Applicant
Joint application procedure (yhteishaku)
The joint application to upper secondary education is a national procedure that Tampereen lyseon lukio high school uses when selecting new students to all three of its programmes. Apply by submitting the application online in Studyinfo (Opintopolku) during the application period (Spring 2024: 20.2. - 19.3.2024).
For more information on applying to general high school programme or Social Sciences line, please visit this site in Finnish.
Applying to the IB
The International Baccalaureate programme at the Tampereen lyseon lukio is intended for the following groups of students: Finnish comprehensive school graduates, children of Finnish families that are moving back to Finland from abroad, and foreign students who move to Finland with their families because of their parents' work. We do not enroll foreign students who would move to Tampere without their parents. Tampereen lyseon lukio is not a high school for adults and preparatory year students are usually 15-16 years of age at the start of their studies. The yearly intake into the IB programme is approximately 50 students.
Most applicants to the preparatory year apply via the national online application system run by the National Board of Education. 1-5 study places are reserved to those applying after the official application period has ended.
Applying from Finland
If you want to apply to the IB programme of Tampereen lyseon lukio, please complete the online joint application form in the Studyinfo/Opintopolku system during the application period every February/March.
Students applying from Finnish comprehensive schools are chosen based on their grade point average of the theoretical subjects from the previous school. In the calculation of the GPA, English and Mathematics grades will be multiplied by two so that they will have a double weighting. The minimum requirement for the GPA is 8.2. Applicants who have Tampereen lyseon lukio IB section as their first choice on the General applications form will be notified about the admission result.
Applying from other countries or other school systems
If you want to apply to the IB programme of Tampereen lyseon lukio, please complete the online joint application form in the Studyinfo/Opintopolku system during the application period every February/March.
We ask every applicant to explain in writing their reasons for applying to our school and a brief description of their educational background and interests in upper secondary school studies. This explanation should be sent to our IB Coordinator along with an IB application form (below) and the applicant’s most recent report card. Explanatory comments about the grading system are also important.
Every applicant applying from abroad is required to take an entrance exam in Mathematics and English. The exam can be arranged either here in Tampere or in cooperation with the applicant's current school. The exams will be arranged in cooperation with the IB Coordinator.
The student selection is based on the applicants’ previous academic performance and entrance exams in English and Mathematics. Special attention will be paid to the applicants’ previous grades in English, Mathematics, and the mother tongue/first language. These students must have a valid reason for needing an English-language study place in Tampere.
Applying directly to the 2-year Diploma Programme
Applicants can also be admitted directly to the 2-year Diploma Programme if there are available places. The school will consider applicants’ previous academic performance and Mathematics and English entrance exam results to decide on their suitability into the programme. Also send us course descriptions of the studies undertaken in your school, if you are applying directly to IB proper.
Study costs
The students pay for all material they need (such as schoolbooks and a laptop computer), unless they are entitled to receive upper secondary education free of charge. The right to upper secondary education free of charge applies to students who are required to attend compulsory education by Finnish law, typically those who finish comprehensive education in Finland. The extension of compulsory education does not apply to those born in 2003 or earlier. More information about the extension of compulsory education and who it applies to via this link https://okm.fi/en/faq-about-the-extension-of-compulsory-education
Language requirements
IB Diploma always requires two languages: a native language and a foreign one, or two native languages. We offer the following languages:
- Finnish and English as native languages
- Finnish as a foreign language (requires 3-5 years of previous studies of the language)
- French and Spanish as foreign languages
- student groups for these are only formed if the group size is big enough
- some of the teaching in these languages will happen in Finnish
- School supported Self-taught language
- if you don’t have enough command of Finnish, but you have sufficient skills to study a literature programme in your native language independently for final exams.
- the school provides a supervisor, but the student is responsible for any other costs such as materials and hiring a language teacher.