Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Information and Communication Technology
Do you want to be at the forefront of building information societies of the future? Study to become an expert with the latest knowledge and skills in ICT.
Digitalisation and artificial intelligence are reshaping the way organisations and societies work. The Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Information and Communication Technology prepares you to use both current and future technologies in a variety of ways as part of diverse work communities.
In the core of the programme are the cutting-edge technology studies that combine technical expertise with a strong focus on practical application, problem-solving, and communication skills. This comprehensive approach ensures you acquire not only technical skills but also other essential working life skills needed for your future career.
At our multidisciplinary university, you have the flexibility to include study modules from different units, allowing you to build a unique expertise profile tailored to your interests and career goals. The elective minor in entrepreneurship further enhances your career prospects, enabling you to start your own business or broaden your professional opportunities.
With no need for a separate application, the programme offers students a direct pathway to the University’s international Master’s programme in ICT, with specialisations available in data analytics, software engineering, cyber security, or robotics and autonomous systems.
Graduates with a Bachelor of Science in Technology (B.Sc.(Tech.)) degree gain the technical skills and qualifications needed for roles such as programmers. This programme opens wide-ranging career opportunities both in Finland and internationally. The content of the degree programme meets the needs of the growing industry in Finland and Europe where there is a chronic shortage of skilled ICT experts.
Entry Requirements
General admission requirements and language requirements will be published here in autumn 2024.
Programme-specific admission requirements will be published here in autumn 2024.
Annual admission quota for the programme is 30. More information about application evaluation will be published here in autumn 2024.
Programme in brief
The international Bachelor’s Degree in ICT (Technology) consists of common studies, major studies, language studies and studies in transferable working life skills and minor studies. The studies will equip the students with a solid background for basic skills needed in the working life and in lifelong learning. The Degree is module-based and every module has specific learning outcomes.
The preliminary structure of the Degree Programme (180 ECTS) is the following:
- Major subject studies in ICT (including Bachelor’s thesis)
- Minor subject studies (for example entrepreneurship)
- Polytechnic studies (mathematics, physics, information technology and business studies)
- Language studies
Our research in the field of ICT is targeting the future technologies needed to improve our digitalised society, to help solve today's major societal and environmental challenges, and to explore new and emerging horizons of the ICT field. The central themes in our research are digitalisation, software engineering, machine learning, autonomous and intelligent systems, cyber security, and health technology. The development of our ICT curriculum is driven by the output from research in these themes, and students benefit from gaining first-hand knowledge on the newest research results. Our mission is to create ICT solutions to global and future challenges, thus contributing to building a sustainable future with top research and education.
The Bachelor’s thesis is a personal dissertation project. The students prepare for the thesis project by practising source material use, scientific writing and presentation of their results in written and oral form. The thesis is mainly based on scientific literature. Theses made in collaboration with companies or other organizations outside the university are also possible.
As a degree student you can complete part of your degree abroad. During your studies, you can go abroad as an exchange student or for an internship, which will give you valuable international experience.
Career prospects
After completing this programme, the graduate:
- Has good programming skills and basic skills in designing embedded systems
- Knows and is able to apply the implementation methods of a wide range of software engineering solutions and knows how to apply them to various execution platforms, knowing all aspects of the layer structure of software solutions
- Is able to participate in the design of software systems and in finding solutions to software problems
- Knows software production methods, tools and development processes, and understands the importance of the parts of agile development processes and knows how to apply them, working as part of a development team
- Understands how electronic systems and their components work and communicate
- Understands the structures and operating principles of microprocessors and the basics of operating systems
- Understands the most common network technologies and protocols used on the Internet
- Understands the basics of cyber security technology and knows the key tools
- Understands the basics of artificial intelligence systems
Students graduating from the programme, may work, for example, as:
- Software Engineer
- Software Architect
- Project Manager
- System Specialist
- Information Security Specialist
- ICT Consultant
After completing the Bachelor’s Degree programme studies the students have the right (without a separate admission process) to continue their studies in the international Master’s Degree Programme in ICT at the Department of Computing. The students will select their major among the existing tracks in the programme. Current tracks in the programme are: Cyber Security, Data Analytics, Robotics and Autonomous Systems and Software Engineering.
Students are also eligible for Master’s degree studies in other universities in Finland or abroad.
