Current information is about route studies during the academic year 2021-2022. Information for the academic year 2022-2023 will be updated in June 2022. Application period for Master's route studies in the academic year 2022-2023 is 1.7.-14.7.2022.
Applications for MSc studies on the Open University route were open for the period of 1 July – 14 July 2021. Application period started on 1.7.2021 at 10.00. Applicants who graduate at latest 31st July will be considered for admission.
Only applications received during the application period will be reviewed. Applications can be sent through the online application form. You can find the form from the page Applying to Open University studies
You can search the Open University Route at Search studies -section choosing from the Course name filter: Open University Route, Materials Science and Engineering, MSc
All applicants must include the following attachments with their application form:
- Certified copy of the original bachelor's degree certificate and its English translation
- 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 copys of educational documents.
- Degree completed outside Finland: The educational documents need to be translated either by the university that issued the original document or an official translator. The copies of the degree certificate, transcript of records and their translations into English must be certified by a notary public (Local Register Office/ Maistraatti), the Finnish Embassy/Consulate in your home country or the institution that issued the original document with an institutional stamp on the documents.
Applicants who hold a previously completed master’s degree (in Finland or abroad) include also a Statement of Purpose with their application form. In order for a student holding a master’s degree to be admitted as a student through an Open University Route, he/she must submit a Statement of Purpose at the application phase and explain how the degree would produce new competence for him/her. The form of the motivation letter is free. It should give information of your background and motivation towards studies and it shoud not be more than one-two pages.
In your Statement of Purpose, please respond to the following questions:
Background for the admissions
- Please list all higher education degrees you have completed in Finland and abroad. Also include any rights to degree studies you currently hold.
- In your view, how well is your background suited for the degree programme you are applying for and why?
Motivation for completing a degree at Tampere University
- What new competence would the degree produce for you?
- Why did you decide to seek studies at Tampere University, and why did you decide to apply for the degree programme in question?
- In your own words, describe your commitment and motivation for completing the degree.
Attach documents in pdf, jpg or png format.
Application period as a degree student is 2 - 16 May 2022 at 15.00 at Studyinfo service.
More information open.studies.tau [at] tuni.fi
