Apply for the Teacher’s pedagogical studies 60 cr

Published 4.12.2024 | Updated 4.12.2024

Teacher’s pedagogical studies (60 ECTS credits) is a study module designed for students of the Sibelius Academy (other than music education students) and included in the Master’s degree. The studies are placed in the degree structures of different degree programmes either as compulsory or as alternative and elective studies.
Pedagogical studies lead to the general teaching qualification in Finland. You should find out from your home country how you can utilise this study module in your own country’s teacher qualifications.

The application period for the studies beginning in autumn 2025 is from January 13th to January 31st, 2025.

You can apply for the studies at the end of your bachelor’s degree and before beginning your master’s degree. You should have completed pedagogy 1 for your own instrument or voice, or similar pedagogy studies offered by your own department. The application concerns the subject studies 35 ECTS of the study module.

How to apply

• Read more about the Teacher’s pedagogical studies in the study guide. Join the info in zoom on Tuesday January 14th, 2025 at 13.00 -13.45. Assi Karttunen, the teacher responsible for the module, talks about the pedagogical studies and answers your questions. Join the info.
• Fill in the electronic application form between January 13th and 31st, 2025. (The link opens here on January 13th.)
• Discuss including pedagogical studies in your master’s degree with your own study programme coordinator. What are your study plans and when are you going to graduate? The discussions are held between February 3rd and 14th, 2025.
  Please note that if needed, you can apply for a continued right to study to complete your unfinished pedagogical studies after graduation. The continued right to study does not grant you the student status and benefits anymore. If this study module is part of compulsory studies of a master’s degree, it cannot be studied with the continued right to study.
• If the head of your department supports your application, you will be invited to an interview with the teacher responsible for the module. The interviews are held between March 4th and 18th, 2025. In the interview you will discuss your goals for developing as a teacher based on your motivation letter and possible pedagogical portfolio. You will receive instructions on how to write a motivation letter in the interview invitation.
• If the teacher responsible for the module approves your pedagogical studies, your study coordinator will confirm your updated individual study plan. After that you are ready to enrol to the courses of the next academic year 2025-26 in Peppi. Enrol between April 7th and 25th, 2025.