TREY's newsletter 26/2026

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Apply for TREY’s board 2027 – it’s your turn to make a difference!

The application period for TREY’s Board 2027 has now begun! In TREY’s Board, you get to promote themes important to students, organize events, influence the affairs of our university and experience unique moments with student culture and advocacy!

The Board members manage the student union’s day-to-day activities with the student union’s specialists from TREY’s office in Hervanta. In addition to managing the day-to-day work and activities of the responsibility sectors, the Board carries out long-term student advocacy, represents the Student Union and is responsible for implementing the Action Plan.

The application form can be filled until 2 November. It is possible to apply in the Council meeting on 1 December, as well. Read more about the Board’s work on TREY’s website and fill the application form by 2 November!

Advocacy victory: Here comes the student-priced annual ticket!

The implementation of a student-discounted annual ticket is a step towards making Tampere more student-friendly, and the budget proposal published today by Mayor Ilmari Nurminen includes the student-priced annual ticket! The Student Union of Tampere University and the Students’ Union of Tampere University of Applied Sciences have advocated a student-priced annual ticket for several years. Finally, our persistent advocacy work has borne fruit!

The student annual ticket is intended to come into effect in January 2027. The City Council of Tampere decides on the 2027 budget on 16 November 2026.

Participate to the survey for Students to Improve Tampere University

What made you choose Tampere university as your place of study? What should be the university’s direction for the coming decade? Tampere University is developing a new strategy, and now it’s the students’ turn to have a say! TREY is gathering student views on the university to ensure the student voice is heard in the strategy process. Share your thoughts and answer by answering the short survey.

Complete the survey by October 31! The subject association with the highest number of responses wins a free sauna evening with food included.

TL;DR

What? The University Strategy needs opinions from students.

When? from 1st to 31st of October.

How to participate? Answer the survey in Microsoft Forms (requires Tampere University login).

What do I get? The subject association with the highest number of responses wins a free sauna evening with food included.

Autumn application round for exchange studies 26.10.–16.11.2026

Interested in studying or interning abroad? Go Global!

In the autumn application round on 26 October – 16 November, you can apply for:

Exchange places outside Europe for autumn 2027 and spring 2028, in some destinations for the calendar year 2028:
ISEP exchange programs (North America)
Bilateral exchange study places in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and North America
Erasmus+ program traineeship grants for spring 2027

For more information about the application process, exchange destinations, check the section Internationalisation during studies in the Student’s Guide!

Questions after reading the application instructions? We are organising a Q&A session in English for anyone who still has questions after reviewing the application information.

Additionally, feel free to ask any of your questions during our drop-in hours on campuses. See the schedule on University’s website.

What do you think about Juvenes’ restaurant services? Share your opinion!

Did you know that as a TREY member, you’re also one of the owners of Juvenes? Now’s your chance to have a say in the restaurant services on your campus by taking part in our customer satisfaction survey.

We want to hear what we’re doing well and where we could improve. Every response is valuable and helps us develop our services to better meet your needs.

Take about 10 minutes to share your thoughts and help us make your dining experience even better!

Take the Juvenes survey on Web pol survey website.

Remember to pay the student healthcare fee in higher education to Kela

The 2026 rate of the student healthcare fee is EUR 35.35 per term. Remember to pay the healthcare fee to Kela for both the spring term and the autumn term. You are not billed for the fee but are expected to pay it on your own initiative via the OmaKela e-service. You do not have to pay the healthcare fee if you have social security coverage in another EU or EEA country, Switzerland, Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the EU.

The due date for the fee for the autumn term is 15 November, if you register as attending by 30 September.

Information on upcoming influenza vaccinations at FSHS service units

Influenza vaccinations will begin at various FSHS service units in October or November. Social and healthcare students in higher education, as well as students belonging to a risk group can receive their influenza vaccinations from the FSHS free of charge.

Blog: Tuition fees would close the door to higher education for numerous students

In the Ministry of Education and Culture’s vision for higher education in 2040, the share of tertiary level students will be 60 per cent instead of the current 40 per cent. Ministry of Finance policy outlook 2026 also aims to increase the number of people with higher education. However, in a successive sentence, it is proposed that tuition fees should be introduced at least for the second degree.

We students have already witnessed cuts from all directions during this government term, but the casual way tuition fees have been thrown around is the final nail in the coffin. Even now, studying isn’t fully free, you just don’t need to pay tuition fees. If tuition fees had to be paid in addition to the current costs, the door to higher education would be closed to many students.

Today is the Day of Free Education. Today in particular is a good day to remember that education is not a given, but a right that must be fought for.

Read the whole blog on TREY’s website!