Language requirements

The TOEFL scores are valid for two years after the test date. Please note that we only accept the TOEFL iBT test.  As the TOEFL PBT test is no longer offered, it will not be accepted.

TOEFL language tests must be reported to Tampere University with the institutional code 9871. Please make sure you use the correct institutional code. Tampere University will verify the TOEFL results through the online verification system provided by ETS. The scores can be accessed approximately 1-2 weeks after the delivery order has been made.

ETS website (ets.org)

The IELTS Academic scores are valid for two years after the test date. Please provide your TRF number on the application form and upload the IELTS certificate to your application online.

IELTS website (ielts.org)

The PTE Academic scores are valid for two years after the test date. The results can be reported to Tampere University directly, as Tampere University is listed as a score recipients on the PTE webpage. Applicants who take the PTE Academic test can deliver their score once they have signed into the PTE account on the test organiser's website. The scores can be sent to an unlimited number of institutions free of charge. The test organiser will send an email to you to confirm that the scores have been sent. According to the test organiser, it takes up to 48 hours for scores to be sent to institutions.

PTE Academic website (pearsonpte.com)

(CAE) have been renamed as C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency.
If you have taken these tests after 2005, the results can be verified electronically. For verification purposes, you will need to provide your candidate's ID number (e.g. ABC123456) and secret number (e.g. 1234). Please give these two codes on your application form and upload a copy of your language certificate to your application online. As older test results cannot be verified electronically, please contact the Tampere University Admissions Office (admissions.tau [at] tuni.fiadmissions [at] tut.fi ()) when applying with a CAE or CPE taken before 2005.

C1 Advanced (CAE) cambridgeenglish.org

C2 Proficiency (CPE) cambridgeenglish.org

The National Certificate of Language Proficiency (Finnish: Yleinen kielitutkinto, YKI-tutkinto) in the English language is a language proficiency test for adults in Finland. Please upload a copy of your language certificate to your application online.

National certificates of language proficiency oph.fi

If you have completed your secondary education and/or a higher education degree taught in English in Finland or an other EU/EEA country, Switzerland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, or the United States. You must have resided in the country while studying. Please note that degrees completed online or degrees completed in English in countries other than the ones listed above will not be accepted. Additionally if the degree includes studies that have completed in a language other than English in a higher education institution located outside of the countries listed above the studies are not accepted. Applicants who have received a university degree from a higher education institution located in one of the countries listed above, but have completed the studies on a satellite campus that is not located in one of the countries listed above, will not be eligible for exemption from the English language requirement. Applicants who have completed a university degree entirely online will not be eligible for exemption from the English language requirement.  

If you request an exemption of submitting a language test based on previous studies, you must submit certified copies of your degree certificate and transcript of records as documentation confirming your English language proficiency. Please note that if you apply for an exemption of submitting a language test score on the basis of previous studies that are other than the studies on the basis of which you apply to the Master’s programme, you must submit certified copies of your documents by post (and its translation unless issued in English, Finnish or Swedish). Please note that the country-specific requirements concern these documents as well, if applicable.  

You will not be required to take a language test if you have completed a degree at a Finnish university or university of applied sciences that includes studies in the English language and it thereby demonstrates your language proficiency as set out in the Government Decree on University Degrees (Section 6; 794/2004) and the Government Decree on Universities of Applied Sciences (Section 7; 1129/2014). 

If you request an exemption of submitting a language test based on a Finnish university/university of applied sciences previous studies, you must submit copies of your degree certificate and transcript of records as documentation confirming your English language proficiency on the application form online.  Please note the country-specific requirements for Finland.   

A minimum of 25 credits earned by completing English-taught courses at Tampere University in the space of a single semester before the application deadline.

If you request an exemption of submitting a language test based on previous studies at Tampere University, you must submit a copy of your transcript of records as documentation confirming your English language proficiency on the application form online.  Tampere University will verify your studies electronically.
 

A Finnish or international matriculation examination with a:

• Minimum grade of magna cum laude approbatur (M) in English language (advanced syllabus) in the Finnish matriculation examination.  
• Applicants who hold the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma:
  • successful completion of the International Baccalaureate Diploma in English; OR 
  • successful completion of A Level English (literature / language and literature / language and performance); OR 
  • a minimum score of 5 (good) in B Level English. 
• Applicants who hold the European Baccalaureate (EB) Diploma: 
  • successful completion of L1 in English, OR 
  • a minimum score of 7 at L2 or L3.  
• Applicants who hold the Reifeprüfung Diploma (German School in Helsinki) or the German International Abitur (DIA) Diploma:  successful completion of written A Level English OR a minimum score of 8 in oral A Level English.  

If you request for an exemption of submitting a language test based on Finnish or international matriculation examination, you must submit a certified copy of your diploma as documentation confirming your English language proficiency. If your Finnish matriculation examination was completed in 1990 or later, and you have a Finnish personal identification code, you do not need to submit an officially certified copy by post. Otherwise, you must submit the certified copy of the diploma by post.