Planning of the Study Schedule

At the University of Tampere, students do not usually need to sign up for the lecture courses in advance. For seminars and group work, however, signing up is usually required. Depending on the course unit, students sign up using a course enrolment service NettiOpsu (requires a user account) or for some units, there are sign up lists on the notice boards. Information on course units offered in foreign languages as well as instructions on signing up for a particular course unit can be found in the teaching schedules.

The extent of a degree is given in credits (in Finnish "opintopiste", short form "op"). The average input of 1600 working hours needed for studies of one academic year corresponds to 60 credits. One credit corresponds to one ECTS credit.

What Can I Study as Exchange Student?

The Finnish system of academic education gives students a lot of freedom, and on the other hand, a lot of responsibility, to plan and schedule studies. This means that planning the schedule for the academic year, i.e. choosing the subjects and course units, matching the times of lectures and keeping the schedule intensive throughout the studies, requires a lot of activity and responsibility on the part of the student. Exchange and visiting students receive a Letter of Acceptance from one School for one subject. Despite this, they can take courses in other subjects and other schools to form a larger multi-disciplinary entity according to their own needs and interests, as long as they meet the requirements of a course unit (previous or equivalent courses taken, knowledge of the language of instruction) and there are still places left. Moreover, the attendance of exchange and visiting students is restricted for some of the course units. For up-to-date information on course units offered in foreign languages during the academic year, please see the teaching schedules.

If the course unit you are interested in is not taught during the semester, you can check if it could be completed through independent study, e.g. by taking a book examination or writing an essay. To check this, you will find links from the teaching schedules to the relevant curriculum lists.

Exchange students of the University of Tamprere can select studies also from other higher education institutions in Tampere Region based on the agreement on Studying in Tampere Region SITR, see left-hand navigation for more information.