Intercultural Teacher Education is a well-established five-year teacher training degree programme with a unique focus on education, globalisation, diversity, ethics, sustainability and social justice.

The master’s degree together with the bachelor’s degree qualifies you as a primary teacher in Finland.

The degree is oriented towards primary teacher education, so the programme focuses on the specific issues related to the teaching and education of pupils studying in grades 0-6 in basic education. The programme also provides competences for international educational tasks.

Top reasons to study Intercultural Teacher Education:

• Programme is well-established and well-known by employers. It has a unique profile in focusing on social justice, ethics, educational diversity and in supporting equality.
• Gives you versatile competence: a Finnish qualification as a primary teacher, and expertise on global issues useful in many occupations.
• Study in a diverse group of students - international, exchange students as well as your Finnish peers with origins across the country.
• Studies include a study or work period abroad, one or more. You may decide where to go for an exchange.
• Flexibility in studies also in choosing your minor subjects. In bachelor’s, of 25 credits, in master’s, 40 credits or more.

Career opportunities:

The Master’s degree together with the Bachelor’s degree qualifies the student as a primary teacher in Finland either in a school with Finnish as a language of tuition or in an international school where the language of tuition is English.

The graduates can also find employment in various national and international expert tasks in the field of education and teaching.

Possible professions and duties after the degree: Primary Teacher, Project Leader, Researcher, Education Planner, Education Expert.