Studying

General information

UTA has remodelled all its degree programmes from 1 August 2012. For more information see the SIS page for students who started before 2012 and the UTA page on Educational reform.

Please find general information on studying at UTA here.

Academic calender is here, including public holidays when no tuition is given.

Orientation Course (programme) arranged by the International Office is available free of charge for both degree and exchange students at the beginning of both autumn and spring semester. The course is compulsory for all new Master degree students.

Study counselling

Here are links to the Computer Sciences Master's degree programmes given in English in the school. The Master programme study advisor in the Master's programmes gives detailed information to degree students on the content of the studies and helps the students in planning and updating their HOPS personal study plan.

The International Officer in the School Office gives general information to degree students on studying, especially on the structure of studies and language studies. She also helps the exchange students in planning their studies.

Guides

The ECTS Survival Guide is available printed from the International Office. The guide offers practical information on studying and living in Tampere. The guide is available on-line on the UTA page.

New students who started their studies in 2012 are studying according to the new Guide: Study Guide 2012-2015 (pdf). The Study Guide gives detailed information on the structure of the Master's degree programmes offered, regulations, assessment and grading. Also the required language and complementing studies are listed.

The old Study Guide 2010-12 (pdf) is available online for students who started in 2010, 2011 or earlier. Old students who have been away from their studies may use an old Study Guide (but not older than 2005).

Much the same information as in the Study Guide is available in the UTA Curricula Guides, but only the Study Guide in printed or pdf form is the full version.

UTA Teaching Schedules 2012-2013 list the course units and exams available. Please notice that the teaching programmes are not repeated identically each year, i.e. course units taught this year will not be automatically given next academic year. The next year's teaching programmes are normally available in early May.

Language studies for degree students

All degree students are required to take language studies both in Finnish and in English. For more information, please see Language studies link on the left panel.

JOO studies

JOO studies in other Finnish universities are available for degree students.

Transfer of old students to the new degree programmes 2012-2015

UTA introduced new degree programmes from 1 August 2012. All degree students who started their studies before 2012 are now termed as 'old students' and have two options, either to graduate from the old degree programme by 31 July 2015 or to transfer to study in the new degree programme. Transfer is made using NettiOpsu from September 2012. More information on the transfer will be made available soon.

Extending the residence permit

Please see information on extending the residence permit under Admissions -> New students.

Maturity test

All degree students are required to do a Maturity test in connection with their Master's thesis.

Graduation

Information on graduation is available by clicking the link on the left. 

UNIPOLI Tampere (formerly Studying in Tampere Region SITR)

The UNIPOLI Tampere website offers cross-institutional studies taught in English for the international students studying at one of the universities in the Tampere Region plus lots of information on the Tampere region.

Regulations

For UTA regulations regarding studies and study related legislation in Finland please see the UTA page.

SIS general regulations on Master's degrees 2012-2015 (pdf). These are included also in the pdf Study Guide 2012-2015.

Extending the residence permit

We have information on extending the residence permit under Admissions -> New students.

Working

Working in Finland (SITR page)
University of Tampere Career Center

Doctoral studies

For information on applying to Doctoral studies please see here.