Overview

The field of education and training lives with the rapidly changing world and is building the future. Experts in this Education and Society field need environments that support and encourage the innovative and sustainable development of the sector. As a researcher in the field of education, you will participate in the development of practices, policies and values that will shape future societies of the future.

Tampere University doctoral curriculum builds on the following principles:

connection between doctoral studies and the focus areas of educational research at the faculty,
formation of a community of incoming doctoral students, other doctoral students, and all supervisors,
distributed support along with focused supervision,
flexibility and choice.

Programme Structure

Research areas include:

Education in society
Communities in education
Learning, pedagogy and learning cultures

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-10-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-31 00:00:00

Language

English, Finnish

TOEFL^® IBT

92

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PTE Academic

62

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Credits

240 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Tampere, Finland

Disciplines

Education View 7 other PhDs in Education in Finland

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

92

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PTE Academic

62

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Other requirements

General requirements

Master's degree certificate in the original language (and it's officially certified or legalised copy)
Official transcript of records of the Master's degree in the original language (and it's officially certified or legalised copy)
Bachelor's degree certificate in the original language (and it's officially certified or legalised copy)
Official transcript of records of the Bachelor's degree in the original language (and it's officially certified or legalised copy)
Official translation of the Bachelor's and Master’s degree certificate and of the transcript of records unless issued in English, Finnish or Swedish (and it's officially certified or legalised copy)
Research plan
Copy of your passport's ID page or EU/EEA/Switzerland identity card, and possible residence permit to Finland, if the applicant is not a Finnish citizen

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

Free
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

Free

Additional Details

There are no tuition fees in doctoral programmes.

Living costs

Tampere

Finland

869 - 1289 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.