Scholarships for students
TAMK offers scholarship waiver options for all students who are subject to individual tuition fees (with the exception of tailored groups / commissioned education). The TAMK system is cohort-based, giving each new student the ability to predict and influence their own costs throughout their studies. Any changes made to the system will only be applied to previously enrolled cohorts, if it is beneficial to the students in question.
Student who has been found guilty of academic fraud, or has received a written warning issued by TAMK, or has been temporarily suspended due to a case of fraud shall not be granted scholarship waivers.
Scholarship waivers
All scholarships are awarded as waivers or discounts from payable amounts. No need to wait for reimbursement afterwards. Scholarship waivers in Year 1 are awarded based on accepting the study place offer by a certain date (Bachelor's degrees) or pre-payment of full annual amount (Master's degrees). Continuing students are considered based on study success while at TAMK. Tuition fees are regularly paid in two installments, and the waivers are applied to cover the 2nd installment either partially or completely.
Bachelor's degrees - Early Bird
Upon student selection, when receiving a Conditional Offer Letter from TAMK, you will also receive information on how to get the Early Bird scholarship waiver. In a nutshell - if you accept our study place offer within 14 days (pay the 1st installment of 50% of your first year tuition fee), you will automatically be awarded a 50% scholarship waiver to cover the 2nd installment due in August. Early Bird scholarship waiver is not available to students selected from waiting list, who have less than 14 days to accept their study place.
Bachelor's degrees - Academic Award
All Bachelor's degree students who reach 60 credits / academic year are issued a 25% scholarship waiver.
- Credits must be completed in the previous academic year (1 August - 31 July).
- Credits must be in the study registry by the credits check on 15 August.
Students who wish to receive the higher 50% scholarship waiver, must reach the 60 credit / academic year limit AND submit a Finnish language test (YKI) result by 15 August.
Language study support: TAMK course offer / TAU course offer / Outside providers
Master's degrees
Newly admitted students who choose to pay the full year fee in one go by 31 May annually, are issued an Early Bird discount of 20% of the annual fee.
Those that continue on to Year 2 have the following limits for their Academic Award scholarship waivers:
- 60 cr / year = 50 % scholarship waiver
- 45 cr / year = 25 % scholarship waiver