Tampere Vocational College Tredu offers business studies in English. The program provides basic skills for Customer Service, Sales and Marketing Communications in international context. The studies are centered around business, including entrepreneurship, project management and event production.
You will learn by doing – the college environment provides you with plenty of opportunities for teamwork and projects; to organize sales fairs, parties and many kinds of events. You will also have a lot of practical studies and on-the-job-learning, carried out in workplaces, e.g. in retail businesses, online shops, in corporate customer services or in the offices of various organizations in Finland or abroad.
Content of the degree
The scope of the Vocational Qualification in Business is 180 competence points. The qualification is composed of vocational units (145 competence points) and common units (35 competence points).
Check out Finnish National Agency for Education’s requirements for this qualification
The qualification title received after completing Vocational Qualification in Business is “merkonomi”.
Business studies in English, in the multicultural environment, will prepare you for the international tasks in labour market or contribute to the higher education studies. In the beginning of studies, the focus is gaining skills needed in the business field, by completing the three compulsory units: Customer Service and Operating in Business Environment.
Optional studies enable different study paths: you may focus, for example, on Marketing Communications and in addition either on entrepreneurship studies or e.g. working in retail trade. If you are aiming for excellence, take part in the EBBD program and learn more about European Business Behaviour and Democracy. You will focus in International Business Operations as part of your EBBD program (read more here: https://ebbd.eu/).
Explore different job opportunities and build future contacts by taking part in international student exchanges, projects and tutoring. There are many opportunities for you during the studies. The language studies include Finnish, Swedish, English and an additional foreign language.
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Application process
For Adults:
This program is for students who have Qualification equivalent to Finnish matriculation examination (high school diploma). See more info about the program and the application here.
For Youth:
This program is for students who have Qualification equivalent to Finnish basic Education of nine years. See more info about the program and the application here.
For Athletes:
Sports & Business program is for the students who wish to become professional athlete. See more info about the program and the application here.
Further information
Guidance Councelor, Merja Helin
e-mail: Merja.Helin@tampere.fi
tel +358 40 825 7240
TreduNavi Admission Services
e-mail: tredu.haku@tampere.fi
tel +358 40 170 5649