Student access to campus facilities

Student access to campus facilities

All students at Tampere Universities can have access to the buildings and facilities on our campuses. Below you can read on to find out more about activating your access rights.

Campus buildings are open from Monday to Friday also to University community external persons. Staff, students and non-employees, who have a resource agreement and a key card, will be able to access the campus buildings with their key card before and after mentioned times.

The EXAM venues will be open to students during the times when their access rights are activated.
Exam visits (exams taken by students from other higher education institutions) are possible in the Tietotalo building on the Hervanta campus on weekdays Mon-Fri and TAMK main campus.

During the actual academic year at TAMK, student access rights will remain activated on the TAMK main campus on weekdays from 7 to 22, on Saturdays from 7.30 to 20, and on Sundays from 8 to 20.

Check the Library's opening hours on web page Tampere University Library.

The opening hours of the sports facilities can be found Sportuni web page .

Students on the Kauppi and city centre campuses

Your student card will automatically provide access to the facilities that are open 24/7 in the Arvo, Linna and TietoPinni buildings and PinniA Gatehouse as well as certain facilities that are open to all students enrolled in your degree programme. You can visit any of the info desks on the Hervanta campus to activate access rights to facilities on the Hervanta campus. Access to TAMK’s facilities you can activate to your access card at the info desks on the TAMK main campus.  

As the chairpersons of student associations manage access rights to the premises occupied by their association, they must provide Main building info desk staff with a list of the persons who will be granted access rights. The faculties manage access rights to other facilities. Faculty staff will provide info desk staff in Arvo or the Main building with a list of students who are to receive access rights. After you visit the info desk and activate these access rights, you will be able to access the premises with your student card.   

Open University students can obtain a separate key card, which you can collect from the info desk. Contact information of the info desks can be found from the Intranet page Opening hours of buildings and info desks

Students on the Hervanta campus

You can visit any of the info desks on the Hervanta campus to activate your access rights to the facilities on the Hervanta campus. Your student card will automatically provide student access to the facilities on the Kauppi campus or the city centre campus including also facilities that are open 24/7 in the Arvo, Linna and TietoPinni buildings and PinniA Gatehouse. Access to TAMK’s facilities you can activate to your access card at the info desks on the TAMK main campus.  

Open University students can obtain a separate key card, which you can collect from the info desk. Contact information of the info desks can be found from the Intranet page Opening hours of buildings and info desks

TAMK students

To get the access to TAMK’s facilities, you need an access card. You can get the card from TAMK info desks at the main campus. If you have ordered a student card from student union (TAMKO) the access rights will automatically activate to your student card. To activate your access rights to premises on the University’s Kauppi campus or the city centre campus, please visit the info desk in the Main building (Päätalo), Pinni B or Linna (city centre campus) or Arvo (Kauppi campus). You can visit any of the info desks on the University’s Hervanta campus to activate access rights to facilities on the Hervanta campus.

Lost cards

You must immediately report a lost student card/access card to the info desk staff on your home campus and the University Library to prevent unauthorised access to restricted campus facilities. On the city centre campus, lost cards are reported to the info desk in the Main building. You will be issued a temporary replacement card, if necessary.   

Trey student card: If your card is lost or damaged, you can order a new one online.
When you place your order, you can specify the info desk where you prefer to collect your new card.

Tamko student card: If your card is lost or damaged, you can order a new one online.

Know your responsibilities

Please note that your card and the access rights attached to it are for personal use only.  

Be prepared to show your ID when you use the campus facilities after hours. 

Returning your access card

If you only have a card with building access attached to it instead of a student card, you need to return the card to the info desk or post it to TAMK/Tampere University after you no longer need it. The postal addresses are:  

• Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Kuntokatu 3, FI-33520 Tampere, Finland
• Tampere University, P.O.Box 607, FI-33014 Tampere University, Finland