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Socially Sustainable Societies

Well-being, health and the Nordic welfare state: designing socially sustainable policies and institutions and reducing inequalities of income, gender, ethnicity, age and place.

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Where
TampereFinland
Degree
Bachelor of Social Sciences
Length
3 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027
Apply by
21 January 2027
Last cut-off
78.72026 · 30 places
EU/EEA fee
Free
More facts
Degree
Bachelor of Social Sciences
Length
3 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027

Deadlines

  1. 21 January 2027

    Joint application closes, 15:00 Finnish time
    Hard deadline
    Details

    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.

    Source

  2. 28 January 2027

    Attachments due, 15:00
    Hard deadline
    DetailsSource

  3. 1 April 2027

    IB predicted grades due, 15:00
    Hard deadline
    DetailsSource
All dates for this programme (4 more)

  1. 7 January 2027

    Joint application opens, 08:00 Finnish time
    DetailsSource

  2. 31 May 2027

    Certificate-based (group II) results, at the latest
    DetailsSource

  3. 6 July 2027*

    IB results released
    DetailsSource

  4. 13 July 2027

    Final IB diploma due and deadline to accept your place, 15:00
    Hard deadline
    DetailsSource

* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in Finland

What it is

You examine well-being and health, past and present, through the social sciences, with themes in public health, urban studies and global social policy: welfare institutions, social protection, intergenerational justice and the reduction of inequality by income, gender, ethnicity, age and place. Teaching builds on the faculty's current research, and free-choice courses from other programmes let you broaden the degree. The programme takes a Nordic view of social sustainability and the welfare state. Graduates work in the public sector, corporations and non-governmental organisations, and continue to the master's tracks in Transforming Societies or Comparative Social Policy and Welfare.

What you need

  • IB holders apply in admission group II, ranked on certificate scores, and may also enter group I with an SAT/ACT. An IB Diploma completed in English, English A, or English B at 5 proves your English.
Requirements in full

Where it says so

Its entry requirements

Check it on tuni.fi

How places are decided

    • Test score (SAT, ACT or similar)
    • IB grades
    Group I: SAT/ACT, 70% of places. Group II: IB grades on the national administrative and social sciences table, 30% (9 of 30).
The last cut-off

Last admitted in 2026: 78.7 points (certificate group II).

A past result, not a prediction.

Where it is published

Sources (4)
  1. Socially Sustainable Societies at TAU — checked 2026-09-26
  2. Entry requirements
  3. Cut-off, 2026
  4. IB applicants at TAU

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