Tampere Vocational College Tredu offers Business studies in English. The
program provides broad 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 possibilities for teamwork and projects to organize sales fairs, parties and many kinds of events. You will also have 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.
Study Vocational Qualification in Business at Tredu (link to Tredu's Finnish site)
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).
The qualification title produced by
the vocational qualification in business is merkonomi.
Business studies in English, in the multicultural environment,
will prepare you for the international tasks in labor market or
contribute to the higher education studies. The first year focuses on
gaining skills needed in the business field, by completing the three
compulsory units: Customer servide, Productive operation, and Acting in a
work community.
Optional studies enable different study paths that may focus,
for example, on customer service, sales and service design,
working in a project and event production and marketing communications
and content production.
Expose yourself to 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.
Requirements for student selection:
- qualification equivalent to Finnish basic Education of nine years,
(note that no high school or upper secondary education graduates can be
accepted)
- good command in English language
- interest in Business
- basic knowledge of Finnish language is required
The education is mainly targeted at the applicatns of EU or people living in Finland. For foreign applicants, connection to Finland is mandatory as well as a guardian or contact person in Tampere region for applicants under 18 years old minors.