The University of Tampere Scholarships Programme For Master's Studies.

According to Finnish Parliament decision in 2015, Finnish universities have finally introduced tuition fee. The tuition fees which concern Non-EU/EEA citizens takes effect in August 2017 and it is collected towards master's degree programmes taught in English. Other students, such as exchange or doctoral students, are exempt from paying fees. However, all applicants required to pay fees are entitled to apply for scholarships. The University of Tampere (UTA) is a public university in Tampere, Finland offering undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes with 20,178 degree students and 1,981 employees as of 2016. The university was ranked 201-250 on the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018. Likewise, it ranked 551-600 on the QS World University Rankings 2018.

Master's programmes in English

• Biomedical Technology
• Comparative Social Policy and Welfare
• Computational Big Data Analytics
• Cultural Studies
• Global and Transnational Sociology
• Human-Technology Interaction
• Innovative Governance and Public Management (Nordic Master Programme)
• Internet and Game Studies
• Leadership for Change
• Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research
• Public Choice
• Software Development
• Teacher Education

The University of Tampere Scholarships Programme

The University of Tampere Scholarships Programme is intended for students who are required to pay tuition fees in Master’s degree programmes offered in English. A substantial number of scholarships will be available for the most talented fee-paying students. The scheme consists of two scholarship categories.

• The University of Tampere tuition fee scholarships cover either 100% or 50% of the tuition fees in a two-year Master’s degree programme
• The University of Tampere global student award for academic excellence scholarships cover 100% of the tuition fees and include a 7,000 € annual scholarship to cover the student’s living expenses during the two-year Master’s degree programme.

During the application process, Applicants have the possibility to indicate they wish to apply for the scholarships. The decision to granted scholarship will be communicated to applicants together with information on admission.

Please note that scholarship recipients’ progress in studies will be monitored each semester. In order to qualify for the scholarship in the second year, recipient must earn at least 55 credits as detailed in the personal study plan.

If you wish to apply for the University of Tampere scholarships, you will need to indicate this in the application form. 

Admission Application

General eligibility:
To be eligible to apply for a Master’s degree programme at UTA, you must have

• a completed university level Bachelor's degree or equivalent in the field of the desired Master's degree programme or in a closely related subject AND
• fluency in English sufficiently advanced for academic studies. Any of the following tests is acceptable

1. TOEFL, Test of English as a Foreign Language; minimum of 90 in Internet-based or 575/ in paper-based test
2. IELTS (Academic), International English Language Testing System; minimum of 6.5 with no individual score below 5.5
3. PTE (Academic), Pearson’s Test of Academic English; minimum of 62.

Please note that some of the programmes may have slightly different language proficiency requirements. Read the programme admission webpage carefully.

Applicants are exempted from the English language test provided they have previously completed:

• A Bachelor's or two-year Master's degree completed in English in a university or university of applied sciences in Finland or another EU/EEA country, Switzerland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, or the United States, excluding online degrees
• A Bachelor’s degree completed in a Finnish university or university of applied sciences in Finnish or Swedish. The compulsory foreign language course included in the degree must be completed in the English language.
• Secondary education in English in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom or the United States.

How to Apply
Application forms to the Master's degree programmes in English at the University of Tampere are submitted through an electronic application system. Click to fill application form.
The filled application form is sent together with other supporting documents to UAF by postal mail.

UAF address:
University Admissions Finland
Unioninkatu 40 C
FI-00170 Helsinki
Finland.

See Supporting documents here.

Deadline: January 17, 2018.

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