Master's studies

Admission to the Bachelor’s Programme in Science gives you the right to continue in several MSc programmes at the Faculty of Science without a separate application.
Master's study options after completing your bachelor's degree

After graduation, you can pursue a Master's programme, which opens plenty of new opportunities in science-related postions both in Finland and internationally.

Students admitted to the Bachelor’s Programme in Science have the right, without a separate application, to continue in one of nine MSc programmes at the Faculty in Science after completing the bachelor's degree. These programmes cover the full range of modern natural sciences from pure math to chemistry and are, with the exception of the specialisation lines, taught in English.

Each MSc programme has its prerequisite requirements for entrance, and the choice of the BSc study track determines which MSc programme the student will be able to continue in.

The academic mentors will aid the student during the first and second years of studies in setting up a personal study plan that ensures entrance to the desired MSc programme. In most cases, several options can be kept open until the third year. For instance, a student choosing the physics study track will be able to continue in at least the Materials Research, Meteorology, Atmospheric Sciences and Climate-System Sciences and Particle Physics and Astrophysical Sciences programmes. Courses offered in the third year of the BSc programme serve as an introduction to these MSc programmes, and the student can make their choice after taking these courses.


Below you can find some possibilities to which master's programmes you can continue from each study track. Some MSc programmes require some specific courses.This detailed information can be found in the Studies Service. 
Mathematics and statistics

The study track gives the required prerequisites for continuing studies in the

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Including studies in computer science also makes the student eligible to continue in the

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Including courses in physics or chemistry allows for studies in the

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Physics

After the study track's basic and intermediate studies in Physics (70 cr), you can choose courses that start to direct the studies towards one of the master's programmes in which you can continue to the:

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By combining physics and mathematics studies, you can also direct your studies towards the

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By combining physics and computer science studies towards the

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By adding some specific courses to your study plan, you can also continue to the

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Chemistry

After study track's basic and intermediate studies in Chemistry (75 cr), you can choose courses that start to direct your studies towards one of the optional chemistry-related master's programmes: 

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By combining chemistry with computer and data science, you might continue in the

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If you combine your chemistry studies with physics, you can continue towards the

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Computer and data science

Students graduating from the study track of computer and data science can continue for example in the

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By combining studies in computer and data science with chemistry or physics, students can continue in the

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Including studies in mathematics and statistics allows for studies in the

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Other master's options

If you graduate from the Bachelor's Programme in Science, there are another three programmes offered for which you don't need a separate application:

  •  (some of the courses required are only taught in Finnish).
  •  (requires registration).
  •  (in Finnish).
  • (only for students that graduate from Physics study track)

You can read more about their prerequisites in the .

The Bachelor's Programme in Science also serves as grounds for applications to science-related Master's programmes globally.

 
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