Mailing address:
University of Tampere
Department of Education
FI-33014 UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE
Finland

Visiting address:
Ratapihankatu 55
Atalpa-building, 3rd floor

Internet:
http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/kasvlait/

Departmental Adviser:
Leena Pohjasmäki, Departmental Administrator
Tel. +358-3-3551 7309
Fax. +358-3-3551 7502
E-mail: leena.pohjasmaki(at)uta.fi

The two major subjects at the Department of Education are Education and Adult Education. With intermediate and advanced studies in Adult Education the focus is on the position of adults´ study and its importance in society. These studies examine adult learning and the special features of teaching adults as well as adults´ professional development. The objective is that the student should perceive adult learning and adult education and training as part of a development process which lasts throughout a person´s life.

Intermediate and Advanced Studies in Education deal with the processes of upbringing, education and learning and also research within social and organisational contexts.

Students of the Department of Education are encouraged to become educational professionals with both specialized and wide ranging knowledge. By selecting studies in their major subject and through their choice of minors, students can themselves influence the structure of their final degree. Those with a master´s degree in education find placements in teaching and training, as well as in administrative planning, expert and management functions for national or local government or for private employers. Internationalisation, multiculturalism and the further development of different ways of implementing education including multimedia and ODL (Open and Distance Learning) and also the inclusion of teaching skills in various requirements for professional competence creates scope for the creation of new types of jobs and professions.

The annual intake of students is about 60.

At the Department of Education, the main language of instruction if Finnish. Courses taught in English are given only occasionally. International students may, however, earn credits by taking exams based on literature or by coming to other arrangements with the teacher in charge.