Online and Cross-Institutional Studies
Online studies at TAMK
Online studies are an essential part of your studies at TAMK. They enable flexible studying in different places and with different devices. Online study tools are easily accessible through internet. They provide versatile cooperation and interaction tools for courses.
The online course objectives and contents are the same as in contact teaching. The teacher selects the most applicable online tools and methods for each course. At TAMK online studies are usually implemented in TUNI Moodle, https://moodle.tuni.fi, but other learning platforms can be in use as well.
Online studies are flexible, but usually scheduled, so they require self-discipline and activity on your part. The studies may include for example regular video lectures, online assignments, familiarization with given material, participation in web-based discussions, and examinations. Online studies can include individual, pair or group work.
More information: TAMK's online studies
Cross-institutional studies (instructions for TAMK degree students)
TAMK offers several channels for studying between higher education institutions. You can study through CampusOnline networks, or the Tampere Higher Education cross-study service. Your degree program may also be engaged in field-specific networks offering their catalogue of courses.
Student, please always confirm in advance, if a cross-institutional course can replace or be accredited into your degree. Check this with the teacher responsible for a corresponding TAMK course. A course with the same name at another university will not automatically replace a course of your own TAMK degree program. Otherwise, you may end up studying a course that cannot be placed as part of your degree.
You can include cross-institutional studies into your elective studies, if there is space for them in your degree.
Cross-institutional studies through Pakki
A cross-study enrollment functionality is available inside TAMK's Pakki study administration system. TAMK degree students, Open UAS path students and Professional teacher education students can enroll for courses offered by other universities and UAS:s directly there. When TAMK students enroll for cross-study courses in Pakki, there is no course fee - the courses are free of charge. For exchange students cross-institutional studies are not currently available in Pakki.
In case you enrolled through Pakki, after completing the course the study attainments from the organizing university will automatically be transferred into your personal study plan (HOPS) - without a separate credit transfer application.
During the transition period in 2024, CampusOnline courses will be available in two places: in TAMK's Pakki, and on the external campusonline.fi website. TAMK students should enroll through Pakki, but in case a course is only available on the website, please note:
Do not enroll for the same course both in Pakki and the CampusOnline.fi portal. Enrolling for the same course twice causes delay and unnecessary administrative work.
Study carefully these instructions for TAMK students:
CampusOnline portal
The CampusOnline.fi website will be closed down by the end of 2024. Administration of CampusOnline cross-studies continues in Peppi and Pakki.
CampusOnline.fi is a portal that offers you a selection of online courses from all 24 Finnish universities of applied sciences. TAMK students can enroll for courses at other universities of applied sciences through the portal, but the procedure is more complicated than enrollment directly from TAMK's Pakki.
Credit transfer of CampusOnline study attainments:
- Verify your studies through the My Studyinfo > My completed studies (Oma opintopolku) service, retrieve the link of your completed CampusOnline course from the service, and make a credit transfer application in your Pakki system.
Tampere higher education cross-institutional studies
In this course catalogue you will find courses offered by Tampere University and the the Police University College. On this site both online, blended and contact study courses are available. From the student's point of view, the study attainments will be transferred automatically to Pakki. These studies are available also for the exchange students.
Tampere Higher Education Cross-Institutional Studies
Other cross-institutional studies
If you have completed courses in another way outside of TAMK, you can apply for credit transfer by using the Credit Transter Application function in Pakki. You can also apply for credit transfer of courses completed at international universities.
Credit transfer for studies completed elsewhere