Tuition fees at Tampere University
The information below on the liability to pay tuition fees and exemptions from this liability has been updated to reflect the changes in the Universities Act which come into force on 1 December 2024.
The legislation changes may also affect the amounts of tuition fees in 2026. Information on tuition fees in 2026 will be published in spring 2025. The below information on tuition fees is valid for students admitted in 2025. The tuition fees of students admitted in 2025 or earlier will remain unchanged during their studies.
Tuition fees apply to students who are citizens of countries outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland who study in bachelor's or master's degree programmes taught in English.
You will be exempt from tuition fees if you are a non-EU/EEA citizen but have one of the following residence permits:
- permanent residence permit card in Finland (type P)
- EU residence permit for third-country citizens with long-term residence permit card in Finland (type P-EU)
- EU Blue Card in Finland
- EU family member's residence card in Finland
- Brexit residence permit card (type SEU = Right of residence under the withdrawal agreement, or P SEU = Right of permanent residence under the withdrawal agreement)
- a residence permit on the basis of temporary protection in Finland.
In addition, a continuous residence permit card in Finland (type A), may exempt you from paying tuition fees if it is granted on grounds other than studying. However, you are required to pay tuition fees in the following cases:
- If your first residence permit in Finland was granted for the purpose of studying, you are required to pay tuition fees, even if you later obtained a continuous residence permit (type A) on other grounds.
- If you have a continuous residence permit (type A) based on family ties, and your family member originally came to Finland on a residence permit granted for studying, you are also required to pay tuition fees.
- If your continuous residence permit (type A) is granted for studying, you are required to pay tuition fees.
The exempting residence permit must be valid when you are applying for studies and at least until 1 August i.e. when the study right commences. Please note that a residence permit in another EU/EEA country does not exempt you from the tuition fee.
There are no tuition fees in doctoral programmes.
If you are unsure about whether you are subject to tuition fees, please see Do I have to pay tuition fees? section on the Studyinfo.fi site.
Tuition Fees at Tampere University
The tuition fee is 10 000€ per academic year in the following degree programmes:
Bachelor´s Programmes in:
- Science and Engineering
- Socially Sustainable Societies
- Sustainable Urban Development
Master's Programmes in:
- Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research
- Public and Global Health
- Social Science Research
- Teaching, Learning and Media Education
In the following joint degree programmes, the tuition fee is 6 000€ per academic year :
- Master's Programme in Research and Innovation in Higher Education MaRIHE (Erasmus Mundus). See the programme page for more information
- Joint Master of Science in Global Technology and Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship (GTIME). See the GTIME web page for more information
The tuition fee is 12 000€ per academic year in the following degree programmes:
Master's Programmes in:
- Automation Engineering
- Biomedical Sciences and Engineering
- Biomedical Technology
- Business and Technology
- Civil Engineering
- Computing Sciences and Electrical Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Game Studies
- Leadership for Change
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Photonics Technologies
- Security Management and Politics
- Sustainable Architecture
- Sustainable Societies and Digitalisation
What does the tuition fee cover?
The tuition fee covers educational expenses such as courses, academic supervision, exams, counselling and university support services such as student services, use of library and IT services.
The tuition fee does not cover personal study-related costs such as study materials (books, computers, printers and such), or the mandatory membership fee of the Student Union TREY and the student healthcare fee.
Besides the tuition fee, make sure that you have sufficient financial means for your living costs such as rent, personal expenses, transportation costs, meals, insurance, etc. as they will not be covered by the tuition fee. Please see more information on living costs.
Read more on tuition fees in the Student's Guide
For information on Tampere University scholarships, please see Tampere University scholarships
For more information on our programmes, please see Bachelor's programmes and Master's programmes