Instructions for outgoing cross-institutional students
TAMK offers plenty of options for TAMK degree students to enroll for courses offered by other UASes and universities. The most significant collaboration networks offering courses to TAMK degree students are Tampere Higher Education Cross-Study Network and CampusOnline networks. Students can enroll for cross-study courses through Pakki.
Your degree program may also be involved in field-specific networks which are targeted specifically to your degree programme.
Student, please always confirm in advance, if a cross-institutional course can replace or be accredited into your degree. Check this with the teacher responsible for a corresponding TAMK course. A course with the same name at another university will not automatically replace a course of your own TAMK degree program. Otherwise, you may end up studying a course that cannot be placed as part of your degree.
You can include cross-institutional studies into your elective studies, if there is space for them in your degree.
Cross-institutional courses of Tampere universities inside your Pakki
The enrollment for Tampere higher education cross-institutional studies has been transferred from the old external service (https://ristiinopiskelu.tuni.fi/) to Pakki. As of 1 November 2025, all administration of the Tampere University studies offered to TAMK students, takes place inside Pakki.
In the Tampere higher education cross-studies you will find courses offered by Tampere University and the Police University College. In this network both online, blended and contact teaching courses are available. The study attainments will be transferred automatically to Pakki. Besides degree students, enrollment for these studies is available also for TAMK's exchange students, professional teacher education students and open UAS path students.
Transfer of grades from Tampere University to TAMK
- If you have enrolled to a Tampere University course through the old Tampere cross-registration system, your grade for the university course will automatically transfer to TAMK's Pakki until January 31, 2026. Starting from February 2026, the student must submit a separate request for transfer of credits in Pakki for the grade to transfer from Tampere University to TAMK.
- NOTE! If you have enrolled for a university course through the new system, i.e., via TAMK's Pakki, no separate application for transfer of credits is needed.
Enroll for cross-institutional studies through Pakki
The cross-study enrollment functionality is available inside TAMK's Pakki study administration system. TAMK degree students, Open UAS path students and Professional teacher education students can enroll for courses offered by other universities and UAS:s.
When TAMK students enroll for cross-study courses in Pakki, there is no course fee - the courses are free of charge. Please note that if you enrol for the same course via another route, e.g. open UAS, open university or Opin.fi service, the course is usually subject to a course fee for you.
In case you enrolled through Pakki, after completing the course the study attainments from the organizing university will automatically be transferred into your personal study plan (HOPS) - without a separate credit transfer application.
Study carefully the cross-study instructions for TAMK students:
List of cross-study networks in the study guide
The cross-study networks and courses that require enrollment through Pakki can be found in the TAMK study guide under the section Cross-Institutional Studies.
However, please note that your degree program may not be involved in all the networks mentioned in the study guide. Your fellow student may have a different set of courses available in their Pakki, if they are studying in a different degree programme.
Tampere University's cross-study courses for TAMK students can also be found as a listing in the university's student guide. Please note that not all modes of study may be available for TAMK students.
Cross-institutional studies through another route
Other websites offering studies or courses have their own practices and conditions. A website offering higher education-level studies is KiVANET. The courses of the KiVANET network will also start to be available through Pakki as early as spring 2026.
- KiVANET: From the KiVANET network you can find a wide variety of language courses from A1 to C1 levels. The language course learning paths have been built based on digital pedagogics. The courses are open for free to all the students in universities and UAS that are part of the network. You can find the KiVANET courses and study policies on the KiVANET website.
Credit transter for studies not having enrollment through Pakki
If you have completed courses in another way outside of TAMK, you can apply for credit transfer by using the Credit Transter Application function in Pakki. You can also apply for credit transfer of courses completed at international universities.
Credit transfer of other study attainments:
- Verify your studies through the My Studyinfo > My completed studies (Oma opintopolku) service, retrieve the link of your completed course from the service, and make a credit transfer application in your Pakki system.