Accept your study place
Accept your study place and fulfill conditional acceptance requirements
To start their studies, all students must accept the offered study place and the possible Tampere University scholarship online in Studyinfo by the deadline specified in your Letter of Admission using the unique link sent automatically from the Studyinfo service (sent to the e-mail address given on the application form). If, for some reason, you are unable to accept the study place online, please contact the Admissions Services at admissions.tau [at] tuni.fi (admissions[dot]tau[at]tuni[dot]fi) for further instructions.
If you have been awarded a Tampere University scholarship during the admission process or if you wish to take advantage of the early bird scholarship, the deadline to accept the study place is earlier than mentioned below. Please check the deadline in the scholarship letter which you have received attached to the acceptance email. Please read the terms and conditions of the scholarship carefully and note the deadline for accepting the scholarship and study place.
The final deadline to accept the study place, in both our bachelor's and master's programmes is 11 July 2024 at 15:00 (UTC +3). If you do not accept the study place by the given deadline, you will forfeit your place in the programme.
Information on conditional acceptance for new master’s degree students
All offers are conditional. As an offer holder you are required to submit the officially certified (attested) or legalised copies of your educational documents, listed below, to Tampere University Admissions Services by one of the approved submission methods after the student selection results have been announced, or the conditional acceptance will expire. Instructions on submitting documents can also be found in the Letter of Acceptance.
An exemption to having to submit the officially certified (attested) and legalised copies applies to those accepted, whose degrees have been completed in a Finnish University or University of Applied Sciences whose degrees and studies Tampere University can verify using a national database, with few exemptions as stated in the country-specific requirement for Finland.
Educational documents to be submitted:
1. An officially certified or legalised copy of the bachelor's degree certificate in the original language.
2. An officially certified or legalised copy of the official transcript of records of the bachelor’s degree in the original language.
3. Official translation of the bachelor’s degree certificate AND of the transcript of records unless issued in English, Finnish or Swedish.
Please note: If you have applied for an exemption from submitting a language test based on previous studies other than those that provide your eligibility for admission to the master’s programme, you must additionally submit:
4. Officially certified or legalised copies of these educational documents in addition to the documents listed above.
Requirements of conditional acceptance
- Applicants accepted based on a previously completed degree must submit the documents specified in the Letter of Acceptance, so they reach the Tampere University Admissions Services by 30 April 2024 at 15.00 UTC+3. The officially certified or legalised copies of educational documents proving the English language proficiency must also be submitted by the deadline.
- Applicants in the final year of their bachelor's degree due to graduate in the spring of 2024 and who have received an offer of acceptance must graduate by 31 July 2024 and deliver officially certified copies of educational documents no later than 19 August 2024 15.00 UTC+3.
- Additionally, the programmes leading to a Master of Science (Technology) have set a minimum GPA for the bachelor’s degrees completed in a University of Applied Sciences (AMK) or a University in Finland. Applicants in their final year of bachelor’s degree must have met the minimum cumulative GPA when applying and the admission will be withdrawn if their final GPA falls below the minimum requirements.
- The degree programme Sustainable Business Management, Leadership for Change has set a minimum GPA for the bachelor’s degrees completed in a University of Applied Sciences (AMK) in Finland. Applicants in their final year of bachelor’s degree must have met the minimum cumulative GPA when applying and the admission will be withdrawn if their final GPA falls below the minimum requirements. Please see the eligibility requirements of the programme for additional information.
The Admissions Services will send you a confirmation by e-mail once the documents arrive and your acceptance is no longer conditional. In case of questions, please contact us at admissions.tau [at] tuni.fi (admissions[dot]tau[at]tuni[dot]fi).
If you do not submit required educational documents to Tampere University by the given deadline, your conditional acceptance will expire.
Additional information for new bachelor’s degree students
For applicants in the final year of IB, EB or RP/DIA education
All applicants who apply during their last semester of IB, EB or RP/DIA education and have submitted a Predicted Grades document need to upload a copy of the final diploma including final grades to the application form by 11 July 2024 15.00 (UTC +3). For applicants who have completed an IB diploma, it is possible to share the final grades electronically through IBIS online system.
Your admission points for admission group II are recalculated based on the final grades. The admission is revoked if you do not submit the document or if the scores calculated based on the final grades are lower than the predicted grades or the grades no longer meet the minimum requirements, and you no longer meet the admission threshold score admitted to the programme. For applicants who have completed an IB diploma, please note that you are also required to deliver the certified copy by post as stated below unless you deliver the final results through IBIS.
On conditional acceptance
If you are offered a study place, you must deliver certified copies of your educational documents by post. Your acceptance is conditional until you deliver the documents. For exemptions and detailed information, please see below.
The copy of the certificate of upper secondary education /secondary school leaving certificate and its translations into English must be certified by a notary public, the Finnish Embassy/Consulate in your home country, or the institution that issued the original document with an institutional stamp on the documents.
We kindly ask you to post the documents as soon as possible after the student selection, as they need to arrive by 19 August 2024 15.00 UTC+3 at the latest. Registration for the studies is only possible after the documents have reached the Admissions Services.
The Admissions Services will send you a confirmation by e-mail once the documents arrive and your acceptance is no longer conditional. In case of any questions, please contact us at admissions.tau [at] tuni.fi (admissions[dot]tau[at]tuni[dot]fi).
Postal address:
Tampere University
Admissions Services
Kalevantie 4
33100 Tampere
Finland
Telephone number for arriving courier deliveries: +358 294 524 001 (This number is only for arriving courier deliveries)
Exemptions and additional information:
- Finnish matriculation examination
Applicants who have taken the Finnish Matriculation Examination after 1990 do not need to submit any educational documents to Tampere University, as the grades in the matriculation examination will be transferred to Tampere University electronically. This applies to applicant on the final year of their studies as well. If you have competed the matriculation examination before 1990, you must deliver the certified copies by post. - International Baccalaureate degree
For applicants who have completed an IB diploma, instead of posting the certified copies to Tampere University, it is possible and recommended to share the results electronically through IBIS online system. - Applicants on the final year of any other comparable upper secondary educational qualification which provides eligibility for university-level bachelor’s studies in the country in question.
You will need to graduate at latest on 31 July and need to deliver the certified copies of educational documents by post by 19 August 2024 15.00 UTC+3.
Questions about accepting your study place or delivering the documents?
Please contact Tampere University Admissions Services.