A Comenius project presentation in Tampere 2014

1. Education in Finland – the
Subtitled Edition
© Comenius 2013

2.  Professor: Hello everyone, having a good time
in Finland?
Great, maybe you would like to come back here
and study in a Finnish university. I’ve brought
you a couple of my students to tell their
stories, but first let’s take a time machine back
to the time one of them first heard about the
idea.

3. Guidance councelor: Hello, John, I’ve invited
you here to have a little talk about what you
are going to do after you graduate high school.
John: Well yes, I’ve been thinking about this
whole future.. thingie too.
And you know what, yesterday I realized what
I want to do. I sort of like biology and I’m
interested in the environment. I also like cold
climates. For that reason…

4. GC: Go on..
John: I want to save the penguins from
the polar bears.
GC: Well, since they’re already on the
other sides of the globe..
John: Then I want to move into the
North Pole and breed huskies!
GC: Huskies?

5. John: Or become a professional ice sculptor. Or
train Santa’s reindeers !
GC: Hmmm, John, let me suggest something else
for you. So you like the cold, and you’re interested
in nature..
Let’s say you move to Finland to study
environmental engineering in the university of
applied sciences in Tampere, Finland.
John: Oh geez, that could work too, thanks! And
Finland, that’s the capital of Oslo right? Or was it
Stockholm? Can I live in an igloo and get my own
polar bear to ride to school?

6. GC: Go on..
John: I want to save the penguins from
the polar bears.
GC: Well, since they’re already on the
other sides of the globe..
John: Then I want to move into the
North Pole and breed huskies!
GC: Huskies?

7. Host 1: Finland has ten universities and several other
third degree schools. Studying in all of them is free for
students. You are able to apply to them with your own
high school certificate.
Host 2: Today, we’re going to tell you about the
universities in Tampere, the third biggest and the most
popular university city in Finland.
Host 1: The ways of admission vary from university to
university. Many of them require you to take a specific
entrance exam. Let’s take a look at John while taking
his exam.

8. Host 2: The school starts in April, and
the average length of a Bachelors
degree is between 3 and 4 years. While
John is finishing his exam paper on
mathematics, let’s take a closer look at
what options our city has to offer for
international students.

9. Study in Tampere!
A guide to English-medium education

10. General
● An entrance exam is very
common
● The studies are at university
level, they require earlier
studies
● Admission dates vary but
usually they are in the winter
● www.admissions.fi

11. ● Bachelor programmes in environmental
engineering, media, international business
and nursing
● In order to study in the nursing programme
some Finnish skills are required
TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF
APPLIED SCIENCES

13. Entrance exams are held in
April
http://www.tamk.fi/en

14. ● Offers bachelors programmes in engineering
and business
● A master's degree programme of business
management is to be chosen
● Tuition takes place in
Valkeakoski, Hämeenlinna and Riihimäki

15. Applications can be sent in January
except for the business programme that
takes its students in later
http://portal.hamk.fi/portal/page/portal/HA
MK/In_English

16. Tampere University of Technology
● Master's degrees in different subcategories of
engineering, e.g. biomedical engineering and
materials technology
● Also offers programmes in architecture and IT
in English
● For advanced students there are doctoral
programmes in engineering and business

18. ● All the masters
programmes require
earlier university
studies of at least
three years
● An international
language test of
English must be
completed
http://www.tut.fi/en/
Image provided by TUT

19. ● Numerous English master's degree programmes
such as software development, Russian and
European studies, bioinformatics and media
management
● Admissions from December to February
● When it comes to research, the university shows a
particular interest for sciences concerning
society, administration and economy

20. Summary: Why study in
Tampere?
● Those who are interested in engineering or
information technology have a wide range of
possibilities in the Tampere region
● The quality of Finnish teaching is clear:
complete a programme in Finland and you’ll
be an expert
● Our universities are connected to international
institutions and conduct research with them
actively

21. John: You know, when I moved to Finland I
didn’t know anyone and didn’t speak a word of
Finnish. Now, that I’ve lived here for two
years, I have a lot of Finnish friends and
international university friends from all around
the world. Let them tell you why they chose to
study here.
Student1: My name is Denise, I come from
Germany and I wanted to study here because
I think Scandinavian design is cool.

22. Student 2 and 3 : Our names are Milena and
Juan, and we study in Finland because we think
the international experience is really going to
help us find better jobs after we graduate.
Milena: I took a couple of intensive courses of
Finnish before I started studying biology here.
The books are in English, and if I don’t
understand something I can ask someone.
Student 4: My name is Fabio, I come from Italy
and I wanted to study here because it was free
and as you can see, I love skiing.

23. Juan: The best thing about Finland is that
everybody has been nice and welcomed me
to study and live here. I think I might want to
find a job here after I’ve finished my Masters
degree.
John: I also love skiing and especially the
sauna.

25. John: The university has a nice, chill atmosphere
and the quality of the teaching is very high. If you
like the sound of this, go to the internet and find out
some more.
But now I’m off to go pick mushrooms with my
mates, cheerio!
Fabio: And if you were not yet convinced, ask your
hosts for more details. Ciao!