Scholarships for fee-paying students admitted in 2025 or earlier
Please note that the information available on this page applies to the scholarships of students who have been admitted as students in 2025 or earlier. If you were admitted in 2020 or earlier, please see the section 'Scholarships for fee-paying students admitted in 2020 or earlier' in the drop-down menu at the bottom of the page.
Information on Tampere University scholarships for students admitted in 2026 is available at Scholarships for fee-paying students admitted in 2026 or later.
The Tampere University scholarship programme for students admitted in 2021 or later consists of the Tampere University tuition fee scholarship and the Tampere University International Advancement Scholarship. In addition, Finland Scholarships were awarded at admission to Master's programmes in 2022-2024. All Tampere University scholarships are available for fee-paying students. Information on who is a fee-paying student is available under Tuition fees.
Scholarships are awarded at admission and during studies. Those students who have been awarded a scholarship at admission have received the detailed terms and conditions of their scholarship with their letters of acceptance. This page includes information on the conditions and practicalities of scholarships. In addition, information on how to apply for the scholarships awarded during studies will be updated on this page.
Please find more detailed information on the Finland Scholarship, the Tampere University tuition fee scholarship, the Tampere University International Advancement Scholarship and the tuition fee scholarship awarded for the fifth semester of Master's studies in the sections below.
If you have any questions on tuition fees or scholarships, please contact the Student's Navigaattori at navigaattori.tau [at] tuni.fi (navigaattori[dot]tau[at]tuni[dot]fi).
Additional application period for Tampere University tuition fee scholarships for the spring semester 2027
An additional application period for Tampere University tuition fee scholarships for the spring semester 2027 is organised during 29 October - 11 November 2026. Edit: Please note that students admitted in 2026 are not eligible to apply.
Please apply for a Tampere University tuition fee scholarship with this application form (form available during the application period) if you are:
- studying now in your fourth semester of Master's studies and wish to apply for the fifth semester scholarship for finalising your Master's thesis for the spring semester 2027. The semester in which you are now is calculated on the basis of semesters you have been enrolled as attending.
- studying now on a fifth semester scholarship and wish to apply for an extension of the scholarship to cover the sixth semester. An extension may be granted if a long-term medical condition has significantly disrupted studies during the fifth semester. Supporting documentation from a qualified healthcare provider is required.
- graduating from a Bachelor's programme within the normative study time for the Bachelor's degree (i.e. three academic years) during the autumn semester and wish to apply for a tuition fee scholarship for your Master's studies starting from the spring semester 2027. The scholarship is available to those graduates from a Tampere University Bachelor's programme who have received a study right to both Bachelor's and Master's degree on admission to the university, have not been awarded a Tampere University scholarship on admission to the Bachelor's programme AND graduate with their Bachelor's degree within three academic years.
- studying as a fee-paying student and wish to apply for a 50% tuition fee scholarship for the spring semester 2027 (application relevant only for students who are still within their normative study time in the spring semester but for any reason have not had a scholarship confirmed for the spring semester yet).
- studying on a scholarship awarded at admission but do not fulfill the criteria for retaining your tuition fee scholarship for the spring semester 2027, and the lack of credits is due to an inability to study resulting from a medical condition (application relevant only for students who are still within their normative study time in the spring semester but for any reason have not had a scholarship confirmed for the spring semester yet).
NB! If you already have a scholarship that covers your tuition for spring -27, you do not need to submit an application.
An enrolment as attending for the autumn semester is valid until 31 December. For students finalising their thesis and getting ready to graduate, it is possible to graduate without enrolment for the spring semester if all study attainments are completed and the application for graduation is submitted in Sisu on 31 December at the latest. If you wish to take advantage of this possibility, please make sure that all your studies are completed (i.e. all your remaining course work has been handed in and your thesis has been submitted for evaluation in Trepo) and your personal study plan is in order on Sisu by 31 December).