Education in Finland – the

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Professor: Hello everyone, having a good timein Finland?Great, maybe you would like to come back hereand study in a Finnish university. I’ve broughtyou a couple of my students to tell theirstories, but first let’s take a time machine backto the time one of them first heard about the idea.

Guidance councelor: Hello, John, I’ve invited

you here to have a little talk about what you

are going to do after you graduate high school.

John: Well yes, I’ve been thinking about this

whole future.. thingie too.

And you know what, yesterday I realized what

I want to do. I sort of like biology and I’m

interested in the environment. I also like cold

climates. For that reason…

GC: Go on..

John: I want to save the penguins from

the polar bears.

GC: Well, since they’re already on the

other sides of the globe..

John: Then I want to move into the

North Pole and breed huskies!

GC: Huskies?

John: Or become a professional ice sculptor. Or

train Santa’s reindeers !

GC: Hmmm, John, let me suggest something else

for you. So you like the cold, and you’re interested

in nature..

Let’s say you move to Finland to study

environmental engineering in the university of

applied sciences in Tampere, Finland.

John: Oh geez, that could work too, thanks! And

Finland, that’s the capital of Oslo right? Or was it

Stockholm? Can I live in an igloo and get my own

polar bear to ride to school?

GC: Go on..

John: I want to save the penguins from

the polar bears.

GC: Well, since they’re already on the

other sides of the globe..

John: Then I want to move into the

North Pole and breed huskies!

GC: Huskies?

Host 1: Finland has ten universities and several other

third degree schools. Studying in all of them is free for

students. You are able to apply to them with your own

high school certificate.

Host 2: Today, we’re going to tell you about the

universities in Tampere, the third biggest and the most

popular university city in Finland.

Host 1: The ways of admission vary from university to

university. Many of them require you to take a specific

entrance exam. Let’s take a look at John while taking

his exam.

Host 2: The school starts in April, and

the average length of a Bachelors

degree is between 3 and 4 years. While

John is finishing his exam paper on

mathematics, let’s take a closer look at

what options our city has to offer for

international students.

Study in Tampere!A guide to English-medium education

General● An entrance exam is very

common

● The studies are at university

level, they require earlier

studies

● Admission dates vary but

usually they are in the winter

● www.admissions.fi

● Bachelor programmes in environmental

engineering, media, international business

and nursing

● In order to study in the nursing programme

some Finnish skills are required

TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF

APPLIED SCIENCES

Entrance exams are held in April

http://www.tamk.fi/en

● Offers bachelors programmes in engineering

and business

● A master's degree programme of business

management is to be chosen

● Tuition takes place in

Valkeakoski, Hämeenlinna and Riihimäki

Applications can be sent in January

except for the business programme that

takes its students in later

http://portal.hamk.fi/portal/page/portal/HA

MK/In_English

Tampere University of Technology

● Master's degrees in different subcategories of

engineering, e.g. biomedical engineering and

materials technology

● Also offers programmes in architecture and IT

in English

● For advanced students there are doctoral

programmes in engineering and business

● All the masters

programmes require

earlier university

studies of at least

three years

● An international

language test of

English must be

completed

http://www.tut.fi/en/Image provided by TUT

● Numerous English master's degree programmes

such as software development, Russian and

European studies, bioinformatics and media

management

● Admissions from December to February

● When it comes to research, the university shows a

particular interest for sciences concerning

society, administration and economy

Summary: Why study in

Tampere?

● Those who are interested in engineering orinformation technology have a wide range of possibilities in the Tampere region

● The quality of Finnish teaching is clear: complete a programme in Finland and you’llbe an expert

● Our universities are connected to international institutions and conduct research with themactively

John: You know, when I moved to Finland I

didn’t know anyone and didn’t speak a word of

Finnish. Now, that I’ve lived here for two

years, I have a lot of Finnish friends and

international university friends from all around

the world. Let them tell you why they chose to

study here.

Student1: My name is Denise, I come from

Germany and I wanted to study here because

I think Scandinavian design is cool.

Student 2 and 3 : Our names are Milena and

Juan, and we study in Finland because we think

the international experience is really going to

help us find better jobs after we graduate.

Milena: I took a couple of intensive courses of

Finnish before I started studying biology here.

The books are in English, and if I don’t

understand something I can ask someone.

Student 4: My name is Fabio, I come from Italy

and I wanted to study here because it was free

and as you can see, I love skiing.

Juan: The best thing about Finland is that

everybody has been nice and welcomed me

to study and live here. I think I might want to

find a job here after I’ve finished my Masters

degree.

John: I also love skiing and especially the

sauna.

John: The university has a nice, chill atmosphere

and the quality of the teaching is very high. If you

like the sound of this, go to the internet and find out

some more.

But now I’m off to go pick mushrooms with my

mates, cheerio!

Fabio: And if you were not yet convinced, ask your

hosts for more details. Ciao!