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How to apply for IPPE

Follow these special instructions if applying to Doctoral in Epidemiology and Public Health (IPPE) . If you are applying to any other doctoral programme, please see instructions on the page  How to apply for doctoral programmes at Tampere University .

Admission step-by-step

• Carefully read through the programme-specific admission criteria in studyinfo.fi and these instructions on how to apply to IPPE. 
• Fill in the application form during the application period at Studyinfo.fi. Upload the required enclosures as instructed.
• Please make sure that you have received an automatic reply after you have submitted your application. Through the link in the email, you can access your application to make changes or upload new documents during the application period. The link only works once, and you will receive a new automatic reply and link after you submit your application again.
• If you have completed your previous degree/s outside Finland, you must submit officially certified copies of your educational documents to the Admissions Office , as instructed below.
• Please check your email regularly as the faculty or the admissions office may contact you regarding your application (please also check your junk mail). The invitations for the second stage of application process, the video interviews, will be send by email.  The results of the admission will be announced by email as well.
• If you are offered a study place, remember to accept your study place through a link in an email message (sent from Studyinfo.fi), or if you have Finnish electronic banking credentials, please go to  My Studyinfo  to accept your study place.
• Enrol as a doctoral student as instructed, latest when you arrive in Finland.
• Familiarise yourself  with instructions for a new doctoral student .

Applying and application documents

Carefully read these instructions before applying.

Online application form and required application documents

How to upload application documents for the online application form at studyinfo.fi, english language proficiency, one study place per term provision, instructions for applicants in the final year of the master's degree, detailed information on educational documents.

Please see detailed information on educational documents and their translations.

Master’s and Bachelor's degree certificates in the original language

Transcript of records of the master’s and bachelor's degrees in the original language, translations, official certification or legalisation attestation of degrees completed outside finland.

In addition to uploading pdf copies of your educational documents to your application, all educational documents from institutions outside Finland must be delivered as either  officially certified by the awarding institution or as officially certified (attested) or legalised copies.  It is also possible to visit our  Admissions Office  by appointment to deliver the documents or alternatively to show the original educational documents.  

If delivered on paper (not electronic), documents of degrees awarded in certain countries must be submitted according to the  country-specific requirements .  Educational documents from  China  must always be submitted according to the  country-specific requirements .

We do not accept regular photocopies of educational documents sent by post. When submitting documents by post, please note that officially certified copies issued by  notaries public in other countries are not   accepted without legalisation . However, officially certified copies issued by a  Finnish Notary Public  are accepted (even if the degree has been completed in a country with country-specific requirements).

If you have completed or are completing your degree at one of the Finnish Universities or Universities of Applied Sciences, you do not need to submit additional certified copies of your educational documents, as Tampere University will verify electronically using a national database the pdf copies of your educational documents uploaded on your application.  documents.

Please send your educational documents to  Tampere University Admissions Office . Please make sure that the officially certified copies of your educational documents arrive at Tampere University by 3 January 2025 at 15.00 Finnish time (UTC+2).

Please see detailed information on the documents and instructions on how to submit them below.

Instructions for electronic online verification by the awarding institution

Instructions for documents delivered by the awarding institution by email, instructions on country-specific requirements, instructions for officially certified paper documents by the awarding institution, instructions for legalisation of documents, instructions for official certification by a finnish notary public, instructions for delivering documents on a visit our admissions office, delivery address.

The email address for delivering electronically verified documents or messages of degree awarding institutions is  attachments.tau [at] tuni.fi (attachments[dot]tau[at]tuni[dot]fi)  and the postal address of Tampere University Admissions Office is stated below. An applicant is always responsible for the arrival of documents at Admission Office.

Postal address

Tampere University Admissions Office, Doctoral programmes Kalevantie 4 33100 Tampere Finland

Telephone number for courier services: +358 294 524 001 (This number is only for the use of courier services. Please see the contact information for the  Admissions Office  for matters related to applying.)

Please note to post your documents well before the deadline. This is also the case if you do not deliver the documents yourself. We recommend using a courier service instead of regular post especially if sending documents outside the EU, and to ensure that the delivery clears customs easily, please only enclose the paper documents in the delivery envelope. If possible, please indicate the value of the delivery as 0,01.

Tampere University is not responsible for services provided by courier services or other 3rd parties or any delays or damage caused by them.

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Doctoral programmes

Description

The International Doctoral Programme in Epidemiology and Public Health (IPPE) at the Unit of Health Sciences , Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, is a doctoral  training and research programme for epidemiologists, researchers and public health personnel worldwide who are interested in a PhD degree in epidemiology or related public health sciences.

The main objectives of the international doctoral programme are to increase knowledge and understanding of major public health problems, particularly in low and middle income countries, and to build sustainable public health capacity by training epidemiologists and public health personnel for leadership positions in research, administration, programme planning and policy development, in collaboration with global partners.

Read about the IPPE-programme on the Epimonitor Website .

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