Eligibility

Eligibility for the Master's degree programme in Information Technology is given by a Bachelor of Engineering or other suitable Bachelor’s degree WITH minimum three years of work experience from the field of information and communication technology (ICT) after completion of the Bachelor's degree.

For applicants who have completed vocational college degree or higher vocational degree in Finland (opisto- tai ammatillisen korkea-asteen tutkinto) before completing the suitable Bachelor's degree, will be accepted the work experience also after the lower degree. The applicants are still required to have minimum three years of work experience, and it has to be from the field of information and communication technology.

Applicants must also provide documentary evidence of good command of English.

Language skills requirements

Finnish citizens do not need English language certificate; these applicants will be tested by TAMK.

In order to prove the English language skills, applicant must provide one of the following English language certificates/qualifications:The official notarised certificate copies must be delivered to TAMK admissions office by the end of the application period. All applicants who have sent the compulsory pre-task and demonstrated their eligibility and language skills, will be interviewed for the selection.

  • IELTS ► ielts.org
    Minimum score requirement: academic level 6.0
    Test result is valid for 2 years only
    Result must be valid at least until the first day of the application period
     
  • TOEFL ► ets.org/toefl
    Minimum score requirement: 550 paper-based test or 79-80 internet -based test 
    Test result is valid for 2 years only
    Result must be valid at least until the first day of the application period
    Results are accepted only if they are delivered directly from the Educational Testing Service (ETS). TAMK's TOEFL code is 0561.   
  • Pearson Test of English ► pearsonpte.com
    Minimum score requirement: general test level 4 or Academic 51  
  • Cambridge ESOL ► cambridgeesol.org
    Minimum requirement is Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) or Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) level C
  • National Certificate of Language Proficiency ► oph.fi
    Minimum requirement is skills level 4 in English in all parts (oral skills, reading comprehension and writing)
  • Upper secondary level school education in English completed in:
    - Great Britain
    - Ireland
    - United States
    - Canada
    - Australia
    - New Zealand
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree completed in English in one of the following (qualifications completed outside these countries will not be accepted): 
    - Countries in European Union or European Economic Area
    - Great Britain
    - Ireland
    - United Stated
    - Canada
    - Australia
    - New Zealand

Note that only the abovementioned English language qualifications will be considered. Other qualifications will not be considered under any circumstances.

 


Updated 01/04/2013