The universities in Finland have degree structure of a three years Bachelor's degree (usually 180 credits) plus a two years Master's degree (usually 120 credits). Degrees usually consist of studies in one major subject and in one or more minor subjects. Studies form larger entities at three levels: basic, intermediate and advanced levels. The Bachelor's level studies usually consist of the basic and intermediate level studies, and advanced studies normally correspond to the Master's level. Please notice that as a rule, all degree students must be fluent in Finnish and have to pass a Finnish entrance exam to be granted a study right at the Faculty. Our international Master's Programmes are an exception and do not require a knowledge of Finnish.
Faculty of Humanities offers one Master's Degree Programme taught in English: Gender Studies. In order to complete a Master's Degree Programme, students must obtain 120 ECTS credits as defined in the curriculum of the Programme. The entire content of the degree is offered by the Programme. It usually takes two academic years (academic year is September - May) to complete a Master's degree.
The Faculty of Humanities also offers the EC2U Joint Master’s Degree Programme European Languages, Cultures and Societies in Contact which provides students with an in-depth knowledge of the European linguistic, cultural and social landscape using advanced research methods in the academic field. This degree is in line with professional practice and will ensure students to launch their career with enhanced professionalism and quality of services in the broad field of language, cultural contact and social diversity.
The basic prerequisite for all the Master's Programmes is a university degree equivalent to a Finnish Bachelor's degree completed in the relevant field. For the programmes offered in English a good knowledge of English is required. For more information on the programmes and their requirements, please refer to the web pages of the programmes.
The Faculty also has two Doctoral Programmes. Juno is the Doctoral Programme for History, Culture and Arts Studies and Utuling is the Doctoral Programme for Language and Translation Studies. In Finland, PhD students are required to carry out independent research work and extensively familiarise themselves with research carried out in their field of study. The Doctoral degree normally requires at least four years of full-time study.