1. Tampere and Tredu

2. On the banks of the Rapids

3. City of Tampere
Founded in 1779, by Gustav III, the King of Sweden by the Tammerkoski rapids
Leading industrial city of Finland since the beginning of 19th century (textile, paper, engineering industries)
The largest inland city of the Nordic countries
Tampere has inhabitants ( ), 3rd largest city in Finland (1.Helsinki, 2.Espoo, 3.Tampere)
2/3 of the Finns live within 200 km range from Tampere

4. Tampere Region (Pirkanmaa)
Tampere Region has inhabitants ( ), 2nd largest county in Finland, 9% Finnish population

5. Vocational Education and Training in Finland
In Finland VET is mostly provided by educational institutions, but apprenticeship training is also available.
In total there are 116 study programmes leading to 52 different qualifications.
The qualifications have been developed in co-operation with working life representatives.
Young people apply for VET in the national joint application system (
National steering and guidelines for the quality management

6. Three levels of vocational education and training
Vocational qualifications indicate competence to enter employment in the field.
Further vocational qualifications indicate the vocational skills required of skilled workers in the field (usually several years of work experience after vocational qualification).
Specialist vocational qualifications indicate a command of the most demanding tasks in the field.

7. Tampere Vocational College Tredu

8. Tredu 21 campus areas around Tampere Region 1200 staff members
(Tampere, Nokia, Ylöjärvi, Lempäälä, Orivesi, Kangasala, Virrat, Ikaalinen, Pirkkala)
1200 staff members
8000 IVT students
further training students
annual turnover €

9. International activities
Tredu is actively taking part in International projects and other activities
Erasmus+ (KA1, KA2)
Nordplus
Network projects financed by National Board of Education (e.g. China, India, Russia, Japan…)
”Internationalization at Home” – cooperation with twin schools and cities (eTwinning), international visitors and exchange students, cooperation with the students in preparatory training for immigrants

10. The Erasmus+ programme aims to boost skills and employability, as well as modernising Education, Training, and Youth work.
The programme covers the whole spectrum of education, targeting pupils and students; teachers, trainers and other teaching staff; as well as organisations and other bodies involved in education and training.
Key Action 1 (KA1) = Mobility projects
Key Action 2 (KA2) = Strategic partnerships, development

11. International cooperation in Tredu since 1980’s
In the 1980’s the campuses were individual units and they had their own projects and ideas of international cooperation
Mainly development projects funded by the Finnish Board of Education

12. By the beginning of the 21st century the volume had grown significantly
- Development projects (language teaching and cultural themes)
- Mobility projects
- Development projects for developing countries

13. Central themes through the entire 21st century have been;
quality management in vocational education
virtual learning and teaching
vocational skills competitions
cooperation with working life

14. Current Erasmus+ projects
KA1 and KA2
KA over 200 mobilities covering all units, students, staff and working life representatives
KA aiming to develop the practices of international workshop learning in modern business environments

15. What is the benefit of international partnership to the pupils achievements?
”I experienced so much during my mobility. I feel I have now a realistic idea about the differences between these two countries in everyday life, travel, child care, culture, customs…”
”I learned so much of the local language that I could manage in shops, traveling and in short conversations. After 2,5 weeks I did not have to refer to English. It all depends naturally on my own interest and motivation”
”I was surprised how I fell in love with Portugal. I would never have thought I would become fond of any southern countries – I’ve never worshipped palm trees! This mobility has made me think of returning to Portugal and Coimbra, which out of all the cities I visited woke the most positive feelings in me”.
I started off my trip with an open mind. I expected I would learn to manage on my own and improve my English skills. I’m very happy to say that all my expectations came true.
The place was really nice and I really liked the work placement, too. Work was actually the best thing for me during my stay; I made new friends, I learned new skills and, most importantly, I learned a lot about myself. I am now a more confident and courageous language speaker, too . I’m really happy that I chose to do this!

16. Contact information
Tampere Vocational College Tredu (Tampereen seudun ammattiopisto Tredu) P.O. Box 217 FI Tampere, FINLAND Tel (switch board) s: Internet: International Relations Office Ritva Haveri ( ) Thomas Scherrer ( ) Anna-Maija Siirtonen ( )

17. Thank you