Tampere, Finland
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline *
EARLIEST START DATE
Aug 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 12,000 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Application for studies starting in autumn 2025 begins 11 December 2024 and ends 3 January 2025
** per academic year for non-EU/EEA students
Key Summary
Introduction
Dealing with change in complex societies
The program enables the development of the kind of knowledge and expertise that is needed to lead and analyze complex change processes. It responds to the need for new kinds of leadership skills, which are in demand at local, national, international, and global levels.
By interacting with staff members from various disciplines as well as with different societal stakeholders, students will learn to foster new forms of engagement across sectors of the economy and society. The program prepares the graduates to work in the private, public, or third sector in tasks that involve analyzing, planning, and steering complex change processes.
The administrative science specialization provides students with sound academic skills for anticipating, analyzing, and responding to the complex, dynamic challenges facing contemporary public sector organizations and institutions. The specialization focuses on governance issues in the context of public sector reforms and novel collaboration forms.
A cross-cutting theme of the specialization is the role of public governance in fostering socially, ecologically, and economically sustainable societies. The studies consist of interdisciplinary joint studies, specialization-specific advanced studies, free choice studies, and a Master’s thesis. When applying to the program, you may choose from the following options: Governance for Sustainable Change and Sustainable Business Management.
Admissions
Curriculum
Study contents
1) Governance for Sustainable Change
This specialization in administrative sciences provides students with sound academic skills for anticipating, analyzing, and responding to the complex, dynamic challenges facing contemporary public sector organizations and institutions. The specialization focuses on governance issues in the context of public sector reforms and novel collaboration forms. A cross-cutting theme of the specialization is the role of public governance in fostering socially, ecologically, and economically sustainable societies.
The specialization considers governance challenges at local, regional, national, and international levels and offers students the opportunity to specialize in issues best responding to their particular interests. The teaching staff consists of distinguished experts in the fields of public administration and management as well as environmental and regional policy.
Students graduating from this specialization will be awarded a Master of Administrative Sciences degree.
2) Sustainable Business Management
The specialization in business provides students with an in-depth understanding of managing change in the contemporary business landscape. Students will explore how societal and technological change redefines the boundaries of and possibilities for the sustainable renewal of business value creation and innovations. The focus will be placed on understanding the challenges and opportunities business organizations face when trying to create sustainable solutions. Students will learn to analyze and apply business concepts that will benefit customers, employees, and owners as well as other stakeholders and society at large.
The business specialization comprises studies in management and organizations, economics, risk management, customer-oriented marketing, management accounting, and responsible business.
Students graduating from this specialization will be awarded a Master of Science (Economics and Business Administration) degree.
Structure of studies
The programme (120 ECTS credits) consists of four elements: interdisciplinary joint studies, specialization-specific advanced studies, free choice studies, and a Master’s thesis.
Scholarships and Funding
Tampere University Tuition Fee Scholarships
Tampere University tuition fee scholarship is an exclusive opportunity awarded to a limited number of the best-performing applicants in each programme.
Tampere University tuition fee scholarships awarded at admission cover 50% of the tuition fees for the programme duration.
Early bird offer
While Tampere University scholarships are available to a limited number of applicants, the early bird offer is available at admission to all fee-paying students. The early bird offer gives a 1500 € reduction on the programme tuition fee during the first year of studies.
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Career Opportunities
The program prepares the graduates to work in the private, public, or third sector in tasks that involve analyzing, planning, and steering complex change processes, which unfold at local, national, international, and global levels. Students learn to carry out academic research on these phenomena and acquire skills required for a potential academic career.
Co-operation with other parties
In addition to studies in one’s own Master’s Programme, students may take full advantage of the teaching offered by the Tampere higher education community ranging from technical to vocational studies in various fields.
Further study opportunities
The program gives eligibility for postgraduate studies in Administrative Sciences, Social Sciences (International Relations, Political Science), and Business Studies, for example in TUNI’s Doctoral Programme in Administrative Sciences, Business Studies ja Politics.