New Complete Your Degree students
Welcome to Tampere University of Applied Sciences! We are delighted that you have chosen to continue your studies with us.
These pages offer you important information that you will need as you begin your studies as a Complete Your Degree student. Please read the materials carefully and take the necessary steps to ensure a smooth continuation of your studies.
If you have any questions regarding the start of your studies, please contact the study counsellor of your degree programme. A link to the contact information of the study counsellors can be found at the bottom of the page.
You are now on one of the pages of our online Student’s guide, which we advise you to explore further. The Student’s guide is a gateway to information that all our students need while studying at TAMK.
Good luck with your studies!
Remember to complete these steps!
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Accept your study place
All students must accept or decline the offered study place within 7 days of receiving the offer. Confirmation should be done by using the unique link sent automatically from the Studyinfo service. If the confirmation has not been done by the set date and time, the applicant will lose the offered study place. If you are technically unable to use the link or have trouble completing the confirmation, please contact TAMK Admissions at admissions.tamk(a)tuni.fi.
More info on accepting your study place
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Register as a new student (+ pay your tuition fee if required)
All students must register for each academic year. This option will appear in the Studyinfo.fi portal once you have accepted your study place. Please note that you do not have right to be absent during the validity of your study right. For tuition fee-paying students registration requires paying the first installment of your tuition fee.
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Activate your TUNI account
When you have registered your attendance and your information has been transferred to TAMK’s student register, you can activate your TUNI user account at password.tuni.fi. You can identify yourself by Finnish online banking ID's, Finnish mobile / citizen certificate card, European eIDAS identification or Finnish Authenticator Identification Service available for non-EU students. If you have previously had a TUNI user account, you will not receive a link to the username registration and account activation by email. If you have any problems activating your account, please contact IT Helpdesk at it-helpdesk [at] tuni.fi.
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Apply for student financial aid and housing allowance
International students are usually not entitled to the financial benefits to The Social Insurance Institution of Finland (KELA). If you have worked in Finland prior to you studies or are married or in a long-term relationship, you might be entitled to some benefits. Check you eligibility from Kela. If you are entitled to Kela benefits, apply for student financial aid after you have received and accepted your offer of admission. If you are not eligible for student financial aid, you may be entitled to unemployment benefits while studying.
Read more about student financial aid from Kela
Read more about independent study while unemployed
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Pay the healthcare fee of the Finnish Student Health Service
All degree students registered present are allowed to use the healthcare services provided by the Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS). As you are entitled to use the healthcare services by FSHS, you must pay a healthcare fee to Kela. Students pay the healthcare fee twice a year, once for autumn and once for spring semester. The amount of the healthcare fee is defined in a government decree and may vary on an annual basis. Please note! You must follow the instructions below to pay the fee as you will not receive a separate invoice.
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Consider joining Student Union Tamko
Joining a Student Union in a university of applied sciences is not mandatory, so weigh the benefits based on your own situation, for example how much time you spend in Finland during the degree. By joining Tamko, you will receive a student card that demonstrates that you are eligible for thousands of student discounts across Finland. Your access rights to TAMK will be automatically added to your plastic student card if you order one. Note that it takes estimated two weeks to you student card to arrive after you fill up the membership form on Tamko's website. If you order your student card beforehand, it’ll ease up your first weeks at TAMK.
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Download Tuudo!
Tuudo is a free app, that has been made to make students’ life a bit easier. You can log in with your TUNI account info through HAKA login, so no Finnish online banking required! In addition to Tamko’s mobile student card giving you all the discounted student prices, you can find from Tuudo for example your class timetables, study credits, reservations for classrooms and other TAMK’s spaces, cafeteria’s menu and course enrolments, quite handy!
Get to know our services
TAMK offers students a wide range of services and support for starting their studies. Get to know our services before you arrive, and see you on campus!
Contact information
If you have degree programme specific questions, please contact the student counsellor in your field.
TAMK Service Point offers services related to general study and educational affairs. You can contact Service Point by sending an email: servicepoint.tamk [at] tuni.fi.