be sent to the nominated students by email. We will not publish the link to the online application on our website and cannot consider paper applications.

Nomination deadline

• 15 April 2023 for autumn semester exchanges
• 1 October 2023 for spring semester exchanges

The decisions on acceptance of international exchange students are made by the host degree programme. The selection process takes approximately three weeks after the application period has ended.

Applicants will receive an acceptance or refusal message from TAMK. Letter of acceptance will be sent only by request.

Please note! Don´t buy flights or make other travel arrangements, pay deposit for accommodation etc. before you have received official acceptance from TAMK (and VISA, if it´s required).

If you have, for example, bought the flights and your visa is delayed or rejected, you may not get the money back!

The academic year at TAMK is divided into two semesters consisting of two periods each. All new international students are required to attend the Welcome Week programme.

Autumn semester 2023 (1 Aug - 31 Dec)

• Welcome Week: 14 Aug - 18 Aug
• Teaching period I: 21 Aug - 22 Oct
• Teaching period II: 23 Oct - 31 Dec

Spring semester 2024 (1 Jan - 31 May)

• Welcome Week: TBC
• Teaching period III: 8 Jan - 25 Feb
• Teaching period IV: 26 Feb - 31 May

You can choose courses from your field of study and from free-elective courses. Please use Online Learning Agreement for your exchange studies. The learning agreement is preliminary until confirmed with your TAMK coordinator after you have started your exchange.

List of courses available for exchange students

We cannot offer any clinical training in hospitals or clinics in autumn 2023. However, we can offer theory studies for exchange nursing students.

Exchange students enroll to courses after they have started their exchange at TAMK. The detailed timetables (with course days, times, names of teachers, classrooms, etc.) and all instructions will be given during the Welcome Week.

• Welcome Week on 14 - 18 August for the autumn 2023 semester