Adult Education and Developmental Work Research (ATMO) – (M.Ed.)

Requirements

In order to have general eligibility to apply to the programme, the candidate must have:
A) suitable and sufficient educational background in the academic field of the programme and

B) sufficient knowledge of the English language.

A) Suitable and sufficient educational background
The applicant has suitable and sufficient educational history if:

* he/she is eligible for higher education in Finland and has completed at least a Bachelor’s degree at a university or an institution of higher education; or
* he/she is eligible for higher education in a country other than Finland and has completed at least a Bachelor’s degree at a university or an institution of higher education.

The required degree must be completed no later than the 4th of June 2012.
If a certified copy or an official translation of the degree certificate is not available by the 31st of January 2012 or date given by University Admissions Finland (UAF), the applicant must give his/her estimate of the graduation date in the UAF application form.

Applicants with a university degree must, in addition to the above-mentioned requirements, have completed or must complete Basic Studies (perusopinnot in Finnish) (25 credits) in the field of Education or Adult Education; or

Basic and Intermediate Studies of 60 credits (perus- ja aineopinnot in Finnish) in one of the related academic fields: Human Resource Development, Work Psychology, or Management and Organizational Studies. The required studies may be a part of the university degree or taken as additional studies. If the required studies are taken outside Finland, their extent and content must be similar to the Finnish requirements in the particular field of study.

A certificate of the completed studies must be dated the 4th of June 2012 at the latest.
Applicants with a professional higher education degree must, in addition to the above-mentioned general eligibility requirements, have completed or must complete Basic and Intermediate studies of 60 credits (perus- ja aineopinnot in Finnish) in Education, Adult Education, Human Resource Development, Work Psychology, or Management and Organization Studies at a University. The required studies may be a part of the professional higher education degree or taken as additional studies. If the required studies are taken outside Finland, their extent and content must be similar to the Finnish requirements in the particular field of study.

A certificate of the completed studies must be dated the 4th of June 2012 at the latest.

Professional higher education degree means a degree taken at a Polytechnic, University of Applied Sciences, Fachhochschule, Hogeschool or a corresponding institution of non-university higher education.

B) Knowledge of English
The required knowledge of English language and the approved ways to demonstrate it are defined in the Rector’s decision 75/2011.

The sufficient knowledge of English language can also be demonstrated through compulsory English language studies taken as a part of the previous Finnish university or Polytechnic degree (tutkintoasetuksen mukaiset vieraan kielen opinnot in Finnish).

The separate language certificates must be submitted by the 31st of January 2012 with the application or by the date given by University Admissions Finland.