Upon completion of the course, the student is expected to grasp the principles of studying in the university and to be familiar with the University of Tampere as a study environment.

The student is also expected to be aware of the structure, requirements and learning outcomes of her/his degree programme, the learning, study guidance and counselling opportunities available to her/him, and the basic concepts of good scientific practises. The student is expected to be able to apply this knowledge in the planning and completion of her/his studies.

The School of Information Sciences will arrange on Wed 24 August 2016 (afternoon) an information session for the new students in the Master's degree programmes in Computational Big Data Analytics, Human-Technology Interaction, Game and Internet Studies, and Software Development.

The session is compulsory for the new degree students in the Master programmes given above.

Programme-specific info sessions may be arranged on other dates too during the Orientation week and the following week.