Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Science and Engineering

 Eligible applicants hold an upper secondary education certificate:

• Finnish matriculation examination
• International Baccalaureate degree (IB)
• European Baccalaureate degree (EB)
• Deutsches Internationales Abitur degree (DIA) or Reifeprüfung degree (RP) in Finland
• A Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification, further vocational qualification or specialist vocational qualification as set in the Vocational Education Act (531/2017)
• any other comparable upper secondary educational qualification which provides eligibility for equivalent University-level Bachelor’s studies in the country in question.
• Or has a right to study towards a university degree in Finland, or holds a degree conferred by a Finnish higher education institution or at least a Bachelor level degree conferred by a foreign institution, Advanced International Certificate of Education degree (AICE) or persons who have previously received an exemption (erivapauspäätös) from Tampere University’s vice president for education (2019) or director of student services (before 2019).

Applicants who are in the final semester of their upper secondary education are also eligible to apply. They must complete the previous degree before starting the studies in the programme. Applicants must follow special instructions concerning the educational documents stated below.

If you have received an official decision on refugee status (or similar) or asylum seekers status in Finland please see additional information on Applicants with refugee status webpage.

Admission for the programme is organised in two admission groups.

Admission group I – admission based on SAT test results and an interview

All applicants who meet the general requirements for admission are eligible to apply based on their SAT scores and an interview.

The SAT Test is obligatory in the admission group I. Admission is based on the results of SAT (sections Evidence-Based Reading and Writing AND Math). You can find information on the SAT test on the College Board website.

All tests need to be taken after 1 January 2020 to be considered. Applicants must complete their SAT Test in March 2022 at the latest.

You can find more information on the test dates, test centres and how to register on the SAT registration webpage.

Applicants who meet the minimum requirements for the SAT test will be invited to an online interview.

Applicants who have completed or are completing one of the diplomas eligible in Admission group II can apply in both admission groups, I and II.

Admission group II – certificate-based admission

Admission is based on the admission score which is calculated based on the grades achieved in the Finnish matriculation examination, International Baccalaureate, European Baccalaureate, or Reifeprüfung/Die Deutsche Internationale Abiturprüfung. Please note that in certificate-based admission the Reifeprüfung / Die Deutsche International Abiturprüfung must be completed in Finland to be considered.

To be considered for certificate-based admission, you must meet  the following minimum entry requirements: you have completed the matriculation examination in advanced-level mathematics AND received in the matriculation examination at least the grade E for either advanced-level mathematics or physics OR grade L in chemistry.

The comparable grades in IB/EB/RP/DIA diplomas:

in International Baccalaureate
• 6 in HL or SL Mathematics OR
• 6 in HL or SL Physics OR
• 7 in HL or SL Chemistry.

in European Baccalaureate
• 8,0 in Mathematics 5h OR
• 8,0 in Physics OR
• 9,0 in Chemistry.

in Reifeprüfung/Die Deutsche Internationale Abiturprüfung
• 10 in Mathematics OR
• 10 in Physics OR
• 13 in Chemistry.
The subjects must be included in ”Leistungen in der Abiturprüfung/Reifeprüfung”.

The points of applicants who finish their IB degree in the spring 2022 are calculated based on their Candidate Predicted Grades. The points of applicants who finish their EB degree in the spring 2022 are calculated based on the official predicted grades. If an applicant is accepted based on predicted grades, the selection or place in the waiting list is conditional until the applicant submits an official certificate of the final grades to Tampere University Admissions Office and the points are recalculated. The admission is revoked if the points calculated based on the final grades are lower than the predicted grades or the grades no longer meet the minimum requirements and the applicant no longer meets the minimum admission score admitted to the programme.

When applying to a Bachelor’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

SAT Test
In case admission is based on SAT scores, applicants will not be required to separately demonstrate their language proficiency.

TOEFL iBT/ TOEFL iBT Home Edition/ TOEFL iBT Special Home Edition
78 overall with minimum 20 on Writing

IELTS Academic/ IELTS Indicator
6.0 overall with minimum 5.5 on Writing

PTE Academic
54 overall with minimum 42 on Writing

C1 Advanced, previous as CAE
C

C2 Proficiency, previous as CPE
C1

National Certificate of Language, Proficiency (English)
Proficiency level 4 on all the subtests (reading, writing, listening and speaking).

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. If you have completed a Finnish matriculation examination, International Baccalaureate, European Baccalaureate, or Reifeprüfung/Die Deutsche Internationale Abiturprüfung, please check that you meet the minimum requirement for that particular Finnish or international matriculation examination. 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.

30 students are admitted into the specialisation of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in the Bachelor's Programme in Science and Engineering, 70% of this allocated in the admission group I and 30% in the admission group II.

Any unfilled places may be allocated to applicants in the other admission group to meet the intake.

70% of the study places are reserved for those applicants who do not hold a higher education qualification or a higher education study place in Finland. Applicants who have accepted a study place in a degree programme in a university of applied sciences or university in Finland that started in autumn 2014 or after will not be considered as first-time applicants.

Admission for the Bachelor’s programmes conducted in English at Tampere University is organised once a year in the Joint application to higher education, spring 2022, during the first application period. The application period for studies starting in August 2022 will begin on 5 January at 8.00 UTC +2 and end on 19 January 2022 at 15.00 UTC +2.

Please see additional information on the Finnish Joint application to higher education, spring 2022 on the studyinfo webpages.

Students who are admitted and go on to successfully complete the programme are eligible to continue their studies towards a master's degree. The major subject that students select determines the master’s programmes for which they are eligible.

Admission for the programme is organised in two admission groups.

In admission group I the admission is based on the results of the SAT test and an interview. Applicants who hold a secondary-level degree that makes them eligible to pursue higher education may seek admission based on their SAT test and an interview. They must hold one of upper secondary education certificate listed as eligible previous degrees. They must have completed their previous degree before starting the studies in the programme.

Interviews will be conducted between 28 March and 22 April 2022 via Zoom.

The relevant faculty at Tampere University will send invitations to interviews to applicants who satisfy the minimum SAT requirements after the results become available and applications have been processed. Only applicants who meet the minimum requirements for the SAT test will be invited to an interview. If you have applied for both fields of study in the programme of Science and Engineering, you will only be invited to a single interview.

The interview invitations will be sent from scienceeng.admissions.tau(at)tuni.fi between 16 March and 6 April to your personal email address given in your application form in Studyinfo.fi, once your SAT test result has been verified. Also applicants who have stated that they will be taking the SAT test but whose SAT test result is not received by Tampere University, or whose SAT test result does not meet the minimum will receive an email message from the University confirming the status of their situation by 6 April.If you are expecting an invitation, but have not received one, please check your junk mail folder.

In the interview invitation each applicant will be asked to select a timeslot for the interview among the times offered. dividual invitation link to access the interview will be sent separately. The time of interview cannot be changed.

The applicant will need a computer with reliable Internet connection, microphone, headphones and web camera, and a valid passport as a proof of identity, to participate in the interview. Furthermore, the applicants must install Zoom-app or Chrome browser on their computer to be able to participate in the interview. We highly recommend testing the functionality of video and sound connections beforehand. Tampere University Zoom meeting, participant instructions can be found in IT Services handbook. (detailed information concerning the interview updated on 1.3.2022)

In admission group II, certificate-based admission, the admission is based on the admission score, which is calculated based on the grades achieved in the Finnish matriculation examination, International Baccalaureate, European Baccalaureate, or Reifeprüfung/Die Deutsche Internationale Abiturprüfung. Please note that in certificate-based admission the Reifeprüfung / Die Deutsche International Abiturprüfung must be completed in Finland to be considered.

You are eligible to apply for certificate-based admission if one of the following applies:

• You have completed the Finnish matriculation examination
• You are taking the Finnish matriculation examination in spring 2022
• You have been awarded the European Baccalaureate (EB) or the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma in Finland or abroad in the spring 2022 or earlier
• You have been awarded the Reifeprüfung (RP)/Die Deutsche Internationale Abiturprüfung (DIA) diploma in Finland in the spring 2022 or earlier.

Admission group I

In admission group I admission is based on the scores an applicant has received in the SAT test (sections Evidence-Based Reading and Writing and Math) and an interview. All SAT tests must be completed after 1 January 2020. Applicants must complete their SAT Test in March 2022 at the latest.

To be considered for admission based on the SAT Test, applicants must achieve at least the following minimum score:
SAT (Evidence Based Reading and Writing, Math) 1 250 and 700 points on Maths.

Applicants who meet the minimum requirements for the SAT test will be invited to an interview. If you have applied for both fields of study, you will only be invited to a single interview. When you attend an interview, we will assess your motivation (50 points), your ability to successfully complete the degree programme (50 points), and your communication skills and level of spoken English (50 points). The maximum interview score is 150 points, and applicants must earn at least 50 points to be considered for admission.

In this admission group, 70% of the maximum admission score (500 points) is made up of SAT results (0-350 points) and 30% of the interview (0-150 points).

If more than one applicant has the same overall score, all applicants whose score meet the minimum score admitted will be admitted to the programme.

Admission group II

In admission group II admission is based on the admission score which is calculated based on the grades achieved in the Finnish matriculation examination, International Baccalaureate, European Baccalaureate, or Reifeprüfung/Die Deutsche Internationale Abiturprüfung.

To be considered for certificate-based admission, you must meet the following minimum entry requirements: you have completed the matriculation examination in advanced-level mathematics AND received in the matriculation examination at least the grade E for either advanced-level mathematics or physics OR grade L in chemistry. If you hold the matriculation examination, IB, EB or RP/DIA diploma, your admission score is calculated based on the tables below. Table is the same as for applicants who are seeking certificate-based admission through DIA joint admissions for engineering and architecture (Diplomi-insinööri- ja arkkitehtikoulutusten yhteisvalinta, DIA).

Applicants who meet the minimum entry requirements are ranked based on their admission score.

Maximum total score is 105,0.

If more than one applicant has the same overall score applicants will be ranked based on the grade they achieved in an advanced-level matriculation examination in a foreign language or the second national language. If applicants have completed more than one examination in a first language, they will be ranked based on their second-best grade. If this is not enough to settle a tie, the admitted students will be decided by the drawing of lots by using the function available in the Study info system. 

When calculating the initial admission score, the grades of International Baccalaureate (IB), European Baccalaureate (EB), and Reifeprüfung (RP)/ Die Deutsche Internationale Abiturprüfung (DIA) will be converted according to the table below.

Please see details on which examinations are considered equal to those of the Finnish matriculation examination on International Matriculation Examination scoring webpage.

Applicants who have completed multiple examinations in the same subject (such as advanced-level mathematics and basic-level mathematics) will be evaluated on whichever of the two is most favorable to the applicant.

The results of different examinations or parts thereof (Finnish matriculation examination, EB, IB, RP/DIA) may be combined in the interests of applicants as long as at least one diploma has been completed in full.

Please see additional information on the Finnish Joint application to higher education, spring 2022 on the studyinfo webpages.

Admissions step-by-step checklist

1. Check the eligibility criteria, admission procedure and documents needed.
2. Read through the instructions on how to apply and start preparing your application documents as early as possible!
3. Find a test centre and register for the SAT test well in advance (if applying in the admission group I) or take a language test if required (if applying in the admission group II and if applicable).
4. When the application period opens, fill in the online application at Studyinfo.fi during the application period and upload the required enclosures to the application. The application period begins on 5 January at 8.00 UTC +2 and ends on 19 January 2022 at 15.00 UTC +2. Remember to upload all required enclosures on the application form, by 26 January 2022 at 15.00 UTC +2 or by a separate deadline as instructed on section "Application documents".
5. You can apply for a scholarship on the application form, if applicable.
6. If you have deliveret the SAT test result and meet the minimum score required, wait for your invitation to the online interview and participate the interview in March-April
7. .Wait for the admission results to be announced.
8. If you are offered a study place, remember to accept it and send certified copies of your educational documents by post by the given deadline. Pay the tuition fee if required.
9. If you are placed on the waiting list, a study place may be offered at the latest on 2 August 2022. After that, the acceptance from the waiting list ends.
10. Start preparing for your arrival in Finland, if arriving from abroad.
11. Register as a student and join the Tampere University community when the studies start in August 2022.
     

After you have submitted your application, you will receive an automatic message from Studyinfo.fi confirming that your online application form has been received. The automatic message includes your application number (type 1.2.246.562.11.00000000000000000000). Please note to use an email that you have access to until the possible start of studies in autumn. If you do not receive a confirmation email, please check your junk mail folder. Otherwise, please contact Tampere University Admissions Services.

Please upload copies of all required documents as enclosures on the application form, unless otherwise stated.

1. Copy of the certificate of upper secondary education and its official English translation

Additional information on educational documents
At the time of applying, only scanned copies of the documents uploaded on the application form are needed. If offered a study place, the applicant must deliver certified copies of educational documents as instructed in the section “Educational documents to be posted after student selection” below.

If the original documents are not in Finnish, Swedish or English, those need to be translated into one of the above mentioned languages either by the authority that issued the original document or by an official translator.

Applicants in their final year of upper secondary education are also eligible to apply. Instead of the certificate of upper secondary education / school leaving certificate they need to submit a document (latest transcript of study records or other certificate provided) issued by their school that indicates the qualification that the applicant is about to complete and the expected date of graduation. They must compete the previous degree before starting the studies in the programme. Please note, that if selected, the applicant must submit a certified copies of these educational documents to Tampere University Admissions Office by post as stated below.

Applicants in admission group II:
All results of Finnish Matriculation Examination completed after 1990 are available for Tampere University in a national database. Therefore, no educational documents need to be uploaded if you have completed the Finnish Matriculation examination in 1990 or later. This applies to applicants on the final year of their studies as well.

All applicants who wish to apply during their last semester of IB, EB or RP/DIA education are required to submit a Predicted Grades document to the Tampere University by uploading the document to the application form by 6 April 2022 15.00 UTC +3. Additionally, after graduation, they will need to upload a copy of the final diploma to the application form by 15 July 2022 15.00 UTC +3. For applicants who have completed an IB diploma, it is possible to share the final grades electronically through IBIS online system.

Please remember that if your admission points have been calculated based on predicted grades, your possible admission or place in the waiting list is conditional until you submit your certificate of the final grades to Tampere University Admissions Office and the points are recalculated. The admission and position on waiting list is revoked you do not submit the document. The admission and position on waiting list may be revoked if the points calculated based on the final grades are lower than the predicted grades or the grades no longer meet the minimum requirements and you no longer meets the minimum admission score admitted to the programme.

In addition, you must deliver a copy of the final diploma by post, as instructed below.

Educational documents to be posted after student selection
If you are offered a study place, you must deliver certified copies of your educational documents by post, please see exemptions below. Your acceptance is conditional until you deliver the documents. We kindly ask you to post the documents as soon as possible after the student selection, as they need to arrive by latest 22 August 2022. Registration for the studies is only possible after the documents have reached the Admissions Office.

A copy of the certificate of upper secondary education /secondary school leaving certificate and its translations into English must be certified by a notary public, the Finnish Embassy/Consulate in your home country, or the institution that issued the original document with an institutional stamp on the documents.

Postal address:
Tampere University
Admissions Office
Kalevantie 4
FI-33014 Tampere University
Finland

Telephone number for arriving courier deliveries:
Tel. +358 50 318 7001
(this number is only for arriving courier deliveries. Contact information for Admissions Office)

• Finnish matriculation examination
  Applicants who have taken the Finnish Matriculation Examination after 1990 do not need to submit any educational documents to Tampere University, as the grades in the matriculation examination will be transferred to Tampere University electronically. This applies to applicant on the final year of their studies as well. If you have competed the matriculation examination before 1990, you must deliver the copies by post.
• International Baccalaureate degree
  For applicants who have completed an IB diploma, instead of posting the certified copies to Tampere University, it is possible and recommended to share the results electronically through IBIS online system.
• Applicants on the final year of any other comparable upper secondary educational qualification which provides eligibility for university-level Bachelor’s studies in the country in question.
  You will need to graduate at latest on 31 July and need to deliver the certified copies of educational documents by post by 22 August 2022 15.00 UTC +3.

2. Copy of your passport's ID page and possible residence permit to Finland

Applicants are required to upload a scanned copy of their passport's ID page for the application form in studyinfo.fi. As an exemption, Finnish citizens do not need to upload their passport as their status can be verified electronically.

In addition, a scanned copy of the residence permit is required from applicants who are non-EU/EEA residents but do have a residence permit in Finland. The copies are used to determine whether you are subject to pay tuition fees or not.

3. The results of the SAT test

In the admission group I, the SAT test is obligatory. All tests need to be taken after 1 January 2020 to be considered. The SAT test must be taken in March 2022 at the latest.

The results must be delivered to Tampere University directly by the College Board, which administers the SAT tests. The College Board Code for Tampere University is 0599.

The results must be available in April 2022 after the results of tests taken in March become available. Applicants must deliver the results to the University within the schedule confirmed by the College Board, by March 25 available for the applicants and within 10 days for the receivers. As a precaution, we will consider results delivered two working days after the official deadline confirmed by College Board.

You can find more information on the test dates, test centres, and how to register on the SAT registration webpage.

You do not need to upload the results for your application form in Studyinfo.fi as the results are submitted to Tampere University directly from the College Board.

4. Proof of English language proficiency

Please check the ways of demonstrating your English language proficiency on Language requirements and submit an appropriate document only if you are not applying on the basis of SAT test results, or your matriculation examination/IB/EB/RP/DIA result in English is not high enough to prove your English language proficiency.

 For admission group I the results will be published at latest in May 2022 and for admission group II in early June, at the latest on 3 June 2022.

Please note that all selected students will need to send certified copies of their educational documents to Tampere University by post. Please see the detailed information instructions above.

The deadline to accept the place offered is 15 July 2022 15.00 UTC +3. If you have been awarded a Tampere University scholarship during the admission process or if you wish to take advantage of the early bird scholarship, please check the deadline for accepting the study place and scholarship in the scholarship letter which you will receive in the acceptance email.

Acceptance from a waiting list

A place on a waiting list means that you fulfilled the minimum requirements for the admission, but considering the quota of study places available, your position among the applicants was not high enough so that the programme could offer you a study place at this point. You are positioned on a waiting list for the programme on base of your admission score.

You will be offered a study place according to your ranking on the list. Please note that your ranking improves if the selected applicants decline the places offered, other applicants from the waiting list accept some other study places or the selected students before do not accept the study places by the deadline 15 July 2022.

If a study place opens it is offered to the next person/persons on the waiting list. If you are offered a study place, you will receive a message from Studyinfo and an email from the Admission Office.

Acceptance from the waiting ends 2 August 2022 and it is not possible to be accepted after that.

One study place per term provision in Finland

According to this provision, a student may accept only one study place leading to a higher education degree in Finland in education that begins in the same academic term. This rule applies to all higher education in Finland. Even if you register as absent or give up your study place, you cannot accept another study place starting in the same academic term. Accepting a study place Tampere University means that you cannot accept another study place for the same term in another Finnish higher education institution, or if you have accepted a study place elsewhere, you cannot accept a study place at Tampere University later. This is to ensure that as many applicants as possible get a study place every year.

The provision does not prevent you from accepting a study place in another degree programme during another academic term. The provision does not apply to studies at higher education institutions outside of Finland. For more information on this, please see Studyinfo.fi.

Appealing the decision concerning student admission

As an applicant, you have the right to know how the admissions criteria have been applied in the application process. For more information on this, please contact the Tampere University Admissions Services or the Faculty.

It is possible to submit an appeal, but only after the student selection has been completed and the results are available. Please note that the original admission decision will not be changed if the decision has been reached fairly and in accordance with the University admissions policy.

You must appeal in writing to Tampere University. Such an appeal must be submitted to Tampere University within 14 days from the time you had the possibility to reviving the results of the student selection. The following information must be stated in the appeal:

• The decision that you are appealing
• The grounds for the appeal
• Your name and home town. In case an authorised representative or spokesperson is acting on your behalf or the appeal has been prepared by a person other than you, his/her name and home town must also be stated
• Your address and phone number so that you may be contacted during the process. An email address must also be provided.

For additional information, please contact the Tampere University Admissions Services or the Faculty.

Applicants who have claimed the top 10 spots in the nationwide Finnish MAOL competition for upper secondary school students in mathematics, physics, chemistry and informatics in the academic year 2020/21 or 2021/22 will be eligible for direct admission in this programme. Applicants who fall into this category will not be required to take an entrance examination but must have completed the Finnish matriculation examination, EB or IB Diploma or DIA/RP Diploma in Finland in autumn 2021 or spring 2022.

Applicants who are seeking admission to an English-taught degree programme at Tampere University will be eligible for admission only if they are able to demonstrate sufficient proficiency in the English language. Read more about our language requirements.

All fulfilling the minimum criteria will be accepted.

Please apply for admission via the electronic application system used by Finnish higher education institutions at studyinfo.fi.

When you are filling out your application, please carefully read the list of required attachments. You must attach the following documents to your application:

• the competition certificate which demonstrates that you have been ranked in the top 10 in the nationwide MAOL competition in mathematics, physics, chemistry and informatics. Please name the attachment as follows: lastname_firstname_kilp.pdf (eg smith_john_kilp.pdf)
• a document that demonstrates your proficiency in the English language as set out in the University’s general requirements for admission (read more about our language requirements)

You might also be required to attach a document that demonstrates that you may be exempted from paying the tuition fees. Should you be considered a fee-paying student, you will also be asked whether you wish to apply for a scholarship offered within the Tampere University Scholarships Programme and further instructed on the attachments required for the application.

The deadline for the attachments is 6 April 2022, 15:00.

There is no waiting list for the Finnish MAOL competition Route.

The admission results of Finnish MAOL Competition Route will come out no later than 30 May 2022. We will notify all applicants of our admission decision. You can also log in to My Studyinfo at studyinfo.fi to check the status of your application.

Applicants are entitled to appeal a decision where they feel that the assessment of their application has not met the standards. Such an appeal must be made in writing and submitted to Tampere University within 14 days of the release of the admission results. Appeals must arrive before 15.00 on the final day of the appeal period. If the results are not released on the announced date, the fourteen-day appeal period will begin to run on the day following the release of the results.

The appeal should be delivered in one of the following ways:

1) Scan the document and send it by email to tau [at] tuni.fi () (pdf or docx)

2) Send the document by post and deliver it to: Admissions Office, FI-33014 Tampere University, Finland

3) Deliver the document in person to the Info Desk of the Main Building at our City Centre Campus: Kalevantie 4, 33100 Tampere

The possible reconsideration of an application following receipt of an appeal will not affect the admission of other applicants.

For additional information, please contact the Tampere University Admissions Services.

Students who are looking to transfer to Tampere University from a different university in Finland can apply to transfer from their current programme to Tampere University’s degree programmes in the fields of engineering if they hold a valid right to study towards a bachelor’s degree in an applicable field of study. The applicable fields of study vary between degree programmes. Students who are currently working towards the degree of Bachelor of Science in Technology at Tampere University can apply for transfer to a different specialisation by following a separate internal transfer procedure.

Students who are considering transfer are recommended to apply for transfer on their first or second year, so that they have enough time to complete a bachelor’s degree without exceeding the time limit. If you have already graduated with a bachelor's degree or are due to graduate in the spring when you apply for transfer, you should apply to transfer directly to a master’s programme.

If your transfer application is accepted, you will be granted the right to study for the same level of qualifications as during your previous right to study.

The principle that a student may accept only one offer of admission from a higher education institution per academic year does not apply to transfer students. Students whose transfer application is accepted must withdraw from their current programme when they accept their place in the new programme.

Applicants who are seeking admission to an English-taught degree programme at Tampere University will be eligible for admission only if they are able to demonstrate sufficient proficiency in the English language. Read more about our language requirements.

Max. 5 seats in the Bachelor's programme in Science and Engineering (combined for Natural Sciences and Mathematics as well as Computing and Electrical Engineering). Tampere University does not have an obligation to fill all the seats available for admission.

Tampere University will consider all transfer applications that are submitted by students who meet the minimum eligibility requirements. Admission decisions are based on applicants’ academic record, and the admission process does not include an entrance examination. Please be aware that admission is competitive and meeting the minimum eligibility requirements does not guarantee admission.

Your transfer application can only be accepted if you will be able to graduate without exceeding the time limit for degree completion. When estimating your time to degree, we will consider:

- the time you have spent studying towards your current degree;

- the credits that you have already earned and that can be counted towards your new Tampere University degree;

- whether you will be able to graduate within the standard amount of time (time limit for completing a bachelor’s degree).

When you apply for transfer, you must provide a preliminary personal study plan so we can estimate the time it will take for you to complete your degree.

All students working towards the degree of Bachelor of Science in Technology are required to complete courses in mathematics and natural sciences. The required scope of these courses varies between degree programmes. When assessing the applicability of your current degree programme to your prospective programme at Tampere University, we will especially consider the number of credits you have earned by completing courses in mathematics and natural sciences while working towards your current degree.

All transfer applicants seeking admission to a Tampere University degree programme in engineering must have earned at least 55 credits per academic year while studying for their current degree. When we assess your academic record to determine whether you satisfy this requirement, we will consider the transcripts that you upload to your online transfer application by 15 June 2022. If you do not upload further transcripts by this deadline, we will consider your application based on the transcript of records you provided earlier in the admission process.

Applicable prior fields of study and the minimum GPA requirements vary between programmes. We will consider your unrounded GPA, calculated to two decimal points, when scoring and ranking applications. Only numerical course grades will be considered when calculating your GPA.

Programme-specific admission requirements

In the programme Science and Engineering, Natural Sciences and Mathematics applicable prior fields of study and the minimum GPA requirements are set as follows:

Applicable prior fields of study (university degrees): natural sciences, engineering

Minimum GPA (university degrees): 3.5/5

Please apply for admission via the electronic application system used by Finnish higher education institutions at studyinfo.fi.

When you are filling out your application, please carefully read the list of required attachments. You must attach the following documents to your application:

• up-to-date transcript of records
• registration certificate that indicates when you first registered as a student and also lists the semesters when you have registered as attending and non-attending
• letter of motivation written in English
• a personal study plan (PSP)
  Please submit with your application a preliminary version of your personal study plan by placing your previous studies in the curriculum of the desired programme. The degree requirements are to be found on Tampere University Student’s Guide.
• a document that demonstrates your proficiency in the English language as set out in the University’s general requirements for admission (read more about our language requirements)

You might also be required to attach a document that demonstrates that you may be exempted from paying the tuition fees. Should you be considered a fee-paying student, you will also be asked whether you wish to apply for a scholarship offered within the Tampere University Scholarships Programme and further instructed on the attachments required for the application.

When considering your transfer application, we will take into account the credits you have earned towards your current programme and included in your online application by 15 June 2022. You may supplement the transcript of records you have originally submitted with your application by uploading an up-to-date-version of the transcript of records to your application by 15 June 2022. The applicant is responsible for supplementing the transcript of records on time as instructed. Should the transcript of records not be supplemented on time, the student selection will be made on the basis of the documents submitted earlier during the application process.

There is not waiting list for the transfer applicants.

The admission results will come out no later than 8 July 2022. We will notify all applicants of our admission decision. You can also log in to My Studyinfo at studyinfo.fi to check the status of your application.

Applicants are entitled to appeal a decision where they feel that the assessment of their application has not met the standards. Such an appeal must be made in writing and submitted to Tampere University within 14 days of the release of the admission results. Appeals must arrive before 15.00 on the final day of the appeal period. If the results are not released on the announced date, the fourteen-day appeal period will begin to run on the day following the release of the results.

The appeal should be delivered in one of the following ways:

1) Scan the document and send it by email to tau [at] tuni.fi () (pdf or docx)

2) Send the document by post and deliver it to: Admissions Office, FI-33014 Tampere University, Finland

3) Deliver the document in person to the Info Desk of the Main Building at our City Centre Campus: Kalevantie 4, 33100 Tampere

The possible reconsideration of an application following receipt of an appeal will not affect the admission of other applicants.

For additional information, please contact the Tampere University Admissions Services.

You will be eligible to apply for admission through this route if you are studying on the Open University Bachelor’s route in Tampere University during the academic year 2021-2022 and completing a set of required courses by the given deadline (15 June, 2022) and your academic performance meets the requirements. The Degree Requirements of Tampere University will apply to the granting of a study right to applicants applying through the Open University route.

The Open University routes are meant for applicants already residing in Finland. The open university organizes an application round for the routes annually (usually once a year). More information on how to enroll for an Open University route in 2022 can be found on the webpage of the Open University.

As the admission is based on studies completed at the Open University of Tampere University, you will not be required to separately demonstrate your language proficiency.

All fulfilling the minimum criteria will be accepted.

To be eligible for admission as a degree student in our 2022 spring admission cycle, you must complete the Open University courses listed below in the spring semester (no later than 15 June 2022) and achieve a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.5. The term GPA refers to your unrounded and weighted GPA for the courses included in the Open University route.

Programme-Specific requirements:

In the Natural Sciences and Mathematics Track it is also required that you complete the course Introductory Calculus with the minimum grade of 4.

Required courses in the academic year 2021/22:

MATH.MA.111 Introductory Calculus, 5 cr                                                    

MATH.MA.140 Vectors and Matrices, 5 cr                       

FYS.111 Physics 1, 5 cr                     

COMP.CS.100 Programming 1: Introduction to programming, 5 cr

Total 20 cr

Please apply for admission through the electronic application system used by Finnish higher education institutions at studyinfo.fi.

Information about applying will be sent by email to students on the Open university route before the application period begins in May 2022.

You will not have to attach a transcript listing the courses you have completed at our Open University to your application. We will verify that you have completed the required courses through our electronic student records system. We will consider studies which are registered by 15 June, 2022 in our study register.

You might be required to attach a document that demonstrates that you may be exempted from paying the tuition fees. Should you be considered a fee-paying student, you will also be asked whether you wish to apply for a scholarship offered within the Tampere University Scholarships Programme and further instructed on the attachments required for the application.

There is no waiting list for the Open University route.

The admission results will come out no later than 8 July 2022. We will notify all applicants of our admission decision. You can also log in to My Studyinfo at studyinfo.fi to check the status of your application.

Applicants are entitled to appeal a decision where they feel that the assessment of their application has not met the standards. Such an appeal must be made in writing and submitted to Tampere University within 14 days of the release of the admission results. Appeals must arrive before 15.00 on the final day of the appeal period. If the results are not released on the announced date, the fourteen-day appeal period will begin to run on the day following the release of the results.

The appeal should be delivered in one of the following ways:

1) Scan the document and send it by email to tau [at] tuni.fi () (pdf or docx)

2) Send the document by post and deliver it to: Admissions Office, FI-33014 Tampere University, Finland

3) Deliver the document in person to the Info Desk of the Main Building at our City Centre Campus: Kalevantie 4, 33100 Tampere

The possible reconsideration of an application following receipt of an appeal will not affect the admission of other applicants.

For additional information, please contact the Tampere University Admissions Services.