Master's Degree Programmes

The School of Social Sciences and Humanities offers a variety of Master's Degree Programmes both in Finnish and in English. On these pages you can find information on the programmes in English. For more information on programmes in Finnish, please see http://www.uta.fi/yky/opiskelu/maisteriohjelmat.html.

Current Master's degree programmes in English:

• Joint Master's Degree Programme in Comparative Social Policy and Welfare (M.Soc.Sc.) - no intake 2013
• Master’s Programme in Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research (M.Soc.Sc. or MA or MA Psych.)
• Master's Programme in Russian and European Studies (M.Soc.Sc. or MA), programme starts in the autumn 2013

Next application round will be in December 2013 - February 2014.

See http://www.uta.fi/admissions/ for more information on applying.

Previous Master's degree programmes in English

The School of Social Sciences and Humanities was founded in 2011. Prior to that, international Master's programmes were coordinated by the International School of Social Sciences (ISSS). The ISSS was part of the Faculty of Social Sciences, but its activities covered also diciplines from other Faculties. The first international degree programme within the University of Tampere was the Master's Programme in European Politics and Government, which started in 1991. Since then the ISSS and the School of Social Sciences and Humanities have coordinated 25 Master's programmes with almost 300 students.

Programme: Russian and European Studies (in cooperation with St.Petersburg State University and Petrozavodsk State University, Russia)
Years: 2013 ->
Majors: International Relations, Sociology, Russian Language and Culture

Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research (in cooperation with Åbo Akademi University)
2012 ->
International Relations, Administrative Science, Peace and Conflict Research, History, Psychology, Social Anthropology

Comparative Social Policy and Welfare (in cooperation with Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania and Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria)
2008 ->
Social Policy, Sociology (from 2012 onwards)

Media Management
2009-2011 (2011 onwards in the School of Communication, Media and Theatre)                         
Journalism and Mass Communication, Administrative Science

European and Russian Studies
2007-2013    
Journalism and Mass Communication, Russian Language and Culture

International Relations within the Finnish-Russian Cross-Border University (CBU) (in cooperation with St.Petersburg State University and Petrozavodsk State University, Russia)
2007-2013         
International Relations

Political Communication
2007-2010              
International Relations, Journalism and Mass Communication, Speech Communication and Voice Research

Global Governance and World Culture
2009-2010
Sociology

European Studies: Europeanization of Politics and Governance (in cooperation with Tallinn University, Estonia)
2006-2010
International Relations, Political Science

Places, Spaces and Transnational Relations
2006-2007
Social Anthropology, International Relations, Journalism and Mass Communication

Information Society and Russia
2005-2006  
International Relations, Political Science, Sociology, Journalism and Mass Communication, Education, History

Information Society II
2003-2005                  
History, Sociology, Journalism and Mass Communication, Education

Information Society
2002-2004                     
Administrative Science, History, Sociology, Education, Local Governance, Journalism and Mass Communication

European Studies and World Politics
2002-2003                    
International Relations

European Policies, Regional Co-operation and Transformation in North-West Russia
2001-2002                         
International Relations

Civil Society and Changing Norhtern European Societies
2000-2002            
Political Science, Sociology

International Relations and European Studies II
1999-2001
International Relations

Social Sciences with European Studies
1999-2001       
Sociology

European Integration, Social Change and Regional Cooperation with Northwestern Russia
1998-2000
International Relations, Sociology, Regional Studies, Professional Development

International Relations and European Studies
1996-1998
International Relations, Political Science

Scandinavian Welfare Societies
1996-1997 
Social Policy, Social Work

Nordic-Baltic Studies (in cooperation with the University of Tarto, Estonia)
1994-1996     
International Relations, Political Science, Journalism and Mass Communication

Nordic Welfare Society
1993-1995 
Social Policy

Japanese Studies
1992-1994
International Relations, Sociology, Social Policy

Development and Environmental Studies
1991-1993   
International Relations, Sociology, Journalism and Mass Communication

European Politics and Government
1991-1993                      
International Relations, Political Science