Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK)

Make sure you have all the following documents ready when you fill out the application form.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Applicants who have completed a qualification outside Finland must submit the following documents to Edunation:

Entrepreneurship and Team Leadership:

• Copy of the final/official secondary school certificate or vocational qualification which gives eligibility for higher education studies in your own country OR
• Bachelor or Master’s degree, OR
• Edunation Pathway to Finland Program – Business Track
• Transcript of records with a GPA 50% or above. This is required to be able to apply through Edunation.

Alternatively, the following certificates are also accepted:

• GCE A level: Total score of 7 (Total score of a maximum of the best 3 A Level subject examination taken within two year)
• International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma: Total minimum score of 25

Nursing:

• Copy of the final/official secondary school certificate or vocational qualification which gives eligibility for higher education studies in your own country
• Edunation Pathway to Finland Program – Nursing Track
• Transcript of records with a GPA 50% or above. This is required to be able to apply through Edunation.

Note: Original copies must be shown when arriving in Finland. All documents need to be translated to either Finnish, Swedish or English, if the original document is in none of those languages. The translations need to be signed and stamped by an authorized translator.

PROOF OF NATIONALITY & CV

• Copy of passport ID page
• Curriculum Vitae (CV), only Entrepreneurship and Team Leadership program

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

(Entrepreneurship and Team Leadership only)

A proof of English proficiency is required. You will need to take at least one of these tests with the following scores:

• IELTS: Overall 5.5, Writing 5.5 with no band less than 5.0
• TOEFL iBT/TOEFL Special Home Edition: 52 (Writing 19, Speaking 14 and Listening and Reading 5)
• PTE: Overall score of 42 with 42 in Writing Communicative Skills with no other communicative skills score below 36
• Duolingo English Test: 85
• LinguaSkill: 162 (Writing 162 and no band below 154)

SAT Test Score is also accepted, with Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 480, and Math 500.

ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Applicants with the following certificates or belonging to English-speaking countries can also apply without additional English language certificates.

PHILIPPINES

• If you have already a bachelor or master’s degree, English Medium of Instructions
• If you have only high school certificate, English grade of 85/100 from the transcript of records

IGCSE

• Literature English – C
• First Language English (0522) – C
• First Language English (0500) – C and where the speaking and listening component has been completed a grade of 3 is required.
• English as a second language – C

GCE O LEVEL – CAMBRIDGE

• English Language (1123) – C
• Literature in English (2010) – C

GCE O LEVEL – SINGAPORE

• GCE O Level – Singapore

GCE O LEVEL – MALAYSIA – SPM – O LEVEL 1119 ENGLISH

• D or D7

GCE O LEVEL – HONG KONG

• HKCEE – Level 3 or C
• HKDSE – Level 3

GCE O LEVEL – SRI LANKA

• English – B
• Appreciation of English Literary Texts – B
• English Language – B

GCE AS LEVEL

• General Paper – C

GCE A LEVEL

• English Language – E
• Literature in English – E

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB) DIPLOMA

• English Standard Level – 4
• English Higher Level – 3

GCSE ENGLISH

• GCSE English (awarded by AQA, OCR, Pearson and WJEC) – English 5

VCE

• VCE EAL – English 23

KENYA – KCSE

• Grade C or better

TANZANIA – CSE

• Grade C or better

UGANDA – UCE

• Grade C or GPA of 2 on English Language Level component from Grade 12 level

WEST AFRICA (GHANA, NIGERIA, SIERRA LEONE, LIBERIA, AND THE GAMBIA)

• WAEC/WASSCE/SSSCE/NECO
• C6 (or grade C or above)

ZIMBABWE (ZIMSEC)

• C

SOUTH AFRICA

• National Senior Certificate – 3
• Senior Certificate – C

MAJORITY ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES

We define these as Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom and USA.

INTERVIEW

Only for Entrepreneurship and Team Leadership

Edunation will invite the applicant for an online interview, where the English level and the motivation to join the program will be assessed by TAMK. After passing the interview, the student will be accepted into the program.

The first admission interviews will be held in August 2021 and the interviews are organized as group interviews (approximately 4 students per group).

The results are announced within a week from the interview.

ENTRANCE EXAM AND INTERVIEW

Only for Nursing

Applicants must pass an online exam and online interview to be admitted to the program.

The written part measures the applicant’s learning skills, mathematical skills, motivation and understanding of written English. The written part consists of an essay, a text analysis, and a calculation exam. Applicants are required to pass all parts. The written part will open a limited time and each task’s completion time be limited.

In the online interview, the applicant will be interviewed through a video negotiation platform with his/her own computer, webcam, headset/microphone, and Internet connection. Applicant’s skills of understanding and producing spoken English are measured.

The final student selection is done in the order of the written part’s and the online interview’s points. Only applicants who have passed both the written part and the online interview are available for selection.

The results are announced within a week from the entrance exam and interview.