Software, Web & Cloud, Computing Sciences

Eligibility criteria in the master's programmes consist of two parts: Tampere University's general eligibility criteria, and programme-specific eligibility criteria, which specify and/or add information to the general criteria. Applicant must meet both to be considered eligible. Applicants who do not meet both the general eligibility and the programme-specific eligibility criteria will not be selected as students in Tampere University.

General eligibility

To be eligible to apply to a master’s programme at Tampere University, you must have:

1. Bachelor’s degree - nationally recognized first cycle degree

• an applicable bachelor’s degree at a university or a university of applied sciences in Finland
• a bachelor's degree completed in a university outside Finland which provides eligibility for equivalent University master’s degree studies in the country in which it was awarded.
  • with a minimum scope of 180 ECTS credits, three to four years of full-time study
  • from a relevant field for the master’s degree programme that you’re applying to
  • from a recognised institution of higher education

2. A good command of the English language for academic purposes. For more information, please see Language requirements.

Applicants in their final year of the bachelor’s degree, who are due to graduate in the spring of 2022, are eligible to apply if the degree will be completed by 31 July 2022, provided that you fulfil all other requirements and deliver officially certified copies of educational documents by 22 August 2022. In this case, they would be accepted conditionally. Their applications will be assessed based on the officially certified transcript of records which they submit at the time of applying. Please see special instructions for applicants in the final year of the Bachelor's degree.

Admission to studies leading directly to a master's degree will be based on the applicant’s bachelor's degree conferred by a university or a university of applied sciences. Depending on programme-specific admission requirements, the programme may take into account skills previously acquired by applicants when considering applications.

Please see detailed information on the General eligibility criteria web page.

Programme-specific eligibility criteria

To be eligible to apply to the specialisation of Software, Web & Cloud in the Master's programme in Computing Sciences (MSc), you must have a successfully completed BSc level degree in

• computing, computer science, software engineering, information technology or other closely related field,

with proficiency in mathematics, programming, data structures and databases.

The student selection is made on the basis of the academic qualifications and merits shown in the application documents.

When applying to a master’s programme at Tampere University, you must submit evidence of your good command of the English language for academic purposes. You have two options of demonstrating your English language proficiency: language tests or previous studies.

In both cases you must submit a document as a proof of language skills. Please see detailed instructions and additional information on the language requirements web page.

Tests and the required minimum results

TOEFL iBT/ TOEFL iBT Home Edition/ TOEFL iBT Special Home Edition
92 overall with no section below 20

IELTS Academic/ IELTS Indicator
6.5 overall with no section below 5.5

PTE Academic
62 overall with no section in Communicative Skills below 42

C1 Advanced, previous as CAE
C

C2 Proficiency, previous as CPE
C1

National Certificate of Language, Proficiency (English)
Proficiency level 5 on all the subtests (reading, writing, listening and speaking).

Please see detailed instructions and additional information on the language tests accepted on the language requirements web page.

Previous studies

It is possible to be exempted from submitting a language test score if you have completed particular studies listed by Tampere University that demonstrate your good command of English for academic purposes. Only studies that fulfill the criteria will be accepted, so if you apply without a valid language test result, carefully examine the exemptions listed by Tampere University and how to submit documents.

145 students for the programme in Computing Sciences.

The Master's Programme in Computing Sciences includes the following specialisations: 1) Data Science (MSc), 2) Human-Technology Interaction (MSc), 3) Human-Technology Interaction (MSc Tech), 4) Signal Processing and Machine Learning (MSc Tech), 5) Software, Web & Cloud (MSc), 6) Software, Web & Cloud (MSc Tech) and 7) Statistical Data Analytics (MSc).

Students are selected to the programme from those applicants who submit a complete application (application and sufficient application documents by the deadline) and fulfil the official eligibility criteria.

The student selection is made by an admissions committee based on the academic qualifications and merits shown in the application documents. Please note that not all applicants fulfilling the requirements can be admitted.

Students admitted to a Master’s Programme may be required to complement their earlier degree with complementary studies. The complementary studies will be decided at the faculty case by case (maximum 60 ECTS credits). 

The number of eligible applicants annually exceeds the number of students that can be accepted. The student selection is made by an admissions committee on the basis of the academic qualifications and merits shown in the application documents.

Student admission will be based on the faculty’s academic assessment of applicants’ prior degree and the merits presented in their application documents. Applicants will be ranked according to an academic assessment based on the applicant’s existing degree, proficiency in the English language and other supporting factors.

In the selection process, the following are evaluated as a composite:

• High enough academic performance in Bachelor degree studies
• General quality of all previous university studies
• Specific quality of all previous university studies: evidence of specialisation/documented interest in the programme’s field
• Evidently high academic motivation to study in this programme at Tampere University
• Proficiency in the English language

The academic assessment will be conducted for all applicants who meet the minimum requirements. In addition to the official transcript of records of the Bachelor's degree, the main supporting documents attached to the application are a CV and a letter of motivation.

Admissions step-by-step checklist

1. Check the general eligibility and programme-specific eligibility criteria of the programme/s you wish to apply. You are allowed to apply to three programmes at the same time.
2. Read through the instructions on how to apply and start preparing your application documents as early as possible!
3. Take a language test if required, please see the language requirements.
4. When the application period opens, fill in the online application at Studyinfo.fi during the application period and upload required enclosures to the application. The application period is 8 December 2021 at 8.00 (UTC+2) - 12 January 2022 at 15.00 (UTC+2).
5. Upload all required enclosures and send the educational documents by post to Tampere University Admissions Office within two weeks, by 26 January 2022 at 15.00 (UTC+2). The documents must reach the University by the given deadline and they must be delivered according to the country-specific requirements, if applicable.
6. You can apply for a scholarship on the application form, if applicable.
7. Wait for the admission results to be announced at early April 2022 (Originally end of March. Information updated on 23.2.2022).
8. If you are offered a study place, remember to accept it by the given deadline. Pay the tuition fee, if required.
9. Start preparing for your arrival in Finland well in advance.
10. Register as a student and join the Tampere University community when the studies start in August 2022!

Additional information on application process in detail.

Online application form

The online application form will be available only during the application period at Studyinfo.fi. The application period starts on 8 December 2021 at 8.00 (UTC+2) and ends on 12 January 2022 at 15.00 (UTC+2).

You will need to upload copies of all required documents as enclosures on the application form. In addition to the general application enclosures, some programmes have listed additional programme-specific enclosures that are needed when applying to these specific programmes.

In addition to uploading the application documents as enclosures to your application form in Studyinfo.fi, you must submit the officially certified copies of your educational documents to Tampere University Admissions Office by post according to the Tampere University instructions. Applicants whose degrees have been awarded in certain countries need to pay special attention to the documentation and documents from these countries must be submitted in a particular way. These country-specific requirements must always be followed first and foremost, prior to the regular requirements.

Applicants must post the educational documents to Tampere University Admissions Office so that they arrive by 26 January 2022 at 15.00 (UTC+2). Please see the list of the required general application enclosures and detailed instructions on the Application documents webpage.

There are no programme-specific enclosures when applying to this programme.

There is a small delay in the admissions process and the admission results will be published in early April 2022 (Originally end of March. Information updated on 23.2.2022). All applicants will be informed about the admissions results.

Please see additional information regarding the publication of student selection results and Tampere University rectification procedure.