Bilingual Degree Programme in Nursing

Where: TampereFinland
Degree: Bachelor of Health Care
Length: 3.5 years
Taught in: English
Starts: Autumn 2027
Apply by: 21 January 2027Rolling admission: by 28 Feb
Admission: SelectiveEntrance exam · 66 places
EU/EEA fee: Free

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Degree: Bachelor of Health Care
Length: 3.5 years
Taught in: English
Starts: Autumn 2027

Deadlines

21 January 2027

Joint application closes, 15:00 Finnish time

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The national window, on Studyinfo.fi, closing at 15:00 Finnish time on 21 January. Six months before IB results, so you apply on predicted grades. Aalto, the University of Helsinki and LUT are not in it: each runs its own application (Aalto closes on 22 January, Helsinki's IB group on 23 March, LUT's rolling admission on 30 April). Åbo Akademi's bachelor's programmes are in the second joint application, in March.
One form, maximum six programme choices. Opens 7 January 2027 at 08:00 and closes 21 January 2027 at 15:00 Finnish time (UTC+2). Studyinfo's own record of the joint application ("Joint Application to Higher Education, Spring 2027", run by the Finnish National Agency for Education) gives exactly that, and Tampere, Metropolia, Jamk, Xamk, Study in Finland, Jyväskylä, Turku, Oulu and Arcada agree. Aalto is not part of it: its English-taught bachelor's programmes have their own application on Studyinfo, open 7 January 08:00 to 22 January 2027 15:00. Both dates are right; they are two different applications.
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28 January 2027

Proof of English due, 15:00

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28 February 2027

Rolling admission closes, 15:00, unless places fill first

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All dates for this programme (8 more)

7 January 2027

Joint application opens

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10 March to 12 March 2027

International UAS Exam — pre-identification window

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Published as "from 10 March 2027 at 8:00 Finnish time (UTC/GMT+2) to 12 March 2027 at 15:00 Finnish time (UTC/GMT+2)". You identify yourself in advance in the Candour ID app, using the same passport or biometric EU/EEA ID card whose number you gave on your Studyinfo application — a different document may get your pre-identification rejected. Miss this window and you cannot sit the exam, whatever else you have done.
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22 March 2027

International UAS Exam — invitation reaches you

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Published as "on 22 March 2027 at the latest, you will receive an invitation to the exam to the email address you provided in your Studyinfo application". It is here as a date to check rather than a date to act on: if nothing has arrived by the end of this day, the day before the exam, chase it.
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23 March 2027

International UAS Exam, online from 12:00 Finnish time

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Published as "on 23 March 2027 from 12:00 o'clock noon onwards (Finnish time, UTC/GMT+2)". Taken remotely on your own computer, proctored by SMOWL.
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1 April 2027

IB predicted grades due, 15:00 (spring 2027 graduates)

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14 April 2027

International UAS Exam — results

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Published as "The results will be published on 14 April 2027 at the latest" — an outside date, so the result may come sooner.
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6 July 2027*

IB results released

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13 July 2027

Admitted: final certificate, or proof you have graduated, due 15:00

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* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

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What it is

You study foundational nursing and move to advanced clinical care, from patient safety, ethical and client-centred care and everyday nursing work to clinical reasoning and evidence-based decision-making, with Finnish language study built into the professional courses. The programme is functionally bilingual, starting mainly in English and bringing in more Finnish as it advances, and it includes extensive supervised clinical placements in real healthcare environments. It serves people who do not yet speak Finnish and leads to an EU-recognised qualification as a registered nurse. Graduates work in primary and specialised health care and the private sector, in hospitals, health centres, companies and non-profit organisations.

What you need

International UAS Exam; English at B2. Taught in English and Finnish.

Requirements in full

Every IB applicant at Tampere University of Applied Sciences

In the January joint application TAMK selects by the International UAS Exam, SAT, or a pre-task and interview, not on IB grades. Its engineering rolling admission takes IB with English 5 and HL Maths 5.

Where it says so

Its entry requirements

Check it on tuni.fi