Courses for exchange students at Tampere University

You can search for teaching and courses available at Tampere University through the Curriculum page. The courses can be found by filtering to the course units. For each course, you should also confirm whether it is available for international students by using a filter or by clicking on the course name, and then confirming the main language of instruction, the required prerequisites, the completion options, the target group, the campus and the teaching period.

For more information, detailed instructions, Q & A and your study advisers, please go to the Student's Guide: Registration for courses and study practices for exchange students.

Special requirements

• Courses from the Degree Programme in Languages, specialisation in English Language are only for students who are advanced in English (C1 level) and pass the proficiency evaluation test held in Tampere during the Welcome Week. Exchange students hosted by any other degree programme or specialisation have a limited access to the English specialisation courses. These students may take a maximum of 10 ECTS in the English specialisation during their exchange. However, there are no proficiency tests or limits for Language Centre's courses.
• Courses from the Licentiate's degree in Medicine are mainly in Finnish and acceptance of exchange students is limited to the exchange agreements of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology (MET).
• For studies within our non-English language programmes on the city centre campus, the language requirements are as follows:
  • Degree Programme in French Language: B2 French
  • Degree Programme in Languages, specialisation in German Language: B2 German
  • Degree Programme in Languages, specialisation in Russian Language: B2 Russian
  • Degree Programme in Languages, specialisation in Scandinavian Languages: B2 Swedish; students are required to prepare a motivation letter in Swedish and take and pass a Swedish proficiency evaluation test organised by the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences (ITC) at the beginning of the semester
  • Study module in Finnish Language and Culture: B2 Finnish; students are required to prepare a motivation letter in Finnish and to take and pass a Finnish proficiency evaluation test organised by the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences (ITC) at the beginning of the semester

The study fields are available for exchange students whose home university originally had an agreement with Tampere University of Technology.

You can search for teaching and courses available at Tampere University through the Curriculum page. The courses can be found by filtering to the course units and then spesifying Location: Hervanta and Target group: International students.

For more information and detailed instructions, please go to the Student's Guide: Registration for courses and study practices for exchange students.

The exchange students admitted to Tampere University Pori campus can select courses from their interdisciplinary Course catalogue page. Tampere University Pori campus operates under the University Consortium Pori (UCPori) to which Turku School of Economics also belongs. The city of Pori is located 100 km from Tampere and therefore the students admitted to Pori cannot attend courses at the campuses located in Tampere.

Special requirements

• Courses from the Master's Degree Programme in Architecture are only for students majoring in architecture, and whose home universities have an agreement with The School of Architecture / Degree Programme in Architecture.
• Thesis and project work always require a special arrangement. The master's thesis (30 ECTS) process takes at least 7-12 months and is not usually possible to complete in one semester. Students who want to complete their thesis during the exchange study period will only be admitted as exchange students if they have a designated supervisor for their thesis at the time applying. Students who succeed to find a placement and supervisor will need to apply as exchange students via the normal procedure and before the deadline.

As an exchange student at Tampere University, you are entitled to choose from a selection of courses offered on other campuses as well as at Tampere University of Applied Sciences. You can apply to cross-campus studies after your arrival in Finland and registration with the University. Please notice that an application does not guarantee a place on a course. When you register for courses on different campuses, make sure to check the schedules in order to have enough time to get from one campus to another.

For more information and detailed instructions, please go to the Student's Guide: Registration for courses and study practices for exchange students.

Asianet offers courses at the bachelor’s, master’s and PhD levels. All courses are organised through the Moodle online learning environment. The courses comprise lectures, book exams, online exercises and essays.

The course topics cover East, Southeast and South Asian societies, cultures and economics. In addition, the Asianet annually organises Asian Studies Days, which provide a national platform for discussions and networking in Asian studies. The goal of the network is to complement and strengthen teaching, doctoral education and expert activities on Asia at the network’s member universities.

Contact person: see contact page

Learn about the lands, peoples and issues of the Circumpolar North and prepare yourself for advanced study or professional employment in fields such as sustainable resource management, self-government, Arctic engineering and northern tourism. Special emphasis is given to matters concerning indigenous peoples of the Circumpolar North. The courses are offered online and on-site at participating UArctic member institutions. More information: Participate in Circumpolar Studies and Core Course Materials.

Application period: August-September (autumn semester), December-January (spring semester)

Pre-registration is required and space is limited. The complete application instructions are published in the intranet's student news and on this page during the application period. Remember to also contact your home institution to confirm the credit transfer of Circumpolar Studies courses.

How to apply (autumn semester 2020):

The application round for the autumn semester 2020 Circumpolar Studies’ online courses offered by the University of the Arctic will open in August-September 2020.

Credits and the academic transcript

All courses will be organised by Canadian universities (University of Northern British Columbia, Yukon College, Lakehead University or Trent University). The courses are delivered online and each course is worth 6 ECTS, or 3 credit units at most North American institutions. The language of instruction is English. Credits will be recorded at the offering institution, as well as the academic transcript. The transcript will be sent to Tampere University in 6-8 weeks after the end of the course and may be transferred to your Tampere University’s transcript after completion of the course. Studies completed in the Circumpolar Studies programme may be counted to your home university degree, but remember to discuss the credit transfer with your home university first.

Contact person: Igor Tanskanen

Finland Futures Academy (FFA) is a national university study and research network focusing on futures research. The network is coordinated by the University of Turku’s Finland Futures Research Centre and features 10 member universities. 

Contact persons: Jari Kolehmainen & Markus Pöllänen

UniPID offers virtual courses on sustainable development and promotes multidisciplinary global development-related education, research and universities’ social impact. The network offers a diverse range of five-credit virtual courses that are free to all students of UniPID member universities and can be counted towards both bachelor’s and master’s level degrees. Apply at www.unipid.fi/en.

Contact person: Anna Wansén-Kaseva