AYBSEMSCVO Open University Route, Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, MSc. Tech., 25 cr

The aim of the open university route studies is to facilitate the student’s access to a full degree programme at a later time. Students applying for degree programmes from the open university route are required to have a Bachelor’s-level degree in a suitable field of study. Applicants must prove their eligibility and send in their degree certificate with necessary attachments as they apply for route studies (read more on the How to register section). The faculty checks that these preceding studies are acceptable before students are admitted for the route studies. Only applications received during the application period will be reviewed.

All courses must be completed during a single academic year. Students on the MSc route can apply for the right to study in the degree programme their route studies have followed. A student may be admitted for degree studies after completing the route studies in the required schedule and according to the requirements of the degree programmes. Please note that the credits should be visible in the student register on 15 June 2026 in order to be taken into account.

More information about the degree programme of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering and it's engineering specializations:

Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Biomedical Micro- and Nanodevices

Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Biomedical Informatics

Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Medical Physics and Biomedical Instrumentation

The studies can be completed according to the following schedule. 

Compulsory Courses

• MATH.MA.140 Vectors and Matrices, 1.-2. periods or 3.-4. periods
• MATH.APP.160 Differential and Integral Calculus, 1.-2. periods or 3.-4. periods
• MATH.APP.220 Multivariable Calculus, 3. period

Choose at least 10 cr:

• BBT.INT.803 Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology, 1. period
• BBT.031 Introduction to Microsystem Technology, 1.-2. periods
• BBT.029 Biomedical Engineering Principles, 2. period
• BBT.034 Medical Biomaterials, 1. period
• BBT.032 Tissue Engineering Basics, 1.-2. periods or 3.-4. periods
• COMP.SGN.100 Introduction to Signal Processing, 1. period, 2. period
• COMP.CS.100 Programming 1: Introduction, 1.-2. periods or 3.-4. periods
• BBT.022 Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology, 1.-2. periods, independent study, final exam

Some courses are available online, but they still require on-campus exams. You can find more information about the teaching methods in the details of each course.
The implementations of the courses have their own internal schedules, for example, regarding teaching and assignment submissions. 

Academic calendar 2025-2026
1. teaching period 25.8.2025 - 19.10.2025
2. teaching period 20.10.2025 - 21.12.2025
3. teaching period 5.1.2026 - 1.3.2026
4. teaching period 2.3.2026 - 10.5.2026
 

Students applying for MSc route studies are required to have a Bachelor’s-level degree in a suitable field of study. Applicants must prove their eligibility and send in their degree certificate with necessary attachments as they apply for route studies (read more on the How to register section). The faculty checks that these preceding studies are acceptable before students are admitted for the route studies.

In Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering: The previous degree should be a Bachelor of 
Engineering, Bachelor of Science, or equivalent university degree, from a field closely 
related to the master's programme you are applying to. The degree has to be in one of the 
following (or highly related) fields: Engineering/technology degree in biomaterials, 
biomedical sciences, biotechnology, chemistry, physics, materials science or other discipline 
related to the major. It would be beneficial (but not mandatory) for students with 
chemistry, physics, engineering or material sciences background to have undertaken some 
studies in biological sciences during their bachelor's study. All students must have 
proficiency in mathematics and physics supported by relevant university courses taken at 
the BSc level.

In Biomedical Micro- and Nanodevices: The previous degree should be a Bachelor of 
Engineering, Bachelor of Science, or equivalent university degree, from a field closely 
related to the master's programme you are applying to. The degree has to be in one of the 
following (or highly related) fields: Engineering/technology degree in biomedical 
engineering, microtechnology, electrical engineering, physics, mechatronics or other 
discipline related to the major. It would be beneficial (but not mandatory) for students with 
physics, electrical engineering, mechatronics or microtechnology background to have 
undertaken some studies in biological sciences/biomedical engineering during their 
bachelor's studies. All students must have proficiency in mathematics and physics supported 
by relevant university courses taken at the BSc level, and basic understanding of material 
sciences.

In Biomedical Informatics: The previous degree should be a Bachelor of Engineering, 
Bachelor of Science, or equivalent university degree, from a field closely related to the 
master's programme you are applying to. The degree has to be in one of the following (or 
highly related) fields: Engineering/technology degree in biomedical sciences, biomedical 
engineering, physics, electrical engineering, information technology or other discipline 
related to the major. It would be beneficial (but not mandatory) for students with physics, 
electrical engineering or information technology background to have undertaken some 
studies in biological sciences/biomedical engineering during their bachelor's study. All 
students must have proficiency in mathematics and physics supported by relevant university 
courses taken at the BSc level, and at least elementary programming skills.

In Medical Physics and Biomedical Instrumentation: The previous degree should be a 
Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of Science, or equivalent university degree, from a field 
closely related to the master's programme you are applying to. The degree has to be in one 
of the following (or highly related) fields: Engineering/technology degree in biomedical 
sciences, biomedical engineering, physics, electrical engineering, information technology or 
other discipline related to the major. It would be beneficial (but not mandatory) for 
students with physics, electrical engineering or information technology background to have 
undertaken some studies in biological sciences/biomedical engineering during their 
bachelor's study. All students must have proficiency in mathematics and physics supported 
by relevant university courses taken at the BSc level, and at least elementary programming 
skills.

Application period for Master's route studies in the academic year 2025-2026 begins on 30 June 2025 at 10.00 and ends 13 July 2025 at 23.59.

Applicants graduating during the academic year 2025–2026 can also be accepted for the Open University Master's route. The eligibility of an unfinished bachelor degree is evaluated based on the transcript of records submitted when applying for the route studies. You will need to provide the latest official transcript of records, listing all the courses you have completed at the time of applying.
Admission is conditional, if an applicant who has been accepted for the master's route with an incomplete degree is selected as a degree student. Conditional admission will be confirmed if the bachelor's degree is completed and the degree certificate with its attachments is submitted to the university's admissions services by 3:00 p.m. on July 9, 2026.

Only applications received during the application period will be reviewed.

Apply for Open University route studies by using the link above.

The Open University Route can be found in the Open University Admissions service during the application period. You can search the Open University Route in the Admissions service from Search studies -section choosing from the Course name filter: Open University Route, Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, MSc. Tech.

All applicants must include the following attachments with their application form:

1. Certified copy of the original bachelor's degree certificate and its English translation
2. Certified copy of the original transcript of records (includes the scope and grades of courses studied for the degree) and its English translation

• Degree completed in Finland: If you have completed your degree in a university of applied sciences (AMK) or a university in Finland you do not need to certify the copies of educational documents.
• Degree completed outside Finland: The educational documents need to be translated either by the awarding institution or an official translator. The copies of the degree certificate, transcript of records and their translations into English must be officially certified
  • by a Finnish notary public. Officially certified copies issued by a Finnish Notary Public are accepted. Additional information on the services of the notary public can be found on the web pages of the Digital and Population Data Services Agency (prior to 1.1.2020 Maistraatti, Local Register Office). Please note that officially certified copies issued by notaries public in other countries are not accepted without legalisation (=foreign ministry etc.)
  • or the institution that issued the original document with an institutional stamp on the documents.
  • or legalized by the foreign ministry of the issuing country, after which a competent Finnish Embassy or Finnish Consulate of that country legalises the document, certifying the competence of that foreign ministry official to issue such legalisation.

If you have already completed a master's degree (in Finland or abroad), explain how the studies of the degree you are applying for will provide you with genuinely new skills that you would not be able to acquire through, for example, open university studies or continuing education. The recommended length of the attachment document is a maximum of 1 page.

Attach documents in pdf, jpg or png format.

Students on the MSc route can apply for the right to study in the degree programme their route studies have followed. MSc route students can apply for degree studies in March 2026 on Studyinfo.fi: www.studyinfo.fi. In the academic year 2025–2026, the study attainments of students on the MSc route must be visible in the student register on 15 June 2026 in order to be taken into account. A student may be admitted for degree studies after completing the route studies in the required schedule (within an academic year) and according to the requirements of the degree programmes.

Students on the Open University route may be admitted as degree students, if they do not already have the right to study in a degree programme in engineering sciences in Tampere University.
A previously completed master’s degree does not make applicants ineligible for admission, but applicants will only be admitted to study for a second master’s degree for particularly weighty reasons. Read more from the How to register -section. When granting the right to a degree, the Degree Regulations of Tampere University and the university's common admission criteria are followed.