The programme aims at training all-round IT professionals who have a people-friendly approach to their work. In the programme students familiarise themselves with the field on the basis of multidisciplinary teaching. The students can choose their area of specialisation from the various possibilities offered.

An important theme in Information Technology is the improvement of interaction between the human being and technology. The most important topics for research at the University of Tampere are usability evaluation, new interaction techniques, graphic user interfaces, emotional and social user interfaces, (information acquisition and presentation,) and learning and collaboration technology. Teaching in Interactive Technology in these fields initiates the students into the qualities of human and computation environments. The Master’s Programme in User Interface Software Development also provides courses in the interaction between the human being and the computer, and it is possible to concentrate on the implementation of new ways of interaction in particular.

Interactive Technology examines the development of interactive-information technical systems that are designed for the use of humans and the phenomena connected with these systems. The subject provides basic knowledge of the whole extensive area, but specialisation and orientation in certain tasks also requires suitable minor subject studies to support the studies in the major subject. Recommended minor subjects include, for example, Computer Science, Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology, Education, Statistics, Linguistics, Hypermedia and Information Studies.

Requirements for the lower academic degree
If a student does not meet these requirements, the equivalent studies must be taken as complementing studies.
0.1 A lower academic or a corresponding degree in a suitable field
Students who have taken a B.Sc. degree at the University of Tampere with Computer Science or Interactive Technology as their major subject automatically have the right to take this programme. Students who have some other Bachelor’s degree can be accepted into the programme through special-case selection.
0.2 Previous studies must include, or students must extend them to include as part of block 2 “Other studies in M.Sc. programme”:
• TKOPA12 Project Work
• VTEKA15 Introduction to User Interfaces
• VTEKA206 Usability Evaluation Methods
• VTEKA203 Human Factors in Interactive Technology

[International degree students are to take Orientation course 1 ECTS, Guided planning of studies 2 ECTS, Finnish language studies and Intercultural Communication studies, minimum 6 ECTS and English language courses 6 ECTS as part of their programme studies.]