AYCSMSCVO Open University Route, Computing Sciences and Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, MSc. Tech., 20 cr

The application period for the Master's route studies for the academic year 2026–2027 begins on 29 June 2026 and ends 12 July 2026.

The aim of the open university route studies is to facilitate the student’s access to a full degree programme at a later time. The Open University MSc routes are meant for applicants already residing in Finland with a suitable bachelor’s degree for master’s degree studies. 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 14 June 2027 in order to be taken into account.

The right to study is granted through this Open University Route only for the following specializations in Master's Programme in Computing Sciences and Electrical Engineering, MSc. Tech: 

Computing Sciences and Electrical Engineering, Communication Systems and Networks

Computing Sciences and Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems

Computing Sciences and Electrical Engineering, Information Security

Computing Sciences and Electrical Engineering, Signal Processing and Machine Learning

Computing Sciences and Electrical Engineering, System-on-Chip Design

Courses can be done remotely, 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 2026-2027
1. teaching period 24.8.2026 - 18.10.2026
2. teaching period 19.10.2026 - 20.12.2026
3. teaching period 11.1.2027 - 7.3.2027
4. teaching period 8.3.2027 - 16.5.2027

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 route studies.

Prior education: Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of Science (Technology), Bachelor of Science, from a field closely related to the master's programme you are applying to.

Suitable previous degree is defined in the admission criteria of the Master's Programme in Computing Sciences and Electrical Engineering, MSc Tech.:

Bachelor’s degree - nationally recognised 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.

The previous degree should be from a field closely related to the master’s programme you are applying to. In the Master's Programme in Computing Sciences and Electrical Engineering, Information Technology the previous degree must be in one of the following (or highly related) fields:

• Computing, information technology, computer science, electrical engineering, software engineering or other applicable field with proficiency in mathematics and physics as well as elementary programming skills.
   

Application period for Master's route studies in the academic year 2026-2027 begins on 29 June 2026 at 08.00 and ends 12 July 2026 at 23.59.

Applicants graduating during the academic year 2026–2027 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. If an applicant who has been accepted to the Open University MSc route in Tampere University with an incomplete degree is accepted to Tampere University as a degree student, the acceptance will be conditional. The conditional offer will be confirmed if the applicant graduates and submits officially certified copies of educational documents to Admissions Services of Tampere University no later than 13 July 2027 at 15.00 UTC+3.

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, Computing Scienes and Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, MSc. Tech.

Application documents

All applicants must include the following attachments with their application form:
    1. Certified copy of the original bachelor's degree certificate in the original language 
    2. Certified copy of the original transcript of records (includes the scope and grades of courses studied for the degree) in the original language 
    3. Certified copy of official translations of the degree certificate and transcripts if the original documents are not in English, Finnish, or Swedish

• 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 in one of the accepted methods
  • 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 (see below).
  • By the institution that issued the original document with an institutional stamp and signiture on the documents.
  • Legalised 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.

For more information on submitting officially certified documents, please contact the Open University or the Admissions Services.

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 2027 on Studyinfo.fi: www.studyinfo.fi. In the academic year 2026–2027, the study attainments of students on the MSc route must be visible in the student register on 14 June 2027 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. 

You may accept only one study place per academic term leading to a higher education degree in Finland in education that begins in the same academic term. If you accept this offer of a study place, you will forfeit all prior study places of the same or lower degree level in Finland. For more information on this provision.
The Degree Regulations of Tampere University will apply to the granting of a study right to applicants applying through the Open University route. For more information, please see limitations on granting a new right to study. Applicants currently pursuing a BSc (Tech) and/or MSc (Tech) at Tampere University are not eligible to be granted a new right to study through this route.
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.