Tamko Topics is a newsletter of The Students’ Union of Tampere University of Applied Sciences.
ENGLISH SUMMARY
1. Gateway to Working Life at main campus next week!
2. Welcome new students!
3. Student meal prices have increased
4. Student exchanges for autumn 2026, apply by 26.1.
5. TAMK’s Career week
6. Tuni Run club
7. SoTaKone-kyykkä
1. Gateway to Working Life at main campus next week!
Gateway to Working Life will be held at TAMK’s main campus lobby on 19.-21.1.2026 and the fair will be open every day from 10:00 to 15:00.
January is the hottest time for summer job hunting, and the Gateway to Working Life recruitment event can be your pathway to building important networks, getting to know job opportunities, or polishing your job application documents!
Fair days:
- Monday 19.1. Social Services and Health Care
- Tuesday 20.1. ICT, Business Administration, Service Business and others
- Wednesday 21.1. Engineering
There will be free CV photography and an interview simulator at the event!
Get to know the companies participating in Gateway to Working Life on the website: https://www.porttityoelamaan.fi/en/category/all-products
2. Welcome new students!
The new academic year is about to start and Tamko welcomes new and continuing students to study!
Tamko Topics members newsletter gathers the most important topics about student life such as information about Tamko, student life in Tampere, co-partners, events, FSHS information and a lot more.
If you ever feel like you need tips for student life, face challenges during your studies or if you are in need for coffee come to Solu and we will help you out! We are also happy to help you in remote office@tamko.fi
3. Student meal prices have increased
The prices of student meals have changed in Finland since the beginning of the year.
The change in prices is due to the fact that the student meal subsidy was increased and at the same time the price of the student meal also increased. The new amount of the meal subsidy is 2,80€, the maximum price for a standard student meal at the basic rate will be €5.90. As a result, meal prices will rise from the familiar 2,95€ to 3,10€. Both were increased due to higher costs.
Up-to-date lunch prices are available on student lunch restaurants’ websites and on menu boards.
A new regulation on meal subsidies was issued on 11 December 2025 and has entered into force on 1 January 2026. National Union of Students in Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences SAMOK, which member Tamko is, opposed the regulation.
A student meal at Campusravita costs €3.00 with the Tamko member discount.
4. Student exchanges for autumn 2026, apply by 26th January!
The application period for student exchanges is 12.–26.1.2026. There are exchange places available in around 200 partner universities all-around Europe and in some destinations outside Europe.
There are grant opportunities in both Europe and the rest of the world that anyone leaving for exchange can apply for. Exchange studies are accepted as part of your degree, so the exchange does not extend the duration of your studies. Exchange studies are a great opportunity to get to know the new country and culture deeper, make international friends and gain new perspectives on your studies!
Do you want to hear more about the possibilities or ask questions about student exchanges? Participate in your degree programme’s exchange info and come to meet us at the application information sessions held during the application period:
- Exchange info at Mediapolis (Finnish/English): To be announced later in Intra
- Exchange info (in Finnish): Thu 15.1. at 15–16, H1-26
- Exchange info (in English), Teams option: Tue 20.1. at 15–16, H3-07 and Teamsissä
- Exchange application clinic (in Finnish and in English): Wed 21.1. between 11.00–14.00, B6-23
Apply in SoleMove system 12. – 26.1.2026!
More information about study exchange:
– on Intra https://opiskelijanopas.tuni.fi/en/tamk/internationalisation-during-studies/student-exchange-abroad…
– from International Office: Elli Korhonen and Marika Kyllönen, outgoing.tamk@tuni.fi, B1-12b (office hours Tue-Thu 12-14)
– the International Coordinator of your own study programme
5. TAMK’s Career week
How do you start your career when there’s no ready-made path?
Career Week 2026 (13.-15.1.2026) invites students to boldly and consciously build their own career path. This event doesn’t give you ready-made answers – it creates space for you to identify your strengths, articulate your skills, and develop the abilities that working life truly demands.
This year, we dive into career stories from the arts and cultural sectors because they teach us universal work-life skills:
- Creativity and problem-solving
- Confidence in presenting and communication
- Personal branding and the courage to be visible
- Collaboration and people skills
– skills that benefit professionals in every field.
Career Week 2026 is more than an event. It’s a three-day experience that prepares you for the Gateway to Working Life week and gives you abilities you won’t learn in lectures.
See the whole programme here: https://intra.tuni.fi/en/content/news/68632
Save the dates and follow the program on Intra!
Your story starts here.
6 Tuni Run club
Do you want to start the day energetically and in good company? With the Tuni Run club, you can run or walk with other Tuni people on Wednesday mornings from 8-9 am.
The Tuni Run club is on Wednesdays at 8-9 am, changing campuses every week (Tamk, City Centre and Hervanta). The starting point is always in front of the SportUni sports center.
The options are a running group (approx. 8 km/h) and a walking group. Both groups have a leader.
All students and staff of Tampere universities are welcome to join the Tuni Run club.
The group is free of charge and no registration is required. Welcome!
Date and place:
14.1. TAMK
21.1. City Centre
28.1. Hervanta
4.2. TAMK
11.2. City Centre
18.2. Hervanta
25.2. No Tuni Run club during winter break
See the rest of the spring dates from sportuni.fi
7. SoTaKone-kyykkä
A new year and new tricks mean for some perfectly reasonable promises made on New Year’s Eve, and for others it means not remembering whether they promised anything to anyone, if at all.
Fortunately, however, there is SoTaKone, who remembered this year too that mölkky is a summer sport and academic kyykkä focuses on the winter season and that it needs players.
So come join the kyykkä tournament organized by SoTaKone and show others how karting flies!
If kyykkä is not a familiar sport, you can familiarize yourself with the rules of the game -> kyykka.fi/saannot
TL:DR
WHAT: Kyykkä, of course!
WHERE: In the Solu parking lot. Where else?
WHEN: Sat 24.1.2026
WHERE: Team ticket from Kide.app on FRIDAY 16.1.2026 at 10
https://kide.app/events/2aa22ffd-8cdd-46c1-9ccd-8cc5e844bb28
HOW MANY MONEYS: 35 units of the European Union’s common currency.
WHY: There’s hardly anything better to do!