The curriculum in Multilingual Communication and Translation Studies educates experts in intercultural communication, including translators, interpreters and researchers, whose professional skills will be based on an excellent command of their working languages, wide-ranging communicative and research skills, and a thorough familiarity with the theory and practice of translation and interpreting.

The Multilingual Communication and Translation Studies curriculum offers major degree studies in translation and interpreting between Finnish and English, German, and Russian; translation between Finnish and Swedish can be studied as a minor subject (25-60 ECTS). The major subject degree in Multilingual Communication and Translation Studies includes 80 ECTS credits each at the Bachelor's and Master's levels. A 25-credit minor degree option in FAST Area Studies is also available to both Tampere degree and international students.

Central to the aims of the MCTS curriculum is the development of the students' oral and written skills in one or more foreign languages to the level required for professional translating and interpreting. The students' knowledge of both Finnish and foreign language culture(s) is broadened and deepened to provide the competence to engage successfully in professional intercultural communication.

At the Master's level, students may choose from four fields of specialization: Law and Administration; Technical Translation and Localization; Literary and Audiovisual Translation; and Interpreting. The courses from each field are not necessarily taught every year, so students also have the possibility to combine courses from different fields, as long as they form meaningful entities.

Multilingual Communication and Translation Studies presuppose an excellent command of the Finnish language, which is presumed to be the students' mother tongue. Thus the three major subjects include a 20 ECTS study unit of Finnish tailored to the needs of Multilingual Communication and Translation.

Minor student selection exams are organised at the beginning of each autumn term. International students can select certain courses from the FAST curriculum as specified on the annual course schedule in the FAST Area Studies website which do not require Finnish language skills, provided there is room in the particular class. Note, however, that most courses are taught in small groups with limited enrolment for which Finnish UTA degree students have priority.

Students with the required competence levels in English and Finnish who have completed their B.A. studies elsewhere may apply directly for admission to the Master's level of the MCTS curriculum. However, a 'bridge studies' component will be required, as specified in the program's Finnish-language overview.