Subject emphasis opportunities

Application period is 24 November - 8 December, 2025. Only applications received by the deadline will be processed.

Your application is also your registraton for the aptitude test.

Pupils going to municipal schools in other cities or Tampere University Teacher Training School, Tampere Steiner School, Christian School and Svenska Samskolan should use the links below to fill out the application form..

Application period is 24 November - 8 December, 2025.

Subject-emphasis from 3rd grade

Apply for subject-emphasis teaching from the 3rd grade

Subject-emphasis in grades 7–9

Lower secondary school, English 

Lower secondary school, experimental science

Lower secondary school, visual arts

Lower secondary school, creative design 

Lower secondary school, Latin

Lower secondary school, sports as a way of life

Lower secondary school, mathematics

Lower secondary school mathematics and science

Lower secondary school,media

Lower secondary school, music

Lower secondary school, circus arts

Lower secondary school, German

Lower secondary school, technology

Lower secondary school, French

For more information about subject emphases, see the school websites (in Finnish).

• Visual Arts: Tammela school
• Sports as a way of life: Sampo School, Tesoma School
• Music: Ahvenisjärvi School, Linnainmaa School, Pispala School, Tampere University Teacher Training School

Pispala School and Wivi Lönn School will accept pupils for a music-emphasis class in alternating years.

The music-emphasis curriculum at the Tampere University Teacher Training School will primarily accept pupils from that school and secondarily from other schools if this is possible within the overall limit on third grade pupils at the school.

For more information about subject emphases, see the school websites (mostly in Finnish).

• English: Finnish International School of Tampere
• Experimental science: Etelä-Hervanta School
• Visual arts: Juhannuskylä School
• Creative design: Kaarila School
• Latin: Juhannuskylä School
• Sports as a way of life: Hatanpää  School, Sampo School, Tesoma School
• Mathematics: Takahuhti School
• Mathematics and science: Tesoma School
• Media: Kämmenniemi School
• Music: Linnainmaa School, Ahvenisjärvi School, Wivi Lönn School, Tampere University Teacher Training School
• Circus arts: Tampere University Teacher Training School
• German: Sampo School
• French: Wivi Lönn School
• Technology: Kaukajärvi School

For all subject-emphasis curricula, applicants will be subjected to aptitude tests. When applying to multiple schools with the same emphasis, you can only attend one aptitude test.

Dates of Aptitude Tests

Aptitude Tests for Incoming 7th Graders:
•    Music, Experimental Science, LUMA (mathematics and science), Circus, Arts, German, French: Tue 1431.2026
•    Visual Arts, Mathematics, Media,  English: Wed 14.1.2026
•    Creative Design, Technology, Latin: Thu 15.1.2026
•    Sports as a way of life (7th grade) Wed 14.1. (lastname A-M),Thu 15.1.2026 (lastname N-Ö)
Make-up Day for Aptitude Tests for Incoming 7th Graders: Thu 29.1.2026

Aptitude Tests for Incoming 3rd Graders:
•    Music: Tue 20.1.2026
•    Visual Arts: Wed 21.1.2026
•    Sports as a way of life (3rd grade): Thu 22.1.2026

Make-up Day for Aptitude Tests for Incoming 3rd Graders: Wed 28.1.2026

Selection criteria

The principles of student admissions have been approved by the Tampere Education and Upbringing Committee. School transportation is only available for primary student admissions. The subject-emphasis education is always secondary to student admission. In the city of Tampere, the right to school transport is only granted to primary student admissions. The school trips are also at their own expense for students studying in subject-emphasized curricula. 

Only students who achieve the confirmed minimum score in the aptitude test can be accepted into the subject emphasis programs. The minimum score for all subject emphasis programs is at least 60 percent of the total points of the aptitude test. Students are selected for the subject emphasis programs based on their test scores only, and priority is given to students living in Tampere.

Students living in other cities can also apply for the subject emphasis education in City of Tampere basic education. These students can be selected if there are student places available in the school’s teaching groups after all Tampere residents who achieved the confirmed minimum score threshold in the aptitude test, and the student meets the selection criteria for the subject emphasis education.

If a student living in another municipality is selected for the subject emphasis education, the student’s guardian is responsible for the student’s school transportation and related costs. The student’s siblings do not have the right to attend the same school based on sibling criteria.

Teaching in the subject-emphasis curriculum will be provided only if a minimum number of pupils are accepted. The pupils undergoing a subject-emphasis curriculum need not necessarily be organized in a separate class, so the accepted pupils can be assigned to classes as the school sees fit.

•    Information Evenings on Special Emphasis Programs in Schools: 10.11.-21.11.2025
•    Application Period for Special Emphasis Programs: 24.11.-8.12.2025. Applications submitted outside the application period will not be considered.
• Verification Day for Applicants’ Municipality of Residence: 1.1.2026 (Digital and Population Data Services Agency, note: delays in registrations)
•  Publication Date for Guardians: 11.2.2026 (Notification on selection for students offered a study place and rejection for others)
•  Guardians Confirm the study place by: 16.2.2026
•  Schools Notify Those Selected from the waiting list by: 18.2.2026 confirmation requested by: 20.2.2026