New students admitted through the open UAS route

Congratulations on your study place!

This page provides new degree students who join TAMK through the open UAS route with information about all the steps they need to take to prepare for their studies at TAMK.

The programme-specific instructions offer you more detailed information about getting ready to start your studies. Links to the instructions are available further down this page after the new student checklist.

Please follow the instructions on this page carefully to secure your place at TAMK. You are now on one of the pages of our online Student’s guide, which we advise you to explore further. The Student’s guide is a gateway to information that all our students need while studying at TAMK.

Good luck with your studies!

Checklist for a new student – Remember to complete these steps!

1. Accept your study place

Admitted applicants must accept the offered study place by logging into Studyinfo.fi portal by 31 December 2024 at 3 pm. at the latest. If the confirmation has not been done by the set date and time, the applicant will lose the offered study place. Acceptance should be done by using the unique link sent automatically from the Studyinfo portal. If you are technically unable to use the link or have trouble completing the confirmation, please contact TAMK Admissions at admissions.tamk(a)tuni.fi.

More info on accepting your study place

2. Register as present

All selected students must also register as present or absent for the following term by 31 December 2024 at 3 pm. at the latest. This option will appear in the Studyinfo.fi portal once you have accepted your study place. If you are a tuition fee paying student, your registration is only possible by paying the first installment of your tuition fee. If you have completed your payment to your previous higher education institution before receiving their student selection results from TAMK, you must ask for reimbursement from the previous institution and pay the first installment of your tuition fee when completing your enrollment at TAMK.

More information on how to register

3. Upload updated documents to Studyinfo

Once you have confirmed your study place, make sure to upload your final transcript and attach it to your application in Studyinfo by 31 December 2024 (3 pm). Student selections are always conditional, until we have received and checked the final documentation from your open UAS or open university studies. Your selection can be retracted if you do not submit the required documentation in due course, or you have given false or misleading information regarding your credits and/or grades.

Go to Studyinfo.fi

4. Note that you have a new student number

Your student number will change when you transfer from open UAS student to degree student. If you have already signed up for spring 2025 courses with your open UAS student number, you need to cancel them and sign up for the courses in January with your new student number. Please note: It can take a while for your open UAS studies to transfer to your new student number.

5. Activate your TUNI account

If you have been studying at TAMK's open UAS and you already have a TUNI account, you do not need to register or activate your account again and your TUNI account stays the same. If you do not have a TUNI account and you have already registered as present, your information has been transferred to TAMK student registry. Once the data has been transferred, your TUNI account will be generated. You will receive a link to the username registration and account activation by email. You can identify yourself by Finnish online banking ID's, Finnish mobile / citizen certificate card, European eIDAS identification or Finnish Authenticator Identification Service available for non-EU students.

Activate your account

6. Apply for student financial aid and housing allowance

International students are usually not entitled to the financial benefits to The Social Insurance of Finland (KELA). If you have worked in Finland prior to you studies or are married or in a long-term relationship, you might be entitled to some benefits. Check you eligibility from Kela. If you are entitled to Kela benefits, apply for student financial aid after you have received and accepted your offer of admission. If you are not eligible for student financial aid, you may be entitled to unemployment benefits while studying (www.te-palvelut.fi) or adult education allowance (www.tyollisyysrahasto.fi). If you receive adult education allowance, you can apply for a government guarantee for your student loan from Kela.

7. Pay the healthcare fee of the Finnish Student Health Service

All degree students registered Present are allowed to use the healthcare services provided by the Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS). As you are entitled to use the healthcare services by FSHS, you must pay a healthcare fee to Kela. Students pay the healthcare fee twice a year, once for the autumn semester and once for the spring semester. The fee for the 2025 spring semester will be updated later. Please note! You must follow the instructions below to pay the fee as you will not receive a separate invoice. The due date for the healthcare fee in the spring semester is 15 March.

Instructions for paying the healthcare fee

8. If you wish, join Students' Union Tamko

By joining the student union Tamko, you will receive a student card that demonstrates that you are eligible for thousands of student discounts across Finland. Your access rights to TAMK will be automatically added to your plastic student card if you order one. Note that it takes estimated two weeks to you student card to arrive after you fill up the membership form on Tamko's website. If you order your student card beforehand, it’ll ease up your first weeks at TAMK.

Become a member

9. Download Pivo app

The digital student card works like the plastic, physical student card. You can demonstrate that you are eligible for student discounts by presenting your digital student card. Pivo is a free app that can be used by the customers of all Finnish banks. To start using Pivo, you need an online banking codes.

Programme-specific instructions for new degree students admitted through the open UAS route

Culture

As you are starting your studies in the second year of your programme, you are not required to attend the new student orientation. You will have received an email announcing the start date of your programme. If you have any questions about starting your studies, please contact the designated student counsellor of your degree programme. You can find our student counsellors’ contact details in the Student’s guide.

Social Sciences, Business and Administration

Natural Sciences

Tourism, Catering and Domestic Services

Social Services, Health and Sports

Technology, Communication and Transport

See our academic calendar.

Study Services at TAMK

Study Services at TAMK we advise on all kinds of study-related matters: right to study, enrolment procedure, graduation etc.

You can contact our Study Services Monday through Friday by email at opintotoimisto.tamk [at] tuni.fi (palvelupiste[dot]tamk[at]tuni[dot]fi).

TAMK’s contact information

Support for starting your studies

Student tutors are here to help you

Student tutors are part of our student guidance services. They help our new students get to know each other, adjust to their new environment and student life and become familiar with their field of study during their first year.

Teacher tutors

The role of teacher tutor is important at the beginning of your studies. Together with a student tutor, the teacher tutor will help you get started with your studies. The teacher tutor supports and guides you throughout your studies.

As a student at Tampere Universities

Studying in a Finnish university might differ quite a lot from what you are used to. We have collected information about some of the central issues and characteristics of studying at the university community.

IT services and digital tools

IT services

You need a username, a password and access to a computer to get started with your studies. Read our IT instructions so you know what to do next.

IT services for new students

Intranet

Intranet is the official channel for internal communication. When you follow the news on the intranet, you will stay up to speed on current events. You will find all necessary information about studies and links to all digital tools on the intranet. You need to activate your TUNI username to use the intranet.

Intranet

Pakki - student's desktop

You can plan your studies and register for courses in PAKKI. In addition you can follow the progress of your studies and reserve spaces. You need to activate your TUNI username to access PAKKI.

Lukkarikone

You can already visit the Lukkarikone system where your timetable will be published. If you do not yet know your group code, you can search for timetables, for example, based on the degree that you will be working towards at TAMK. Select Group search on the start page and type, for example, “business” as your search term, select the 2024 group (you can select multiple groups at a time), click +Add and Show calendar. The system will display the courses planned for the coming semester as well as a tentative schedule for the new student orientation. However, please read more about the schedule and programme of our new student orientation on the programme-specific pages (links above).

lukkarit.tamk.fi

Check out student services

The Students’ Union of Tampere University of Applied Sciences (Tamko)

Every University of Applied Sciences in Finland has a Students’ Union which monitors students’ rights and interests. The Students’ Unions are recognized and regulated by the Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences Act. To become a member, you must be a student at TAMK. Welcome to join, there are already over 7500 of us!

Check out Tamko

SportUni – The best University sports in Tampere

SportUni offers high-quality and diverse sports services for students and staff at Tampere Universities. You can use the sports services on three campuses at a fair price.

SportUni - Find your sport

Library

Tampere University library serves both the students of Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences. The library serves in four locations and online. You can find course books, work spaces and guidance for information searches.

Welcome to FSHS!

The Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS) is an expert in student healthcare and, as a student in higher education, provides you with general health, oral health and mental health services and promotes the well-being of student communities.

Student housing

As soon as you have been accepted as a student, you should start arranging your accommodation and arrival. Apply for accommodation as early as possible, as first-come-first-serve principles applies and the best places are booked within the first few days!

Student card benefits

As a bachelor's student you are entitled to a meal subsidy in subsidised student restaurants. As a student you also have a discount when travelling on local and long-distance busses and trains.

Guidance and counselling services

There are many people in TAMK whose job is to help you. We have gathered all the guidance and counselling services on the same page, so that it is easier to find the help you need.

Students' well-being

Tampere Universities and TAMK are committed to supporting students’ well-being and delivering a positive student experience. Please do not hesitate to contact our support services if you have any concerns. The Students’ Well-being site offers you easy access to information about the broad range of guidance, support and health care services that are available to our students. You can also find information about learning support and free-time activities.

Visit the students' well-being site

Accessibility and individual study arrangements

If you need individualised support because of a learning difficulty, an illness or disability, you are eligible for individual study arrangements.

Welcome to TAMK and Tampere

TAMK's Campuses

TAMK's campuses are situated in Tampere. The main campus is in Kauppi and the other campus, Mediapolis, in Tohloppi. Check out our campuses!

TAMK's campuses

Public transport

A 30-day student season ticket is available from Nysse Mobiili app. The ticket, which has an unlimited number of trips, is valid for selected zones on buses, trams as well as trains. Night fares are not applied. The ticket can be purchased by full-time student who are 17 and over, and who study in an upper secondary school, a vocational institution, a higher education institution or a University.

Want to hear what's going on with us?

Follow our social media channels and get to know us even before you start your studies.

Tampere - The most attractive city in Finland according to us Finns!

Tampere has a lot to offer! The city brings together beautiful natural landscapes and a thriving cultural scene. You can enjoy the magnificent scenery of Pispala and, for example, visit the theatre in a single day!

Visit Tampere

Working while studying

Working part-time while studying might be an option to finance your studies. In addition to some useful extra cash, having a part-time job can be a good way of gaining valuable work experience and networks alongside your studies.

Friend programme

The Friend Programme is a model through which Tampere locals and international students at TAMK can meet and become friends. Getting to know the regular Finnish way of life - in it's smallest nuances and peculiarities - will help students feel more at home here.